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Pleasanton Weekly VOL. XV, NUMBER 49 • JANUARY 2, 2015 5 NEWS Holiday Fund Page 12 WWW.PLEASANTONWEEKLY.COM Council to consider Housing Element approval 5 NEWS Amador junior attends Nobel Week in Sweden 9 TRI VALLEY LIFE Renowned pianist returns to stage Skilled Nursing. Assisted Living. Memory Care. Opening January 2015 WAITING LIST IS FILLING UP FAST — RESERVE YOUR SPOT TODAY BRAND NEW HEALTHCARE CENTER FOR SENIORS Nestled among gentle rolling hills and beautiful landscaped gardens, CreekView is a perfect place to come for your short or long-term health care needs. CreekView offers multi-level care: respite care, skilled nursing or assisted living in Pleasanton. CreekView will offer exceptional nursing and rehabilitation services, with physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy as ordered by the physician. Exciting and thought-provoking activities keep residents engaged. High-quality and delicious food is prepared by chefs and served in a warm restaurant-style setting. Rehabilitation, Post-Acute and Short-Term Care will be open to the public soon Page 2 • January 2, 2015 • Pleasanton Weekly Please call or stop by for a tour! 925.201.4018 2900 Stoneridge Drive Pleasanton Located adjacent to the Stoneridge Creek retirement community DINING AROUND PLEASANTON ON THE TOWN BY JEB BING What a year! P leasanton finished the year as the envy of the Bay Area and certainly among cities our size across the country. Prudent financial planning kept the city solvent during the recent recession that saw other cities trim staff, shut fire stations and take on onerous debt. With sales and property tax revenue now back to pre-recession levels, and all construction debts paid off, the municipal government can once again eye major projects, such as a new library to better serve a growing population that now tops 72,000. Surveys show most of us like living, working, shopping and the schools in Pleasanton. In fact, the results of a quality of life survey undertaken in 2014 say we’re “ecstatic” over our community, its resources, climate, location in the Bay Area and the economy. The survey, conducted by the national researchers Fairbank, Maslin, Maulin Metz & Associates (FM3), produced the highest favorable ratings the Santa Monica survey firm has seen among California cities. It showed that seven out of 10 Pleasanton residents identified our town as an “excellent” place to live, with 25% using the term “good” and 4% saying it’s “fair” or “poor.” Another six out of 10 described the quality of life here as excellent, with 73% of those of us who own our homes saying we’re glad to be here. Residents also believe the city is an excellent place to raise children, with 72% using that term and another 22% saying “good.” Also, 76% of those residents with children under 19 living at home described Pleasanton as an excellent place to raise a family. Not all is perfect, though. John Fairbank, president of FM3, said education and housing emerged as the most serious issues in the FM3 survey, although small in overall survey percentages. A total of 12% of those surveyed have public school concerns, another 10% have concerns over housing costs and the lack of affordable housing, 9% saying there’s too much traffic on city streets and 8% complaining about “too much growth and development.” Still, although safety is a major concern in the communities his firm surveys, an impressive 83% of those surveyed in Pleasanton “feel safe” here. Only 1% told FM3 surveyors they find the city “unsafe.” Otherwise, 88% of us think the city is doing a good job of pro- viding local services, giving high marks to fire protection, emergency response services and water quality and safety (93%), police protection (87%) and keeping city facilities such as the library, Dolores Bengtson Aquatic Center and Senior Center in good condition (86%). Street maintenance, library services, business retention and providing good recreational programs also generated high marks, with city parks and youth sports receiving favorable responses in the 90%-plus range. Also interesting in the FM3 report is that those of us who lived in Pleasanton longer have an increasingly positive view about the city. The survey showed 63% of those here less than five years believe this is a good place to live, compared to 67% in the 6- to 10-year group, 74% in the 11- to 20-year range and 75% who have lived here 21 years or longer. Also adding to the city’s reputation for top-notch schools is the website nerdwallet.com that ranked the Pleasanton Unified School District among the “Top 10 school districts in California.” It gave a high score, at 91%, describing local students as “having access to a high-quality education, with secondary students performing well above the state average in math, language arts and science last year.” Both Foothill and Amador Valley also consistently rank among the Top 100 high schools in California by U.S. News and World Report. All this perhaps explains how Pleasanton ranked No. 4 in a 2014 survey of America’s 50 Best Cities to Live In. The survey, conducted by 24/7 Wall Street, a nationally recognized online website targeting investors and the business community, reviewed data on 550 cities with populations of 65,000 or more, as measured by the U.S. Census Bureau. Then, just a week after its No. 4 ranking, Pleasanton came in at No. 31 in a Money Magazine article on “The Best Places to Live 2014,” and was also recognized by the magazine as No. 9 in the country for its economic vitality. The FM3 survey also included research into where residents obtain their information about the city with 48% of those surveyed saying they get their information about city government and local issues from the Pleasanton Weekly. Let’s cheer on the other 52% to start reading and to sign on to our daily Pleasanton Weekly Express at www.pleasantonweekly.com/express to stay better informed. Q Eddie Papa’s American Hangout 4889 Hopyard Road, Pleasanton, 469-6266. Winner of The Pleasanton Weekly’s Reader Choice Awards for “Best American Food,” “Best Meal under $20” and “Best Kid Friendly Restaurant,” Eddie Papa’s American Hangout celebrates the regional food and beverage cultures of America. 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Page 4 • January 2, 2015 • Pleasanton Weekly Legal assistant I hope to finalize all of the details for my son’s Bar Mitzvah and to start the process of college touring and applications with my daughter. —Compiled by Nancy, Jenny and Katie Lyness Have a Streetwise question? Email editor@PleasantonWeekly.com The Pleasanton Weekly is published every Friday by Embarcadero Media, 5506 Sunol Blvd., Suite 100, Pleasanton, CA 94566; (925) 600-0840. Mailed at Periodicals Postage Rate, USPS 020407. The Weekly is mailed upon request to homes and apartments in Pleasanton. Print subscriptions for businesses or residents of other communities are $60 per year or $100 for two years. Go toPleasantonWeekly.com to sign up and for more information. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Pleasanton Weekly, 5506 Sunol Blvd., Suite 100, Pleasanton, CA 94566. ©2014 by Embarcadero Media. All rights reserved. Reproduction without permission is strictly prohibited. Newsfront DIGEST Public hearing Tuesday to ratify city’s long-term housing plan Common Core math The Pleasanton Unified School District is scheduled to host a Math Workshop and Instructional Materials Fair on Jan. 10. The fair will include a display of the mathematics instructional materials being considered for adoption, as well as a variety of “hands-on” sessions that aim to assist parents or guardians in understanding the Common Core math implementation process — such as how to help with homework, Smarter Balanced Assessments, Math Talk, online resources, college and career readiness, problem-solving skills, and literacy in mathematics. The event is set to take place from 9 a.m. to noon at Harvest Park Middle School, 4900 Valley Ave. With state’s approval, measure meets high-density requirements through 2023 T BY JEB BING he City Council will hold a public hearing Tuesday to consider final approval of its new Housing Element that incorporates land-use changes for 70 acres of largely undeveloped properties throughout the city to allow highdensity apartments and homes. The Housing Element is a statemandated plan cities must endorse in order to ensure sufficient housing capacity for current and future housing needs assigned under the state’s Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) mandate. RHNA requires cities to show that as a part of their General Plan they are meeting the statewide housing goal of “attaining decent housing and a suitable living environment for every California family.” Last month, the State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) approved Pleasanton’s Housing Element