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About this blog: I am a native of Alameda County, grew up in Pleasanton and currently live in the house I grew up in that is more than 100 years old. I spent 39 years in the daily newspaper business and wrote a column for more than 25 years in add... (More)
About this blog: I am a native of Alameda County, grew up in Pleasanton and currently live in the house I grew up in that is more than 100 years old. I spent 39 years in the daily newspaper business and wrote a column for more than 25 years in addition to writing editorials for more than 15 years. I have served as a director of many non-profits in the Valley and the broader Bay Area and currently serve as chair of Teen Esteem and on the advisory board of Shepherd?s Gate. I also served as founding chair of Heart for Africa and have travelled to Africa seven times to serve on mission trips. My wife, Betty Gail, has taught at Amador Valley High (from where we both graduated) since 1981. She and I both graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, as did both of my parents and my three siblings. Given that Cal tradition, our daughter went south to the University of Southern California and graduated with a degree in international relations. Since graduation, she has taken three mission trips and will be serving in the Philippines for nine months starting in September. (Hide)
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Educators turned pizza entrepreneurs open Much Ado about Pizza
Dec 13, 2022 8:02 am
Comments: 5 | Views: 2,013
Looking for one of the most interesting new businesses born out of the pandemic, check out educators turned pizza entrepreneurs Kira and Mark Zabrowski’s Much... More
Dec 13, 2022 8:02 am
Comments: 5 | Views: 2,013
Looking for one of the most interesting new businesses born out of the pandemic, check out educators turned pizza entrepreneurs Kira and Mark Zabrowski’s Much... More
Tri-Valley faces challenge with demand for industrial land high
Dec 8, 2022 8:42 am
Comments: 1 | Views: 1,716
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Note from Tim: The significance of this is that the valley cities have urban growth boundaries. Designating additional developable land likely will involve... More
Dec 8, 2022 8:42 am
Comments: 1 | Views: 1,716
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Note from Tim: The significance of this is that the valley cities have urban growth boundaries. Designating additional developable land likely will involve... More
Economist opines on root causes of today's problems
Dec 6, 2022 7:58 am
Comments: 7 | Views: 1,594
Chris Thornberg, the founding principal of Beacon Economics, is a familiar face to those of us who pay attention to the East Bay economy.
His firm prepared the... More
Dec 6, 2022 7:58 am
Comments: 7 | Views: 1,594
Chris Thornberg, the founding principal of Beacon Economics, is a familiar face to those of us who pay attention to the East Bay economy.
His firm prepared the... More
State budget outlook growing uglier by the day
Dec 1, 2022 8:39 am
Comments: 21 | Views: 2,415
California’s roller coaster budget will hit a big dip in this fiscal year according to the non-partisan Legislative Analyst’s Office.
The report predicts... More
Dec 1, 2022 8:39 am
Comments: 21 | Views: 2,415
California’s roller coaster budget will hit a big dip in this fiscal year according to the non-partisan Legislative Analyst’s Office.
The report predicts... More
Pleasanton officials sprint to approve housing plan
Nov 29, 2022 8:14 am
Comments: 7 | Views: 2,017
The Pleasanton City Council and staff are going to be hitting it particularly hard during the holiday period in a sprint to finish the city’s updated housing... More
Nov 29, 2022 8:14 am
Comments: 7 | Views: 2,017
The Pleasanton City Council and staff are going to be hitting it particularly hard during the holiday period in a sprint to finish the city’s updated housing... More
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