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COUPLE'S NET
Premarital and Couples: Please treat me with . . .How do you end this sentence? Please treat me with . . . - kindness - respect - gentleness - curiosity - desire to understand my intentions (even when I'm...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Apr. 24, 2020There are no comments yet. 5959 Views
DOING COLLEGE
What Seniors Must Know Before They Make Their College ChoiceSpring break is over and thanks to the COVID-19 crisis, you have had plenty of time to wait, wonder and worry about your college options for next fall. Now is the...
Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on Apr. 21, 2020There are no comments yet. 3003 Views
TIM TALK
New Vic's All-Star Kitchen owners have a long history hereLong-time Vic’s All-Star Kitchen server Laura Castro and her husband, Ernesto Castro, celebrated March 1 when they took over the Pleasanton institution from...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Apr. 16, 2020Last comment by Steve M, on Apr 19, 2020 at 3:31 pm | 7 comments | 4290 Views
COUPLE'S NET
Premarital and Couples: It's My 60th Birthday (Celebrating During Corona Virus)My husband (who turns 60 at the end of May) and I had decided over a year ago that we'd take a trip to celebrate our 60th birthdays. We were going to go to . . ....
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Apr. 17, 2020Last comment by BarbaraS, on Apr 17, 2020 at 1:53 pm | 1 comment | 5508 Views
COUPLE'S NET
Couples and Premarital: Ping PongIs this post about needing to win, or playing together? Is this post about a technology 'ping' of reaching out to another system for a status update? Is this...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Apr. 10, 2020Last comment by Chandrama Anderson, on Apr 15, 2020 at 10:41 am | 2 comments | 6475 Views
TIM TALK
Garre' chef taking care of health care workersWhen the shelter-in-place order shuttered restaurants other than for takeout and delivery, Garre’ Cafe Chef Abe Ahmari felt he needed to do something for health...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Apr. 14, 2020There are no comments yet. 3248 Views
DOING COLLEGE
Taking AP Exams in the Time of COVID-19In response to the major and sometimes tragic disruptions to life that have accompanied the spread of the COVID-19 virus,
Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on Apr. 7, 2020Last comment by elsewill, on Apr 11, 2020 at 2:16 am | 1 comment | 2883 Views
TIM TALK
Affordable housing singled out to continueThe updated shelter-in-place mandate from the Bay Area’s six health departments shuttered almost all of another industry—construction. Construction...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Apr. 9, 2020There are no comments yet. 0 Views
COUPLE'S NET
Repairing a Disagreement with your Beloved & “Physical” vs. “Social” DistancingI’m going to write about two topics today. How to repair and resolve an issue with your beloved. If you’ve had an argument or disagreement, there...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Apr. 3, 2020Last comment by Chandrama Anderson, on Apr 8, 2020 at 11:00 am | 2 comments | 6745 Views
TIM TALK
Next Step opens in Livermore and offers free diapersNext Step expanded its services to Livermore at the New Year when it opened an office at 4200 East Avenue. It’s now adjusting to the coronavirus shelter-in-place...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Apr. 2, 2020Last comment by Jake Waters, on Apr 3, 2020 at 1:43 pm | 3 comments | 3501 Views
TIM TALK
The takeout math just doesn't work for restaurantsThe county health departments’ shelter in place orders on March 9 caught many, many people by surprise. With the hospitality and transportation industries already...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Mar. 26, 2020Last comment by DKHSK, on Apr 2, 2020 at 11:06 am | 33 comments | 5822 Views
TIM TALK
Be aware of hyperbole in numbers and media hypeToday we will get the formal order from Bay Area health departments that the shelter-in-place order will be extended through April—San Francisco officials...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Mar. 31, 2020Last comment by Tom, on Apr 2, 2020 at 7:44 am | 14 comments | 3085 Views
COUPLE'S NET
The first few seconds after awakening; before I remember the virusIn the first few seconds after awakening, I am taking in the morning. The sun shining. My dog's little noises. My breath. Stretching and rolling my shoulders. Then...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Mar. 27, 2020There are no comments yet. 6715 Views
PRESSING ISSUES
Post Random Acts of KindnessA crisis of this magnitude can bring out the worst in people. If you have been in a grocery store recently you might have witnessed individuals grabbing every...
Original post made by pleasantonweekly.com on Mar. 19, 2020Last comment by Karl Aitken, on Mar 26, 2020 at 9:20 am | 8 comments | 7277 Views
TIM TALK
Coronavirus puts politics on holdThe coronavirus is so dominating the news that anything else is an after-thought at most. So, it was last week when former vice-president Joe Biden moved closer...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Mar. 24, 2020Last comment by DKHSK, on Mar 25, 2020 at 9:35 pm | 5 comments | 2110 Views
TIM TALK
The coronavirus becomes personalThe coronavirus and my view of how to deal with it continues to evolve as I appreciate more fully how challenging the situation is today. Last Sunday, when Gov....
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Mar. 19, 2020Last comment by Randy, on Mar 25, 2020 at 4:07 am | 7 comments | 3231 Views
ART SPACE
Art Al FrescoDanville’s public information officer recently posted this: Hearing about so many great ways that people are getting creative while under the shelter order....
Original post made by John A. Barry and Bill Carmel on Mar. 23, 2020There are no comments yet. 33 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 Sares Dustan, on Mar 22, 2020 at 5:32 pm | 16 comments | 4489 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 jamie anderson, on Mar 21, 2020 at 1:54 am | 20 comments | 6219 Views
COUPLE'S NET
Couples and Premarital: Shelter, Harbor . . .. . . cover, defend, guard, protect, screen, shield, ward . . These are synonyms for shelter. But what if you feel stuck in the house with your partner and your...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Mar. 20, 2020There are no comments yet. 6384 Views
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