Pleasanton News

A downtown Livermore BART station was panned by residents who attended a public hearing on extending the rail line, possibly through east Pleasanton.

The mysterious death in 1975 of Karen Rose Robinson is a mystery no more. The Alameda County Sheriff's Department says the 21-year-old Oakland woman whose body was found off a dark road in Pleasanton 34 years ago died of a heroin overdose.

The parade begins at 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 5, and concludes with a tree lighting ceremony and visit from Santa.

The drive is to help Pleasanton resident Janet Liang and to help raise awareness about the need for more ethnic minorities to register with the national bone marrow donor registry.

The 34-year-old mystery of how Karen Rose Robinson died has been solved. Heroin, not a person, killed her.

Gregg Flaherty of Sonoma and Karen Pavlick Michel of Los Angeles were sweethearts in high school in Pleasanton and got back together just before their 30th high school reunion.

The planning commission on Wednesday night unanimously approved a request from the owners of Redcoats British Pub and Restaurant to have DJ music and dancing from 9 p.m. to midnight Wednesdays and Thursdays.

The first in a series of workshops organized by city officials to gauge public opinion on future Livermore BART station sites held some surprises.

It could become the first one of these devices to be widely used as a permanent treatment.

Janice Stompro attacked her breast cancer aggressively after her diagnosis. She underwent a double mastectomy and four months of chemotherapy, crediting the latest technologies with also saving her mother from the disease.

The National Weather Service has issued a frost advisory for the Bay Area on Monday from 3 a.m. to 8 a.m. although the official forecast still predicts a low temperature of 38 degrees overnight for Pleasanton and the Tri-Valley. That was also the prediction last night but at 6 a.m. some thermometers in Pleasanton were near the freezing mark at 33 ...

The little things leave them envious. An extra electrical outlet, a place inside to store chairs and a conference room that does not double as a book repair station are a few of the things Julie Farnsworth and her staff long for.

Like a vision from a bygone era, the 1965 Pontiac GTO rumbles out of its garage ready to tear up California streets.

TASK FORCE MEMBERS SOUGHT: The city of Pleasanton is accepting applications from residents interested in joining the Hacienda Planned Unit Development Modification Task Force.

A somber ceremony Wednesday marked another heart-rending milestone for Tracy: The name of the first Tracy soldier to die in Afghanistan was added to the War Memorial wall.

San Luis Obispo City Attorney Jonathan Lowell has announced he will leave his position to become city attorney in the Bay Area community of Pleasanton, bringing to three the number of top officials who will leave the city's administration in 2010.

Pleasanton school trustees are expected to select a search firm to help find a successor for superintendent John Casey, who is retiring at the end of the school year.

Schools & Kids , posted by Nicole D., a member of the Fairlands Elementary School community, on Nov 6, 2009 at 10:48 pm I have some exciting news to share, and I need your help! I recently created a short video about Pleasanton.

Despite a severe vaccine shortage, Alameda and Contra Costa counties will hold free swine flu clinics beginning Saturday, but will sharply restrict who is eligible for the coveted shots.

Acknowledging that it will be a "tough sell," Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, introduced legislation Wednesday that he says would cut estate taxes for family farms and small businesses nationwide by more than $233 billion in 2011.