covering land-use and housing development during the next RHNA cycle, which extends through 2023. Tuesday, the council will vote on making this new Housing Element a part of the city’s General Plan. It’s all part of the periodic updates of the Housing Element that must be certified by HCD. Certification is required to ensure that city’s General Plan, to be fully legal in meeting state requirements, includes policies that continue to reflect changing community needs, challenges and opportunities in compliance with state law. In order to catch up to the 200714 RHNA cycle, which ends this year, and after nearly two years and hundreds of hours of community meetings, public hearings and staff discussions, the council rezoned 70 Treatment plant tour The wastewater treatment plant that serves Pleasanton and now provides recycled water is opening its doors for a public tour next week. The Dublin San Ramon Services District — which provides wastewater treatment to Pleasanton and partners with the city of Pleasanton in producing recycled water — is inviting the public to see how wastewater becomes recycled water by hosting a tour of the treatment plant on Jan. 7 at 1:20 p.m. The free tour lasts 60-90 minutes and is open to adults and children ages 7 and older. Reservations can be made online at www.dsrsd.com or at 875-2282. The facility is located at 7399 Johnson Drive. Q See COUNCIL on Page 7 Dublin cyclist killed east of San Ramon Rockin’ with Elvis The Firehouse Arts Center opens its 2015 programming with “Happy Birthday, Elvis” featuring Elvis Presley tribute group Jim Anderson & The Rebels at 8 p.m. this Saturday. The event celebrates the king’s 80th birthday weekend with songs to keep the legend alive, from “Heartbreak Hotel” and “Hound Dog” to “Don’t Be Cruel” and “Jailhouse Rock.” Along with his band the Rebels, Anderson will recreate the sound, the songs and the memories of Elvis Presley, and join together with the crowds in Memphis and fans all over the world to wish him a happy birthday. Reserved seating tickets are $15-$25. For tickets, go to www.firehousearts.org, call 9314848, or visit the Firehouse box office at 4444 Railroad Ave. acres for high-density residential development in 2012. The city’s rush to rezone sufficient acreage for more high-density development came after Pleasanton lost a costly court battle over its 1996 housing cap, which was ruled illegal. Both the California Attorney General (then now-Gov. Jerry Brown) and an Oaklandbased affordable housing coalition demanded the city meet its RHNA requirements. In the end, those rezonings of Man was slated to become principal of Napa high school which showed the “international importance of the Nobel Prize and the Nobel Laureates.” After the lectures, NSHSS members were able to meet and have lunch with the Nobel Committee, which chooses the Nobel Laureates every year. Tu and her fellow NSHSS members were also able to attend the Nobel Week Dialogue — during which figures in science, economics, business and mathematics discussed the science of, implications of and perspectives on aging. Former Nobel Laure- A 40-year-old bicyclist killed in a crash east of San Ramon on Saturday morning was the vice principal of a Berkeley high school and was slated to become principal of a school in Napa. The bicyclist, identified by the Contra Costa County coroner’s office as Dublin resident Herman Shum, was part of a group of 50 to 60 people cycling east on Highland Road around 9:45 a.m. Saturday when the crash occurred, according to the California Highway Patrol. Shum was riding at the back of the pack and crossed over to the other side of the road, likely to avoid a crash between cyclists ahead of him, CHP officials said. He was then ejected off his bike and landed on the road, where a Peterbilt truck swerved to avoid the bicyclists but struck and killed him. Shum was the vice principal at Saint Mary’s College High School in Berkeley. Just a couple of weeks ago, he was picked to become the new principal of Justin-Siena High School, a private Catholic school in Napa, starting in July, school officials said. Many tributes to Shum’s work at Saint Mary’s were posted on the school’s website following the crash. One wrote, “He made me feel safe, he made feel assured, he made me feel like I had a place. The day of graduation I felt so proud when it See NOBEL on Page 8 See CYCLIST on Page 8 COURTESY OF CATHERINE TU Amador Valley High junior Catherine Tu tours the Nobel Museum while attending Nobel Week in Sweden. Pleasanton student attends Nobel Week in Sweden AVHS junior is one of 19 chosen out of 260 worldwide applicants BY AMANDA AGUILAR A Pleasanton high schooler was one of 19 students in a national organization who had the opportunity to attend Nobel Week in Sweden last month. Amador Valley junior Catherine Tu served as a United States representative at the annual event — which included the Nobel Prize Awards Ceremony, lectures from Nobel Laureates and other festivities that honored the 2014 Nobel Prize recipients. “I was so inspired by the stories of the Nobel Laureates,” Tu said. “Bestowed with the highest intellectual honor one could have, they show the ultimate dedication and passion for their work.” Hosted by Stockholm University, the member-only event for the National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS) was held Dec. 7-10 in Stockholm, Sweden. Parents of NSHSS members also attended Nobel Week. In addition to the United States, NSHSS members represented China and the Ukraine. 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To have your business included on this page call Karen Klein at (925) 600-0840 x122 or email kklein@pleasantonweekly.com NEWSFRONT Home robber sentenced to 12 years in prison Jakari Amani Bolden one of four nabbed in 2013 crime BY AMANDA AGUILAR An Oakland man involved in a Pleasanton home invasion robbery in August 2013 was sentenced to 12 years state prison on Dec. 3. Jakari Amani Bolden, 25, pleaded to robbery and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, according to Pleasanton police Sgt. Kurt Schlehuber. Three other men were arrested in 2013 and also reached plea deals because their involvement in the incident. Terrell Antoine Bailey, 26, of Oakland, Thomas Stokes, 31, of Hercules, and Myrick Leslie Rucker, 22, of Antioch, each pleaded to a charge of robbery, according to police. Those three are set to be sentenced at a later time. Pleasanton police received a call Aug. 26, 2013 at approximately 12:37 p.m. from a resident on Roselma Place, reporting that she and her husband had been robbed at gun- Jakari Amani Bolden point five minutes earlier. The woman told police that she had just arrived home, gotten out of her vehicle and was attempting to close her garage door when she was confronted by three men armed with guns. The men forced her into the house, where they confronted her husband as well, and demanded “the money,” said police reports. The husband complied and gave the three men cash out of fear for the safety of himself and his wife, police said. According to police reports, the husband had spent the previous night gambling at Casino 580 in Livermore. After winning an undisclosed amount of money, he took a cab home and fell asleep downstairs with the cash beside him in a bag. The robbery occurred several hours later, police said. Investigators from the Pleasanton Police Department and California Department of Justice Bureau of Gambling Control conducted an extensive follow up investigation, which revealed that Bailey and Stokes were at Casino 580 during the time the husband was gambling. Police reports said the two men watched the other man throughout the night as he won a large amount of money and followed him home around 6:30 a.m. Bolden was reportedly called during this time and met up with Bailey and Stokes. The home invasion occurred approximately six hours later, said police. During the robbery, one of Sandia combustion research may lead to cleaner, more efficient engine, fuel designs COUNCIL Continued from Page 5 Breakthrough seen as benefit to auto manufacturers, oil and gas utilities BY JEB BING Researchers at Sandia and Argonne national laboratories have demonstrated, for the first time, a method to successfully predict pressure-dependent chemical reaction rates. It’s a key breakthrough in combustion and atmospheric chemistry that is expected to benefit auto and engine manufacturers, oil and gas utilities and other industries that employ combustion models. The technological breakthrough was featured in the Dec. 5 edition of Science magazine. Combustion scientists have worked for years to better understand the thousands of chemical reactions that take place during the combustion process, said Sandia’s Ahren Jasper, the study’s lead author. Jasper said that as scientists determine and understand the speeds and outcomes of more and more of these reactions, they