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Bankrupt Retail Chain Abruptly Closes Walnut Creek and Concord Stores
WALNUT CREEK, CALIFORNIA – Leslie’s Pool Supplies has closed its Walnut Creek and Concord stores as the national pool and spa retailer enters bankruptcy. Both locations’ pages on the company’s website now redirect to a closure notice telling customers to find another nearby Leslie’s store. The shutdowns leave local pool owners looking elsewhere for supplies, water testing and equipment help.
indybay.org
Hundreds at FedEx Demand End of Weapons Pipeline for Palestine Genocide
(Oakland, October 9) - Hundreds of large trucks and shipping containers could be seen behind the locked gates of the FedEx hub near Oakland Airport. In front, demonstrators young and old set up memorial photos of children killed by Israel with US weapons shipped from Oakland Airport by FedEx. A speaker later read out the names of some of the thousands of children.
NBC Bay Area
East Bay residents raise concerns about refineries' safety records at town hall
Following a long history of fires, flaring and pollution at the Martinez refinery and a nearby Renewable Energy Facility, community members aired their concerns on Thursday and asked what’s being done to protect their health. About 100 people from across Contra Costa County packed into John Muir Elementary School’s...
oaklandside.org
Hundreds protest in Oakland to demand FedEx stop shipping arms to Israel
The Oakland People’s Arms Embargo, a coalition of Palestinian rights groups, faith organizations, labor unions, and peace activists, protested today outside FedEx’s massive Air Freight Center in East Oakland, calling attention to the company’s alleged practice of shipping arms to Israel. According to the coalition, FedEx transports...
Pleasanton Weekly
Leslie’s Pool shutters in San Ramon, other Tri-Valley stores remain open amid bankruptcy
The Leslie’s Pool Supplies store in Crow Canyon Commons has closed as part of the restructuring plan initiated this fall under the company’s bankruptcy proceedings. The three other Leslie’s locations in the Tri-Valley were spared from the 76 closures announced nationwide Sept. 30 in tandem with voluntary petitions filed by the company in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas that same day.
indybay.org
FedEx, STOP Shipping Weapons To Israel For Genocide Demand Unionists and Activists in Oakland
Original image (2006x1032) Hundreds of unionists and activists rallied and demanded at FedEx near the Oakland airport that it stop shipping weapons to Israel for the genocide in Gaza. They also attacked FedEx for union busting and supporting the resegregation of the South. The rally took place on October 9,...
beyondthecreek.com
bayareatelegraph.com
A Bored Finance Worker’s Google Search Turned Into an Enduring East Bay Farmers Market Favorite
SAN RAMON, CALIFORNIA – Elliot Sharifi’s career change started with a Google search. “In 2017 I was a 26-year-old in finance in downtown SF, fed up with corporate life, and I Googled ‘how to start a food business in SF,'” Sharifi wrote in a message to Bay Area Telegraph. “I quit my job, found a shared kitchen, and started making hummus.”
SFGate
Solano Co.: Sales Tax Changes Proposed For Fairfield, Vacaville, Rio Vista
Residents of three Solano County cities are set to vote on sales tax measures in November. Measure P in Fairfield and Measure V in Vacaville are sales tax hikes, while Measure O in Rio Vista is an extension of an existing sales tax. FAIRFIELD. In Fairfield, visitors and residents currently...
CBS News
PG&E announces possible power shutoffs across California due to fire risk
Pleasanton Weekly
Olivina: A local leader in the olive oil renaissance
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The tall Olivina arch at the intersection of Arroyo and Wetmore roads is hard to miss. Sara Smith installed the arch in 1906 to honor her late husband’s contributions to their South Livermore property and his internationally award-winning wines. Co-founder of cleaning agent Twenty Mule Team Borox and a pioneer viticulturist, Julius Paul Smith bought 2,000 acres in 1881. The estate name, Olivina, reflected the vines he acquired from France and the cuttings brought from old olive trees at the Fremont Mission San José.
Pleasanton Weekly
Tri-Valley employers implement mass layoffs
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Hundreds of workers at major employers throughout the Tri-Valley have received termination notices in recent months, with big names such as Workday, Chevron and Kaiser continuing their trend of mass layoffs in their local offices. Tri-Valley employers have cut more than 400 jobs since...
bayareatelegraph.com
Family-Owned Local Business Just Made a Big, Bold Move in San Ramon
SAN RAMON, CALIFORNIA – A family-owned Bay Area boutique is making a bigger bet on San Ramon. Alys Grace, the women’s fashion retailer already operating at City Center Bishop Ranch, is set to expand into the former storefronts of M by Maggie Rizer and Trader. The plan gives...
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Pleasanton Safeway Shopping Center Sells for $79.1 Million, Below Assessed Value
A busy Safeway-anchored shopping center near Interstate 680 in Pleasanton has changed hands for $79.1 million, landing well below its prior assessed value even as the property sits nearly fully leased with a roster of national tenants and a sky-high median income in the surrounding neighborhood. An affiliate of Sterling...
The Home Brief
An Oakland Homeowner Priced Replacement Windows. The $3,000 Installation Quote Was Before Materials
An Oakland, California, homeowner planning to replace a few windows with badly rotted frames got an installation quote of about $3,000 per window from a general contractor. The homeowner had priced the windows themselves at roughly $1,000 to $2,000 each, putting the expected average at about $4,500 per window. In a thread from February 2025, the homeowner asked whether the installation figure made sense before seeking comparison quotes.
Daily Californian
Berkeley City Council to vote on ranking system for displaced residents seeking affordable housing
The Berkeley City Council will vote on a revision of the Affordable Housing Preference Policy on Oct. 13. The updated policy, if passed, will change the current points-based system to a tier-based one for determining priority in housing displaced and low-income applicants. Under the current system, applicants are given one...