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About this blog: My parents, brother, and I moved to Pleasanton when I was in the seventh grade. I then graduated from Amador Valley High School, went to college at UC Davis and started out a career in tech. After several years working in large co... (More)

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Why this district attorney race matters
May 18, 2022 6:38 am
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There 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... More

Why the Sheriff's department matters
Jun 15, 2022 8:27 am
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Something I never learned back in high school history class was that Santa Rita Jail had a very famous visitor on Jan. 14, 1968. On that fateful day Martin Luther... More

A trip back east
Sep 13, 2023 9:11 pm
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I don’t particularly love to travel. Airports were never my favorite place in the world and it seems like over the past few years they have only gotten more difficult... More

The state of mental health care
Sep 21, 2022 7:57 am
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On August 15th, the National Union of Healthcare Workers launched a strike with the principal goal of reducing the workload for the nearly 2,000 mental health clinicians... More

What it takes to become a teacher
Aug 3, 2022 7:45 am
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I recently hung out with a family friend that I’ve known forever. We both grew up together as kids in Fremont and our families would spend holidays together every... More

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