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About Christian
Christian Trujano is a staff reporter for Embarcadero Media's East Bay Division, the Pleasanton Weekly. He returned to the company in May 2022 after having interned for the Palo Alto Weekly in 2019.Christian primarily covers the Pleasanton city, school board, Zone 7 water and general news beats while also helping cover the greater Tri-Valley region. Since May, Christian has reported on the 2022 primary elections; middle schoolers protesting gun violence; city council plans on funding city projects; and the fire on the Pleasanton Ridge.
A San Jose native who studied at San Jose State and De Anza College, Christian began writing for school newspapers in 2017. While he has enjoyed writing about city and school meetings since then, Christian also enjoys watching Bay Area sports, making music for fun and taking care of his two new kittens.
Stories by Christian
Amador Valley High featured on Wikipedia main page
By the end of the week, Amador Valley High School will have one thing in common with medieval rulers, aquatic arthropods and American rapper and singer Doja Cat -- all would have been featured on Wikipedia's front page this week.[Wednesday, October 19, 2022]
Dublin High's Kaplan named Alameda County Teacher of the Year
Dublin High School teacher Ramany Kaplan said when she was selected as an Alameda County Teacher of the Year, she thought about her parents and what they went through coming to the U.S. seeking refuge from Cambodia in the 1980s.[Sunday, October 16, 2022]
Right time for another Pleasanton school bond?
Pleasanton residents will be voting on a school bond measure in November for the third time in the last seven years. But the question remains: Are the facility improvements worth the associated property tax increase?[Monday, October 3, 2022]
Master gardeners set to break ground on early stages of community farm in Pleasanton
One project slated to break ground in fall is aiming to help Pleasanton residents grow their own food in a sustainable, water-conserving manner -- a community garden and farm at the Bernal Community Park.[Friday, September 23, 2022]
Seven Tri-Valley schools, including four in SRVUSD, named National Blue Ribbon Schools
A total of seven schools in the Tri-Valley were recognized as National Blue Ribbon Schools by the U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, with four belonging to the San Ramon Valley Unified School District.[Tuesday, September 20, 2022]
A new voice leading the city of Pleasanton
After three-plus months into his tenure, Pleasanton's new City Manager Gerry Beaudin provides updates on several high-profile city projects and initiatives that he and his team have been rigorously working on over the summer.[Friday, September 9, 2022]
New Chick-fil-A location coming soon to Hacienda
Chick-fil-A has signed the lease for a second location in Pleasanton, in the vacant restaurant space Sweet Tomatoes once occupied before the buffet chain went bankrupt early in the pandemic.[Wednesday, September 7, 2022]
Zone 7 gears up for water rate meetings
The Zone 7 Water Agency is set this week to kick off the first in a series of hearings that will examine and review wholesale water rates for the entire Tri-Valley.[Monday, August 29, 2022]
Tri-Valley water agencies launch new website, outreach program
Tri-Valley water agencies have unveiled a new website that is focused on educating residents and businesses about the region's water supply reliability.[Sunday, August 21, 2022]
Back to school
Yet with many students thinking the most important difference this school year is the new California laws mandating later start times, that is far from the only significant change for the Pleasanton Unified School District...[Friday, August 19, 2022]
