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Doggie delightIt was animal heaven downtown last night as hundreds of owners entered their pets in the popular Pooch Parade, a fundraiser...
Original post made on Sep. 16, 2008Last comment by , on Sep 16, 2008 at 6:52 am | 2 comments | 591863 Views
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Pair charged after dog attacks child twiceA Pleasanton man and a Dublin woman have been charged with felony child neglect and endangerment after the man's dog attacked...
Original post made on Jun. 9, 2013Last comment by Ed, on Mar 27, 2016 at 10:23 am | 41 comments | 279378 Views
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Wal-Mart's Neighborhood Market good for PleasantonWal-Mart, the retailing giant that city politicians, unions and business critics love to hate, is seeking an occupancy permit...
Original post made on Jan. 27, 2012Last comment by Tilly the Libertarian, on Feb 24, 2012 at 6:27 pm | 59 comments | 266234 Views
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Pleasanton Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi sentenced to 3 years probation for shopliftingState Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi (D-18th), who represents much of Pleasanton, pleaded no contest Friday to a misdemeanor...
Original post made on Jan. 6, 2012Last comment by District resident, on Jan 14, 2012 at 1:33 pm | 88 comments | 261615 Views
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Board looks at early start and end to Pleasanton school yearPleasanton School Board members seemed to embrace an idea that would start and end the school year earlier, and possibly...
Original post made on Oct. 10, 2013Last comment by Get the facts, on Apr 29, 2014 at 8:45 pm | 61 comments | 260592 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 | 254141 Views
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Signature gatherers want to impeach President ObamaTwo members of the Larouche Party were near the Pleasanton Post Office on Black Avenue today asking voters to sign a petition...
Original post made on Jun. 3, 2010Last comment by Lisa, on Jun 7, 2010 at 10:41 pm | 77 comments | 253579 Views
RESTAURANTS
Specialty's Café & Bakery, headquartered in Pleasanton, going out of businessSpecialty's Cafe & Bakery, a restaurant brand headquartered in Pleasanton and operating more than 50 locations in three states,...
Original post made on May. 16, 2020Last comment by Matthew, on Jun 1, 2020 at 6:53 am | 10 comments | 87060 Views
STATE, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL
Evacuation warning issued for unincorporated south/east Tri-ValleyCal Fire has issued an evacuation warning for rural unincorporated Tri-Valley generally south of I-580 and east of Highway...
Original post made on Aug. 22, 2020Last comment by Evac Zone enlarged Sunday morning, on Aug 23, 2020 at 11:17 am | 6 comments | 84736 Views
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 | 78443 Views
AROUND TOWN
Readers Choice 2011 WinnersFirst- and second-place winners in the 2011 Pleasanton Weekly Readers Choice contest Read the full story here http://www.pleasantonweekly.com/news/show_story.php?id=7445...
Original post made on Aug. 2, 2011Last comment by Damon, on Jul 21, 2015 at 12:22 pm | 16 comments | 72902 Views
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Pleasanton: Nordstrom store in Stoneridge Shopping Center permanently closingNordstrom is closing its department store in Pleasanton's Stoneridge Shopping Center, corporate officials confirmed to the...
Original post made on May. 7, 2020Last comment by Pleasanton Parent, on May 13, 2020 at 6:17 am | 42 comments | 71745 Views
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Pleasanton HOA firm sued for discriminationA couple who say their children have been barred by their homeowner's association from playing or trick-or-treating in their...
Original post made on Nov. 11, 2013Last comment by Pleasanton was nice forty years ago, on Sep 2, 2015 at 10:10 pm | 45 comments | 68515 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
36 years later: Former classmate confesses to murder of Pleasanton's Tina FaelzAfter maintaining his innocence for six years, convicted killer Steven Carlson has confessed to the murder of 14-year-old...
Original post made on Oct. 23, 2020Last comment by Shawn, on Oct 26, 2020 at 10:55 am | 2 comments | 63649 Views
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Review: 'The Other Woman'The women in "The Other Woman" get the equal opportunity, like the men in Judd Apatow movies, to behave like overgrown children,...
Original post made on May. 14, 2014Last comment by Cholo, on May 14, 2014 at 4:52 pm | 1 comment | 61442 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
How Can The School Board Violate The Brown Act?Editor's Note: To clarify, this post is from a recipient of the email, not from Bowser, and is only a portion of the email....
Original post made by I Was There on Nov. 12, 2013Last comment by Leadership at $2.31/hour?, on Nov 16, 2013 at 10:53 am | 63 comments | 52295 Views
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Garbage rate increase Tuesday, and whyW Read the full story here http://www.pleasantonweekly.com/print/story/2014/03/28/garbage-rate-increase-tuesday-and-why...
Original post made on Apr. 4, 2014Last comment by Cholo, on Apr 16, 2014 at 8:50 am | 20 comments | 52186 Views
AROUND TOWN
Guest opinion: Wal-Mart comes at a high price for PleasantonYour Jan. 27 editorial "Wal-Mart's Neighborhood Market good for Pleasanton" made me wonder if the Pleasanton Weekly is a...
Original post made on Feb. 10, 2012Last comment by Florence Tarkington, on Feb 18, 2012 at 9:52 pm | 150 comments | 51513 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Pleasanton teachers agree to pay cut to reportedly save district nearly $4.6MIn a statement released by the Association of Pleasanton Teachers, president Trevor Knaggs announced that teachers made a...
Original post made on Feb. 19, 2010Last comment by What about our kids?, on Feb 24, 2010 at 7:14 pm | 313 comments | 49868 Views
AROUND TOWN
Chamber recognizes 6 for community leadershipThe Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce has recognized individuals, groups and businesses that demonstrated excellence and community...
Original post made on Apr. 4, 2014Last comment by Ed Dantzig, on Apr 4, 2014 at 10:10 am | 1 comment | 49173 Views
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