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Remembering longtime Pleasanton PD volunteer Annette LangerThe Pleasanton community is mourning the loss of longtime police department volunteer and local author Annette Langer, who...
Original post made on Sep. 9, 2019Last comment by Tonya Clenney, on Sep 9, 2019 at 1:05 pm | 1 comment | 5370 Views
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'Paint Pleasanton 2019' coming upAll of Pleasanton will become an art studio Sept. 20-22 when artists armed with paints, acrylics and charcoal set up their...
Original post made on Sep. 9, 2019Last comment by Kerrie, on Sep 9, 2019 at 12:52 pm | 1 comment | 6254 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Steinle defendant has state gun conviction thrown out, still faces federal chargesAn undocumented Mexican immigrant who held the gun that killed Pleasanton native Kate Steinle on an SF pier four years ago...
Original post made on Sep. 6, 2019Last comment by James Michael, on Sep 9, 2019 at 11:58 am | 11 comments | 4412 Views
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Pleasanton: City manager receives 12% raise, city attorney gets 8%City Manager Nelson Fialho earned a 12% salary increase and city attorney Daniel Sodergren an 8% raise on Tuesday, with the...
Original post made on Aug. 22, 2019Last comment by Finance Guy, on Sep 7, 2019 at 9:36 pm | 17 comments | 6945 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Dublin school board OKs plans for new high schoolDublin Unified School District’s growing student population will be accommodated by several major projects that were recently...
Original post made on Jul. 24, 2019Last comment by Patriot , on Sep 6, 2019 at 2:34 pm | 6 comments | 10599 Views
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Tri-Valley Life Sciences Summit set next month in PleasantonThe Tri-Valley's flourishing life sciences companies will be the focus of the second annual Tri-Valley Life Sciences Summit...
Original post made on Sep. 6, 2019Last comment by Ken, on Sep 6, 2019 at 2:30 pm | 2 comments | 3453 Views
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Livermore Lab welcomes Tri-Valley students to the machineA group of Bay Area students buckled down over their summer break and partook in a three-day manufacturing workshop at Lawrence...
Original post made on Sep. 6, 2019Last comment by Jtjh, on Sep 6, 2019 at 10:53 am | 1 comment | 3531 Views
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Alameda County Transportation Commission CEO Dao set to retireAfter more than three decades of public service and leadership, CEO/Executive Director Arthur Dao announced last week that...
Original post made on Sep. 6, 2019Last comment by Cicero, on Sep 6, 2019 at 8:48 am | 1 comment | 4158 Views
STATE, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL
San Francisco Silliness AboundsSan Francisco has declared the NRA to be a domestic terrorist organization. I'm thinking that they hope this will deflect...
Original post made by James Michael on Sep. 4, 2019Last comment by James Michael, on Sep 5, 2019 at 9:26 pm | 9 comments | 1464 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Flavored tobacco ban referendum on Livermore council agendaA referendum challenging Livermore’s recent ban on the sale of flavored tobacco within the city limits is on the City Council's...
Original post made on Sep. 2, 2019Last comment by Steve M, on Sep 5, 2019 at 1:29 pm | 4 comments | 5409 Views
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Developer proposes 486 apartments at Stoneridge Mall propertySimon Property Group, owner of the majority of Stoneridge Shopping Center in Pleasanton, has filed an application to build...
Original post made on Sep. 2, 2019Last comment by Map, on Sep 5, 2019 at 9:12 am | 34 comments | 11933 Views
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DA: Study says many guns used in Alameda County crimes aren’t registeredOnly half of the guns used to commit crimes in Alameda County last year were registered in California and less than 10% were...
Original post made on Aug. 30, 2019Last comment by Compromise, on Sep 4, 2019 at 1:52 pm | 81 comments | 6272 Views
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Bankhead Theater -- something for everyoneCue the acrobats, the tenors and the comedians. The 2019-20 season at the Bankhead Theater in Livermore has something for...
Original post made on Sep. 1, 2019Last comment by LBA, on Sep 4, 2019 at 10:37 am | 9 comments | 2256 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Rep. Eric Swalwell to Speak at the Youth Environmental Action Summit of the Tri-ValleyRep. Eric Swalwell to Speak at the Youth Environmental Action Summit of the Tri-Valley Youth from Livermore, Pleasanton,...
Original post made by Ann Brown on Aug. 28, 2019Last comment by Wombat, on Sep 3, 2019 at 9:32 pm | 12 comments | 2077 Views
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Livermore: Bankhead Theater, something for everyoneCue the acrobats, the tenors and the comedians. The 2019-20 season at the Bankhead Theater in Livermore has something for...
Original post made on Aug. 30, 2019Last comment by DanT, on Sep 3, 2019 at 2:21 pm | 3 comments | 3416 Views
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Pleasanton teens jump fence at high-security nuclear research facilityTwo teens from Pleasanton jumped a fence at a nuclear reactor in Sunol on Wednesday afternoon, an Alameda County Sheriff's...
Original post made on Jul. 12, 2019Last comment by Jake, on Sep 3, 2019 at 1:19 pm | 53 comments | 10652 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Sitting down with the superintendentSuperintendent David Haglund has juggled a number of changes so far at Pleasanton Unified School District in 2019 but is...
Original post made on Aug. 30, 2019Last comment by Dean, on Sep 3, 2019 at 11:40 am | 18 comments | 6496 Views
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Editorial: Livermore downtown referendum raises serious questionsAggressive signature-gatherers are everywhere, and the most recent campaign is to get Livermore voters to sign a referendum...
Original post made on Aug. 20, 2019Last comment by Michael Austin, on Aug 31, 2019 at 7:42 pm | 17 comments | 12102 Views
STATE, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL
Scottish Highland Gathering and Games back in Pleasanton for Labor Day weekendEverything Scottish will be celebrated at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton on Labor Day weekend, but the weekend...
Original post made on Aug. 30, 2019There are no comments yet. 4821 Views
STATE, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL
The Groove Doctors playing final Concert in the Park of summer on FridayAnother summer of Concerts in the Park will come to an end this Friday evening as The Groove Doctors take to the stage for...
Original post made on Aug. 30, 2019There are no comments yet. 3777 Views
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