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A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Can there be too many activists?High school students and other environmental activists are sometimes disappointed with my views. Even though I am very concerned about climate change, I shy away...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Apr. 9, 2023Last comment by Resident 1-Adobe Meadows, on Apr 19, 2023 at 11:33 am | 24 comments | 10085 Views
DOING COLLEGE
Planning Your Physician Assistant (PA) ApplicationAs with any graduate school, applying for PA programs takes a good deal of thought and planning. Even those who fulfill their course requirements and work part-time...
Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on Apr. 13, 2023There are no comments yet. 3153 Views
NOTES ON THE VALLEY
That other basketball team in northern CaliforniaThis past weekend I joined a group of friends and drove up to Sacramento to watch a Kings - Warriors game. All but two of our group were Warriors fans. I was the...
Original post made by Monith Ilavarasan on Apr. 12, 2023There are no comments yet. 2655 Views
TIM TALK
New hearts, new actions show lives transformed by Jesus; Or from San Quentin to the mission field in IndiaFor Christians Easter Sunday’s celebration is about transformation. When Jesus rose from the dead and conquered death for believers, he invited each of us...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Apr. 6, 2023There are no comments yet. 2202 Views
DOING COLLEGE
Physician Assistant (PA) vs Medical Doctor (MD): Four Factors to ConsiderWhile PAs and MDs do similar things in their day-to-day work, there are many differences that may make a PA pathway more suited to certain individuals. Of these...
Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on Apr. 6, 2023There are no comments yet. 3589 Views
NOTES ON THE VALLEY
Check out the superblooms this springOne of the key reasons I love living in the Bay Area is its lack of monsoons. Heavy rains and winds over the past few months have me second guessing this love. If...
Original post made by Monith Ilavarasan on Apr. 5, 2023There are no comments yet. 2952 Views
COUPLE'S NET
I Do, I Don’t: One Reason Feelings MatterClients often say, “Why do my feelings matter? What’s the point? They’re not efficient. I’ve gotten this far without knowing my feelings.” There...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Mar. 30, 2023Last comment by John Charles, on Mar 30, 2023 at 1:15 pm | 3 comments | 6142 Views
TIM TALK
Livermore-based Sparkz moving battery technology forwardVeteran entrepreneur Sanjiv Malhotra shared with attendees at Innovation Tri-Valley’s 2023 Gamechanger awards Wednesday night why his company, Sparkz of Livermore,...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Mar. 30, 2023Last comment by Compoundinggal, on Mar 30, 2023 at 11:50 am | 1 comment | 3150 Views
DOING COLLEGE
Do I Really Have to Study a Foreign Language? Yes! And Here’s WhyWhen preparing to apply for college, most students are aware that they must remain rigorous in core courses, like English and mathematics. However, many students...
Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on Mar. 28, 2023Last comment by Kasey Kee, on Mar 30, 2023 at 11:15 am | 2 comments | 3309 Views
NOTES ON THE VALLEY
College textbooks 101While I loved reading growing up, books were the bane of my existence in college. I went to a college which operated on the quarter system. Three times every year...
Original post made by Monith Ilavarasan on Mar. 29, 2023Last comment by Kasey Kee, on Mar 30, 2023 at 11:04 am | 2 comments | 2419 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Sharing That Just WorksMany years ago when I was working at Google, some of the executives were upset about how difficult it was to share things. It’s supposed to be easy to share...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Mar. 26, 2023Last comment by Matt Passell, on Mar 28, 2023 at 1:42 pm | 5 comments | 7088 Views
NOTES ON THE VALLEY
The sticker shock from electricity billsAs a kid power outages were an exciting experience. My parents would light candles throughout the house and it would feel like we were on a mystical adventure. As...
Original post made by Monith Ilavarasan on Mar. 22, 2023Last comment by DM, on Mar 28, 2023 at 12:15 pm | 15 comments | 3265 Views
TIM TALK
Looking forward to reading more about Pleasanton in the 1950sIf you wondered what growing up in Pleasanton in the 1950s was like, Donna McMillion has an answer for you—her new book. The all-volunteer effort...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Mar. 28, 2023There are no comments yet. 3484 Views
COUPLE'S NET
Home Again: Couples and CaregivingDue to the success of Professor Doctor Bertagnoli’s surgery on my husband, he’s not going to end up paralyzed! Woohoo! Here’s his new neck: {IMG...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Mar. 15, 2023Last comment by John Charles, on Mar 23, 2023 at 5:38 pm | 2 comments | 6168 Views
TIM TALK
Traffic congestion worsens with weather-related problems and return to the officeIf you are an unfortunate commuter using Interstate 680, it’s become clear that traffic levels are climbing back to pre-lockdown levels. Interstate 580 already...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Mar. 23, 2023There are no comments yet. 3031 Views
TIM TALK
Bad consequences can follow bad decisions in PleasantonPleasanton Vice Mayor Jack Balch spoke to the Pleasanton Men’s Club last week and strove to wear that hat, instead of a more partisan councilman’s who often...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Mar. 21, 2023Last comment by V, on Mar 21, 2023 at 2:51 pm | 1 comment | 2960 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
(Updated 3:00 pm) The Bay Area votes to phase out sales of gas heatersNEW: See new blog post with a summary of the vote. On...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Mar. 14, 2023Last comment by Paly02, on Mar 17, 2023 at 8:59 pm | 23 comments | 12885 Views
NOTES ON THE VALLEY
A brief history of trains and their connection to the Tri-ValleyIt’s hard out here for a freight train lover these days. This past month we witnessed a catastrophic train derailment in the midwest. The derailment released over...
Original post made by Monith Ilavarasan on Mar. 15, 2023Last comment by Rich Buckley, on Mar 17, 2023 at 12:28 pm | 2 comments | 2227 Views
TIM TALK
The pile of bad City Council decisions keeps growingThe majority of the Pleasanton City Council continued its pattern of what Weekly Publisher Gina Channell Wilcox correctly termed “ill-logical” decisions...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Mar. 16, 2023Last comment by Rich Buckley, on Mar 16, 2023 at 1:45 pm | 1 comment | 2883 Views
DOING COLLEGE
Tell Me More About University of California-San Diego (UCSD)The University of California-San Diego (UCSD) first opened its doors in 1960. Since then, it has grown to become one of America’s leading research universities,...
Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on Mar. 16, 2023There are no comments yet. 4458 Views
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