can use models to more fully characterize what’s occurring inside an engine, and thus better predict combustion efficiency and the emissions formed during combustion. A more detailed, fundamental understanding of the chemistry of combustion, in turn, may lead to cleaner and more efficient strategies in automotive vehicle and fuel design. Argonne chemist Stephen Klippenstein, a corresponding author of the study, said this method should aid development of global models for all gas phase chemical environments, including the Earth’s atmosphere. Better models will improve understanding of climate change and boost efforts to address it. Many of the key steps underlying gas-phase combustion involve elementary chemical reactions that are strongly pressure-dependent, and researchers who develop com- SANDIA Sandia National Laboratories Livermore campus. bustion models require detailed descriptions of these reactions. While significant progress has been made over the years in understanding combustion chemistry, the outcome and rates of pressuredependent chemical reactions — those that depend on the pressure of the gas in the engine — have been very difficult to predict. These reactions depend on the pressure because the redistribution of energy and angular momentum that occurs when the reacting molecules collide with other gas molecules changes the speed and outcome of the reactions. Previous qualitative research focused on how various molecular properties influence energy transfer rates, but no accurate method could make a priori predictions of the rate constants, that is, predictions based on theoretical deduction, not observation. “We’ve desperately needed the ability to compute and calculate precisely how chemical reactions depend on temperature and pressure, and now we have that,” Jasper said. The team focused on modeling the collisions of molecules in atomistic detail and characterizing the transfer of energy and angular momentum that takes place as a result of those collisions. “We succeeded by using more accurate models for describing the interaction of the colliding species and by focusing on only those aspects of energy transfer that are most relevant in determining the reaction rate,” Jasper said. This allowed the researchers to develop a detailed description of collision outcomes. Jasper and his colleagues then were able to obtain that collision outcome information using direct “classical trajectories” that explicitly describe the motion of the atoms in the molecules, and to use this the culprits dropped his cell phone inside the victim’s home — which police located during the initial investigation. Police determined the phone belonged to Bolden. The investigation revealed Bolden had returned to Pleasanton with Rucker and another subject and committed the robbery. Multiple Bay Area agencies assisted the Pleasanton police on Oct. 24, 2013 in the service of search and arrest warrants in Oakland and Hercules — at the homes of Bolden, Bailey and Stokes. All three men were taken into custody at that time. Rucker was arrested Nov. 6, 2013 at his Antioch home. Q information in calculating chemical reaction rates. A key step, Jasper said, was the development of a model for the collisional energy and angular momentum transfer function that reproduced detailed features predicted by the trajectories and was simple enough to be used in practical reaction rate calculations. “The overall theoretical model is rather complex, involving many separate unrelated calculations, and it is remarkable how accurately one can now treat all aspects of the problem in developing such completely a priori predictions,” Klippenstein said. “This effort was a true collaboration with both labs playing key roles in the intellectual foundations of the work as well as in the actual computations,” Klippenstein noted. The work was supported by the Department of Energy’s Office of Science. Q nine separate sites in various parts of Pleasanton provided a surplus that gives the city some leeway ahead of the 2023 housing mandates, which, given the continued population increase in the state, are likely to impose additional high-density requirements to meet workforce housing needs. Of 20 sites considered for rezoning during a series of public hearings and community meetings, the council chose nine where highdensity developments of 30-units per acre will be allowed. Two of those developments are currently underway. A 168-unit, three- and four-story complex on West Las Positas Boulevard near Stoneridge Drive, being built by St. Anton Partners, is nearing completion. Work is just starting on a project by Essex Property Trust of high-density apartment buildings with 498 units in three-and-fourstory buildings in Hacienda Business Park. The only change to be considered Tuesday, and with HCD approval, is to reduce the density allowed on an already-approved apartment complex on property owned by C.M. Capital on West Las Positas Road to 12.5 units per acre from 30 and to chop the height of anything built there to two stories at the most. Even with the land-use changes, there’s no time-table nor does there appear to be a rush on building the now-allowed multifamily housing complexes except for the Essex and St. Anton projects that are underway. There will also be restrictions on just how fast these projects can be added. Along with rezoning properties, the council also approved a new growth management ordinance that limits new projects since last July 1 to a maximum of 235 units a year. Consideration of the Housing Element is the only main item on the council’s agenda at Tuesday’s meeting, which will start at 7 p.m. at the Pleasanton Civic Center, 200 Old Bernal Ave. Q Pleasanton Weekly • January 2, 2015 • Page 7 NEWSFRONT Amador Valley students offer free money-management program Six-week program open to 6th- through 8th-graders Whether it’s saving up for college or a car, or simply saving up for a certain item during the holiday season, young students sometimes don’t fully realize that managing money in each of these situations is a crucial step toward making the purchase, according to Amador Valley High junior and DECA club member Pooja Kumar. Amador’s DECA club is hoping to raise awareness among local youth about the importance of sav- ing and spending money wisely in the future by creating an organization called “Keeping the Balance” — which aims to instill finance and money-management skills in students of all ages. Keeping the Balance — cofounded by high schoolers Kumar, Abhisek Sahoo and Sammy Salustri — will hold a six-week program for sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders beginning this month. The program aims to educate the students about financial concepts ranging from saving and balancing to managing a bank account. “As a young child I never realized the importance of saving up; it only occurred to me in high school that I’ve been taking the money I have for granted,” Sahoo said. According to the trio, only as high schoolers did they realize that the expenses of college can be overwhelming and saving habits in middle school would have helped Livermore Area park district offering outdoor programs in new year Hikes, activities open to all in Tri-Valley BY JEB BING The Livermore Area Recreation and Park District ranger staff is offering a series of programs during the month of January. Lea Blevins, the district’s public information officer, said that while participants don’t have to be Livermore or park district residents, there is a $5 per vehicle parking fee at either entrance to Sycamore Grove Park, and a $3 donation is requested to help support the programs. The January programs start at 10 a.m. tomorrow with a New Year’s Resolution Hike with Ranger Glen Florey at Sycamore Grove Park, 1051 Wetmore Road. Blevins asked: “Resolved to get more exercise? Feeling the extra pounds from the holidays and looking for some vigorous activity?” “Then come out to Sycamore Grove for a hike to the highest hill in the park,” she added. “Be prepared to slog through mud, as the hike will go rain or shine. Distance will be approximately 4.5 miles on mostly unpaved trails.” Other January events follow: Tracking 101 Saturday, Jan. 10, 9 a.m. Mud is a good thing — for tracking. In the absence of snow, mud is the next best surface in which to track, so hope for some mud and come out to the park. Search for tracks and do exercises to help strengthen your powers of observation, specifically related to tracking. There will be a group size limit and preregistration requirement, so contact Ranger Patti at pcole@larpd.org to sign up no later than Jan. 8. Ranger Patti Cole, Sycamore Grove Park, Nature Area Entrance (directions given when registering). Secrets of the Sycamores Sunday, Jan. 11, 1 p.m. Sycamore Grove is home to the second largest stand of western sycamore trees in the world. Come learn about the park’s namesake