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TIM TALK
Teens can't sleep in on school days thanks to the governorHigh school students looking to sleep a bit later on school days will have to rely on their local school board to make a change in the starting time. Gov. Brown...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Oct. 9, 2018Last comment by Eva Green, on Jan 7, 2019 at 5:11 am | 9 comments | 1931 Views
RAUCOUS CAUCUS
Keeping Our Brothers, on Thanksgiving“They were fleeing down the road with only the shirts on their backs – many were carrying their children or the family pet.” So...
Original post made by Tom Cushing on Nov. 12, 2018Last comment by Tom Cushing, on Dec 12, 2018 at 10:29 pm | 26 comments | 1982 Views
TIM TALK
Tri-Valley bioscience sector is growing rapidlyThe Tri-Valley's rapidly expanding life sciences sector was spotlighted Oct. 25 when the i-GATE incubator brought together leaders and other interested people for...
Original post made by pleasantonweekly.com on Nov. 13, 2018Last comment by RichardGunn, on Dec 12, 2018 at 2:51 am | 1 comment | 1582 Views
COUPLE'S NET
Couples: "101 Things I Wish I Knew When I Got Married""101 Things I Wish I Knew When I Got Married" by Charlie and Linda Bloom is a great book for couples. Each of the 101 things is about two pages long. My...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Nov. 30, 2018Last comment by Chandrama Anderson, on Dec 7, 2018 at 2:53 pm | 9 comments | 5795 Views
DOING COLLEGE
Is Graduate School the Sensible Next Step After College?Some high school students know they want a graduate or professional degree even before they start their undergraduate years. Others do not consider it at all or...
Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on Nov. 20, 2018Last comment by Petter, on Dec 4, 2018 at 10:23 pm | 3 comments | 1329 Views
ART SPACE
You Can’t Kill These ParasitesI have to go frequently to my/Bill’s posts to kill/edit digital disease spread by online parasites trying to sell crap through various links. The problem is...
Original post made by John A. Barry and Bill Carmel on Nov. 8, 2018Last comment by Cholo, on Nov 29, 2018 at 2:21 pm | 3 comments | 685 Views
TIM TALK
A tough challenge on this day of thanksPleasanton businessman Roy Goble delivered a tough challenge to people attending the sixth annual Tri-Valley Prayer Breakfast to benefit CityServe of the Tri-Valley. He...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Nov. 22, 2018Last comment by Cholo, on Nov 22, 2018 at 12:21 pm | 2 comments | 1364 Views
TIM TALK
CityServe helps give a Pleasanton vet a fresh startCityServe of the Tri-Valley introduced Desert Storm/Shield veteran Dominic Prodenzola of Pleasanton to people attending its sixth annual Tri-Valley Prayer Breakfast...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Nov. 20, 2018There are no comments yet. 0 Views
TIM TALK
Health care cost measure is a mess in LivermoreLivermore voters will face an initiative on the Nov. 6 ballot that simply should not be decided by voters. Measure U asks voters give the city the authority to...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Aug. 30, 2018Last comment by komal , on Nov 15, 2018 at 11:38 pm | 11 comments | 9103 Views
TIM TALK
School trustee were wise to take it slow on another bondPleasanton school district staff has been working with consultants to plan for another bond issue potentially in two years. Fortunately, a majority of school trustees...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Oct. 16, 2018Last comment by komal kita, on Nov 15, 2018 at 11:08 pm | 2 comments | 1303 Views
TIM TALK
Booming job growth means congestion on roadwaysReading the Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s annual report on the most congested roads, a couple of things struck me. Knowing first-hand how awful it...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Nov. 1, 2018There are no comments yet. 1398 Views
TIM TALK
Planning Commission denies AT Dublin proposalProponents of AT Dublin, the mixed-use lifestyle retail center on Tassajara Road, took a big step toward quelling potential opposition by cutting a key deal with...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Oct. 30, 2018There are no comments yet. 1673 Views
TIM TALK
Lame-duck Dublin council poised to make IKEA decisionThe decision on the giant IKEA lifestyle retail center in Dublin likely will be made next month after the Nov. 6 election. Last week, the Dublin City Council held...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Oct. 23, 2018There are no comments yet. 1955 Views
COUPLE'S NET
Couples: A Relationship Test . . .. . . try riding a tandem bicycle with your partner. My husband and I got a tandem over the weekend. We test drove it in a parking lot. Within 30 seconds it was...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Oct. 18, 2018Last comment by menlo mom, on Oct 22, 2018 at 5:26 pm | 2 comments | 4519 Views
TIM TALK
Bringing great burgers to downtown PleasantonWhen Todd Utikal and his wife celebrated milestones at Skip Hinsley's Girasole restaurant, he never imagined that years later they would be business partners in...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Oct. 18, 2018Last comment by Steve, on Oct 18, 2018 at 9:54 am | 1 comment | 2160 Views
TIM TALK
Battle over downtown Livermore plan heats upThe Friends of Livermore just made this fall's election season even more interesting. When the Livermore City Council approved the downtown plan this month, the...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Sep. 20, 2018Last comment by change ringtone, on Oct 15, 2018 at 11:42 pm | 8 comments | 3212 Views
ART SPACE
Eugene O’Neill in Danville, Past and PresentBy John A. Barry It’s surprising how few people in the area know that one of America’s greatest playwrights lived in Danville in the 1940s....
Original post made by John A. Barry and Bill Carmel on Aug. 29, 2018Last comment by Elle, on Oct 12, 2018 at 1:22 am | 1 comment | 855 Views
TIM TALK
Pleasanton-based Deep Sentinel prepares product launchPleasanton-based Deep Sentinel is breaking new ground in the home surveillance industry and, like many other innovative solutions, hopes to completely disrupt it. Home...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Oct. 11, 2018There are no comments yet. 2042 Views
COUPLE'S NET
Couples: Retirement Hot Potato!The top three issues couples have are about sex, money and power. So today I’m going to write about money, specifically retirement. So much of the help you...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Aug. 31, 2018Last comment by carolinewarren, on Oct 11, 2018 at 6:39 am | 1 comment | 5968 Views
RAUCOUS CAUCUS
A fish out of waterhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-IkWpm7TS0 (safe for work) ==I Self-referential Blogger note: It’s been a while – all those tribal drumbeats. Your...
Original post made by Tom Cushing on Oct. 1, 2018Last comment by Tom Cushing, on Oct 7, 2018 at 11:28 am | 70 comments | 2390 Views
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