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Holiday marathon
Tri-Valley Community Television is marking the Christmas season with a marathon of recent holiday programming on TV30.
Beginning with a loop of “Sleepy Dog at the Fire” with holiday music from Christmas Eve to 6 a.m. Christmas Day, the broadcast continues all day Friday with a series of previous holiday shows, including the “2020 Pleasanton Virtual Hometown Holiday Celebration & Tree Lighting.”
The Christmas Day marathon also features “2019 Livermore Holiday Sights and Sounds Parade,” “2018 Pleasanton Parade,” “2019 Dublin Tree Lighting Event,” “Cantabella Choir Revisited,” “Foothill HS Choir Revisited” and other holiday-related programming.
“We hope this programming will brighten the lives of our residents and help capture some of the familiar spirit of the holidays as we usually know it,” TV30 Executive Director Melissa Tench-Stevens said. Visit tv30.org to learn more.
9-1-1 text service
The Alameda County Regional Emergency Communications Center as of this month has joined many other agencies in the region in offering the option of sending text messages to 9-1-1.
The communications center, a division of the Alameda County Fire Department, is giving the option for those who are deaf, hearing or speech impaired, or are in situations where it is too dangerous to make a voice call to 9-1-1.
The center serves the cities of Alameda, Dublin, Emeryville, Fremont, Livermore, Newark, Pleasanton, San Leandro, Union City, and various unincorporated communities.
— Bay City News Service
Flood insurance
Livermore residents who live in high hazard flood zones are now eligible for insurance premium discounts, as a result of federal regulators acknowledging the city “has gone above and beyond minimum flood mitigation standards.”
The discount authorized by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as part of the National Flood Insurance Program and its Community Rating System voluntary incentive program.
“The city of Livermore has improved its flood safety by guiding development away from high-risk flood areas, educating the public on flood risks within the community and collaborating with neighboring communities to identify and reduce shared risks,” FEMA officials said.
Livermore residents can now receive a 20% discount on their flood insurance, which was previously only 5% — a savings of several hundred dollars a year for individuals and thousands of dollars citywide. Visit floodsmart.gov to learn more.
