Neither flat tires nor mangled bikes nor pandemic can keep the Gagnon family from loading up their RV to travel cross country to revel in the glory of its national parks.

Pleasanton Mayor Jerry Thorne (left) handed out the final Mayor's Award of his four-term tenure during a virtual ceremony that also included Thorne's peers offering special recognition to the city's outgoing mayor. The 2020 Mayor's Award winner was Chris Miller (right).

The Pleasanton Downtown Association, in collaboration with the city of Pleasanton, has unveiled a new program to encourage Pleasanton residents to shop, dine and otherwise support local businesses this holiday season.

Celebrate the holiday season at City Center Bishop Ranch in San Ramon as the lifestyle center lights up with festive community activities and sparkling decorations. See that holiday event, and many others, on the docket across the Tri-Valley.

Pleasanton's historic Castlewood Country Club now has a new name to herald its $16 million remodeling and upgrading project that will launch next spring. It is now called The Club at Castlewood.

Selling the old family home is hard -- especially when it is a stunning Victorian on Second Street in Pleasanton -- but it helps when the buyer is the young family across the street...

Community members and local service organizations are partnering to collect and donate holiday gifts to more than 900 students in Pleasanton Unified School District during the Pleasanton Christmas Toy Drive, which runs through Dec. 11.

Lauren Swenson-Lennox of Pleasanton has become the Tri-Valley's first female Eagle Scout, completing her Board of Review on Oct. 30. She is a founding member of Troop 998G formed in February 2019.

PG&E Corp. announced this month that Patricia "Patti" Poppe has been appointed as the utility's new chief executive officer.

A Livermore man facing charges for two cold-case sexual assaults in the East Bay died Nov. 19 from injuries sustained in a suicide attempt that occurred one week earlier in the hours after the crimes' survivors testified against him.

This marks the beginning of the 2020-21 Pleasanton Weekly Holiday Fund, a fundraising campaign that will provide vital financial assistance to six core Tri-Valley nonprofits amid the COVID-19 pandemic this winter.

A Livermore woman who accidentally flushed her wedding ring down the toilet thought her chances of ever seeing it again had also gone down the drain, but with a lot of luck and hard work on behalf of the Public Works Department ...

Playground equipment at two Pleasanton parks were set on fire in a pair of apparent arson incidents this month, police said last week.

A judge this month ruled against the petitioners suing the city of Pleasanton for a second time over environmental approvals for the proposed Costco and JDEDZ, potentially ending the lawsuit and clearing the way for the project.

The city of Pleasanton has unveiled the schedule for its weeklong virtual holiday celebration early next month that will culminate with the Dec. 5 debut of its tree-lighting ceremony video recently recorded downtown.