tree, the animals that depend on them and why groves like this are so rare today. Visit some of Ranger Amy’s favorite sycamore trees. Canceled if raining heavily. Ranger Amy Wolitzer, Sycamore Grove Park, 1051 Wetmore Road Winter Wander Sunday, Jan. 25, 4:30 p.m. Join this program in the Sycamore Grove Nature Area for a nice, leisurely walk to enjoy the park during its winter season. Along the way, look for local wildlife and enjoy the crisp air and winter atmosphere. Wear comfortable shoes. The walk will be on unpaved paths, so no strollers. The hike should finish as the sun is setting. Canceled if raining. Call for reservations at 960-2400. Ranger Dawn Soles, Sycamore Grove Park, Nature Area Entrance (directions given when registering). Q TAKE US ALONG FD #429 LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED SINCE 1891 them once they graduate from high school. “I wish there was a program like this when I was younger, because now that I am going to college next year, I have to be more aware on how I use my money. These skills need to be taught when students are younger,” said Salustri, an Amador senior. The free six-week program is scheduled for Jan. 6, 13 and 27, and Feb. 3, 10 and 17. Neo Group adds 3 new executives in bid to accelerate growth Pleasanton company helps organizations meet business objectives Neo Group — a Pleasantonbased data, analytics, monitoring and advisory firm — has announced that it has hired three senior executives to help accelerate the company’s growth in 2015. Founded in 1999, Neo Group, which is located at 6200 Stoneridge Mall Road, helps organizations meet business objectives and address business challenges by leveraging global services and sourcing. The new executives are Christine Ferrusi Ross, William Sellers and Kevin English. English joins Neo Group as a partner in the advisory services practice, focusing on helping the firm grow its “Chief Digital Officer” practice. He has more than 30 years of experience in the global services sector, including NOBEL Continued from Page 5 ates and top university professors were also part of the discussion. In addition to the lectures and discussions, the students visited the Nobel Museum and Stockholm City Hall, and were interviewed by a Swedish television crew at the Nobel Breakfast — during which they were able to talk to Stockholm University’s president. On Dec. 10, the NSHSS members were able to watch the Nobel Prize Ceremony, which Tu described as “grand and majestic.” William Moerner, who received Burial & Cremation Celebration of Life Services Reception Facilities Advance Planning Made Easy for a free consultation or in-home visit call CYCLIST Continued from Page 5 Deanna Moser 925.846.5624 to view our facilities visit: www.grahamhitch.com 4167 First Street, Pleasanton FD#429 Thanksgiving in Sydney: On their first foreign travel, Sophia and Simone Campbell-Saito and their Australian cousin Sam Saito enjoyed the ferry ride past the famed Sydney Opera House to the Sydney zoo with the Pleasanton Weekly. To submit your “Take Us Along” entry, email your photograph to srhodes@pleasantonweekly.com. Be sure to identify who is in the photo (names listed from left to right), the location, the date and any relevant details about where you took your Weekly. Page 8 • January 2, 2015 • Pleasanton Weekly The organization will meet those Tuesdays from 6-7 p.m. at Amador in room P-9. Classes will be taught by Kumar, Sahoo and Salustri — 11th- and 12th-grade students, who are avid DECA members and have a strong base on finance and business skills. Interested students can sign up at http://bit.ly/1wwJ6p8 or by emailing keepingthebalance.av@ gmail.com. Q —Amanda Aguilar was my turn to receive my diploma — he told me how proud he was of me. Hearing that from him was, great — I felt ready for whatever was and will be thrown at me.” A GoFundMe account, http:// www.gofundme.com/jeh7rw, to help with Shum’s funeral costs and college tuition for his two at Hewlett Packard, Accenture, Satyam Computer Services and KPMG/BearingPoint. Ross, who will be responsible for product development and market positioning at Neo, previously worked at Forrester Research, answerthink (now Hackett Group), Gartner/Dataquest and Brodeur Worldwide. Sellers will lead Neo Group’s Supply Wisdom product growth and sales direction. He has more than 20 years of sales experience in research and advisory disciplines, including at Forrester Research, Eduventures and other services firms. “I am delighted to welcome these talented executives to the Neo team,” said Atul Vashistha, company chairman. Q — Jeb Bing the 2014 Nobel Prize in chemistry at the ceremony, was born in Pleasanton — which Tu said made her “especially proud and inspired.” Tu said the experience at the event far exceeded her expectations. “Nobel Week was an incredibly valuable experience for my academic pursuits and for my perspective on society,” Tu said. Tu wasn’t the only Tri-Valley student to participate in Nobel Week. Saranesh Prembabu, from San Ramon’s Dougherty Valley High School, also joined the NSHSS group. Prembabu and Tu were two of three California students chosen to attend the annual event. Q daughters had gathered more than $25,000 as of Monday afternoon. Another person suffered major injuries and a third suffered minor injuries in Saturday’s incident, according to the CHP. The truck driver, a 56-year-old Livermore man, was not injured. Drugs and alcohol are not considered factors in the crash, CHP officials said. Q —Bay City News Service Tri Valley Life What’s happening around the Valley in music, theater, art, movies and more Arts in the Schools Recognizing the value of arts in the school curriculum, in 1974 the Pleasanton Cultural Arts Council (PCAC) created its Arts in the Schools program, which focuses on drama, music and visual arts. School faculty, supported by local artists, actors and musicians, work with students as they learn the basics of acting, voice control, staging, costumes, musical instruments and the basics of drawing, watercolor and different art styles. After the strings program had been eliminated from the schools for more than 20 years, PCAC advocated for a full-time teacher of strings for the fourth and fifth grades and purchased instruments to get a strings program re-launched. The program now serves more than 1,000 students, and both Amador Valley High and Foothill High have full orchestras. HY TE RIA W VICTO shvili, riko Sipra , will play a m a T d n nov a santon n Yerzha Jan. 24 to g in Plea Temirzha y has a followin ador Theater on ad m who alre concert at the A o . n ls ia o o -p h Sc two rts in the benefit A BALL Unique pairing in two-piano concert will benefit Arts in the Schools BY DOLORES FOX CIARDELLI R Celebrated pianist returning t o stage in Pleasant on with new p artner enowned concert pianist Tamriko Siprashvili played her way into the hearts of music lovers in Pleasanton as she performed concerts in the Amador Theater for many years to benefit the schools through the Pleasanton Cultural Arts Council. Her last performance for PCAC was in 2008. Those who have missed her magic on the keyboard were thrilled to learn that Tamriko is back, performing Jan. 24, now paired with pianist Temirzhan Yerzhanov, a fellow Schumann aficionado. Tamriko was born and raised in the Republic of Georgia while Temirzhan hails from Kazakhstan, but their lives’ journeys have landed them in Pleasanton and Hayward, respectively. Once they discovered their proximity, the idea was born — a concert to unite their training, their talent and their passion. “Though our cultures differ dramatically, the music of Robert Schumann drew both of us in,” Tamriko said. “Musically and arT tistically, we are like-minded. We ti have a similar passion and enh ergy er that will synchronize to create something beautiful.” so There are other similarities, too. Both were recognized at an early age ag as musically gifted, and both moved to Moscow to be educated m at a the prestigious Moscow Conservatory. va Both studied under the renowned Mikhail Voskresensky, and n both won the gold medal at the b Robert Schumann International R Piano Competition in Swickau, P Germany — Tamriko in 1985, and G Temirzhan in 1993. Te Although many musicians have won the celebrated Schumann competition, Tamriko and Temirzhan are two of only five who are honored to have their photographs hanging in the Schumann House. Now they enjoy playing Schumann on two pianos as well as exploring a wide range of music, and Pleasanton fans will enjoy their first concert as a duo. “I don’t know of any other gold medal winners of the Schumann competition that have performed in a concert together,” Tamriko said. Tamriko Siprashvili has performed concerts throughout Europe, Russia, Georgia, Chile, Argentina and Canada, and in the United States as a soloist and chamber music performer. She’s played with venerable orchestras such as Leipzig Gewandhaus, Zwickau Philharmonishes, Budapest Symphony Orchestra and Georgian Philharmonic Orchestra, and in concert halls in Berlin, Moscow, Budapest and St. Petersburg. Temirzhan Yerzhanov has toured 12 countries in solo, chamber music and with Moscow Radio Tchaikovsky Symphony, Zwickau Philharmonishes, Sacramento Philharmonic, San Luis Obispo Symphony, Vogtland Philharmonie and the Symphony Orchestra of India. The Jan. 24 performance at the Amador Theater will include etudes by Schumann and Debussy as well as works by Ravel, Rach- As the curriculum grew, PCAC developed a grants program to provide a wide variety of cultural arts experiences for teachers and students. Wide community support was, until recently, augmented by grants from the city, county and private foundations, but the recent recession has seriously impacted funding for arts programs in the schools while the needs continue to grow. In 2012, PCAC donated $7,000 to arts education; in 2013, it gave $5,000 for fine arts programs and for art supplies in the elementary schools. A goal of PCAC is to fund all nine Pleasanton elementary schools to improve the quality of art experiences and art supplies. Tax deductible contributions can be sent to PCAC at P.O. Box 1298, Pleasanton, CA 94566. maninov, Saint-Saens and the Bay Area premiere of a piece by Martinu, a Czech composer. Tamriko and her husband, pianist Mark Anderson, moved to Pleasanton in 1997, settling down to raise their daughter Nina after a peripatetic life performing in countries around the world. Tamriko played in her first concert to benefit PCAC in 1994, and music enthusiasts quickly embraced her — she recalled how the community showed up for performances they gave to raise money to travel to Moscow to record a CD, which was released in 2004. She is now director and owner of Inspire Academy of Music and Arts in Pleasanton. PCAC members are thrilled to have her perform again to benefit its Arts in the Schools program, and are looking forward to hearing and seeing her play with her new piano partner. “It will be a privilege and unique experience for Pleasanton to be part of this one-of-a-kind concert,” said Charlotte Severin, founding president of PCAC. “It is exciting to see something of this caliber coming to us in a local venue.” “It will be a sellout,” Severin added, “so people should get their tickets right away.” Q Celebrated pianists performing What: “A Night to Remember,” two-piano benefit concert Who: Tamriko Siprashvili and Temirzhan Yerzhanov When: 8 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 24 Where: Amador Theater, 1155 Santa Rita Road Tickets: $35 adult; $30 senior; $20 student; call 931-4848, visit www.firehousearts.org, or go to the Firehouse Arts Center box office, 4444 Railroad Ave. Benefits: Pleasanton Cultural Arts Council’s Arts in the Schools program Pleasanton Weekly • January 2, 2015 • Page 9 Community Pulse POLICE BULLETIN Five arrested in connection with Clorox burglaries Pleasanton police have arrested five men who are suspected of stealing thousands of dollars worth of metal, electrical cabling and wiring on two separate occasions from the Pleasanton Clorox plant on Johnson Drive. Officers responded to the business around 5:40 a.m. Dec. 29 after they received a call from a security guard who saw two subjects fleeing from the building. Police arrived and arrested 40-year-old Vincente Nunez Reyes, of San Jose, on suspicion of burglary, receiving stolen property, keeping lost property and assault with a deadly weapon (for allegedly driving the vehicle toward the security guard). Officers were not able to locate the second individual who fled on foot, said police. Prior to that incident, officers arrested four men Dec. 25 for allegedly burglarizing the Clorox plant. Pleasanton police Sgt. Pat Walsh reported that the burglary occurred the night of Dec. 23. Police checking the scene again Christmas Day spotted a “suspicious” vehicle in an adjacent parking lot and arrested two people leaving a building, followed by two additional men who were seen trying to run from the scene. The four were taken to Santa Rita Jail and charged with several crimes, including burglary, possession of burglary tools, possession of narcotics and resisting arrest. The arrestees were identified as Miguel Padilla, 36, of from Mountain View, and San Jose residents Hipolito Padillo, 34, Jose Morales-Bustos, 34, and Evaristo Luna, 25. In other police reports: • An Oakland man was arrested on suspicion of drug- and weapon-related charges after a traffic stop in Pleasanton on Dec. 23. According to police, an officer conducted a traffic stop on the 1000 block of Stoneridge Mall Road for a vehicle with no brake light. Police allege that when the officer contacted the driver, identified as 23-year-old Maurice Lesley, the officer could smell marijuana coming from the passenger compartment. The officer conducted a search of the compartment and found 24.5 grams of marijuana, 55 Xanax pills and a loaded 9 mm TEC-9 handgun, according to police reports. Lesley was arrested on suspicion of possessing Xanax without a prescription, carrying a concealed firearm, felony possession of an assault weapon, carrying a loaded firearm in public and possessing a controlled substance while armed. Police said there were two other male occupants in the vehicle. They were not arrested. • Three people were arrested Dec. 30 on a variety of charges stemming from an identity-theft investigation. A Pleasanton police officer was checking the Larkspur Landing Hotel parking lot on Johnson Court when he noticed three men standing outside a vehicle, according to Sgt. Eric Gora. The officer ran the license plate and learned the vehicle was stolen out of Hayward, Gora said. One of the men, Jason Brown of San Jose, was initially arrested on suspicion of possessing a stolen vehicle. Police allege numerous items were found inside the vehicle, including personal identifying information and stolen mail belonging to dozens of victims throughout the Bay Area. Brown, 25, also allegedly had evidence in his pockets indicating his involvement in stealing people’s identities. Officers followed up on information and learned Brown may have been associated with a room inside the hotel, Gora said. As the officers were walking down the hotel hallway, they contacted a man and woman exiting one of the rooms, according to Gora. The pair were identified as Chase Alves and Heather Maiale, who were both on probation and had search conditions, according to police. Police allege Alves, 29, and Maiale, 25, were found in possession of narcotics and credit cards not belonging to them. Officers continued to conduct a search of the hotel room which led them to finding computers, an embossing machine, narcotics, fake credit cards and stolen property, according to police reports. Alves, of Castro Valley, was arrested on suspicion of possessing narcotics and violating probation. Maiale, of Mountain House, was arrested on suspicion of identity theft and possessing narcotics. Additional charges for Alves and Maiale are pending further investigation, according to Gora. Brown was arrested on suspicion of possessing a stolen vehicle, stolen property and personal information. • Livermore police arrested two transients out of San Francisco on Dec. 24 with a car reportedly full of stolen packages from various East Bay towns, including Pleasanton and Livermore. Police said they were receiving calls about two people, later identified as 27-year-old Christina Rodriguez and 32-year-old Jose Ruiz, stealing packages from porches in the Lexington and Trinity Hills area around 10 a.m. Officers were not able to locate the man and woman at that time, but later that day a resident reported seeing two people hiding in the bushes on Marina Road, police said. When officers arrived, they found Rodriguez and Ruiz in the area and recognized one of them from a video surveillance of one the package thefts, police said. Rodriguez and Ruiz were initially arrested on suspicion of prowling; however, when police found their vehicle nearby, it was reportedly full of stolen mail and packages. Both were arrested and booked. Under the law, those arrested are considered innocent until convicted. Q —Amanda Aguilar POLICE REPORT The Pleasanton Police Department made the following information available. Dec. 21 Alcohol violation Q 1:29 a.m. in the 1100 block of Santa Rita Road Theft Q 9:17 a.m. in the 4400 block of Willow Road; theft from auto Q 1:39 p.m. in the 1500 block of East Gate Way; bicycle theft Q 11:47 p.m. in the 1000 block of Stoneridge Mall Road; theft from auto Drug violation Q 3:45 p.m. in the 1000 block of Stoneridge Mall Road Rosewood Drive Child abuse report Q 12:31 p.m. Street information not disclosed. Vandalism Q 1:09 p.m. in the 3700 block of Stoneridge Drive; graffiti Q 11:31 a.m. in the 3300 block of Dennis Drive; graffiti Q 5:09 p.m. in the 5900 block of Gibraltar Drive Weapons violation Q 4:19 p.m. in the 1000 block of Stoneridge Mall Road Battery p.m. in the 2300 block of Sandpiper Way Q 4:01 Dec. 22 Burglary Q 8:51 a.m. in the 6000 block of Johnson Drive Q 8:59 a.m. in the 5800 block of Gibraltar Drive; commercial Q 12:16 p.m. in the 3600 block of Pimlico Drive; residential Theft Q 3:27 p.m. in the 3000 block of Crestablanca Drive Q 5:04 p.m. in the 800 block of Montevino Drive Q 6:33 p.m. in the 4500 block of Dec. 23 Battery Q 12:40 p.m. in the 7800 block of Fairoaks Drive p.m. in the 5100 block of Hopyard Road Weapons violation Q 4:58 p.m. in the 1000 block of Stoneridge Mall Road Theft Q 5:57 p.m. in the 8100 block of Moller Ranch Drive Robbery Q 8:17 p.m. in the 2300 block of Stoneridge Mall Road Q 3:01 Dec. 24 Commercial burglary Q 10:32 a.m. in the 7200 block of Johnson Drive Q 11:39 a.m. in the 3100 block of Bernal Avenue Dec. 25 Commercial burglary Q 3:25 p.m. in the 7200 block of Johnson Drive Dec. 26 Theft Q 10:47 a.m. in the 5700 block of Owens Drive theft from auto Q 12:44 p.m. in the 4300 block of Muirwood Drive: Q 1:12 p.m. in the 1300 block of Benedict Court; auto theft Q 4:52 p.m. in the 3100 block of Santa Rita Road BACHELOR’S, MASTER’S & DOCTORAL DEGREES Business & Entrepreneurship I came for a Degree. 