http://pleasantonweekly.com If it is local and useful, it is on PleasantonWeekly.com. en-us Bob and Marilyn Athenour will join Gary and Nancy Harrington at 1:45 p.m. today to unveil the sculpture "Joyful Empowerment" in front of the Museum on Main in downtown Pleasanton.]]> Newly elected Pleasanton City Councilwoman Kathy Narum was sworn into office Tuesday with her family at her side and to loud applause from a council chamber packed with her supporters.]]> A top transportation official said Wednesday that the United States must remain dedicated to building high-speed rail systems to confront pollution, population increases and competition from rest of the world.]]> Pleasanton came out near the top of a recent list of the wealthiest cities in America. ]]> Three students from Amador Valley High's engineering program, part of the district's new Project Lead The Way program, took first place at their first-ever competition.]]> Pleasanton Mayor Jerry Thorne said this week that he and other Tri-Valley mayors will keep working with a local consulting group to plan lobbying trips to Washington, D.C. despite the decision by Mayor Bill Clarkson and the San Ramon City Council to bow out of the annual planning effort.]]> The Pleasanton City Council approved a proposed three-year agreement Tuesday with the union representing 220 regular city employees that will raise individual pension contributions to 8% by the end of the year and reduce floating holiday hours while also granting a 7% wage increase over the life of the new contract, the first pay increase in several years.]]> A man was killed when a metal pipe came crashing through his windshield as he drove on Interstate Highway 580 in the Livermore area Wednesday morning, a California Highway Patrol spokesman said.]]> With 16 home games left in the Giants regular season that fall on either a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday night, BART wants to remind baseball fans that late-night, mid-week work in the Transbay Tube may affect BART service after 10 p.m. ]]> City National Bank has opened a new banking office in Pleasanton as part of a continued expansion in Northern California operations.]]> Good feelings filled the Veterans Memorial Building last Thursday as people gathered to support the values promoted by longtime school board member Juanita Haugen, who died in 2007 after a two-year fight against cancer.]]> Fifteen new firefighters for the Livermore-Pleasanton and the Moraga-Orinda fire departments graduated last Friday from the 11-week Recruit Fire Academy.]]> An attempted kidnapping and purse snatching reported to police last week turned out to be a false alarm -- and a false report, according to a news release by the Pleasanton police department. Jennifer Flores, 23, claimed she and her infant son were the target of an attack on May 16. Flores was arrested at about 3 p.m. today for filing a false police report.]]> The 2013 season of Pleasanton's popular "Concert in the Park" series will get under way at 7 p.m. Friday, June 7, with the OTR band playing classic rock.]]> Just because you don't see it, doesn't mean it's not there.]]>