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What happened on Stoneridge & Springdale?There are flowers & pictures & poems against a tree near Springdale on Stoneridge Drive. I have seen nothing in the paper....
Original post made by Puppetlady on Aug. 18, 2009Last comment by Bumpy, on Aug 20, 2009 at 10:02 am | 3 comments | 3098 Views
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Amber alert issued for 2-month-old taken from mother's car this morningPolice are searching for a 2-month-old boy who was apparently taken by force from his mother by his father and uncle in Pleasanton...
Original post made on Aug. 19, 2009Last comment by Lee, on Aug 20, 2009 at 9:03 am | 10 comments | 5326 Views
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Police fine 6 Pleasanton businesses for selling liquor to minorsOfficers conducting an underage decoy sting in Pleasanton last Wednesday fined six businesses suspected of supplying alcohol...
Original post made on Aug. 16, 2009Last comment by Cholo, on Aug 19, 2009 at 9:34 pm | 23 comments | 5880 Views
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Alleged parental abductionPolice are searching for a 2-month-old boy who was apparently taken by force from his mother by his father and uncle in Pleasanton...
Original post made by Carlos C on Aug. 19, 2009There are no comments yet. 3677 Views
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Pleasanton, Bay Area transportation systems prepare for BART strikePleasanton traffic planners, police and the Bay Area Metropolitan Transportation Commission are encouraging commuters to...
Original post made on Aug. 14, 2009Last comment by Cholo, on Aug 15, 2009 at 1:54 pm | 11 comments | 5058 Views
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Foothill Road Car Accident Sat. 8/8/09, 9:45 PMOn Saturday evening we were watching a movie with our door open and heard screeching tires and then a crash! Been checking...
Original post made by Concerned Citizen on Aug. 10, 2009Last comment by A Concerned Citizen, on Aug 12, 2009 at 8:25 pm | 4 comments | 3331 Views
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California must shrink the population of its teeming prisons by nearly 43,000 inmatesBy Carol J. Williams 10:18 PM PDT, August 4, 2009 California must shrink the population of its teeming prisons by nearly...
Original post made by TopCop on Aug. 4, 2009Last comment by Cholo, on Aug 10, 2009 at 3:25 pm | 27 comments | 5899 Views
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Mentally disabled residents forced into Fight Club!Warning this is not a pleasant deal here: http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=7556740&page=1 Power corrupts...
Original post made by Joe on Jul. 22, 2009Last comment by 2ME4U, on Aug 8, 2009 at 12:31 pm | 4 comments | 3236 Views
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CarjackingI was surprised to read of a carjacking in Dublin at the Regal Cinema area. When I read the details, I wasn't surprised....
Original post made by Pat on Jul. 27, 2009Last comment by almost stolen, on Aug 5, 2009 at 11:14 am | 1 comment | 3167 Views
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Al Qaeda priority: Western Targets"Documents indicate U.S.-born militant passed details of New York transit to al Qaeda" Al Qaeda Article From Cnn Al...
Original post made by Dawn on Jul. 31, 2009Last comment by No Concern, on Aug 4, 2009 at 10:25 am | 2 comments | 3261 Views
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What happened on Kottinger Drive?A friend of mine called on Sunday to inform me of police activity near Kottinger Drive last weekend. I was told there was...
Original post made by Maria on Jul. 28, 2009Last comment by john Adams, on Aug 2, 2009 at 4:47 pm | 9 comments | 5322 Views
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Traffic accident on across from the libraryI was wondering if the people in the accident on Friday around 11:30 across from the library are ok. 2 firetrucks and police...
Original post made by pat on Jul. 26, 2009Last comment by twit, on Aug 1, 2009 at 10:15 am | 2 comments | 3040 Views
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inapropriate police actions in PleasantonWhy are the Pleasanton Police Department always so forceful? On or off duty, they seem to find any reason they want to enforce...
Original post made by Aaron on Oct. 22, 2007Last comment by LatelyCops, on Jul 30, 2009 at 9:27 am | 46 comments | 9274 Views
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Pleasanton man carjacked in Dublin theater parking lotA 53-year-old Pleasanton man was carjacked around 10:30 p.m. Sunday near the Regal Cinemas in Dublin, according to Dublin...
Original post made on Jul. 24, 2009Last comment by Ben, on Jul 27, 2009 at 8:01 pm | 23 comments | 4482 Views
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Rabbi's-Politicians-Legislatures-40 Arrested In N.J. for selling Kidneys!http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8166408.stm...
Original post made by Law on Jul. 23, 2009Last comment by Ed, on Jul 26, 2009 at 5:27 pm | 9 comments | 3350 Views
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Child Murdered by MotherI was very sad and upset to read about the Walnut Creek woman who murdered her teenage son. The fact is that children...
Original post made by Lisa on Jul. 23, 2009Last comment by Cholo, on Jul 24, 2009 at 2:53 pm | 6 comments | 2732 Views
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Hit and RunDoes anyone have more information about the hit and run accident on churchill drive over the 4th of July? a red beamer was...
Original post made by james on Jul. 5, 2009Last comment by Anne, on Jul 22, 2009 at 7:32 am | 12 comments | 3364 Views
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Resident robbed at gunpoint in mall parking lotAround 8 p.m. Monday night a female Pleasanton resident was robbed at gunpoint while walking to her car in the Stoneridge...
Original post made on Nov. 20, 2007Last comment by Robyn, on Jul 16, 2009 at 7:28 pm | 11 comments | 6440 Views
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Crash On Santa Rita RoadThis evening at about 6 pm I passed police cars and an SUV in the median with a tree in the middle of its front bumper...
Original post made by Joanie on Jul. 11, 2009Last comment by 2ME4U, on Jul 15, 2009 at 12:23 pm | 6 comments | 3742 Views
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Brown files another lawsuit, this time against Midas in DublinState Attorney General Jerry Brown, who last month joined in a lawsuit to overturn Pleasanton's housing cap, filed a lawsuit...
Original post made on Jul. 1, 2009Last comment by tim, on Jul 2, 2009 at 10:23 am | 3 comments | 4197 Views
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