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Timely Service Free Estimates Free Pick-up & Delivery in Tri-Valley EDITORIAL THE OPINION OF THE WEEKLY Pleasanton leaders look to exciting, busy 2015 PUBLISHER Gina Channell-Allen, Ext. 119 EDITORIAL Editor Jeb Bing, Ext. 118 CLOCK REPAIR T he Pleasanton City Council is expected to wrap up more than two years and hundreds of hours of public meetings Tuesday with the adoption of a General Plan amendment called the Housing Element (see story, p. 5). The action would lock in the city’s commitment to meet state-imposed guidelines for providing sufficient housing to meet the needs of workers employed in the city’s expanding business community but who can’t afford our high-priced housing. Once approved, the council and its commissions, committees, task forces and city staff can move on to other priorities facing the city in the new year. Here are some of them: Bernal Community Park High on the council’s priority list is awarding a $16.5 million contract to add three all-weather lighted multipurpose sports fields with synthetic turf suitable for soccer, football, rugby and lacrosse, and the 40-acre oak woodland with trails, open space and passive recreation areas. A key element of these improvements will be the “Grand Meadow,” as some call it — a 38-acre Oak Woodland, which will include trails, tree canopies, meadows and diverse vegetation perceived as natural wilderness. Native woodland and grassland components will be included along asphalt and decomposed granite pathways and a trail system. Planned for completion late next year, this will be the second phase of the Bernal Community Park plan voters approved to complete the 318 acres that were given to the city of Pleasanton in 2000 by Greenbriar Homes. Byfield’s Clock Shop Call (925) 736-9165 WINTER PRUNING CLASSES Attend one of our FREE pruning classes: January 10 & 11 — Fruit Tree Pruning & Care January 17 & 18 — Rose Pruning & Care January 24 & 25 — Japanese Maple Pruning & Care January 31 & February 1 — Citrus Pruning & Care February 7 & 8 — Pruning & Care of Flowering Shrubs and Perennials Learn the best pruning techniques from our own Lita Gates. She will also cover care, feeding and pest control. Saturday classes begin at 10am. Sunday classes begin at 1pm. Registration is not required, but let us know if you are planning on attending. Dress warmly. Great Gardens Begin Here! Quality • Service • Selection 2756 Vineyard Avenue, Pleasanton Winter hours are Mon-Sat 9-5, Sun 10-4:30 2014 925-462-1760 www.WesternGardenNursery.com | facebook.com/WGNursery Memories Made Here Recycled water This multimillion-dollar project will get underway shortly, but will take most of the year to complete. It involves installing recycled (purple) water pipes from the Dublin San Ramon Services District recycling plant on Johnson Drive along sections of Hopyard Road and Valley Avenue, including channeling the pipes under the arroyo. Once installed, connections will be made to sprinkler systems that now irrigate Ken Mercer Sports Park (the city’s largest public water user), parts of the landscaped areas of residential and business sections of Hacienda, and other nearby public parks. Future extensions will allow recycled water to be used to irrigate other public parks and open space, including Callippe Preserve Golf Course. Kottinger Gardens Continued planning for this $62.8 million complex to be called Kottinger Gardens will take most of the year, with actual construction to start in 2016. The new facility will double the number of units available to Pleasanton’s low-income seniors now at Kottinger Place and Pleasanton Gardens. Part of the planning effort will be to find temporary housing for residents now living in these units. New businesses Multimillion-dollar projects already approved by the council will get underway this year, including Workday’s six-story new office center on Stoneridge Mall Road, new sales centers for CarMax and Stoneridge Chrysler in Staples Ranch and an all-Asian retail center on the Pleasanton side of El Charro Road, also in Staples. The Pleasanton Police Department will add its first substation near BART when the Workday construction starts. New library/Civic Center These two projects that have been discussed for years will come before the City Council this year as the city’s financial situation improves. The city’s public library is overcrowded and the Civic Center is now the oldest among all Alameda County cities, with portable buildings and inadequate to serve today’s high-tech requirements. The council has appointed a committee to look at replacing these buildings and services. Among other actions in the coming months will be awarding a contract for a new dog park near Bernal Avenue and I-680, dedication of Rotary Park on north Main Street, consideration of a new housing project off Sunol Boulevard called Lund Ranch, review of a new master plan for the Alameda County Fairgrounds and plans to upgrade Pleasanton Pioneer Cemetery. Look for a busy year starting with the City Council’s meeting next Tuesday. Q DAWN of a NEW DAY MEMORY CARE At The Parkview, we understand and respect the delicate balance between privacy and supervision in memory care. Our environment is soothing, and through our Dawn of a New Day program, residents benefit from sensory stimulation, including • music, reminiscence and pet therapies • gardening • exercise and outings Give us a call at 925-461-3042 or come for a visit soon. 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Young from Marsha Young ............................. $100 May Consedine, Harold Consedine & Hubert Hamm from Eileen & Allen Hamm................................. $200 Doris Cink & Charles Glass from Vernon Cink............................. ** Marilyn Bowe from James Bowe ....................................... ** Betty Dawson from Dan Dawson ...................................... ** ** The asterisk designates that the donor did not want to publish the amount of the gift. Pleasanton Weekly • January 2, 2015 • Page 13 COVER STORY ll t e o w 2 e 0 r 14 a F Pleasanton deals with drought, proposed developments, a long hot summer and key local elections B Y D OLORES F OX C IARDELLI M any newsworthy events took place in 2014, such as the city passing policies to preserve downtown historic homes and ValleyCare’s merger with Stanford Health Care. At the same time, life continued in Pleasanton as usual, with residents enjoying the museum lecture series, the farmers market, First Wednesday street parties and concerts in the park. As the year continued, we came to realize the seriousness of the drought, and Pleasanton made plans to cope. Also elections were January • BART passengers start new year of commuting with fares up an average of 5% to help pay for new train cars, a new control system, and improvements to a maintenance facility in Hayward. The cost to park at the two Dublin/Pleasanton BART stations rises to $2 starting Jan. 27. • Verizon Wireless Network announces it has added new 4G LTE cell sites along Vineyard Avenue, Isabel Avenue and Stanley Boulevard. • East Bay YMCA leaders hold two forums for parents on how to “watch your children and listen” and be aware of changes in their behavior, in the aftermath of the arrest of popular Livermore golf coach Andrew Michael Nisbet on charges of sexually abusing boys. • The 2014 Ed Kinney Speaker Series begins Jan. 14 with that quintessentially American humorist, Mark Twain, played by Pat Kaunert. • Pleasanton’s Community of Character Coalition chooses, as recipients of Juanita