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27 positions on possible chopping block in Pleasanton school district
The Pleasanton school board voted last night to send notices of possible layoff for 27 full-time positions, fewer than expected and even some of those could be spared if state financial aid improves.
by Emily West
March 11, 2010

SF's mayor takes out filing papers for lieutenant governor's post
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom Wednesday afternoon obtained nomination papers for the lieutenant governor's race, taking him one step closer to a possible run for statewide office, the mayor's office confirmed.
by Jeb Bing
March 11, 2010

Brothers arrested on suspicion of running meth lab on Angela Street
Two brothers were arrested Wednesday afternoon on suspicion of operating a methamphetamine lab out of a Pleasanton home, police said.
by PaloAltoOnline.com
March 11, 2010

Integrative Medicine
Pamela McDonald, NP, author of "APOE Gene Diet" and Kate Mackinnon, PT, Craniosacral Therapist, will discuss Integrative Medicine: Providing Powerful Tools for Real Changes from 7 to 9 p.m. March 11 at the Livermore Public Library, 1188 S. Livermore Ave. Call 980-9655 or visit www.apoegenediet.com.
by PaloAltoOnline.com
March 10, 2010

Livermore Amador Valley Garden Club
This club meets from 7-9 p.m. March 11 at Harvest Park Middle School, 4900 Valley Ave. Designing Beautiful and Bountiful Gardens. Guest speakers are Susan Ballinger and Victor Ruesga. Call 461-1725 or visit www.orgsites.com/ca/lavgc.
by PaloAltoOnline.com
March 10, 2010

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Police find meth lab in Pleasanton home (KGO-TV Bay Area)
Pleasanton police uncover a meth lab inside a home when they went to serve an arrest warrant for a drug possession.
March 11, 2010

Avaya and Polycom to Jointly Develop and Market Video and Voice Communications Systems (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
BASKING RIDGE, NJ and PLEASANTON, CA--(Marketwire - 03/09/10) - Avaya and Polycom, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLCM - News ) are expanding their existing relationship and will jointly develop and market integrated video, voice and collaboration solutions. The companies plan to deliver fully integrated, end-to-end unified communications (UC) solutions that use the Avaya Aura Session Initiation Protocol (SIP ...
March 9, 2010

Spigit Unveils First External Enterprise Contest Platform (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
PLEASANTON, CA--(Marketwire - 03/09/10) - Spigit , the leader in innovation management software for the enterprise, today announced the availability of ContestSpigit, the industry's first turnkey platform that enables businesses to run competitions that tap into the wisdom of the crowd. Organizations are quickly realizing that innovation does not always comes from within the walls of the ...
March 9, 2010

Veeva Systems to Support OSI Pharmaceuticals with Its Multi-tenant SaaS CRM Application (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
PLEASANTON, Calif.----Veeva Systems announced today that it will support OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. with its SaaS Customer Relationship Management application, which OSI deployed to its sales team in February after a rapid implementation.
March 10, 2010

Blackhawk Network's Talbott Roche Receives Prestigious Industry Achievement Award (Marketwire)
PLEASANTON, CA--(Marketwire - March 8, 2010) - Talbott Roche, co-founder and senior vice president of Blackhawk Network, was recently recognized for her Industry Achievement at the fourth annual Paybefore Awards on Monday, February 22 at the Prepaid Expo in Las Vegas. Roche was honored by members of the industry and her peers for her contributions and dedicated service to the prepaid industry.
March 8, 2010

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This Old House in Pleasanton
The Pleasanton Heritage Association awarded its first Pleasanton Architectural Heritage Award to Linda and Ken Bloom for the work they did to restore and maintain the character of the cottage-style bungalow at Neal and Second Streets. The Blooms purchased the home six years ago and undertook a several-month?s long renovation that was not cheap. ... Read More »

Pleasanton Sheraton Sold
The Sheraton Pleasanton Hotel has a new owner. The inn on Stoneridge Mall Road had fallen on hard times due to the struggling economy and was in foreclosure. The new owners, Pleasanton Lodging LLC paid $12.3 million for the 170 room hotel on February 3. Pleasanton Lodging LLC is planning on putting in an ... Read More »

Nob Hill Closing Its Doors
Nob Hill supermarket in Pleasanton is closing in March. The grocery store, located on Santa Rita Rd between Stoneridge Dr and W. Las Positas, is the latest in a string of retail businesses that have closed in the Tri-Valley. Image via Wikipedia Nob Hill’s sister brand is Raley’s, which has a huge grocery and ... Read More »

East Bay Companies Still Shedding Jobs
In a quarterly survey of East Bay businesses commissioned by the Bay Area Council, 35% of respondents in Contra Costa/Solano County and 27% of respondents in Alameda County said they expect to cut jobs in the next six months. Those were the two worst results in the Bay Area. Image by Getty Images via Daylife The ... Read More »

Ice Ice Baby!
Pleasanton moved a couple of steps closer to becoming the west coast?s center for all things ice. ?The Pleasanton planning commission unanimously approved development plans for a two-story, four-rink ice center located off Interstate 580?, in conjunction with the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League. ?The commission?s decision at Thursday?s special meeting was ... Read More »

Safeway Lifestyle Store Still in the Works for Pleasanton
Plans for the Pleasanton Gateway retail project, which include a 65,000 Safeway supermarket, have been reworked and sent back to the planning commission, according to the Pleasanton Weekly. The project would be located on the Bernal property, on Bernal Ave between Valley Ave and I-680. The new Safeway “lifestyle” store will be designed to ... Read More »

Pleasanton Police Have a New Mole
If you see a motorcycle cop in Pleasanton at an intersection who seems to be searching his blackberry, you will be witnessing the latest technology in practice. No, the officer is not texting, checking facebook or twittering. In fact the policeman is using “The Mole”, a new hand held device that shows the ... Read More »