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580/680 interchange survey
Care to share your thoughts on perhaps the Tri-Valley’s No. 1 commuting nemesis?
The Alameda County Transportation Commission and Caltrans have opened an online survey about the I-580/I-680 interchange so the agencies can “better understand the challenges” associated with the freeways’ merger in Pleasanton and Dublin.
“Our early work shows that congestion and a high concentration of lane changes by drivers using on- and off-ramps in the vicinity of the interchange are factors that impact safety. The goal of our effort is to identify short-term solutions to reduce these issues and make the interchange safer,” officials said.
The survey, expected to take five minutes to complete, is available through May 2 at surveymonkey.com/r/580-680-interchange.
Alan Hu Foundation lecture, concert
Pleasanton-based mental health support nonprofit, the Alan Hu Foundation, has its latest free lecture as well as its benefit concert both set for next week.
First up is the webinar “OCD: A Board Overview” on Tuesday evening led by Gerald Nestadt, professor of anxiety and OCD research at Johns Hopkins University. The online session runs from 5-6 p.m.; the RSVP deadline is Monday.
Then next Saturday (April 26), the nonprofit will gather some of the best classical musicians in the area for its “Over the Rainbow” benefit concert at 7:30 p.m. to raise money for its Alan Hu Foundation Scholarship.
The lineup includes Celicia Thendean, Mai Weber and Yi-Hsuan Lee on piano, Li-Ling Chen and Ryan Wang on flute and Ewan Tsai on cello, along with the Pleasanton Middle School String Orchestra, the Amador Valley High School and Harvest Park Middle School Strand Symphony and Chabot College Women’s Vocal Ensemble. Learn more at alanhufoundation.org.
Tri-Valley Conservancy’s new board
Tri-Valley Conservancy welcomed a reorganized Board of Directors for 2025, including the elevation of Scott Akin to succeed Mark Triska as board chair.
Akin, a retired environmental services project manager for the Santa Clara Valley Water District, joined the Livermore-based conservation nonprofit in 2019. He is also an avid hiker, kayaker and gardener.
“Preserving land through conservation easements is almost always better than trying to restore it after degradation. I’m incredibly proud of the work TVC has done to preserve agriculture and open spaces in the Tri-Valley, and I’m excited to continue building on this important work as Board Chair,” Akin said.
New directors added to the TVC board in 2025 are Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory engineer Charles Marker and Harrison Wood of Wood Family Vineyards.
