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Doggie delight

It was animal heaven downtown last night as hundreds of owners entered their pets in the popular Pooch Parade, a fundraiser...

Original post made on Sep. 16, 2008
Last comment by , on Sep 16, 2008 at 6:52 am | 2 comments | 592462 Views

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Pair charged after dog attacks child twice

A Pleasanton man and a Dublin woman have been charged with felony child neglect and endangerment after the man's dog attacked...

Original post made on Jun. 9, 2013
Last comment by Ed, on Mar 27, 2016 at 10:23 am | 41 comments | 280527 Views

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Wal-Mart's Neighborhood Market good for Pleasanton

Wal-Mart, the retailing giant that city politicians, unions and business critics love to hate, is seeking an occupancy permit...

Original post made on Jan. 27, 2012
Last comment by Tilly the Libertarian, on Feb 24, 2012 at 6:27 pm | 59 comments | 266813 Views

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Pleasanton Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi sentenced to 3 years probation for shoplifting

State Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi (D-18th), who represents much of Pleasanton, pleaded no contest Friday to a misdemeanor...

Original post made on Jan. 6, 2012
Last comment by District resident, on Jan 14, 2012 at 1:33 pm | 88 comments | 263890 Views

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Board looks at early start and end to Pleasanton school year

Pleasanton School Board members seemed to embrace an idea that would start and end the school year earlier, and possibly...

Original post made on Oct. 10, 2013
Last comment by Get the facts, on Apr 29, 2014 at 8:45 pm | 61 comments | 261208 Views

SCHOOLS & KIDS

PUSD Discovery Program Being Eliminated-W/O Any Discussion

Can someone explain to me why the Discovery Program at Walnut Grove was just eliminated, yet parents just got a matter of...

Original post made by WG on Mar. 30, 2012
Last comment by Bird Parent, on Apr 3, 2012 at 11:21 am | 37 comments | 254681 Views

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Signature gatherers want to impeach President Obama

Two members of the Larouche Party were near the Pleasanton Post Office on Black Avenue today asking voters to sign a petition...

Original post made on Jun. 3, 2010
Last comment by Lisa, on Jun 7, 2010 at 10:41 pm | 77 comments | 254325 Views

CRIMES & INCIDENTS

36 years later: Former classmate confesses to murder of Pleasanton's Tina Faelz

After maintaining his innocence for six years, convicted killer Steven Carlson has confessed to the murder of 14-year-old...

Original post made on Oct. 23, 2020
Last comment by Shawn, on Oct 26, 2020 at 10:55 am | 2 comments | 91573 Views

RESTAURANTS

Specialty's Café & Bakery, headquartered in Pleasanton, going out of business

Specialty's Cafe & Bakery, a restaurant brand headquartered in Pleasanton and operating more than 50 locations in three states,...

Original post made on May. 16, 2020
Last comment by Matthew, on Jun 1, 2020 at 6:53 am | 10 comments | 88691 Views

STATE, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL

Evacuation warning issued for unincorporated south/east Tri-Valley

Cal Fire has issued an evacuation warning for rural unincorporated Tri-Valley generally south of I-580 and east of Highway...

Original post made on Aug. 22, 2020
Last comment by Evac Zone enlarged Sunday morning, on Aug 23, 2020 at 11:17 am | 6 comments | 85839 Views

CRIMES & INCIDENTS

What is with all of the portable basketball "stands" in the streets?? LEGAL?

With it getting late early I came home the other evening and nearly ran in to one of many portable basketball posts in our...

Original post made by Amy Nonomos on Dec. 3, 2013
Last comment by liberalism is a disease, on Dec 10, 2013 at 7:24 pm | 38 comments | 81253 Views

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Pleasanton: Nordstrom store in Stoneridge Shopping Center permanently closing

Nordstrom is closing its department store in Pleasanton's Stoneridge Shopping Center, corporate officials confirmed to the...

Original post made on May. 7, 2020
Last comment by Pleasanton Parent, on May 13, 2020 at 6:17 am | 42 comments | 74946 Views

AROUND TOWN

Readers Choice 2011 Winners

First- and second-place winners in the 2011 Pleasanton Weekly Readers Choice contest Read the full story here http://www.pleasantonweekly.com/news/show_story.php?id=7445...

Original post made on Aug. 2, 2011
Last comment by Damon, on Jul 21, 2015 at 12:22 pm | 16 comments | 73640 Views

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Pleasanton HOA firm sued for discrimination

A couple who say their children have been barred by their homeowner's association from playing or trick-or-treating in their...

Original post made on Nov. 11, 2013
Last comment by Pleasanton was nice forty years ago, on Sep 2, 2015 at 10:10 pm | 45 comments | 69540 Views

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'The Gems of Ruby Hill' -- Pleasanton residents star in new reality TV show

Step aside Beverly Hills and Atlanta, there's a new group of wives -- and one man -- looking to rock the reality TV world...

Original post made on Aug. 10, 2023
Last comment by Claudette McDermott, on Sep 5, 2023 at 9:37 am | 7 comments | 64755 Views

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Review: 'The Other Woman'

The women in "The Other Woman" get the equal opportunity, like the men in Judd Apatow movies, to behave like overgrown children,...

Original post made on May. 14, 2014
Last comment by Cholo, on May 14, 2014 at 4:52 pm | 1 comment | 62339 Views

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Castlewood murders: 10 years later

The news that at least one person had been murdered at a home in Castlewood sent shockwaves through the Pleasanton community...

Original post made on Mar. 11, 2018
Last comment by Dane Brozovich, on Mar 11, 2018 at 12:28 pm | 1 comment | 58399 Views

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Recognizing fake news now a required subject in California schools

Pushing back against the surge of misinformation online, California will now require all K-12 students to learn media literacy...

Original post made on Nov. 25, 2023
Last comment by MichaelB, on Nov 25, 2023 at 9:55 am | 2 comments | 53822 Views

SCHOOLS & KIDS

How Can The School Board Violate The Brown Act?

Editor's Note: To clarify, this post is from a recipient of the email, not from Bowser, and is only a portion of the email....

Original post made by I Was There on Nov. 12, 2013
Last comment by Leadership at $2.31/hour?, on Nov 16, 2013 at 10:53 am | 63 comments | 52847 Views

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Garbage rate increase Tuesday, and why

W Read the full story here http://www.pleasantonweekly.com/print/story/2014/03/28/garbage-rate-increase-tuesday-and-why...

Original post made on Apr. 4, 2014
Last comment by Cholo, on Apr 16, 2014 at 8:50 am | 20 comments | 52775 Views
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