San Ramon News

The annual San Ramon Art & Wind Festival blows into town on May 26 and 27. Held from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. at Central Park, the festival includes over 150 arts and crafts booths, entertainment on four stages, kite-flying demos, free kite making workshops, kids' activities, displays and more.

Norman Wielsch arrives at Superior Court in Walnut Creek, Calif. Thursday April 21, 2011 for a CNET-related hearing.

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The Pleasanton school district has hired Jason Krolikowski, an assistant principal from the San Ramon Valley Unified School District, as Foothill High's new principal to replace John Dwyer, who's taking a position as principal of Lynbrook High School in San Jose.

Gov. Jerry Brown reiterated his resolve to remake how California finances public schools by giving districts with large numbers of poor and/or English-learner students more money when he presented a revised state budget this week.

Local and regional emergency managers and disaster service workers will exercise the valley's emergency operations plan today as part of the Golden Guardian program.

Volunteers to help educate the public about recycling during this year's Art and Wind festival.

A San Ramon man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for distributing child pornography.

The Brentwood Library presents a local author workshop on Wednesday, May 15 at 6:30 p.m. in the Brentwood Community Center, 35 Oak St.

Veramark Technologies Inc. saw its profit decline slightly in the first quarter even as it logged a rise in revenue.

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CHICAGO & SAN RAMON, Calif. -- -- SmithBucklin announced today that it acquired Inventures, Inc., a pioneer in developing, launching, managing and growing industry alliances across the high-tech, clean/green energy and healthcare markets.

While San Ramon officials are working to balance the city's budget, certain cuts are frustrating their colleagues across the city line.

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"Hey kids, do you want to go to the Dairy?" "Isn't that John Madden?" "Don't you just LOVE Pleasanton?" Come on, fess up, if you're a Pleasanton resident you know you've said at least one of the above at least once.

Monday, May 13 at 10:30 a.m. at the Livermore Area Recreation and Park District , located at 4444 East Avenue in Livermore.

This week's Simply Sterling takes note of some small dangers around our homes. After slipping on a dog treat and suffering months of pain and frustration, Linda Stolow Sterling reflects on the importance handicapped parking and why her dog no longer eats rawhide bones.

San Ramon Valley firefighters extinguished their second house fire in three days on Portsmouth Court on Monday.

A $3 million federal lawsuit that names the city of Pleasanton, a Pleasanton police officer and a number of others is continuing to make its way through the court system.

This week we highlight The Hopyard American Alehouse & Grill in San Ramon. The popular spot is among the most-reviewed local restaurants on Yelp .