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TIM TALK
Innovation is soaring in Tri-Valley start-upsThe innovation infrastructure and environment improves consistently here in the Tri-Valley. That’s one of the takeaways from Tri-Valley Ventures/Mirador Capital...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Apr. 28, 2022Last comment by Kevin, on May 2, 2022 at 8:30 pm | 3 comments | 2162 Views
TIM TALK
Time to move school district headquartersPleasanton school officials and trustees are headed in the right direction with the plan to relocate the district headquarters to buildings in Hacienda Business...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on May. 3, 2022Last comment by Kathleen+Ruegsegger, on May 8, 2022 at 8:35 am | 4 comments | 2159 Views
TIM TALK
Comment today to keep the Tri-Valley communities together in the redistrictingAdding a few thoughts from my interviews with Doug Miller (Viet Nam helicopter pilot for two tours) and his son, also a helicopter pilot who served two tours in...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Aug. 24, 2021There are no comments yet. 2152 Views
TIM TALK
Pleasanton housing market slows dramaticallyIf you think the real estate market locally has slowed, you’re right. David Stark, the chief public affairs officer for the Bay East Association of Realtors,...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Sep. 15, 2022Last comment by DublinMike, on Sep 19, 2022 at 10:19 pm | 5 comments | 2141 Views
TIM TALK
Non-profit groups making a difference for people at ChristmasAs Christians prepare to celebrate the birth of their savior, Jesus Christ, many people are sharing to help less fortunate people enjoy Christmas. Gathering earlier...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Dec. 23, 2021There are no comments yet. 2140 Views
TIM TALK
Livermore voters narrowly approving parcel tax renewalThe last 20 years have been full of ups and downs for the Livermore school district. In the early part of the century, the district struggled financially because...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on May. 5, 2022Last comment by Dirk Svensen, on May 5, 2022 at 1:14 pm | 5 comments | 2113 Views
DOING COLLEGE
Master’s in Media Studies and Communications: Five Questions to Ask YourselfMaster’s programs in media studies and communications take different forms depending on your specific interests in journalism, marketing, and social media. Here...
Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on May. 10, 2022There are no comments yet. 2095 Views
AROUND THE VALLEY
Contradictions and consequencesThe following has nothing to do with politics. I am not taking a stance on candidates, issues or anything of a political nature here. This is about perceived contradictions...
Original post made by Gina Channell Wilcox on Jun. 4, 2022Last comment by Michael Austin , on Jun 8, 2022 at 10:04 pm | 1 comment | 2088 Views
NOTES ON THE VALLEY
Why the Sheriff's department mattersSomething 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...
Original post made by Monith Ilavarasan on Jun. 15, 2022There are no comments yet. 2076 Views
TIM TALK
Fialho takes on key role with 3 Valleys FoundationRetired Pleasanton City Manager Nelson Fialho said he would take a couple of months off after his last day on Nov. 30, but he now has jumped back into the working...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Feb. 1, 2022Last comment by RobertD., on Feb 2, 2022 at 7:11 pm | 1 comment | 2072 Views
TIM TALK
Cultural rot lies at the root of violenceThe horrific mass shooting of school children and teachers in Texas have predicably brought forth demands to do something. Warriors coach Steve Kerr spent his pregame...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on May. 26, 2022Last comment by gregory, on Jun 7, 2022 at 9:04 pm | 5 comments | 2071 Views
ART SPACE
Practice, Practice, Practice!By John A. Barry “Painting has enriched my life more than I can ever say.” With these words, Alamo artist Margery Ammon summarizes the importance...
Original post made by John A. Barry and Bill Carmel on Jan. 31, 2022Last comment by medi kush, on Mar 3, 2022 at 11:30 pm | 1 comment | 2051 Views
TIM TALK
What an unusual market for carsThis week we bought out the lease on our 2019 Honda Accord. We were in-and-out of Dublin Honda a couple of times and were struck by just how empty the vast parking...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Jul. 26, 2022Last comment by Jennifer, on Jul 26, 2022 at 6:06 pm | 2 comments | 2046 Views
NOTES ON THE VALLEY
Memories of July 4thThe first fireworks show I remember watching was on my parent’s Magnavox tube television. We huddled around the 27 inch screen on July 4th to witness our very...
Original post made by Monith Ilavarasan on Jul. 6, 2022Last comment by Cal Morton, on Jul 11, 2022 at 12:40 pm | 3 comments | 2031 Views
TIM TALK
Tri-Valley lost key leader when Rich Rankin diedThe Tri-Valley innovation ecosystem lost a key player this month when Rich Rankin died of cancer in his home in Ammon, Idaho. He was 67. Rankin headed Lawrence...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Jun. 23, 2022Last comment by Michael Austin , on Jun 23, 2022 at 8:45 pm | 1 comment | 2025 Views
AROUND THE VALLEY
Kreycik search revealed ‘best of humanity’While most think of a community as a group of people living in the same area, the community that came together last year to search for a missing runner transcended...
Original post made by Gina Channell Wilcox on Jul. 14, 2022There are no comments yet. 2014 Views
TIM TALK
If you have a chance, run to see Jeremy Stolle's showLast December, thinking about an “experience” I could give my bride and our daughter for Christmas, I purchased four tickets to the Jeremy Stolle show at the...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Jan. 25, 2022Last comment by marti, on Jan 26, 2022 at 2:05 am | 2 comments | 2003 Views
TIM TALK
Workday committed to growing in Pleasantonohn Paul Bruno heads up global real estate for Workday and made it clear that the company will continue to invest in Pleasanton while speaking at the San Francisco...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Aug. 15, 2019Last comment by Cholo, on Aug 19, 2019 at 3:51 pm | 9 comments | 1997 Views
TIM TALK
Celebrating America's heritageHow delightful it feels today, July 4th, as I write this blog for Tuesday to see that America is again celebrating its birthday with gusto. We are in Central Oregon,...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Jul. 5, 2022Last comment by Theo Layne, on Jul 7, 2022 at 7:49 am | 9 comments | 1930 Views
TIM TALK
Film asks when does a person become a person?After the unprecedented leak of a draft Supreme Court decision that would overturn the landmark Roe vs. Wade abortion case, abortion has rocketed back into the headlines...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on May. 19, 2022Last comment by Jake Waters, on May 20, 2022 at 2:19 pm | 5 comments | 1922 Views
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