Also: Staff will present update on governor's 2024 budget and how it affects the district. The Pleasanton school board is poised to make a final decision on which of the two high school boundary adjustments options would be approved after months of community and staff input during Thursday's board meeting.

Improvements include ADA accessible ramp, assistive hearing devices, new video screens. After six months of holding its meetings at the city's Operations Services Center, the Pleasanton City Council moved back into its newly renovated council chambers at 200 Old Bernal Ave. last week. Among the list of improvements to the...

24-year-old wasn't charged criminally in death of cyclist Greg Knapp in San Ramon, but he does face wrongful-death lawsuit from family. A Danville man who is now charged with allegedly assaulting his father and spurring a police search of the neighborhood last weekend has been confirmed as the same local resident who was investigated as the driver who fatally struck NFL coach Greg Knapp as he rode his bicycle in San Ramon more than two years ago.

California Highway Patrol helicopter personnel airlifted a woman who was trapped on top of her overturned small pickup truck, which was submerged in flood water for almost 15 hours deep in the Del Valle Regional Park in Livermore, an Alameda County Fire Department spokesperson said Tuesday. ACFD public affairs manager...

Danville's Village Theatre is set to host an exclusive appearance from one of the increasingly few Holocaust survivors still living and speaking in the present day nearly 80 years after World War II. Esther Basch is set to share her story of survival and forgiveness -- the topic of an...

It was a mixed bag of results for the Amador Valley High girls' soccer team last week. The Dons started the week with a 3-0 win over Granada. In the opening moments of the game, Angel Akanyirige delivered a beautiful pass to Maylen Montoya, who in turn dropped the ball right in front of the goal for Alden Hofstede to tap in.

Efforts aim to create inclusive workplace for all employees in Pleasanton city government. The City Council reviewed an update last week regarding the city's efforts to develop a sustainable organizational culture that would help create an equitable and inclusive employment environment and make Pleasanton a more desired workplace destination. The...

Californians infected with COVID-19 may go about their lives without isolating or testing negative as long as their symptoms are improving, according to new and significantly loosened guidelines from the California Department of Public Health. California's top public health official, Dr. Tomás Aragón, last week quietly rescinded the state's previous...

Governor's goal is to 'strengthen safety in youth football -- while ensuring parents have the freedom to decide which sports are most appropriate for their children'. Anaheim Assemblymember Avelino Valencia is a former tight end for San Jose State who tried out for the NFL. Before entering politics, he was a community college football coach.

Founder reflects on breaking musical norms ahead of Livermore Valley Opera benefit show. The 3 Redneck Tenors describe themselves as "three singing songbirds of the trailer park." With their eclectic sound that mixes elements of country music, Broadway showtunes and classical opera, they aim to break genre stereotypes one performance at a time.

Environmental groups on Friday sued the California Department of Water Resources for approving a plan to divert water from the environmentally sensitive Sacramento-San Joaquin river delta to Central and Southern California. The lawsuit says the water agency failed to consider ecological and wildlife harms in giving the go-ahead for the...

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A fire that started in the attic of a home in Pleasanton displaced a family on Thursday night, according to the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department. Firefighters responded at 10:20 p.m. to the one-alarm fire reported on the 5000 block of Genovesio Drive, where they found smoke coming from the attic of a two-story house, battalion chief Kurtis Dickey said.

The three candidates vying for the State Senate seat now representing Pleasanton are set to introduce themselves and their platforms to voters ahead of the March 5 primary in an online forum hosted by Livermore Indivisible this weekend. After redistricting, Pleasanton, Livermore, Dublin and Sunol will be represented by the...

The Pleasanton community is mourning the loss of one of its best citizens. Chris Miller, the co-creator of Pleasanton Military Families and the Yellow Banner Project who touched so many other local causes in addition to his years as a military and civilian pilot, a real estate professional and a devoted family man, died on Dec. 29 in Folsom where he had moved to a memory care facility a couple of months before while battling dementia. He was 86.

AG: Crimes include Dublin cigarette store in October. Three people are facing dozens of felony charges after allegedly going on a spree of organized retail thefts in the Bay Area from September to November, California Attorney General Rob Bonta said Wednesday. The suspects, whose names were not immediately released, are...

Inspector will be reimbursed for union dues, plus lost wages and benefits. A fire safety inspector at the Pleasanton-based Construction Testing Services has been reinstated to her position and seen union dues and back pay returned to her as part of a settlement with the company and an employees' union following a federal complaint she brought forward last year.

Bob Pack, known for anti-DUI advocacy after driver killed his children, seeks damages from Orkin's Livermore branch in wrongful termination complaint. A Danville man who has been lauded for his advocacy against impaired driving after two of his young kids were killed in 2003 sued his now-former employer in Livermore last week alleging discrimination, harassment and wrongful termination in the wake of his manager pestering him about alcohol and drug use.