Ceremonies held closer to tradition in 2021. Graduates of Amador Valley, Foothill & Village high schools were able to walk across the stage and exchange elbow bumps with PUSD officials in person this year.

Livermore earned national recognition Wednesday by being named one of this year's All-America City Award winners along with nine other cities across the country.

Member presale tickets are available for the Bankhead Theater's 2021-22 season, which launches Sept. 11 with its annual fundraising gala, 'Brilliance at the Bankhead,' starring Grammy Award-winner Vanessa Williams.

Gov. Gavin Newsom promised business as usual, but there could be exceptions to everyday life returning to normal. Here are questions and answers to clear up confusion.

I poured over a new book, 'Historic Tales of Alamo, California' by Beverly Lane with Sharon Burke, which answered questions I'd had since buying a house off Livorna Road in 1981. For instance, where did the name Livorna Road come from?

Multiple gunshots were fired in a Stoneridge Shopping Center parking lot, with apparently nobody injured and those responsible escaping on Tuesday afternoon, according to Pleasanton police.

Live horse racing returns to the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, and I will back in the saddle as well, co-hosting the Daily Handicapping Seminars for the meet that runs from next Friday (June 18) until July 18.

With an eye toward collaboration, the Pleasanton PD is seeking community members to voice their thoughts about important issues affecting the department and serve as one of at least a dozen members on the new Community Advisory Board.

Alameda County moved into the yellow tier of the state's pandemic reopening system Tuesday, one week before the state lifts the tier system completely.

"It's distressing to learn two of our councilmembers fail to see value in city-chamber collaboration for a program as important as Leadership Pleasanton. Perhaps they don't believe what they say about the value of business to Pleasanton," writes former Councilman Arne Olson in this week's Guest Opinion.

Del Valle Regional Park celebrated the completion of its newly renovated visitor center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, featuring guest speakers and small group tours of the new space in Livermore.

The date of California's recall election still is not set, but voters may decide the governor's fate closer to Labor Day than November.

With perspective from years of crime/court coverage, editor Jeremy Walsh reflects on the no-charges decision in Catherine Kuo's death, plus reports updates on two Tri-Valley suspicious deaths from Memorial Day weekend 2020.