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TIM TALK
A favorite restaurant closes its doorsThere’s a big hole in the restaurant lineup in Hacienda Business Park. Sweet & Savory, the breakfast/lunch restaurant and bakery, closed earlier this year....
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Feb. 18, 2020Last comment by Christina, 2 hours ago | 3 comments | 1634 Views
DOING COLLEGE
Tell Me More About University of California-MercedLocated near Yosemite National Park in the San Joaquin Valley, two hours from San Francisco, UC-Merced is the smallest and newest campus in the University of California...
Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on Jan. 14, 2020Last comment by abigail, 14 hours ago | 12 comments | 4178 Views
DOING COLLEGE
How to Make General Education Requirements Work for You!Graduating seniors about to attend college or juniors considering which colleges to apply to should look carefully at a college’s general education (GE) requirements....
Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on Feb. 12, 2020Last comment by importance of food, 14 hours ago | 14 comments | 1085 Views
TIM TALK
Putting a positive spin on bad newsYou’ve got to give Joe D’Alessandro credit for trying to make lemonade out of a bad lemon situation. Responding to news that Oracle moved its annual Open World...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Dec. 26, 2019Last comment by magazynlazienka, on Feb 18, 2020 at 12:03 am | 9 comments | 1917 Views
TIM TALK
Miracle Messages reconnects homeless people with their relativesSome good news on the otherwise dismal front of dealing with the people who are homeless. Miracle Messages, based in San Francisco, just completed its 300th reunion...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Feb. 13, 2020Last comment by Duane Reade Survey, on Feb 17, 2020 at 9:44 pm | 2 comments | 1008 Views
TIM TALK
Plenty of blame to go around for fires and power shutoffsAssemblyman 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...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Dec. 3, 2019Last comment by walkthroughsolutions, on Feb 17, 2020 at 1:59 pm | 16 comments | 1617 Views
TIM TALK
Four men pass who left imprints on the valleyThe Independent edition last week sadly contained obituaries of four people who played key roles in the valley and the city of Livermore over many years. Topping...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Feb. 3, 2020Last comment by sarataylor, on Feb 16, 2020 at 3:53 am | 6 comments | 1191 Views
TIM TALK
Tri-Valley City Serve on the move in 2020City Serve of the Tri-Valley is anticipating major upgrades to its services this year. CEO Christine Beitsch-Bahmani, who came on board last summer, outlined...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Jan. 30, 2020Last comment by sarataylor, on Feb 16, 2020 at 3:43 am | 3 comments | 1287 Views
TIM TALK
Two key water studies launched this monthTwo major studies that directly effect the quality and cost of the Tri-Valley’s drinking water got underway this month. In Sacramento, the Newsom Administration...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Jan. 23, 2020Last comment by Jhon, on Feb 12, 2020 at 10:39 pm | 8 comments | 1624 Views
TIM TALK
Way past time to resume planning East PleasantonFour years after halting work on the East Pleasanton Specific Plan during the drought, the City Council is considering the next step in with a new lead developer,...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Feb. 5, 2020Last comment by walalipa678@getnada.com, on Feb 12, 2020 at 1:46 am | 9 comments | 1924 Views
ART SPACE
The Art of NewspeakBy John A. Barry Eric Blair (better known as George Orwell) was a prescient literary artist. Orwell famously predicted that “Big Brother is watching...
Original post made by John A. Barry and Bill Carmel on Feb. 6, 2020Last comment by Cher Pascual, on Feb 11, 2020 at 11:55 pm | 9 comments | 1186 Views
TIM TALK
Coronavirus causes shift in Veeva's meeting plansThe coronavirus in China changed plans dramatically for Pleasanton-based Veeva Systems. The maker of cloud-computing software for the pharmaceutical and life...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Feb. 11, 2020There are no comments yet. 512 Views
TIM TALK
Unchained labs teams are free to do it their wayPleasanton-based Unchained Labs is a study in contrasts. • The executive photos on the web page look like they were asked to act goofy. They complied. • The...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Jan. 16, 2020Last comment by Kolom PC, on Feb 8, 2020 at 10:17 am | 5 comments | 1678 Views
COUPLE'S NET
"Don't Compare Your Insides with Someone Else's Outside"Doesn't everyone look together? The happy couple? Doing their job well? Driving their nice car? Getting schoolwork done? Christmas or Hanukkah shopping? Cooking...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Feb. 7, 2020There are no comments yet. 2722 Views
TIM TALK
Big money pouring into Livermore referendumsThree Livermore residents who have largely bankrolled the Friends of Livermore political activities for the last decade are playing the same role in the two ballot...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Jan. 21, 2020Last comment by Rich Buckley, on Feb 6, 2020 at 1:07 pm | 14 comments | 2613 Views
TIM TALK
Talking historical hops with Otis NostrandIf 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...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Nov. 26, 2019Last comment by shritech, on Jan 29, 2020 at 10:27 pm | 4 comments | 1795 Views
TIM TALK
Meet the Dreammakers and RisktakersIf you were fortunate enough to attend the 2020 Dreammakers and Risktakers event last week, you left inspired. The Innovation Tri-Valley Leadership Group presented...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Jan. 28, 2020Last comment by foreverfiancesus@gmail.com, on Jan 28, 2020 at 10:38 pm | 2 comments | 1512 Views
TIM TALK
Two key water studies launched this monthTwo major studies that directly effect the quality and cost of the Tri-Valley’s drinking water got underway this month. In Sacramento, the Newsom Administration...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Jan. 23, 2020There are no comments yet. 0 Views
TIM TALK
Voters face three school bond measures come MarchDublin school trustees and senior staff have spent the last several years scrambling to find a site for a second high school as well as other school sites as enrollment...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Jan. 14, 2020Last comment by plebe, on Jan 20, 2020 at 7:05 pm | 7 comments | 1856 Views
ART SPACE
FireBy John A. Barry I’m very late in getting this written, but you still have a chance to visit No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man, at the Oakland...
Original post made by John A. Barry and Bill Carmel on Jan. 20, 2020There are no comments yet. 879 Views
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A favorite restaurant closes its doors
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How to Make General Education Requirements Work for You!
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