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Here were our 22 most-read stories written in 2022, based on data for PleasantonWeekly.com.

1. Pleasanton: Court rejects citizen group’s appeal in lawsuit over proposed Costco store

2. Foothill band director charged with inappropriate conduct against minor while at prior district

3. Livermore: Hells Angels founder Ralph ‘Sonny’ Barger dies at 83

4. Countywide Measure D aims to allow more flexibilities for wineries, equestrian facilities

5. Fire on Pleasanton Ridge forces evacuations

6. Complaints of small flies in Pleasanton pushes city leaders to find source of problem

7. Driver dies in fiery crash at freeway offramp in Pleasanton

8. Pleasanton: Barone’s Restaurant shutting down for good after nearly 30 years

9. Sheriff’s deputy wanted, accused of killing two in Dublin overnight

10. Former Pleasanton police sergeant charged with DUI murder in Tuolumne County

11. Happy Valley development plan earns approval from Pleasanton council

12. Former Pleasanton mayor Jerry Thorne dies

13. Alameda County aligns with state’s new school masking guidelines

14. Readers’ Choice 2022: Here are the winners

15. Pleasanton Preps: Remembering ‘Dr. B’ George Baljevich, a legend in Tri-Valley local sports

16. Pleasanton PD releases video, identifies suspect in fatal police shooting

17. Driver dies in head-on collision on North Vasco Road in Livermore

18. Korean grocery store H Mart set to come to Dublin

19. Cyclist dies in crash with SUV on Mines Road south of Livermore

20. Teen charged with murder after victim in Livermore crash dies in hospital

21. Pleasanton woman dies from injuries in Hopyard Road crash last month

22. Tri-Valley wins Babe Ruth World Series

Our most-read story in 2022 was actually an article written in 2020 about the Tina Faelz case, helped by a docuseries released earlier this year that featured an episode on Faelz. (File photo)

The data above represents page views on PleasantonWeekly.com articles in the calendar year 2022 to date. We decided to focus our list on stories written in 2022, but there were actually three articles from past years that ranked in our Top 22 for page views in 2022:

Our No. 1 read story in 2022 was an article published Oct. 23, 2020, 36 years later: Former classmate confesses to murder of Pleasanton’s Tina Faelz, helped by a docu-series that featured the Faelz case released earlier this year.

Castlewood murders: 10 years later at No. 15 (originally published March 8, 2018)

What a Week: Find Sydney West at No. 16 (originally published Sept. 30, 2021)

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Jeremy Walsh is the associate publisher and editorial director of Embarcadero Media Foundation's East Bay Division, including the Pleasanton Weekly, LivermoreVine.com and DanvilleSanRamon.com. He joined...

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