1+ hour, 11+ min ago  (733+ words) The Alameda County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved an 18-month contract extension with surveillance infrastructure company Flock Safety for the use of law enforcement technology, including automated license plate reader cameras, in the county's unincorporated communities. The contract also…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (701+ words) Sam Finn is the executive director of the California Newcomer Network and taught elementary school in Berkeley, Oakland and Washington, D. C. When I was a teacher in Oakland, I made a decent salary but lived in an apartment with rats. It…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (470+ words) Pleasanton and Livermore residents who might have noticed an odd smell coming from their tap water recently have nothing to worry about, according to the Zone 7 Water Agency. The agency said in a press release that the water is safe…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago  (180+ words) Dozens of soccer fans boarded an ACE train in Pleasanton Wednesday afternoon, donned in red, white and blue. The travelers were headed to a FIFA World Cup knock-out match where Team USA is poised to play against Bosnia and Herzegovina…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago  (748+ words) Every Alameda County Fair is different " and that's certainly the case when you have a child with you. My family made our annual summer drive to the Pleasanton fairgrounds last Saturday, on what turned out to be the most remarkably…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago  (557+ words) A couple who took over the Grocery Outlet in Pleasanton a couple years ago are saying goodbye to the community this week as they get set to move and take over one of the other franchise store locations in the…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago  (621+ words) California librarians were stunned when a last-minute budget change stripped K-12 schools of a trove of research materials, potentially leaving thousands of students without resources to do reports, projects or homework assignments. Without notice to schools or librarians, the Legislature last…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago  (460+ words) Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into law a change to criminal sentencing practices that gives judges more discretion to decide whether someone accused of a crime merits a mental health diversion." The bill overwhelmingly passed both chambers of the Legislature…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago  (408+ words) Police agencies in the Tri-Valley and Central Valley recently joined forces to arrest a pair of Stockton men allegedly responsible for residential burglaries in the region. The two suspects have since been booked into the San Joaquin County Jail on…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago  (62+ words) Pleasanton Weekly Dublin Leprechauns manager David Aceron poses before a game with the Pleasanton Weekly edition featuring a profile of the independent league baseball team on the cover." For over 25 years, the Pleasanton Weekly has delivered independent, community-focused journalism. Your…...