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Note: Jerry McNerney voted for ObamaCare
Yep, it's true. McNerney voted for ObamaCare. This posting is to remind him of that fact since he seems to have forgotten all about it. The real point here is that he voted ... |
Rick Pshaw |
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on Oct 21, 2010 at 8:48 am by Rick Pshaw, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
BOOKS & MOVIES
Times Book Club Redux - November Meeting!
We are refugees from Lynn Carey's former Times Book Club. We meet every six to eight weeks at an independent bookstore in Danville/Pleasanton to discuss our current reading s... |
Danilo |
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on Oct 18, 2010 at 4:45 pm by Danilo, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
DOING COLLEGE
Early Test Preparation Can Hurt College Admission
A grandmother asks: Is it my imagination or is the college application process starting earlier each year? I have nine grandchildren and four of them are in high school. Th... |
Elizabeth LaScala |
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on Oct 18, 2010 at 4:09 pm by Elizabeth LaScala, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
Remembering The Danville Weekly
Dear Dolores,
Neighborhood e-exchanges remembered your final print edition one year ago this weekend. Your readers recognized that much of the journalism that is now focus... |
Hal |
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on Oct 5, 2010 at 8:18 am by Hal, a resident of another community |
DOING COLLEGE
Does test preparation really help in college admission?
An Alamo resident asks:
I don’t mind spending money if it’s well spent. What are the benefits of test prep? Does it work and how much do test scores count in college admis... |
Elizabeth LaScala |
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on Oct 4, 2010 at 4:12 pm by Elizabeth LaScala, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
Gina and Emily, thank you
Dear Gina and Emily,
Thank you for your consideration in removal of names falsely used by political interests in their disagreement with my commentary. CCC District III Ne... |
Hal Bailey |
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on Sep 29, 2010 at 4:38 pm by Hal Bailey, a resident of another community |
ART SPACE
Art About Art
From the Greek comes the word ekphrasis, meaning description. A synesthetic art form, ekphrasis is a poem written about another form of art—most often a painting. Keats’ “Od... |
John Barry |
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on Sep 21, 2010 at 7:55 pm by John Barry, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
DOING COLLEGE
Colleges want to know why you are applying. Here's how to respond to this important question!
Question: I am having trouble with a question that it seems all the private colleges on my list ask: “Why do you want to attend our college?” What are the colleges looking f... |
Elizabeth LaScala |
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on Sep 19, 2010 at 7:36 pm by Elizabeth LaScala, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
Danville Concours d'Elegance was great
What fun! Amazing cars, a good cause and how wonderful to have a car show of this nature downtown. Jim and Christie Edlund are to be congratulated....my thanks to them! |
jrm |
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on Sep 19, 2010 at 4:01 pm by jrm, a member of the Vista Grande Elementary School community |
EPICURE
Discover Squash Blossoms!
Until recently, I had only heard of squash blossoms but I had never eaten them. In August, I tasted a mouth-watering dish of them as a first course at a local vineyard’s resta... |
Jacqui Love Marshall |
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on Sep 18, 2010 at 8:17 am by Jacqui Love Marshall, a resident of the San Ramon neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Ms. Vicki Koc, Alamo 2010 Citizen of the Year
Dear Dolores,
As a courtesy to your readers, let's announce that Ms. Vick Koc was awarded honors as Alamo's 2010 Citizen of the Year by the Alamo Rotary. It would appropria... |
Hal |
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on Sep 13, 2010 at 3:44 pm by Hal, a resident of another community |
EPICURE
School Lunches…Again!
They’re baaaccckkk! School is in and it’s time to make those daily school lunches again. Tired of packing your child's lunch only to discover it barely touched when you empty ... |
Jacqui Love Marshall |
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on Sep 10, 2010 at 4:05 pm by Jacqui Love Marshall, a resident of the San Ramon neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
This week's police log
The Danville Police Department provides Danville Express with a record of its calls each week. This is a sampling, omitting the more mundane, such as routine traffic stops.
