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NOTES ON THE VALLEY
A bike ride to Domenico'sYears ago I ate at this deli in Danville called Domenico's. It was one of the best sandwiches I’ve had in my life. However, because I don’t really have any reason...
Original post made by Monith Ilavarasan on May. 25, 2022There are no comments yet. 3004 Views
DOING COLLEGE
Interview Prep for Grad SchoolIt takes more than grades, recommendations, test scores, essays, and work samples to get into graduate school. Some masters’ programs may invite applicants...
Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on May. 25, 2022There are no comments yet. 2238 Views
NOTES ON THE VALLEY
Why this district attorney race mattersThere has never been an election like the one we are going to have on June 7th. Four candidates are running for Alameda County District Attorney, and none of them...
Original post made by Monith Ilavarasan on May. 18, 2022Last comment by Malcolm Hex, on May 21, 2022 at 3:49 pm | 4 comments | 2414 Views
TIM TALK
Critical June elections for Alameda County sheriff and district attorneyAlameda County voters face two crucial decisions concerning law enforcement in the June 7 primary. You likely already have received your ballot because they were...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on May. 17, 2022Last comment by Michael Austin , on May 20, 2022 at 3:42 pm | 5 comments | 3519 Views
TIM TALK
Film asks when does a person become a person?After the unprecedented leak of a draft Supreme Court decision that would overturn the landmark Roe vs. Wade abortion case, abortion has rocketed back into the headlines...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on May. 19, 2022Last comment by Jake Waters, on May 20, 2022 at 2:19 pm | 5 comments | 1729 Views
AROUND THE VALLEY
A seat at the tableThe quest to make nutritious food available to all public school students for free is a laudable idea, but some students say the school-provided food isn’t...
Original post made by Gina Channell Wilcox on May. 18, 2022Last comment by Michael Austin , on May 18, 2022 at 5:44 pm | 1 comment | 2483 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
We need stable, climate-forward land use policiesWith the growing demand for renewable energy, domestic mineral supplies, new long-distance transmission lines, and subterranean repositories for captured CO2 and...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on May. 15, 2022Last comment by chris aoki, on May 18, 2022 at 1:07 pm | 4 comments | 6911 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Need some help choosing a plant-based milk?A few weeks ago I found myself staring into a refrigerator case full of plant-based milks, with no idea which one to choose or why. A guy next to me was doing the...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on May. 8, 2022Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on May 13, 2022 at 8:15 pm | 13 comments | 9529 Views
COUPLE'S NET
Use Your Words!If you’re a parent, you’ve said ‘Use Your Words’ a million times. Now I’m saying them to you: Use Your Words! ==B Direct and Indirect...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on May. 13, 2022There are no comments yet. 5558 Views
COUPLE'S NET
Silicon Valley Burnout?Psychologists Herbert Freudenberger & Gail North identified the concept of burnout in the 1970s and assigned it 12 stages of development and experience. {IMG...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on May. 6, 2022Last comment by Chandrama Anderson, on May 12, 2022 at 1:19 pm | 2 comments | 10925 Views
TIM TALK
Hacienda Business Park turns 40 this yearPleasanton started a dramatic change in the early 1980s that transformed a small residential community into a job and retail center. Leafing through the Chamber...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on May. 12, 2022There are no comments yet. 2153 Views
NOTES ON THE VALLEY
Made in home
After my IKEA cutting board started splintering I was in the market for another cutting board. Every time I decide that I need to get something...
Original post made by Monith Ilavarasan on May. 11, 2022There are no comments yet. 2406 Views
DOING COLLEGE
Master’s in Media Studies and Communications: Five Questions to Ask YourselfMaster’s programs in media studies and communications take different forms depending on your specific interests in journalism, marketing, and social media. Here...
Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on May. 10, 2022There are no comments yet. 1881 Views
TIM TALK
Honoring exceptional Tri-Valley studentsChecking out the list of the 11th annual Dreammakers and Risktakers honored last week by the Innovation Tri-Valley Leadership Group and you cannot help but be highly...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on May. 9, 2022There are no comments yet. 1561 Views
TIM TALK
Time to move school district headquartersPleasanton school officials and trustees are headed in the right direction with the plan to relocate the district headquarters to buildings in Hacienda Business...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on May. 3, 2022Last comment by Kathleen+Ruegsegger, on May 8, 2022 at 8:35 am | 4 comments | 1996 Views
AROUND THE VALLEY
The Traveling Alphabet brings help to Ukrainians
“We struggle to process and make sense of the situation in Ukraine. Images of bombed apartment buildings, civilians dead on the side of the...
Original post made by Gina Channell Wilcox on May. 5, 2022Last comment by keeknlinda, on May 6, 2022 at 10:22 am | 1 comment | 2639 Views
TIM TALK
Livermore voters narrowly approving parcel tax renewalThe last 20 years have been full of ups and downs for the Livermore school district. In the early part of the century, the district struggled financially because...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on May. 5, 2022Last comment by Dirk Svensen, on May 5, 2022 at 1:14 pm | 5 comments | 1938 Views
NOTES ON THE VALLEY
Searching for a way to live where you workOver the past year of advocating for affordable housing I met Heather (I changed her name at her request for privacy protection). Heather has been a Pleasanton resident...
Original post made by Monith Ilavarasan on May. 4, 2022There are no comments yet. 2559 Views
TIM TALK
Innovation is soaring in Tri-Valley start-upsThe innovation infrastructure and environment improves consistently here in the Tri-Valley. That’s one of the takeaways from Tri-Valley Ventures/Mirador Capital...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Apr. 28, 2022Last comment by Kevin, on May 2, 2022 at 8:30 pm | 3 comments | 2043 Views
TIM TALK
City Council's misguided view of police "oversight"There’s a serious misunderstanding of what role City Council members should have in dealing with the police department. Last week, the council heard a biannual...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Apr. 26, 2022Last comment by Kevin, on Apr 30, 2022 at 10:54 pm | 16 comments | 2101 Views
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