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DOING COLLEGE

Get an Early Education about On and Off-campus Housing

College-bound high school students and transfer applicants from community colleges usually consider the academics as well as the likelihood of admission when they...

Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on Nov. 2, 2023
There are no comments yet. 1989 Views

NOTES ON THE VALLEY

Otter update, trick or treat expectations, high stakes

Otter update: My role model, Otter 841, has resurfaced once again in the waves of Santa Cruz. She initially rose to prominence after videos spread of her aggressively...

Original post made by Monith Ilavarasan on Nov. 1, 2023
There are no comments yet. 2000 Views

COUPLE'S NET

National Do Something Nice Day

October 5 was National Do Something Nice Day. Since we missed the actual day, let’s all do something nice every day for the next seven days. These acts...

Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Oct. 8, 2023
Last comment by Chandrama Anderson, on Oct 21, 2023 at 7:05 am | 16 comments | 11843 Views

TIM TALK

Life Sciences Summit highlights Tri-Valley's prime location and work force

Over the last 10-15 years, the Tri-Valley start-up ecosystem has evolved to be an ideal place to launch a company. Panelists and speakers at the 4th Tri-Valley...

Original post made by Tim Hunt on Oct. 20, 2023
There are no comments yet. 1975 Views

DOING COLLEGE

Graduate Fellowships and Scholarships Provided by Organizations

Many graduate fellowships are provided by universities and are restricted to the pursuit of a masters or doctoral degree at that university. However, those are not...

Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on Oct. 20, 2023
There are no comments yet. 2018 Views

TIM TALK

Surprising findings on poverty in the Tri-Valley

If you are poor in the Tri-Valley, you have an even more uphill battle than those with similar income living on the Bay side. The assumption here, in schools, is...

Original post made by Tim Hunt on Oct. 12, 2023
Last comment by Michael Austin , on Oct 19, 2023 at 7:06 pm | 9 comments | 2338 Views

TIM TALK

Thursday post will be up Friday morning

covering live news. thanks for reading, Tim ...

Original post made by Tim Hunt on Oct. 19, 2023
There are no comments yet. 876 Views

NOTES ON THE VALLEY

Owl be there for you

During the pandemic my partner and I would go on long walks through our neighborhood at night after dinner. On one of these walks we stumbled on a tall palm tree...

Original post made by Monith Ilavarasan on Oct. 18, 2023
There are no comments yet. 1966 Views

A NEW SHADE OF GREEN

Electric Home Tour -- What were your takeaways?

Were any of you able to attend the Electric Home Tour on Saturday? If so, I’d love to hear what you took...

Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Oct. 15, 2023
Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Oct 16, 2023 at 4:50 pm | 2 comments | 8398 Views

TRI-VALLEY FOODIST

Finding Italy at Gianni's in San Ramon

I recently acquired an addiction to pasta. Last month I visited Italy twice on wine press trips and averaged twice daily pasta consumption. Returning home, I...

Original post made by Deborah Grossman on Oct. 16, 2023
There are no comments yet. 3899 Views

A NEW SHADE OF GREEN

California's solar power will plummet during Saturday's near-total solar eclipse. But your lights will stay on.

On Saturday morning a solar eclipse lasting about three hours will obscure most of the sun across the full expanse of the state and beyond. The eclipse will eliminate...

Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Oct. 8, 2023
Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Oct 15, 2023 at 10:10 am | 7 comments | 11822 Views

NOTES ON THE VALLEY

Condors in California

Of my partner's many talents, one of the most impressive is her ability to spot hawks while on drives, daily walks, or hikes. Anybody can look in the sky and see...

Original post made by Monith Ilavarasan on Oct. 11, 2023
There are no comments yet. 1980 Views

TIM TALK

The governor provides a welcome surprise

Gov. Gavin Newsom provided a surprise over the weekend when he vetoed a bill that would have given unemployment benefits to striking workers after two weeks on...

Original post made by Tim Hunt on Oct. 5, 2023
Last comment by Malcolm Hex, on Oct 7, 2023 at 9:40 am | 6 comments | 2275 Views

NOTES ON THE VALLEY

Let's get a move on

The hardest part of moving is getting used to where everything is in the kitchen. The packing, taking down pictures, loading, coordinating movers, driving, unloading,...

Original post made by Monith Ilavarasan on Oct. 4, 2023
There are no comments yet. 1886 Views

TRI-VALLEY FOODIST

Making wine for 140 years merits celebration

How does a family honor the 140th continuous year of operating their business? For the fourth and fifth generation of the Wente family, a casual harvest dinner...

Original post made by Deborah Grossman on Oct. 2, 2023
Last comment by Doug Miller, on Oct 4, 2023 at 7:27 am | 1 comment | 2252 Views

DOING COLLEGE

Considerations for Balancing Cost and Reward

Furthering education typically requires more student loan debt. This is especially true for prospective graduate students who wish to study in a field that was not...

Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on Oct. 4, 2023
There are no comments yet. 1722 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 Eddie, on Sep 30, 2023 at 6:52 pm | 4 comments | 11201 Views

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 Rich Buckley, on Sep 28, 2023 at 7:16 am | 9 comments | 2564 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, on Sep 26, 2023 at 4:56 pm | 8 comments | 4353 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 | 13038 Views
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