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COUPLE'S NET
Our First Anniversary in my Husband’s RetirementToday is my anniversary. When we married, we decided that our anniversary would be the Saturday after Thanksgiving, instead of the date of the Saturday those many...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Nov. 26, 2022There are no comments yet. 225 Views
TIM TALK
Success stories continue at CityServeCityServe of the Tri-Valley celebrated its 10th anniversary Thanksgiving Prayer Breakfast in Pleasanton Monday. Tim Sbranti, a board member and the emcee for the...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Nov. 24, 2022There are no comments yet. 372 Views
NOTES ON THE VALLEY
Baharat banana bread with molasses butter
Hey folks, I’m going to try something different with this post. In light of the holiday season I’m going to share a go-to recipe I...
Original post made by Monith Ilavarasan on Nov. 23, 2022There are no comments yet. 802 Views
DOING COLLEGE
Tell Me More About University of California-MercedLocated near Yosemite National Park in the San Joaquin Valley, two hours from San Francisco, UC-Merced is the smallest and newest campus in the University of California...
Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on Nov. 23, 2022There are no comments yet. 557 Views
TIM TALK
Learning the rest of the Monthly Miracles storyOne of the great joys of life is seeing things come full circle. I was told of two such incidences last week when talking to people about Operation Cbristmas Child....
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Nov. 22, 2022Last comment by pleasantonweekly.com, on Nov 22, 2022 at 7:56 pm | 1 comment | 781 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Residents of multi-family housing should have access to EV charging“California is a leader on climate.” We hear this all the time, and it’s true. California has led the country on clean fuel standards, clean power...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Nov. 20, 2022Last comment by Matt Passell, on Nov 22, 2022 at 11:26 am | 8 comments | 4387 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Why net metering is such incredibly bad policyAre any of you getting sticker shock when shopping for holiday flights? Yeah, me too. It made me wonder what it would be like if California ran an airline the...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Nov. 13, 2022Last comment by PH, on Nov 20, 2022 at 11:07 am | 33 comments | 6012 Views
COUPLE'S NET
“If We Have a Disagreement, We Argue Each Other’s Side of it as Well as Our Own.”“We decided long ago to become each other’s staunchest allies . . . If we have a disagreement, we argue each other’s side of it as well as our...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Nov. 12, 2022Last comment by David, on Nov 19, 2022 at 2:33 pm | 1 comment | 2745 Views
DOING COLLEGE
10 Most Important Factors in Selective College AdmissionThe single, most common question I hear as a college advisor is some version of “What does it take to get into a highly selective college?” Here are...
Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on Nov. 17, 2022Last comment by Clay Peterson, on Nov 19, 2022 at 12:24 pm | 2 comments | 1378 Views
TIM TALK
Successful measures should enhance Livermore Valley wine countryIn Livermore, it was notable to watch the shift in both county and local policies as demonstrated at the ballot box. By margins of way over 60%, Livermore voters...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Nov. 17, 2022Last comment by Compoundinggal, on Nov 17, 2022 at 10:36 am | 1 comment | 1308 Views
TIM TALK
Livermore school bond defeated, Pleasanton close to passingThe final numbers are still not in but it appears that the school bond issues in PLeasanton and Livermore could end differently. Livermore voters rejected the bond...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Nov. 15, 2022There are no comments yet. 1130 Views
NOTES ON THE VALLEY
Learning to appreciate artThis past weekend I found myself back in Chicago. My partner and I flew out to go to a friend's wedding and we ended up spending a few days there. On our final day...
Original post made by Monith Ilavarasan on Oct. 20, 2022Last comment by newyearwiki, on Nov 15, 2022 at 4:50 am | 7 comments | 1489 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
The power of protestOn Wednesday and Thursday of this past week, I attended the 2022 Global Energy Forum at Stanford, a biennial gathering focused on the...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Nov. 6, 2022Last comment by Paly Grad, on Nov 13, 2022 at 8:14 pm | 8 comments | 4491 Views
TIM TALK
Pleasanton council now dominated by slow-growth factionPleasanton Mayor Karla Brown will have plenty of like-minded colleagues on the City Council when the election is certified later this month. Incumbent Councilwoman...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Nov. 10, 2022Last comment by Kevin, on Nov 12, 2022 at 6:33 pm | 2 comments | 1414 Views
TIM TALK
Mayor Brown insists she's "worth it"Election Day seems an appropriate time to consider what amounted to Mayor Karla Brown’s hissy fit at last week’s City Council meeting. She is unopposed...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Nov. 8, 2022Last comment by PtownRes, on Nov 10, 2022 at 9:01 pm | 1 comment | 1570 Views
DOING COLLEGE
Tell Me More about University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)UCLA has been called America’s finest urban public university. With easy access to the beach, mountains, and Hollywood glitter, it’s no wonder that UCLA...
Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on Nov. 10, 2022Last comment by Jennifer, on Nov 10, 2022 at 10:47 am | 1 comment | 1632 Views
NOTES ON THE VALLEY
Who's to judgeWhen I sat down to finally fill out my ballot I thought I had a pretty clear idea of how I wanted to vote. I zipped through the first page dedicated to the elected...
Original post made by Monith Ilavarasan on Nov. 9, 2022There are no comments yet. 1311 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Chevron says "We are just meeting demand". So are they blameless?One afternoon when I was about nine years old, I was standing in the front yard with my younger brother trying to blow bubbles. We didn’t have any store-bought...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Oct. 23, 2022Last comment by Abe, on Nov 8, 2022 at 10:07 pm | 28 comments | 6125 Views
TIM TALK
Celebrating 40 vintages of Concannon Petite SirahTwenty-one years ago, I had the opportunity to participate in a “once in a lifetime event,” a vertical tasting of 20 years of Concannon Vineyards’...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Nov. 3, 2022Last comment by Greg Pelican, on Nov 8, 2022 at 11:00 am | 8 comments | 1518 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Is housing bad for the environment?I got an email recently from a resident expressing concern about the environmental impacts of building more housing. He writes: ==I “The construction of...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Oct. 30, 2022Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Nov 6, 2022 at 9:37 am | 21 comments | 6420 Views
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Residents of multi-family housing should have access to EV charging
By Sherry Listgarten | 8 comments | 4,387 views
Baharat banana bread with molasses butter
By Monith Ilavarasan | 0 comments | 802 views
Learning the rest of the Monthly Miracles story
By Tim Hunt | 1 comment | 781 views
Tell Me More About University of California-Merced
By Elizabeth LaScala | 0 comments | 557 views
Our First Anniversary in my Husband’s Retirement
By Chandrama Anderson | 0 comments | 225 views
