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17-year-old arrested for recent tire slashingsPleasanton police arrested a 17-year-old male for allegedly slashing tires on 27 vehicles in the early hours of March 6....
Original post made on Mar. 25, 2009Last comment by romleys, on Apr 14, 2009 at 3:52 pm | 53 comments | 8786 Views
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Reward now at $40,000 for information on condor shootingsConservation groups have added to a reward worth tens of thousands of dollars for information relating to two California...
Original post made on Apr. 10, 2009Last comment by Cholo, on Apr 14, 2009 at 9:42 am | 9 comments | 4718 Views
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Pleasanton's Motel 6 robbed at gunpointPleasanton police are searching for a man who robbed a motel at gunpoint Saturday evening. Read the full story here http://www.pleasantonweekly.com/news/show_story.php?id=1059...
Original post made on Dec. 15, 2008Last comment by aaron, on Apr 10, 2009 at 1:33 pm | 17 comments | 5364 Views
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Police seek information on fatal hit-and-run on I-880California Highway Patrol investigators are searching for the driver of a light-colored Nissan Sentra who possibly witnessed...
Original post made on Apr. 6, 2009Last comment by unclehomerr.., on Apr 8, 2009 at 10:29 pm | 8 comments | 5009 Views
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East Angela Street FireBack in Decenber the story of this fire made all the headlines for a while. The cause of the fire was listed as "suspicious"...
Original post made by curious george on Mar. 16, 2009Last comment by anonymous, on Apr 7, 2009 at 1:24 pm | 3 comments | 4204 Views
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Court orders reduction in prison populationA three-judge federal panel has tentatively ruled that the population of California's severely overcrowded prisons must be...
Original post made on Feb. 11, 2009Last comment by Lucky Guy, on Apr 3, 2009 at 9:59 pm | 19 comments | 5589 Views
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Two Livermore children dead, two women in custodyLivermore police are investigating two separate suspicious child deaths that occurred in the past week resulting in the arrests...
Original post made on Mar. 24, 2009Last comment by Annoyed at CofC's comment, on Mar 30, 2009 at 8:31 am | 14 comments | 5518 Views
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Castlewood in cold bloodThe golf course community of Castlewood is in a state of shock after a husband and wife were discovered dead in what authorities...
Original post made on Apr. 8, 2008Last comment by Mnkeller, on Mar 27, 2009 at 12:37 pm | 4 comments | 4785 Views
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Germain case continued again; to appear in court March 25Accused child molestor Henry Germain was in court again to yesterday, only to have the case be continued to March 25. Read...
Original post made on Mar. 2, 2009Last comment by Former friend, on Mar 24, 2009 at 9:21 am | 7 comments | 4348 Views
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U.S. Attorney's Office arrests Vassallo in Ponzi schemeIn a late afternoon news conference in Sacramento, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced it has charged Anthony Vassallo for...
Original post made on Mar. 23, 2009Last comment by AVHS Dad, on Mar 23, 2009 at 9:48 am | 1 comment | 6086 Views
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Speeding driver killed on I-680 Saturday is identifiedA man who died in a crash early Saturday morning on Interstate Highway 680 in Danville has been identified as 30-year-old...
Original post made on Mar. 16, 2009Last comment by Stacey, on Mar 22, 2009 at 8:14 am | 5 comments | 4518 Views
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Aprox. 25 cars had their tires slashed!!I keep waiting to see if this comes up in the local news but nada. On the morning of March 6th aprox. 25 cars had one or...
Original post made by Maria Iglesias on Mar. 8, 2009Last comment by Maria Iglesias, on Mar 11, 2009 at 1:27 pm | 12 comments | 4029 Views
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Police activity on Bernal Saturday?No mention of this in the newspaper here (of course!), but there was major police/CHP activity on Bernal near Valley Saturday...
Original post made by Where\'s the news? on Mar. 8, 2009Last comment by Emily West, on Mar 9, 2009 at 4:04 pm | 11 comments | 4776 Views
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Incident on Touriga Drive?Does anyone know what the commotion was on Touriga at approx. 6:30pm on Weds, Feb 18th? Drunk driver? Medical emergency?...
Original post made by Resident on Feb. 19, 2009Last comment by stain, on Mar 7, 2009 at 2:03 pm | 2 comments | 3748 Views
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keep a eye out in muirwoodrecently, i have heard of more than just a few car break-in s in muirwood/ highland oaks area. a friends girlfriend had her...
Original post made by aaron on Feb. 2, 2009Last comment by Grace, on Mar 5, 2009 at 7:33 am | 18 comments | 5009 Views
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Scherer asks for public defender at arraignmentErnest Francis Scherer III asked for a public defender this afternoon at his arraignment for charges of double homicide with...
Original post made on Feb. 26, 2009Last comment by Pleasanton Gal, on Feb 28, 2009 at 7:42 pm | 10 comments | 4744 Views
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Way to help stop Graffiti VandalizingMy name is Lindsay Wright and I am Village High School graduate. Incase there are people out there who don’t know what...
Original post made by Lindsay Wright on Dec. 3, 2008Last comment by Doo Doo, on Feb 18, 2009 at 1:09 pm | 42 comments | 5413 Views
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Urban living - Indecent ExposureTonight my friend had a man knock on her door soliciting magazine subscriptions. He said he was from Missouri and working...
Original post made by Neighborhood watch on Feb. 2, 2009Last comment by Craig, on Feb 17, 2009 at 6:41 pm | 25 comments | 5239 Views
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Crime reports onlineThe Valley Times had an article this morning about Dublin signing up with crimereports.com. This would be great for Pleasanton...
Original post made by MainStreetDiva on Feb. 11, 2009Last comment by PJ, on Feb 13, 2009 at 12:39 am | 9 comments | 4755 Views
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UPDATE: Middle school, youngest boy's friend start donation efforts for family displaced by house firePleasanton Middle School is spearheading a donation drive for the Zuffa family, which has been displaced by a house fire...
Original post made on Dec. 8, 2008Last comment by BobSmith Charles, on Feb 11, 2009 at 6:51 am | 50 comments | 9182 Views
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