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About this blog: I am a native of Alameda County, grew up in Pleasanton and currently live in the house I grew up in that is more than 100 years old. I spent 39 years in the daily newspaper business and wrote a column for more than 25 years in add... (More)
About this blog: I am a native of Alameda County, grew up in Pleasanton and currently live in the house I grew up in that is more than 100 years old. I spent 39 years in the daily newspaper business and wrote a column for more than 25 years in addition to writing editorials for more than 15 years. I have served as a director of many non-profits in the Valley and the broader Bay Area and currently serve as chair of Teen Esteem and on the advisory board of Shepherd?s Gate. I also served as founding chair of Heart for Africa and have travelled to Africa seven times to serve on mission trips. My wife, Betty Gail, has taught at Amador Valley High (from where we both graduated) since 1981. She and I both graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, as did both of my parents and my three siblings. Given that Cal tradition, our daughter went south to the University of Southern California and graduated with a degree in international relations. Since graduation, she has taken three mission trips and will be serving in the Philippines for nine months starting in September. (Hide)
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Plenty of blame to go around for fires and power shutoffs
Dec 3, 2019 7:29 am
Comments: 16 | Views: 1,656
Assemblyman James Gallagher wrote an opinion piece for CalMatters.org that offered a perspective that’s too often been missing from stories detailing the utility’s... More
Dec 3, 2019 7:29 am
Comments: 16 | Views: 1,656
Assemblyman James Gallagher wrote an opinion piece for CalMatters.org that offered a perspective that’s too often been missing from stories detailing the utility’s... More
Radical generosity can change lives
Nov 28, 2019 10:10 am
Comments: 3 | Views: 1,480
When Kirk Perry looks back at his life, he notes turning points provided by people showing radical generosity.
Growing up very poor in the mid-West (his parents... More
Nov 28, 2019 10:10 am
Comments: 3 | Views: 1,480
When Kirk Perry looks back at his life, he notes turning points provided by people showing radical generosity.
Growing up very poor in the mid-West (his parents... More
Talking historical hops with Otis Nostrand
Nov 26, 2019 10:04 am
Comments: 4 | Views: 1,832
If you ever have the chance to hear Eric “Otis” Nostrand talk about the history of hops in Pleasanton, jump at the opportunity.
Otis spoke to the Pleasanton... More
Nov 26, 2019 10:04 am
Comments: 4 | Views: 1,832
If you ever have the chance to hear Eric “Otis” Nostrand talk about the history of hops in Pleasanton, jump at the opportunity.
Otis spoke to the Pleasanton... More
Taking tech jobs to Main Street in the suburbs
Nov 21, 2019 6:26 am
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Doug Ludlow and his MainStreet start-up want to move skilled people out of the Bay Area.
As they launched last week, they grabbed attention by offering to pay... More
Nov 21, 2019 6:26 am
Comments: 0 | Views: 2,228
Doug Ludlow and his MainStreet start-up want to move skilled people out of the Bay Area.
As they launched last week, they grabbed attention by offering to pay... More
Obituaries strike close to home in this season.
Nov 19, 2019 8:15 am
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In my season of life, reading obituaries has become personal. Earlier, it was reading about parents of friends from my youth who were passing. Now, it’s contemporaries.
That... More
Nov 19, 2019 8:15 am
Comments: 0 | Views: 0
In my season of life, reading obituaries has become personal. Earlier, it was reading about parents of friends from my youth who were passing. Now, it’s contemporaries.
That... More
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