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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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John Muir-San Ramon hospitals invade ValleyCare's home turf
Feb 6, 2014 8:44 am
Comments: 13 | Views: 19,314
The announcement this week that the John Muir Medical Systems-San Ramon Regional Hospital joint venture has purchased an office building in Pleasanton further... More
Feb 6, 2014 8:44 am
Comments: 13 | Views: 19,314
The announcement this week that the John Muir Medical Systems-San Ramon Regional Hospital joint venture has purchased an office building in Pleasanton further... More
Masud Mehran's legacy
Dec 3, 2013 8:14 am
Comments: 2 | Views: 19,185
Masud Mehran, one of the builders who transformed both Livermore and San Ramon, died last month at the age of 93.
He founded Sunset Development in 1951 and started... More
Dec 3, 2013 8:14 am
Comments: 2 | Views: 19,185
Masud Mehran, one of the builders who transformed both Livermore and San Ramon, died last month at the age of 93.
He founded Sunset Development in 1951 and started... More
Anti-fracking folks rail against railroads
Apr 15, 2014 8:14 am
Comments: 50 | Views: 18,663
The anti-oil folks in Richmond and Berkeley are preparing to battle against trains carrying fracked oil to refineries in California. Richmond and Contra Costa County,... More
Apr 15, 2014 8:14 am
Comments: 50 | Views: 18,663
The anti-oil folks in Richmond and Berkeley are preparing to battle against trains carrying fracked oil to refineries in California. Richmond and Contra Costa County,... More
16th Assembly race has familiar elements with a new twist
Dec 8, 2015 8:03 am
Comments: 11 | Views: 17,888
The campaign for the 16th Assembly district has gotten a lot more interesting since former Pleasanton City Councilwoman Cheryl Cook-Kallio declared she will run... More
Dec 8, 2015 8:03 am
Comments: 11 | Views: 17,888
The campaign for the 16th Assembly district has gotten a lot more interesting since former Pleasanton City Councilwoman Cheryl Cook-Kallio declared she will run... More
A conservative Black scholar's view on Race in America
Jul 9, 2020 10:26 am
Comments: 31 | Views: 17,735
Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Shelby Steele minces no words when he describes the current Black Lives Matter and other racial protests—they are a “distraction&rdquo... More
Jul 9, 2020 10:26 am
Comments: 31 | Views: 17,735
Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Shelby Steele minces no words when he describes the current Black Lives Matter and other racial protests—they are a “distraction&rdquo... More
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