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Foothill High School Competition Cheer Teams Continue Reign of Victory
Pleasanton Patch
Feb 06By Cheryl Palange Foothill High School’s varsity and junior varsity (JV) competition cheer squads were awarded a pair of first‐place trophies and the JV team won the Grand Champion trophy at the United Spirit Association California Open held at UC Davi... »
Ishmael Reed Presents Black History at Firehouse Through Poetry
Pleasanton Patch
Feb 06By Barbara Lewis The Firehouse Arts Center will host Black History Through Poetry with renowned writer and poet Ishmael Reed at 2 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 19, Tennessee Reed, his daughter and also a writer, will appear with him. The Firehouse Arts Center is... »
Program Focused on Dyslexia in Pleasanton is on the Chopping Block
Pleasanton Patch
Feb 01A popular program for Pleasanton students struggling with dyslexia will disappear if school officials approve a new list of cuts on Feb. 28. The 10-year-old Barton Reading Program, which tutors 150 students at seven local schools, was cut by 50 percent... »
A Home Away from Hurt
Pleasanton Patch
Feb 01Editor’s note: The names of the victims have been changed to protect their identities. When Mary came to Safe Alternative to Violent Environments (SAVE) last November, she showed up in pajamas with all of her teeth knocked out. The 40-year-old had been... »
February Freebies: Museums, Concerts and Crafts
Pleasanton Patch
Feb 01Ready for some free activities to do with your family over the next few weeks, both in our own community and a little further away? Here are some great adventures you can enjoy.Many local museums have a free museum day each month. For instance, the Exp... »
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From Napoleon to Liz Taylor: perfect pearl’s $11 million journey – msnbc.com
San Francisco Luxury Living
Dec 15Stan Honda / AFP - Getty Images "La Peregrina," the pearl, diamond and ruby necklace owned by Elizabeth Taylor on display during a preview of The Collection of Elizabeth Taylor at Christie's in New York on Dec. 1. By Olga Luna and Eduardo Sunol, Telemu... »
Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct: Big Fixes for Big Quakes
KQED Quest Community Science Blog
Nov 08The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission is hard at work on a $4.6 billion, decade-long construction project to overhaul the Hetch Hetchy water system, which delivers water from the Hetch Hetchy reservoir in Yosemite National Park and five local r... »
History’s a Bitch: A Dog Walk Through Time: This Dog Rules by Robb Fritz
Dispatches From Civil War Reenactments
Oct 26Behold, the Dog King! A dog that once was king sounds like the pitch for a Disney movie, but according to legend—which is a little like saying, according to whatever the hell you want to believe in—a dog did sit (and roll over, and play dead) as king o... »