COMMENTS ON STORIES
Jewelry store robbery ends in fatal shooting of suspect
A robbery attempt at a jewelry store on San Ramon Valley Boulevard in San Ramon resulted in a fatal shooting of the suspect around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, causing traffic to be r... |
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on Jun 2, 2012 at 12:39 am by Frank delRio, a resident of the Diablo neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Formulating questions and concerns: CCC-BOS Elections
Dear Editor,
After an embarrassing start to districts 2, 3 and 5 elections where disservices have occurred for voters, a) district 3 and 5 incumbents running unapposed and ... |
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on Apr 24, 2012 at 1:21 pm by wow, a resident of another community |
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Rotary revisits Berlin Airlift
Danville Councilman Mike Doyle recalled being a young airman in 1948 in Germany during the Berlin Airlift during his presentation Tuesday morning to the Danville/Sycamore Vall... |
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on Oct 26, 2011 at 7:54 am by Dale Whipple, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
Con Fire is overfunded already
The new tax asked for by our comfortable living Supervisors will hurt everyone who is barely making it. Supervisors sold $129,000,000 million dollars in bonds for the fire dis... |
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on Jan 15, 2013 at 9:37 am by Policy of Truth, a resident of another community |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Assault and Rape
Below is official police report on rape which took place Wednesday of last week on one of Las Tramps Trails:
261 PC
Date: 12/14/2012 Case #: 121212012 Author ID: D. Ber... |
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on Dec 18, 2012 at 7:31 am by frankly, a resident of the Alamo neighborhood |
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Traffic congestion expected to continue at I-580, El Charro Road as Paragon Outlets celebrates opening
The opening of the Paragon Outlets in Livermore Thursday morning stalled traffic in both directions on Interstate 580. Drivers reported delays of up to 40 minutes approaching ... |
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on Nov 12, 2012 at 7:07 am by Bill, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
'Mythbusters' to resume testing experiments after cannonball mishap
The popular television show "MythBusters" will resume filming occasional experiments at the Alameda County Sheriff's Training Center in Dublin following an unsuccessful cannon... |
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on Jun 29, 2012 at 12:06 am by Dickita P, a resident of the San Ramon neighborhood |
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Man stabbed outside downtown Pleasanton restaurant after fight
A man was stabbed in a fight at a Pleasanton bar early Saturday morning, according to police. |
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on Jan 7, 2013 at 12:43 pm by JB Jovee, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
Grab your hairspray for a fun night out
The Peter Pan Foundation's production of HAIRSPRAY is scheduled for 7 p.m., July 12, 13, and 14, and at 2 p.m. on July 14 at Diablo Valley College Performing Arts Center (321... |
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on Jul 13, 2012 at 7:38 am by Joe Torkildson, a resident of the San Ramon neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Community oversight of parcel taxes
Dear Editor,
Neighborhoods audit teams have been investigating oversight of parcel taxes that, more and more, are becoming offsets for county department budgets rather than... |
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on Jul 23, 2011 at 8:08 am by [removed], a resident of the Alamo neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Meet reporter and author Henry Lee today
Friends of the Danville Library and the Endowment Fund will host Henry Lee, author of "Presumed Dead: a True Life Murder Mystery" today at 1 p.m., Wednesday, April 6, at the D... |
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on Apr 7, 2011 at 1:46 pm by Dave prather, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Memorial for Maj. Evan Mooldyk to be held Feb. 11
A memorial service for Danville resident Maj. Evan J. Mooldyk will be held on Friday, Feb. 11th at 4 p.m. at Oak Hill Park Community Center (3005 Stone Valley Rd., Danville) l... |
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on Feb 22, 2011 at 11:04 am by Bill Horstick, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
Possible Fraud?????
How many times have you seen that group which sits outside TJs(Danville or Concord), Whole Foods, soliciting your donations?
The "Crossroads Christian Church" for a long ti... |
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on Aug 29, 2012 at 6:32 am by frankly, a resident of the San Ramon neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
New SRVUSD Bond - late meeting notice
It was nice to receive a mailing from the San Ramon Valley Unified School District (SRVUSD), announcing an informational meeting to discuss their new school bond proposal, sch... |
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on Aug 1, 2012 at 4:29 pm by C. R. Mudgeon, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Revised Summerhill Homes plans now online
New plans for [Web Link SummerH ill Homes] project in Magee Ranch have been added to the project page on the [www.danville.ca.go... |
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on Apr 16, 2011 at 10:25 am by N, a resident of the Blackhawk neighborhood |
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Open space preservation initiative falls short of 2014 ballot
A grassroots ballot initiative aimed at strengthening voter rights on future development may have garnered enough support, but will no longer be under consideration as a ballo... |
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13 hours ago by Speakin the Truth, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Danville council may get a vacancy
With the election of Mayor Candace Andersen to the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors last week, the possibility has arisen that Andersen could be appointed to fill the ... |
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on Jun 11, 2012 at 10:37 am by Rick Pshaw, a resident of the Alamo neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Open house tonight about the I-680 project
Caltrans will host an open house for the I-680 Roadway Rehabilitation Lane Extension Project tonight from 6-8 p.m., Wednesday, March 23, at the San Ramon Community Center, Fou... |
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on Mar 23, 2011 at 9:45 am by Duffy, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Teachers, students respond to new standardized test
Students from nine San Ramon Valley Unified schools are piloting a new, computer-based standardized test. From excitement about new teaching techniques to concerns about techn... |
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11 hours ago by concerned teacher, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Danville Rotary Donates $500 to USA Together
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
On Monday, November 28, 2011, Bob Chace, President of Danville Rotary, presented a check for $500 to Dave Mahler from USA Together. USA Together prov... |
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on Dec 7, 2011 at 8:56 pm by Valerie Vicente, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Fremont man pronounced dead in apparent suicide onto I-580
A 23-year-old Fremont man jumped to his death this morning from the west side of the Santa Rita Road overpass onto Interstate 580, where he was struck and killed by a tractor ... |
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on Dec 2, 2011 at 11:19 pm by Kathy, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
COMMENTS ON STORIES
'Spare the Air' alert issued for Wednesday
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued a "Spare the Air" alert for Wednesday, warning of unhealthy pollution levels and
asking residents to take public tran... |
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on Sep 28, 2011 at 12:12 pm by Derek, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Danville taxi riders play transportation trivia
There are 13,000 cabs in New York City, but only a fraction of that number navigate the wild and wide streets of Danville. Stick out your hand, hail a cab, and maybe your ride... |
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on Aug 31, 2011 at 7:55 pm by Editor, Danville Weekly Online |
SIMPLY STERLING
DisneyWorld
As a Christmas present my family gave me a trip to DisneyWorld. This trip was prompted by my desire to visit my oldest granddaughter, Jennifer, who is working at Epcot on a c... |
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on Feb 24, 2013 at 11:39 pm by Simply Sterling, a resident of the San Ramon neighborhood |
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Brown asks three-judge panel to lift prison population reduction order
Gov. Jerry Brown has asked a federal three-judge panel to lift an order requiring the state to reduce the number of inmates in its overcrowded prisons to 110,000 by June. The ... |
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on Jan 11, 2013 at 5:23 pm by Citizen Paine, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |