Pleasanton News

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The Pleasanton School Board is expected to approve a $115 million budget for the upcoming school year that includes more than $750,000 in deficit spending in its meeting tonight.

On tonight's agenda, the Pleasanton City Council plans to expand Pleasanton's size in order to increase the size of Pleasanton by approving a plan to develop lands north of Stanley Boulevard outside the Urban Growth Boundary.

The man who killed the young woman whose body was left in a trash can beside a road in Pleasanton has been sentenced after pleading guilty to her death.

A former Fremont teacher once sent to prison for possessing child pornography has been arrested on child molestation charges for the second time in a dozen years, according to authorities.

Having military bands perform at community events would become easier under an amendment passed Friday by the House of Representatives.

A Pleasanton resident for more than 30 years, Margerie "Marge" Headley turned 100 earlier this month and now prepares to move to San Diego.

More than 1,300 runners turned out Sunday for the 20th annual Father's Day Spirit Run, an event hosted by the Rotary Club of Pleasanton.

Police say it will likely be two weeks at least until tests are concluded on the driver of the car that killed bicyclist Diana Hersevoort on June 9. The Pleasanton Police Department will forward the results of those tests -- probably blood tests for alcohol or illegal substances -- and the department's examination of the accident scene to the ... (more)

BART trains are experiencing major delays Friday morning because of a small fire on the tracks between the Daly City and Balboa Park stations, according to an agency spokesman.

Precious metal, jewelry and electronics worth about $13,400 were reported stolen in a June 5 burglary at a home in the 7800 block of Oak Creek Drive.

The CoolTones Big Band headlines the Pleasanton Downtown Association's popular Concert in the Park tonight with the National Weather Service forecasting ideal temperatures for enjoying the free musical event.

Adept Technology, Pleasanton, Calif., developed an ePLC line of PLC programmable robots that includes new versions of the company's Cobra, Quattro and Viper The robots will interface directly with customer's existing PLC controllers, allowing operators to quickly, easily and inexpensively deploy the robots without the need to learn a new ... (more)

Two elderly California residents were injured Sunday evening in a two-vehicle accident along Highway 12 after a towed car left its trailer and hit them head on.

Brooke Hopfe and Jessica Bedford pause after placing a bouquet of flowers on Thursday, June 13, 2013, at the site where the body of Trisha Hopfe, Brooke's sister, was found last week near Olema, Calif.

In the San Ramon creek behind our home two river otters were swimming and playing.

A groundbreaking ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 13, to mark the start of construction of the 13-mile-long westbound I-580 carpool lane, extending from Greenville Road in Livermore to the San Ramon/Foothill Road overcrossing in Dublin/Pleasanton.

The Livermore Amador Valley Garden Club in the Pleasanton will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 13, in the Alisal Elementary School's multipurpose room, 1454 Santa Rita Road, for a pot-luck end-of-the-year dinner.

With the opening of its new Ann Arbor headquarters, Intalytics has completed its third expansion within the past few months.

The United States Healthful Food Council has announced that four Guckenheimer operated cafs are the first contract foodservice operations in the nation to achieve the group's REAL Certification.