City explains recent road block on Sunol Boulevard. After having to briefly shut down the road last week due to crews hitting a section of pipe that carries natural gas, the city was able to continue its construction work to replace a water line along Sunol Boulevard.

Nov 27, 2024 · Hundreds of people stood in line Wednesday morning to be the first customers inside Pleasanton's brand-new Costco, which officially opened its doors after nearly a decade of planning, legal hurdles and construction.

Oct 17, 2024 · This Saturday, the chance to be a year-round racing facility gets real, as the inaugural Golden State Racing meet kicks off its 26-day fall meet at the Alameda County Fairgrounds.

Jan 9, 2025 · The city's joint project with the Zone 7 Water Agency to test viable locations in West Pleasanton for two potentially new groundwater wells outside of a PFAS plume is going as planned, with the test drilling coming to an end soon at Del Prado Park in Pleasanton this month, according to officials with both agencies.

Nov 25, 2024 · Pleasanton’s incoming police chief, Tracy Avelar. (Photo courtesy City of Pleasanton) The city of Pleasanton has selected Tracy Avelar, Foster City’s current chief of police, as the Pleasanton Police Department’s next police chief, the city announced on Monday.

Dec 25, 2024 · Chuck Deckert’s favorite photo of his that we published in 2024: A throwback image to July 22, 1992 of the Union Pacific 3985 passing through the Tri-Valley on its way to the National Railroad Historical Society Convention in San Jose – a picture featured in the “Next Stop!” exhibition at the Bankhead and Firehouse.

Nov 17, 2024 · Jim’s Country Style Restaurant after closing time on the afternoon of Nov. 17, 2024. (Photo by Chuck Deckert) James “Jim” Goff, the down-home restaurateur whose namesake diner has been a staple in Pleasanton for three decades, was one of two bystanders killed by a vehicle during the famed Baja 1000 off-road racing event in Mexico last week.

Jan 9, 2025 · You certainly can’t tell the history of Pleasanton in the last 50 years without a chapter on Callahan. In the late 1970s, Callahan partnered with Prudential Insurance Co. to purchase and develop land in North Pleasanton into Hacienda Business Park — a move that not only changed the city’s course in terms of corporate and commercial growth, but improved transportation, flood mitigation ...

Dec 10, 2024 · The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public for help to solve some cold case homicides that occurred in the ’70s and ’80s in Sunol and Dublin following their recent anniversaries. Alameda County Sheriff’s Office logo. ACSO Sgt. Roberto Morales told the Weekly that the office ...

Apr 26, 2024 · Hart Middle School principal Caroline Fields stated in an email to the community on Thursday that the two children were Pleasanton Unified School District students — one attended Hart and the other Donlon Elementary School.