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CRIMES & INCIDENTS
What is with all of the portable basketball "stands" in the streets?? LEGAL?With it getting late early I came home the other evening and nearly ran in to one of many portable basketball posts in our...
Original post made by Amy Nonomos on Dec. 3, 2013Last comment by liberalism is a disease, on Dec 10, 2013 at 7:24 pm | 38 comments | 76902 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
How do you parents handle teens and their cellphone/texting behavior?Just curious what rules any of you have on your teens' cellphone use. My daughters (13 and 16) are convinced I am the world's...
Original post made by Big Meanie on Mar. 3, 2009Last comment by bob, on Mar 6, 2009 at 2:29 pm | 37 comments | 4073 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Parcel taxes don't have an expiration dateThere are two things that keep being said in these blogs - one is that other communities that passed a parcel tax aren't...
Original post made by NO ON G on Apr. 26, 2009Last comment by Kathleen Ruegsegger, on Apr 29, 2009 at 7:36 am | 37 comments | 4585 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Congratulations............you guys won.Hope you are happy with yourselves and your work to stop Measaure G from passing. Now what???? We lose class size reduction,...
Original post made by Jen on Jun. 3, 2009Last comment by Marissa, on Jun 4, 2009 at 9:30 pm | 37 comments | 3011 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Save your disappointmentOn another thread, someone posting as Disappointed Parent, expressed disappointment in this community for not passing the...
Original post made by Save the disappointment on Aug. 29, 2009Last comment by To Bob, on Sep 2, 2009 at 1:44 pm | 37 comments | 2975 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Change is Not always for the bestSo many changes in the last three years are causing divisiveness and inequity at our little school. Decision makers at Sunol...
Original post made by A voice unheard on Nov. 18, 2009Last comment by Drusilla (aka)kawigurl, on Dec 10, 2009 at 7:18 am | 37 comments | 4635 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School board to meet at 6:30 tonight at AmadorThe budget is back on the agenda for the Pleasanton Unified School District's board of trustees regular meeting at 6:30 p.m....
Original post made on Feb. 9, 2010Last comment by Rat Turd, on Feb 10, 2010 at 2:07 pm | 37 comments | 3536 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Foothill or Amador?Not sure if this topic has been discussed already but would love to get other parents' thoughts about our high schools' pluses/minuses....
Original post made by ptownmama on Dec. 27, 2010Last comment by Get the Facts, on Jun 17, 2016 at 12:23 pm | 37 comments | 16749 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
PUSD: Seniors only need register once for parcel tax exemptionPleasanton school district's administration has addressed one of the objections to its $98 parcel tax measure, known as Measure...
Original post made on Apr. 21, 2011Last comment by Robert, on Apr 24, 2011 at 9:24 am | 37 comments | 6093 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
GraduationI attended the Foothill graduation ceremony on Friday night and was very disappointed in the behavior of students, faculty...
Original post made by Resident on Jun. 13, 2011Last comment by Senior Parent 2012, on Jun 24, 2011 at 10:17 am | 37 comments | 5734 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
PUSD Discovery Program Being Eliminated-W/O Any DiscussionCan someone explain to me why the Discovery Program at Walnut Grove was just eliminated, yet parents just got a matter of...
Original post made by WG on Mar. 30, 2012Last comment by Bird Parent, on Apr 3, 2012 at 11:21 am | 37 comments | 253945 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
U.S. News & World Report: Foothill, Amador Valley among top high schools in countryAll nine Tri-Valley high schools scored among the top high schools in the country in the latest U.S. News & World report...
Original post made on May. 17, 2013Last comment by Ptown Lover, on Jun 3, 2013 at 8:30 pm | 37 comments | 10347 Views
SPORTS
Pleasanton Preps: Foothill forgoes freshman football season due to low participationIn what may turn out to be a very realistic preview of what the future holds, Foothill High School has dropped its freshman...
Original post made on Sep. 17, 2019Last comment by CM, on Sep 26, 2019 at 4:59 pm | 37 comments | 7959 Views
STATE, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL
Even If You Can''t Stand "Rush," I Beg You To Watch This Short Clip...I am already anticipating several negative replies from people who vehemently dislike Rush Limbaugh...either because they...
Original post made by Barbara on Jun. 9, 2009Last comment by Rush Limbaugh, on Jun 11, 2009 at 12:31 pm | 37 comments | 3868 Views
STATE, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL
Annoyed with Father's Day and Mother's DayI don't like having the government making these holidays. I am a mother and I don't like Mother's Day. I don't want some...
Original post made by Mom on Jun. 20, 2009Last comment by IMHO, on Jun 26, 2009 at 6:45 pm | 37 comments | 3510 Views
STATE, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL
The Census is Getting Very Personal...To every American...this 5 minute (troubling) video is well worth watching. Video >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsDhkPym01k ...
Original post made by Concerned American on Mar. 6, 2010Last comment by Rat Turd, on Mar 8, 2010 at 3:56 pm | 37 comments | 2680 Views
STATE, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL
When a cut is not a cutRegarding the debt ceiling soap opera, shame on us all for letting our elected officials pull something over like this on...
Original post made by Independent on Aug. 1, 2011Last comment by Independent, on Aug 4, 2011 at 4:00 pm | 37 comments | 4334 Views
STATE, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL
9th Circuit rules state's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutionalA federal appeals court in San Francisco Tuesday ruled that Proposition 8, California's ban on same-sex marriage, is unconstitutional. Read...
Original post made on Feb. 7, 2012Last comment by anon, on Feb 16, 2012 at 11:08 pm | 37 comments | 5052 Views
STATE, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL
San Jose's fire chief moving to top fire department post hereRuben Torres, currently the fire chief in San Jose, has been hired as chief of the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department,...
Original post made on Jan. 13, 2015Last comment by Workin' Man, on Jan 24, 2015 at 2:27 pm | 37 comments | 10801 Views
STATE, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL
16 in Congress seek to cancel student loan debt for local lab employeesCongressman Eric Swalwell (D-Dublin) has called on the Education Department to forgive the student loans of employees at...
Original post made on Nov. 4, 2015Last comment by Pleasanton Parent, on Dec 4, 2015 at 8:46 pm | 37 comments | 5155 Views
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