Sunol News

Authorities have found another major marijuana growing operation in a remote area of Alameda County.

Authorities have found another major marijuana growing operation in a remote area of Alameda County.

Alameda County Sheriff's deputies uncovered more than 15,000 marijuana plants this week near Sunol.

Construction on a $37.6-million Interstate 680 widening project, which includes installation of a toll-based high occupancy vehicle lane that is the first of its kind in Northern California, is occurring outside Milpitas.

Meeting scheduled on water pipeline project: The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission will hold an open house tonight on its draft environmental impact report for the Irvington Tunnel.

The US Geological Survey is reporting that a 2.6 magnitude earthquake struck near Sunol this morning.

Crimes & Incidents , posted by Tracy, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, 4 hours ago I really can't believe my tax dollars are being wasted finding and destroying pot plants in Sunol.

Alameda County sheriff's deputies seized more than 22,000 marijuana plants with a street value in excess of $6 million this week at the biggest outdoor growing operation the sheriff's office has ever encountered, authorities said.

A 17-year-old Pleasanton girl is facing major injuries following an off-roading accident that occurred yesterday around 1:30 p.m. in Sunol, according to the California Highway Patrol.

A 17-year-old Pleasanton girl was taken to a trauma center this afternoon after an off-roading accident that occurred about two miles west of Interstate 680.

Find out more about T. Richard: T. Richard Newcomb has been playing jazz professionally since 1987.

A meeting about a proposed controversial power line route through South Livermore wine country, past Ruby Hill in Pleasanton, and through Sunol drew 190 people, nearly all of whom indicated opposition to the proposal.

The strut, the cane, the bowler, the mustache ... they'll all be back in Niles for their annual appearance as the historic district of Niles welcomes early film icon Charlie Chaplin.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Volunteers are needed to help plant hedge rows from 9 am. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Sunol AgPark.

Congressman Jerry McNerney will honor students and their families this evening from the 11th Congressional District who have been accepted to a military service academy.

The TANC commission has granted an extension on the scoping commentary period for the EIR on its power-line project, which would run through Livermore wine country, the Sunol Valley, and next to Pleasanton's southern city limit.

Police arrested two men overnight in connection with a series of highway shootings in the Fremont-Sunol area, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Alameda County Supervisor Gail Steele won't seek re-election next year, and some heavy hitters are exploring bids to succeed her - including at least two people well-known in statewide political circles.

Shawn Philip Wagner, 21, of Mariposa and Rojelio Samuel Gomez, 21, of Fremont were each booked on suspicion of 42 counts of assault with a deadly weapon and 43 counts of vandalism, all felonies, as well as one misdemeanor count of willfully discharging a BB device in a grossly negligent manner.

Sunol Grade: an earlier accident on S680 at Vargas has been cleared but traffic remains heavy out of Pleasanton.