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DOING COLLEGE
How to Get a Good Letter of RecommendationApplying to graduate degree programs requires the organization and synthesis of a lot of information. There are many moving parts, and it can be tempting to focus...
Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on Apr. 9, 2021Last comment by McMadilyn, on Apr 14, 2021 at 3:18 am | 1 comment | 5023 Views
TIM TALK
Housing proponents push to eliminate single-family zoningThere’s growing pressure from housing advocates to limit or eliminate single-family zoning in communities across California. Both Berkeley and Sacramento...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Apr. 8, 2021Last comment by DublinMike, on Apr 9, 2021 at 8:44 am | 4 comments | 2404 Views
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Now is the time to fully reopen Pleasanton schoolsPleasanton students went back into the public schools last week in a hybrid program that has two days of in-person instruction and three days of online instruction. Parents...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Mar. 30, 2021Last comment by DKHSK, on Apr 8, 2021 at 7:50 am | 16 comments | 2937 Views
DOING COLLEGE
What You Don’t Know About College Costs Can Cost You Big Time!Whether you are comparing financial aid awards from acceptances or entering the college admissions cycle for the first time this fall, you should gather the most...
Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on Mar. 30, 2021Last comment by Happy, on Apr 4, 2021 at 4:47 pm | 1 comment | 2678 Views
COUPLE'S NET
Love (not Zero)Once while soaking up the beauty of Taos, New Mexico, and the surrounding mountains, valleys, rivers, Rio Grande gorge, aspens, wild flowers, desert terrain, thunder...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Apr. 2, 2021There are no comments yet. 4941 Views
TIM TALK
Lessons learned during the lockdownFour local business owners shared with the Northern California Mentoring Group Tuesday the lessons they learned while coping with the pandemic. They were Matt Richert...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Apr. 1, 2021There are no comments yet. 664 Views
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City Council faces major housing challengesThe Pleasanton City Council will have some particularly challenging decisions facing it when it comes to housing. The governor and Legislature likely will turn...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Mar. 25, 2021Last comment by Alfie, on Mar 31, 2021 at 1:29 pm | 4 comments | 3040 Views
COUPLE'S NET
Trust"Trust is habitual reciprocity that becomes coated by emotion." - David Brooks* What a fantastic definition of trust. I am often asked, "What is...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Mar. 26, 2021There are no comments yet. 7001 Views
TIM TALK
Sticker shock in the Bay AreaWe welcomed new tenants into our in-law apartment over the weekend and talked about California sticker shock. They relocated from Louisville, KY and were stunned...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Mar. 23, 2021Last comment by Anne Cavazos, on Mar 25, 2021 at 11:45 am | 3 comments | 3319 Views
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Supervisor Miley reviews 2020 and priorities for 2021Supervisor Nate Miley took a long look back at the difficult year of 2020 during his annual State of the District address Wednesday evening. Speaking from the Board...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Mar. 18, 2021Last comment by pleasantonweekly.com, on Mar 20, 2021 at 8:52 am | 9 comments | 2987 Views
COUPLE'S NET
Premarital and Couples: Does Size Matter?All joking aside, a tidbit on gender and the emotional brain in Scientific American Mind (SAM) July/August 2013, shares that women have a larger caudate nucleus...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Mar. 19, 2021There are no comments yet. 8439 Views
TIM TALK
People are bailing out of San Francisco, but not the Bay AreaMuch has been written in the last year about families and companies bailing out of high-cost California and the Bay Area in particular. Two recent studies have...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Mar. 11, 2021Last comment by Paul Clark, on Mar 18, 2021 at 8:10 pm | 6 comments | 5943 Views
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School shutdowns have been devastating for studentsReports are piling up that demonstrate the huge toll school lockdowns are having on students. A report from the non-profit group FAIR Health analyzed pediatric...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Mar. 16, 2021Last comment by Dave, on Mar 17, 2021 at 9:37 am | 4 comments | 2279 Views
COUPLE'S NET
You, Me, and our Marriage (Three Entities)Recently I wrote about the Isaacs definition of love, and it got me to thinking again about the third entity: your marriage (as in each of you and your relationship...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Mar. 12, 2021There are no comments yet. 7253 Views
TIM TALK
10x Genomics releases its campus plansRapidly growing 10x Genomics continues to expand its footprint in Pleasanton. The company formally announced its acquisition of the former JCPenney Home Store...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Mar. 9, 2021Last comment by Kevin, on Mar 9, 2021 at 8:07 pm | 1 comment | 2519 Views
COUPLE'S NET
Premarital and Couples: How Long is Your Restoration Cycle?When you get upset with your partner and a repair is made, how long does it take for your emotions, thoughts, and body to restore to equilibrium? I can almost...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Mar. 5, 2021There are no comments yet. 6900 Views
TIM TALK
How are D students going to learn what they missed this year?Pleasanton school trustees last week expanded grading criteria for the spring semester to allow more students to receive credit for their Zoom classes. Instead...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Mar. 2, 2021Last comment by jerry miller, on Mar 2, 2021 at 11:03 pm | 2 comments | 2107 Views
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Rep. Ro Khanna wants to require all businesses to pay $15 per hourThe callous actions of President Joe Biden and other leading Democrats is mind-blowing. When the president cancelled the Keystone XL pipeline by executive order...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Feb. 25, 2021Last comment by Michael Austin , on Feb 27, 2021 at 7:49 pm | 17 comments | 3476 Views
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Planning for 2021 county fair continuingIt was no surprise to read news stories last week announcing that the 2021 Livermore Rodeo and the two GoodGuys winter and spring gatherings at the fairgrounds have...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Feb. 23, 2021Last comment by pleasantonweekly.com, on Feb 25, 2021 at 8:19 am | 4 comments | 3185 Views
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A poor decision to stop planning for the futureAfter working together with Livermore Valley agencies for seven years, the majority of the Pleasanton City Council scrapped funding to study reusing potable water. Mayor...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Feb. 18, 2021Last comment by Michael Austin , on Feb 22, 2021 at 8:49 am | 7 comments | 3203 Views
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