Haugen memorial scholarships for 2014, Alice Deng from Amador Valley held and our officials continued to deal with development — and those who oppose it. Police warned of a “grandparent scam” and launched a new crime prevention campaign to reduce preventable property crimes, while the courts sentenced a speeding Pleasanton teen who killed a cyclist on Foothill Road, and a man was convicted of murdering a girl when both were high school students here in 1984. Reading back over the last 52 Pleasanton Weeklies, it becomes clear that 2014 was a news-packed year. High School and Diane Hadley from Foothill. • Members of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555 — which represents 945 station agents, train operators and foreworkers — approve a tentative four-year BART agreement to end nine months of labor strife. • Former Pleasanton Mayor Ken Mercer, 71, dies Jan. 14 after a long battle with cancer. He was first elected to the City Council in 1976 and served in rotation as mayor before becoming the city’s first directly elected mayor. • The speed limit on the newly extended section of Stoneridge Drive is raised to 40 mph from 35 mph after a speed survey shows that 85% of motorists clocked were traveling at an average speed of 43 mph. • After two years of public debate, the Pleasanton City Council OKs changes to its policies and regulations to preserve the look of historic homes in the downtown district; homes built before 1942 — which will be listed in a register — will now be considered historic and subject to the new regulations. • The Rotary Club of Pleasanton raises $4,400 at its Saturday “yard sale” in the parking lot at Amador Valley High School to purchase and distribute wheelchairs to people with disabilities in Latin America, including Tulancingo, Pleasanton’s sister city. • Zone 7 Water Agency Board of Directors declares a local drought emergency upon learning that State Water Project allocations may be eliminated, pending the continuation of the dry climate. • Pleasanton resident Philip Scholz, 35, is killed after being struck by a train at the Santa Clara station around 5:45 p.m. Jan. 20 after he reaches out to a man on the tracks to help save him. MIKE SEDLAK/MIKE@DIGITALSIGHT.COM The effects of the drought could be seen early in the year around Pleasanton, including the hills surrounding Callippe Preserve Golf Course in January. Page 14 • January 2, 2015 • Pleasanton Weekly • The Pleasanton school board talks about a bond measure after hearing a demographer’s report calling for one new school on the city’s north side to accommodate overcrowding. • Police arrest a 21-year-old Pleasanton man, Jason Anthony Landes, just hours after he allegedly fires shots into the ceiling at Redcoats British Pub & Restaurant on St. Mary Street. • State Sen. Mark DeSaulnier (D-Concord), 61, throws his hat into the ring for the 11th Congressional District seat of longtime U.S. Rep. George Miller (DMartinez), who announced that he would retire after his current term, his 20th in Congress. • Tony Costello, a longtime Pleasanton resident and Amador Valley High basketball player and graduate who died in August of pancreatic cancer at age 57, is posthumously inducted into the Chabot College Athletics Hall of Fame during halftime of a traditional-rivalry game between Chabot and Las Positas College, the two schools where he coached for more than two decades. February • City Council calls on residents to voluntarily reduce water usage by 20% in response to Gov. Jerry Brown’s state of emergency proclamation regarding California’s drought conditions. • San Ramon Regional Medical Center and John Muir Health acquire a building with more than 92,000 square feet at 5860 Owens Drive to house their new Pleasanton Outpatient Center, expected to open in early 2015. • City Council OKs a plan to add more sports fields and create COVER STORY LOCAL 1555 Members of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555 announce approval of an agreement with BART management. a wooded area to be called Oak Woodland in Bernal Community Park. • Marcy Feit, president and CEO of ValleyCare Health System since July 1997, abruptly resigns her post. • District Attorney Nancy O’Malley, citing lack of sufficient evidence, says no charges will be filed against teens involved in an altercation that left Pleasanton resident David Lamont, 51, unconscious. for grades 1-3 in 2014-15, and for kindergarten and transitional kindergarten classes the year after. March • City Council votes 4-1 (Councilwoman Karla Brown dissenting) to continue the planning process for developing the mostly vacant 1,000-acre tract of land called East Pleasanton, even though there is no longer a requirement for additional housing there. • Purple pipes are laid in Pleasanton to carry water from Livermore’s recycling water plant for irrigation, now used at Stoneridge Creek Community Park and Callippe Preserve Golf Course. • Pleasanton Police Department announces that Detective Matthew Lengel has been named Officer of the Year and Community Service Officer Shannon RevelWhitaker is Professional Staff Employee of the Year. • Amador Valley High team wins the California state “We the People” competition, earning a place at nationals in Washington, D.C., in April. Foothill finishes second. • Safeway, one of Pleasanton’s largest employers with approximately 2,600 employees between its grocery stores and headquarters, announces a proposed merger with Boise-based Albertsons. • Mystery still surrounds fate of former Walnut Grove principal Jon Vranesh as school board votes 3-2 in closed session to strip him of any administrative duties after he finishes the school year as an itinerant principal. • City Council approves a developer’s plan to build an apartment complex on West Las Positas Boulevard across from Hart Middle School with 177 units and buildings as high as four stories on the 6-acre site. • The Pleasanton Weekly and its partner, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, distribute $75,000 to 10 Tri-Valley nonprofit groups, recipients of the Weekly’s 2013 Holiday Fund. • Pleasanton resident Susan Xiao-Ping Su is found guilty of visa fraud, conspiracy, wire fraud, unauthorized access to a government computer and money laundering in connection with Tri-Valley University, a bogus, unaccredited venture she ran. • Pleasanton resident Kenneth Kenitzer, 70, is sentenced to six years in federal prison for his role in a Ponzi scheme that netted more than $80 million in a little over two years. • Alameda County Fair announces a fireworks show will follow each of its free nightly concerts, including the return of the Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular. • Zone 7 Water Agency cuts flows to Pleasanton arroyos to save limited supplies of water for delivery to its customers during the continuing drought emergency. April • PG&E agrees to hold off on cutting down hundreds of trees as part of its program to improve natural gas pipeline safety, after Pleasanton and other cities question whether it is necessary in all cases. • Congregation Beth Emek holds Holocaust Remembrance Day to mark the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass), the first organized acts of violence against Jews perpetrated by the Nazis across Germany and Austria. • Arnoldo Avalos, the founder and CEO of the Pleasanton-based Avalos Foundation, is appointed to the California Community Colleges Board of Governors by Gov. Jerry Brown. • Pleasanton Planning Commission votes unanimously to approve plans by CarMax Inc., the country’s largest retailer of used cars, to build a regional auto superstore on a 20-acre site at I-580 and El Charro Road on Pleasanton’s far northeast side. • A Pleasanton resident loses $34,000 in a “grandparent” scam, in which a caller pretended to be the victim’s grandson in trouble in a foreign country. • ValleyCare Health System announces that the ValleyCare Auxiliary has given 1.6 million hours of volunteer time and raised more than $6 million to expand facilities, programs and services since it started in 1958, even before Valley Memorial Hospital opened. • The Foothill Wind Symphony is accepted to perform at the New York International Music Festival at Carnegie Hall in New York in April. • The school board unanimously signs off on a plan that would cut class sizes to 25 students MIKE SEDLAK/MIKE@DIGITALSIGHT.COM Pleasanton-based Safeway Inc. announced in March plans to merge with Albertsons. