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TIM TALK

Labor unions win big in Sacramento

The California Legislature wrapped up its two-year session a week ago and sent more than 900 bills to Gov. Gavin Newsom. Checking out the post-session news coverage,...

Original post made by Tim Hunt on Sep. 21, 2023
Last comment by Malcolm Hex, 11 hours ago | 8 comments | 1259 Views

TRI-VALLEY FOODIST

Eating retro with TV dinners

Restaurants like to sell memories. Barbie-influenced pink ice cream popped up when the Barbie movie premiered. McDonald's offered adult Happy Meals with McD's...

Original post made by Deborah Grossman on Sep. 18, 2023
Last comment by Jason Long, 19 hours ago | 8 comments | 1258 Views

A NEW SHADE OF GREEN

Common Ground

Sometimes it feels like there is little common ground between Republicans and Democrats when it comes to climate change. We don’t agree on the cause, the...

Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Sep. 24, 2023
Last comment by TimR, on Sep 26, 2023 at 8:31 am | 3 comments | 1674 Views

A NEW SHADE OF GREEN

Worried about the cost of climate change? Here is some hope.

Many of us are wondering how we are going to fund efforts to limit global warming and adapt to the changes we cannot prevent. In California we are rapidly building...

Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Sep. 17, 2023
Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Sep 23, 2023 at 9:00 pm | 25 comments | 4612 Views

DOING COLLEGE

Career Paths for DVMs

Veterinary medicine is not limited to caring for cats and dogs in a suburban clinic. There is a vast array of veterinary medicine careers and also a range of postgraduate...

Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on Aug. 8, 2023
Last comment by Ella Durham, on Sep 19, 2023 at 8:52 pm | 3 comments | 2031 Views

A NEW SHADE OF GREEN

Aspiration or commitment? Foothill College weighs its climate goals.

Foothill College has a decision to make. Last summer the school was forced to close its pool due to a substantial leak. A subsequent investigation found that the...

Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Sep. 10, 2023
Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Sep 17, 2023 at 6:36 am | 19 comments | 5360 Views

A NEW SHADE OF GREEN

Palo Alto's Power Portfolio

Palo Alto is currently reviewing its power portfolio and developing a plan to guide procurement in the coming decades. Senior Resource Planner Jim Stack gave an...

Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Jul. 9, 2023
Last comment by BobB, on Sep 14, 2023 at 8:55 am | 16 comments | 8097 Views

TIM TALK

Adding pro wrestling at 32?

Can you imagine a high school baseball player graduating from college, embarking on a successful sales career, getting married and then becoming a professional wrestler? Be...

Original post made by Tim Hunt on Sep. 14, 2023
There are no comments yet. 2146 Views

NOTES ON THE VALLEY

A trip back east

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...

Original post made by Monith Ilavarasan on Sep. 13, 2023
There are no comments yet. 1409 Views

A NEW SHADE OF GREEN

Foothill's transformational meeting about its climate goals

Two days ago I wrote about Foothill’s...

Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Sep. 12, 2023
Last comment by Eric Muller, on Sep 13, 2023 at 5:20 pm |
3 comments | 3018 Views

TIM TALK

Recognizing the Tri-Valley's younger influential leaders

The annual State of the Tri-Valley Thursday evening marked the swan song for CEO Lynn Naylor who is moving on to the leadership role with a new non-profit organization...

Original post made by Tim Hunt on Sep. 8, 2023
Last comment by Rich Buckley, on Sep 13, 2023 at 5:03 pm | 3 comments | 1397 Views

TIM TALK

Stay tuned until tomorrow

Good morning readers, Perhaps I'm letting 39 years of daily journalism get in the way. I am covering the State of the Tri-Valley event this evening at Bishop Ranch...

Original post made by Tim Hunt on Sep. 7, 2023
There are no comments yet. 526 Views

A NEW SHADE OF GREEN

Contact tracing and PCR tests ... for plant disease!

I got an email a few days ago, courtesy of Santa Clara County’s Environmental Protection Agency, warning me that a plant I had purchased was part of a nursery...

Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Sep. 3, 2023
Last comment by Eeyore, on Sep 6, 2023 at 10:31 pm | 2 comments | 3957 Views

TIM TALK

Miley and Gioia discuss key issues facing supervisors

Long-time supervisors Nate Miley and John Gioia both chair their county boards and came together for a webinar to discuss a variety of issues last month. The...

Original post made by Tim Hunt on Aug. 3, 2023
Last comment by Rich Buckley, on Sep 4, 2023 at 9:01 am | 2 comments | 2492 Views

COUPLE'S NET

Taking a Break. “And I Forgive Myself.”

Dear Readers, I’ve completed the first book in the series of I Do, I Don’t: How to Build a Better Marriage! From inception in April of...

Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Sep. 1, 2023
Last comment by Leonardbrit, on Sep 4, 2023 at 7:30 am | 1 comment | 5102 Views

A NEW SHADE OF GREEN

How to electrify a boiler

If a boiler powers your home’s heating system, then warm water flowing through radiant floors, hydronic baseboard heaters, radiators, or even valance heating...

Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Aug. 27, 2023
Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Sep 2, 2023 at 7:37 pm | 19 comments | 5301 Views

A NEW SHADE OF GREEN

How would you go about reducing our residential building emissions?

Two weeks ago, members of the Palo Alto Student Climate Coalition and 350 Silicon Valley spoke to Palo Alto’s City Council...

Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Aug. 20, 2023
Last comment by Eddie, on Sep 2, 2023 at 6:47 pm | 14 comments | 4983 Views

DOING COLLEGE

Is There a Future Doctor in the House?

One of the most critical decisions you can make as a high school student is selecting the college that will best support your goals. If you have your eye on becoming...

Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on Sep. 1, 2023
There are no comments yet. 1733 Views

TIM TALK

Lynn Naylor pursuing her passion to give back in a new season

The Innovation Tri-Valley Leadership Group will have a key role to fill when current CEO Lynn Naylor steps aside tomorrow. Naylor has led the group to develop...

Original post made by Tim Hunt on Aug. 31, 2023
Last comment by susanh, on Aug 31, 2023 at 3:07 pm | 1 comment | 1372 Views

NOTES ON THE VALLEY

The simple joy of eating fruit

When we first started dating my partner once asked me to grab fruit on the way home from work. After I wrapped up my last meeting I stopped by a local grocery store,...

Original post made by Monith Ilavarasan on Aug. 30, 2023
There are no comments yet. 1596 Views
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Common Ground
By Sherry Listgarten | 3 comments | 1,674 views

Labor unions win big in Sacramento
By Tim Hunt | 8 comments | 1,259 views