AROUND TOWN
Appointment of new poet laureate on Pleasanton Civic Arts Commission agenda tonight
The Pleasanton Civic Arts Commission will consider recommending the appointment of Sandra Harrison Kay as the city's new poet laureate when it meets at 7 p.m. Monday, April 8 ... |
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on Apr 8, 2013 at 4:03 pm by Claudette , a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
STATE, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL
Kansas Leads Nation's Moral Crusade Against Abortion
The Kansas state Senate passed a measure on Friday that would ban Planned Parenthood from providing sex education in schools and require women to get more information about fe... |
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on Apr 8, 2013 at 3:22 pm by Cholo, a resident of Livermore |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Plesanton's Centerpointe preschool, former employee sued by parents of bound child
The parents of a 2-year-old who was bound with tape while in the care of Centerpointe Christian Preschool in Pleasanton have sued the school and the woman who allegedly bound ... |
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on Apr 8, 2013 at 2:23 pm by anon, a resident of the Country Fair neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Downtown Pleasanton to have a hardware store again.
Fred Nichandros, who owns Workbench Hardware in Valley Plaza at Santa Rita Road and Valley Avenue, signed a long-term lease Monday to take over the 11,000-square-foot former D... |
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on Apr 8, 2013 at 10:37 am by Joe Crosslin, a resident of the Pleasanton Valley neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
CVS Pharmacy celebrating opening in Pleasanton's Gateway Center
CVS Pharmacy is celebrating the opening of its new Pleasanton store in Gateway Center with special prizes and prices.
Read the full story here Web Link... |
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on Apr 8, 2013 at 8:36 am by Fredo, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
EDITOR'S BLOG
Something to sleep on
Not many high school juniors spend their free time sewing these days, but thanks to Libby Howard's love of fashion design, making clothes and a commitment to "give back" to th... |
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on Apr 8, 2013 at 8:15 am by Jeb Bing, editor of the Pleasanton Weekly |
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Hogarty Needs Remedial English Class
Either Wm Hogarty is the most illiterate poster on this forum or someone is trying pretty hard to make him look that way.
I have no direct knowledge of his financial scams ... |
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on Apr 7, 2013 at 9:35 pm by Cholo, a resident of Livermore |
STATE, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL
Not Yet Are We a Godless Nation!
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Although the North Carolina House of Representatives killed a bill Thursday that would have paved the way for establishing an official state religion, a new national YouG... |
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on Apr 7, 2013 at 7:14 pm by Steve, a resident of the Parkside neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Fake gun causes real scare
What could have been a tragic situation -- multiple reports of a man in body armor running with an assault weapon -- turned out to be nothing more than a teen with an imitatio... |
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on Apr 6, 2013 at 4:19 pm by nancy s., a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Looking to Make Change in our Community
Hello everybody,
My name is Sabari Somanathan and I am a Sophomore at Amador Valley High School looking to make real change in the Pleasanton community, namely the School D... |
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on Apr 6, 2013 at 3:41 pm by nancy s., a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Coldstone Creamery closing its downtown Pleasanton store
The franchise owners of Coldstone Creamery in downtown Pleasanton are closing their store and moving out of Tully's Plaza after Craig Semmelmeyer, the owner of Main Street Pro... |
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on Apr 6, 2013 at 1:47 pm by dave, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
Pleasanton Council chambers jammed Tuesday night for Measure PP vote; delayed 2 weeks because of school holiday
More than 100 filled the Pleasanton City Council chambers Tuesday night for a scheduled public hearing and then a final vote on making the five-year-old Measure PP a part of t... |
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on Apr 6, 2013 at 1:11 pm by franco, a resident of the Vineyard Hills neighborhood |
TIM HUNT
The tunnels: so much money that benefits so few
Bay Area media outlets have celebrated the opening of the twin tunnels that eliminate the road on Devil’s Slide along the San Mateo County coast this week.
The tunnel opening... |
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on Apr 6, 2013 at 7:34 am by Casanova_Frankenstein, a resident of the Old Towne neighborhood |
TIM HUNT
Surprise, surprise--train backers need more $s
Was anyone surprised that the state high-speed rail authority was back seeking more money this week.
The authority announced that it will take another $97 million to pay for... |
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on Apr 6, 2013 at 7:27 am by Casanova_Frankenstein, a resident of the Old Towne neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Centerpointe preschool, former employee sued by parents of bound child
The parents of a 2-year-old who was bound with tape while in the care of Centerpointe Christian Preschool have sued the school and the woman who allegedly bound the child. The... |
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on Apr 6, 2013 at 4:47 am by EG, a resident of the Pleasanton Valley neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Pleasanton Val Vista and Valley Trails - Water Treatment Plant
We are looking for a home in Pleasanton and thought we had found the perfect and affordable neighborhoods for us, which are Val Vista and Valley Trails.
We knew there were ... |
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on Apr 5, 2013 at 10:53 pm by Mike Kuizon, a resident of the Foothill Place neighborhood |
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Brown wants U.S. to end control over California prison population
Gov. Jerry Brown has asked a federal three-judge panel to lift an order requiring the state to reduce the number of inmates in its overcrowded
prisons to 110,000 by June.
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on Apr 5, 2013 at 9:13 pm by Archy, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Pleasanton financier added to lawsuit claiming his company cheated clients
William Hogarty, 49, the owner of a now-defunct Pleasanton firm that allegedly bilked homeowners out of tens of thousands of dollars has had his name added to the lawsuit agai... |
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on Apr 5, 2013 at 5:15 pm by olfthfl, a resident of the Pleasanton Meadows neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Another Class A violation at Centerpointe Preschool?
Is it true that the State cited Centerpointe Preschool for yet another Class A child care regulation violation late last week? If so, why hasn't the Pleasanton Weekly reporte... |
Another one again? |
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on Apr 5, 2013 at 4:39 pm by Glenn Wohltmann, Pleasanton Weekly reporter |
AROUND TOWN
Power failure cuts news feed to Pleasanton Express Thursday morning
An early morning power failure at an Embarcadero Media site in Pleasanton Thursday morning delayed the posting of some news stories on Pleasanton Express. Those stories were a... |
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on Apr 5, 2013 at 8:55 am by Seymour Butts, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Foothill
I was in a Foothill High School classroom and some of the girls were sharing experiences of their middle school P.E. teacher, who they said would look at their bodies in a way... |
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on Apr 4, 2013 at 7:59 pm by Cholo, a resident of Livermore |
AROUND TOWN
Stoneridge extension
Are they ever doing this???? |
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on Apr 4, 2013 at 5:49 pm by Arroyo, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
COMMENTS ON STORIES
City Council Election being bought by deep pockets
Candidate Miller got his signs out before any other candidate, in fact BEFORE the agreed upon date.
Several Google searches of "City Council Election Pleasanton" via Googl... |
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on Apr 4, 2013 at 7:51 am by Issues? Sure!, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Parents push Pleasanton school board for smaller class sizes
A group of parents appealed to the Pleasanton school board Tuesday to restore smaller class sizes and reading specialists.
Read the full story here Web Link... |
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on Apr 4, 2013 at 12:17 am by Kathleen Ruegsegger, a resident of the Vintage Hills Elementary School neighborhood |
STATE, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL
State calls Anthem Blue Cross rate increases 'excessive and unreasonable'
California's Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones said yesterday that his department has found the latest rate increase by Anthem Blue Cross Life and Health Insurance Company are... |
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on Apr 3, 2013 at 8:44 pm by Kaiser is Superior, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
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