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Firehouse hosts Holocaust memorial exhibitFor the first time in two years and in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah), a multimedia exhibit of gritty imagery...
Original post made on Apr. 8, 2022There are no comments yet. 1304 Views
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Millennials are coming! Are we ready?Carole Rodoni, a renowned speaker on the economy and real estate who is often called the pundit of the Peninsula, brought...
Original post made on Nov. 15, 2013There are no comments yet. 9539 Views
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Crews continue to battle Bay Area wildfires; some progress made near Tri-ValleyAs lightning-induced wildfires rage across the Bay Area and Northern California, fire crews have made some headway on blazes...
Original post made on Aug. 21, 2020There are no comments yet. 5362 Views
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Funding for Court FineReaders of The Independent may have noticed the holiday ads from Save Livermore Downtown, asking for donations with festive...
Original post made by Alan Marling on Dec. 22, 2021There are no comments yet. 798 Views
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Livermore garage fire displaces family, causes $50,000 in damagesFirefighters from the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department extinguished a garage fire Saturday morning before it could spread...
Original post made on Jul. 21, 2013There are no comments yet. 4607 Views
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Livermore schools assistant superintendent dies in Nevada after going missingLivermore Valley Joint Unified School District assistant superintendent Mike Biondi was found dead on Wednesday near Walker...
Original post made on Oct. 3, 2020There are no comments yet. 35152 Views
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BART and its Board Deceives TaxpayersIn response to this PW article, 'Around Pleasanton: BART moving forward in 2017, but not yet to Livermore' See: http://www.pleasantonweekly.com/news/2017/03/09/around-pleasanton-bar...
Original post made by Taxpayer on Mar. 10, 2017There are no comments yet. 1730 Views
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'Welcome home!'A Pleasanton neighborhood joined together last Friday to celebrate one of their own returning home following a lengthy battle...
Original post made on Aug. 23, 2020There are no comments yet. 1752 Views
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Pleasanton PTA, League of Women Voters hosts school board candidates forumThe candidates for the Pleasanton school board are set to participate in a candidates forum Oct. 6 co-sponsored by the Pleasanton...
Original post made on Sep. 18, 2014There are no comments yet. 7678 Views
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Henny Penny-Is Cholo in the Town Square forum Jeb Bing, editor of the Pleasanton Weekly?After reading Mr. Bing's mean-spirited editorial about citizen participation two weeks ago where the editor of the Pleasanton...
Original post made by Henny Penny? on Sep. 18, 2014There are no comments yet. 3332 Views
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INSTANT AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP WITH SOCIAL SECURITY CARDHow does that happen? Easy, just be born in America or Saipan, a United States territory. A recent news event on ABC NEWS,...
Original post made by Michael Austin on Feb. 17, 2014There are no comments yet. 2220 Views
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DUI statisticsMale arrests for DUI by ethnicity: Hispanic 48.00% White 35.50% Black 8.50% Other 8.00% Female arrests...
Original post made by Michael Austin on May. 30, 2017There are no comments yet. 1593 Views
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T. J. Maxx parent hit with $2.7-million fine for dumping hazardous wastesAlameda County District Attorney Nancy E. O'Malley, along with 34 other California District Attorneys and two City Attorneys,...
Original post made on Sep. 22, 2014There are no comments yet. 6968 Views
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Pleasanton measures up to services it providesA new survey showing how Pleasanton is meeting local and national goals in providing public services gives high marks to...
Original post made on Feb. 21, 2014There are no comments yet. 3480 Views
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HPMS principal resigningRobin Munsell, principal of Harvest Park Middle School, announced last week that she would be resigning from her post at...
Original post made on Aug. 10, 2018There are no comments yet. 2232 Views
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Plane crashes near Livermore Airport on Christmas EveAn airplane crashed into property just east of the Livermore Municipal Airport, injuring the solo pilot late on Christmas...
Original post made on Dec. 29, 2022There are no comments yet. 6473 Views
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Livermore school board candidates cite safety, pandemic recovery as top prioritiesThe five candidates for Livermore school board debated key issues during an in-person forum last week -- a rare occurrence...
Original post made on Oct. 7, 2020There are no comments yet. 5244 Views
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Sunol mom organizes car caravan to raise awareness about child sex traffickingA group of 18 Tri-Valley residents took to the street on Sunday with their cars covered in paint and signage to raise awareness...
Original post made on Aug. 2, 2023There are no comments yet. 5049 Views
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Alameda County judge admonished for misconductA state judicial commission last week publicly admonished Alameda County Superior Court Judge Morris Jacobson for misconduct...
Original post made on Dec. 25, 2019There are no comments yet. 4942 Views
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Livermore Lab scientists find heat can decontaminate N95 masks for reuseResearchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have discovered a method to decontaminate N95 respirator masks without...
Original post made on Aug. 18, 2021There are no comments yet. 3883 Views
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