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Alameda County supervisors send new sales tax proposal to November ballotAlameda County residents will decide in November whether they want to pay an additional half-cent on top of the current 9.25%...
Original post made on Aug. 3, 2020Last comment by Michael Austin, 6 hours ago | 6 comments | 1765 Views
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Foothill teams up with LPFD for documentary about prescription drug safetyResponding to a rise in opioid deaths and overdoses among young adults over the past several years, the Livermore-Pleasanton...
Original post made on Aug. 4, 2020Last comment by SR, 9 hours ago | 1 comment | 838 Views
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Pleasanton: Patient criteria change for COVID-19 regional testing site at fairgroundsThe COVID-19 regional testing site at the Alameda County Fairgrounds will be introducing new criteria to determine residents...
Original post made on Aug. 3, 2020Last comment by Jeremy Walsh, editor, 9 hours ago | 2 comments | 7931 Views
AROUND TOWN
Pleasanton hair salon protests to reopenWorkers from a Pleasanton hair salon were among a small group of hair stylists and salon owners who protested to reopen their...
Original post made on Jul. 31, 2020Last comment by Rob, 10 hours ago | 11 comments | 4185 Views
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Menlo Park names interim police chief: David Spiller, retired Pleasanton PD chiefFormer Pleasanton police chief David Spiller will come out of retirement to take over as Menlo Park interim chief Friday....
Original post made on Jul. 30, 2020Last comment by VAB , 13 hours ago | 22 comments | 2136 Views
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BART board told COVID-19 resurgence is hurting budget furtherBART officials told the agency's Board of Directors on Thursday that the Bay Area's COVID-19 coronavirus resurgence has BART...
Original post made on Jul. 24, 2020Last comment by Pleasanton Parent, 15 hours ago | 16 comments | 2207 Views
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Livermore winery replacing blend as part of #endSupremacy initiativeNottingham Cellars in Livermore is discontinuing its flagship red blend, Supremacy, upon deciding that the name is insensitive...
Original post made on Jul. 28, 2020Last comment by VAB , on Aug 3, 2020 at 6:46 pm | 17 comments | 4029 Views
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Face mask incident involving campaigners causes stir at farmers' marketPeople campaigning for a local congressional candidate caused a stir by not wearing face masks at the Pleasanton Farmers'...
Original post made on Jul. 29, 2020Last comment by Pleasanton Parent, on Aug 3, 2020 at 3:45 pm | 32 comments | 3615 Views
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Letters<B>'Policing in Pleasanton' article Read the full story here https://www.pleasantonweekly.com/print/story/2020/07/31/letters...
Original post made on Jul. 31, 2020Last comment by Michael Austin, on Aug 2, 2020 at 4:07 pm | 3 comments | 271 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
DUSD Board Trustee Amy Miller will not seek re-electionThe Dublin Unified School District Board of Trustees will have at least one new member after the November general election,...
Original post made on Jul. 29, 2020Last comment by Lori Beth E., on Aug 1, 2020 at 5:15 pm | 4 comments | 1469 Views
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Mountains, markets and new friendsWhen the Frey family left Pleasanton for two years of teaching and attending school in Kazakhstan, they didn't know they...
Original post made on Jul. 31, 2020Last comment by KSpeck, on Jul 31, 2020 at 3:24 pm | 3 comments | 1746 Views
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Editorial: Experiment aimed at improving tone and dialogue on our Town Square forumBeginning Saturday, Aug. 1, participation in PleasantonWeekly.com's popular Town Square reader forum will be limited to those...
Original post made on Jul. 28, 2020Last comment by Barbara Costello, on Jul 31, 2020 at 2:42 pm | 17 comments | 2930 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Trustee Jamie Yee running to retain seat on Pleasanton school boardPleasanton Unified School District Trustee Jamie Yee is the second incumbent to seek another four-year term on the school...
Original post made on Jul. 29, 2020Last comment by FrequentWalkerMiles, on Jul 31, 2020 at 1:34 pm | 15 comments | 2253 Views
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Sen. Glazer calls for a second lockdown for most of CaliforniaTri-Valley State Sen. Steve Glazer (D-Orinda) is leaning on Gov. Gavin Newsom to enact another shelter-in-place policy for...
Original post made on Jul. 27, 2020Last comment by Pleasanton Parent , on Jul 31, 2020 at 9:14 am | 16 comments | 3071 Views
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Maher making another bid for Pleasanton school boardPleasanton Unified School District Board President Steve Maher is taking another swing at four more years of leadership and...
Original post made on Jul. 22, 2020Last comment by Steve, on Jul 31, 2020 at 5:03 am | 15 comments | 2616 Views
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Agitators vandalize county courthouse, police department in OaklandOakland Mayor Libby Schaaf chastised people who attended a protest over the weekend for vandalizing a police station and...
Original post made on Jul. 29, 2020Last comment by Jake Waters, on Jul 29, 2020 at 9:20 am | 1 comment | 907 Views
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Parent volunteer, high-tech worker Chong Wang running for Pleasanton school boardChong Wang is the latest local resident to seek one of three open seats on the Pleasanton Unified School District Board of...
Original post made on Jul. 24, 2020Last comment by Karl Aitken, on Jul 29, 2020 at 8:10 am | 17 comments | 4126 Views
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Livermore mayor zooms in on city's COVID-19 response during virtual State of the City speech"This is different than I ever imagined," Livermore Mayor John Marchand said after removing his face mask to deliver his...
Original post made on Jul. 27, 2020Last comment by Kathleen Hall, on Jul 28, 2020 at 1:13 pm | 3 comments | 3120 Views
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Second Alameda County sheriff's employee dies of COVID-19The Alameda County Sheriff's Office confirmed late Friday night that a second employee of the department has died from COVID-19...
Original post made on Jul. 25, 2020Last comment by Rose, on Jul 27, 2020 at 10:05 am | 3 comments | 4010 Views
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Four Foothill girls share passion for the artsLate last year, four Foothill High freshmen realized they wanted to help younger students express themselves through writing...
Original post made on Jul. 27, 2020There are no comments yet. 1964 Views
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