R... |
Editor |
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on Sep 7, 2010 at 1:36 am by Editor, Danville Weekly Online |
DOING COLLEGE
Common Application Can Streamline College Admissions
Question: I keep hearing about the Common Application? What is it and why is it important? ~Danville resident
Dr. LaScala responds: The Common Application (www.commonapp.... |
Elizabeth LaScala |
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on Sep 6, 2010 at 4:13 pm by Elizabeth LaScala, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
Neighborhoods thank Julia of Alamo
Dear Dolores,
In today's Diablo Vista (Alamo) region neighborhood e-exchanges there were many thanks to "Julia from Alamo" for continuing questions related to Danville and ... |
Hal |
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on Aug 31, 2010 at 4:46 pm by Hal, a resident of another community |
ART SPACE
Story Ideas
I’m off to Alaska for a week and didn’t have time to come up with an “Art Space” installment before my departure. But some ideas I’m working on for later:
Art Chat. An oppo... |
John Barry |
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on Aug 30, 2010 at 11:22 pm by John Barry, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
SPORTS
Community communications: CCC-MAC Alamo
Dear Dolores,
From Previous posts: Web Link
On Tuesday, September 7, 2010, at 7PM, Hap Magee Ranch Park Cottage, the... |
Hal |
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on Aug 30, 2010 at 7:11 am by Hal, a resident of the Alamo neighborhood |
EDITOR'S BLOG
First day in the first grade
Students in Suzanne Hutchinson's first grade classroom at St. Isidore School on La Gonda Way Thursday morning were a little timid, but warmed up as the morning progressed.
... |
Emily West |
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on Aug 19, 2010 at 12:40 pm by Emily West, editor of Danville Express |
DOING COLLEGE
Don't Let A College Education Bury You in Debt!
It has been wisely noted that money rarely goes to those who need it most, but rather it winds up in the hands of those individuals who best understand the process of acquirin... |
Elizabeth LaScala |
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on Aug 9, 2010 at 3:51 pm by Elizabeth LaScala, a resident of another community |
SPORTS
A final comment anyone?
For Gina Channell Allen, EMCEB Publisher,
As CDSI Research transfers PR courtesies to governments and media audit teams in the Diablo Vista region neighborhoods, let’s make... |
CDSI Research |
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on Aug 8, 2010 at 10:21 am by CDSI Research, a resident of another community |
SPORTS
The conflicts of leadership
Dear Dolores,
REF: Web Link
Conflicts of interest are challenges for journalists and politicians. How would your re... |
CDSI Research Fellowship |
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on Aug 5, 2010 at 6:49 pm by CDSI Research Fellowship, a resident of another community |
SPORTS
And now for something completely different?
Dear Dolores,
REF: Web Link
Neighbors are wondering why we did not get an answer to what was done differently since ... |
CDSI Research Fellowship |
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on Aug 5, 2010 at 5:27 pm by CDSI Research Fellowship, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
Community communications: Alamo MAC meets tonight
Dear Dolores,
REF: Web Link
Contra Costa County District III's presence in Alamo will be discussed tonight at CCC-MA... |
CDSI Research Fellowship |
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on Aug 4, 2010 at 8:42 am by CDSI Research Fellowship, a resident of the Alamo neighborhood |
SPORTS
Did we miss anyone's commentary
Dear Dolores,
REF: Web Link
As this defamation lapses into the second page of the Town Square Forum, I wanted to mak... |
CDSI Research Fellowship |
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on Aug 3, 2010 at 12:01 pm by CDSI Research Fellowship, a resident of another community |
EDITOR'S BLOG
The making of a San Ramon Valley leader
What makes a strong community leader? Well, I'm about to find out. As editor of the Danville Express and the San Ramon Express, I am joining 23 others in the |
Emily West |
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on Jul 28, 2010 at 4:09 pm by Emily West, editor of Danville Express |
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