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Former Walnut Grove Elementary principal Jon Vranesh. • Cody Hall, the Pleasanton teen whose high-speed crash on Foothill Road in June 2013 killed a Dublin bicyclist, pleads no contest to felony vehicular manslaughter in connection with the death of cyclist Diana Hersevoort. • Valley Humane Society cancels its popular annual spring Hidden Gardens of the Valley fundraising tour because of drought conditions. The tour has raised more than $100,000 since it began in 2006. • Workbench TrueValue Hardware opens on Main Street in the 11,000-square-foot space that was home to Domus kitchen and home accessories store for many years. • Pleasanton launches Mobile Citizen, a web-based application that allows residents to notify city staff about maintenance issues, including potholes, graffiti, broken water sprinklers, clogged storm drains and streetlight outages. • Police Department begins to transition to a new era of fuelefficient vehicles with plans to acquire 12 Ford Interceptor SUVs to replace V8 gas guzzlers this fiscal year with the remaining fleet being replaced over the next 12 months. • By placing wheelchairs on local campuses, the Wheelchair Foundation’s From the Heart schools project aims to raise awareness about disabilities in the world, inform local students about issues faced by people with disabilities, and raise funds for people in need of wheelchairs. • Amador Valley High School’s “We the People” team places second at the national competition in Washington, D.C., where it competed against other state winners. May • City Council votes to require all households and businesses to reduce their water consumption by 25% over their 2013 usage or face penalties. • This year’s Juanita Haugen Community of Character awards go to Brad Hirst, Emily Scholz and Bob Williams for individuals and Lynnewood United Methodist Church. • Students report to school officials that they are being asked to send pornographic images of themselves through Instagram. Police say they find upon investigation that there were two reported victims at one school in Pleasanton. • Pleasanton Partnerships in Education (PPIE) Foundation presents school district with a check for $551,000, of which $80,000 came from its Fun Run for Education in April. • Dublin police shoot and kill Foothill High student Oscar Herrera after he allegedly attacks with a metal baseball bat a police officer who is responding to a domestic disturbance call. • The school board appoints Brentwood school administrator Jan Steed, a Pleasanton resident, as the new principal of Walnut Grove Elementary School, the permanent replacement for Jon Vranesh. • Lisa Highfill, the school district’s instructional technology coach, is named the 2014-15 Teacher of the Year. • Pleasanton resident Laura Turner DeMott is inducted into the International Skateboarding Hall of Fame. • Dr. Arthur Barnes concludes his 50th season as music director of the Livermore-Amador Symphony, which was founded one year before he joined. See FAREWELL on Page 16 Pleasanton Weekly • January 2, 2015 • Page 15 COVER STORY FAREWELL • Administrators of the joint powers authority that provides liability coverage to Pleasanton Unified School District reaches settlements in two claims filed by district employees alleging sexual harassment and a hostile work environment at the hands of former Walnut Grove Elementary principal Jon Vranesh. Continued from Page 15 • The City Council approves three major business developments — Workday Inc., CarMax and the Hendrick Automotive Group — that will cost millions of dollars to build, add millions to the city’s sales and property tax revenue, and create a thousand or more jobs. • Despite temperatures hovering near the 100-degree mark for several days, attendance at the Alameda County Fair is up 22% over last year, with 475,762 visitors during the 17-day run. • Jon Vranesh, who was placed on administrative leave Oct. 25, files a formal claim against the Pleasanton Unified School District for “money damages and injunctive and other relief,” saying the district and employees defamed him. • Great Bull Run and Tomato Royale come to the Alameda County Fairgrounds, an Americana version of the world-renowned Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain. • Foothill and Amador Valley high schools are among the top 100 best public schools in California, according to a recent U.S. News & World Report survey with the magazine ranking Amador at No. 46 and Foothill, 64. THE BOUCHARDS • Goodguys celebrate the 50th anniversary of the iconic Ford Mustang at the Summer GetTogether at the Pleasanton Fairgrounds with Mustangs from the 1960s through the current models on display. • City Council approves $62.8 million plan to tear down both Kottinger Place and Pleasanton Gardens and replace them with new structures that will double the size of the development, with 185 units for low-income seniors upgraded to today’s living standards. • Cody Hall is sentenced to nine years in state prison for the crash that killed a Dublin bicyclist and injured her husband. • Pleasanton’s Lady Cavaliers rugby team prevails at the National High School Rugby Championships in Massachusetts after defeating its three opponents with a combined score of 156-3 en route to earning the Division 2 title. The Amador Valley High varsity softball team (27-0) celebrates its sectional title. • City Council unanimously approves new Parks and Recreation Master Plan, a 200-pluspage document which concludes that, in addition to playgrounds and baseball fields, the parks need programs and facilities with more of an adult focus, including dog parks, walking and hiking trails, more lighted tennis courts, and more picnic tables and barbecues. • Amador Valley High varsity softball team caps an undefeated season with its second sectional crown in four years following a 2-1 victory over Granada High in the title game at St. Mary’s College. • The city renames Pleasanton’s sports park as Ken Mercer Sports Park to honor the city’s longestserving mayor, who died last January. The park extends northeast of Hopyard Road. • Alameda County Fair begins its 102nd year, to run June 18- July 6. The theme is “Taste the Red, White & Blue,” to celebrate the return of the Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular. • More than 1,200 students graduate from Pleasanton’s high schools. • On June 14, the bicentennial of the writing of “The Star-Spangled Banner” by Francis Scott Key, folks gather at Wayside Park to sing the National Anthem, led by members of the Jose Maria Amador Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, part of a national effort at the same time. • School board approves the modified “lite” school calendar starting in 2015-16, which will schedule school to begin early August, end late May, and include a one-week break in October, the first semester ending before winter break and a nine-week summer break. • Some 2,000 runners and their families turn out for the 21st annual Father’s Day Spirit Run, hosted by the Rotary Club of Pleasanton. • City Council agrees to spend $300,000 to build an off-leash dog park on a 2-acre site at the Lagoon Road/Bernal Avenue staging area of the Marilyn Murphy Kane Trail. • Sunol residents and Girl Scouts Troop 32866 finish building a small community library on the town’s Main Street, which is accessible 24 hours a day and stocked with about 250 books ranging from adult to children works. July • Hacienda business park reports strong tenant activity after the close of the second quarter of 2014, with both new and existing commitments made from more than a dozen tenants since April. June • Republican attorney Catharine Baker tops the ballot in the June 3 primary in the 16th State Assembly District winning 36.5% of all votes cast. Dublin Mayor Tim Sbranti finishes second with 29.6%, setting the state for November’s two-candidate runoff. • A two-alarm fire destroys a second-floor apartment and damages at least one other on a Friday night in an eight-unit apartment complex at 1302 Hopyard Road. The Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department believed the fire was caused by burning grease on a stove. • City Council agrees to spend $420,000 to improve the small park at the north end of Main Street near the Arroyo del Valle bridge and to rename it Rotary Park in honor of Pleasanton’s Rotary clubs, which will celebrate their 50th anniversary in May 2015. • A citizens’ task force is established to look at ways to spice up the Alviso Adobe, a historical landmark that the city of Pleasanton spent $4.5 million to restore six years ago, which includes a 7-acre park and small parking lot. • Residents of 300 apartments in Pleasanton’s Springhouse Apartments go without water for four consecutive days after the complex’s main high pressure water pipe breaks and attempts to repair it result in another pipe section blowing out. • The Victorian home on Second Street and Angela becomes a movie set as crews move in to film “Gibby,” drawing residents to enjoy meeting the stars, especially Crystal, a 20-year-old capuchin monkey movie star. • The College Board invalidates hundreds of Advanced Placement exam scores at Amador Valley High School due to reported “seating irregularities.” At first, 400 students were determined to have to retake the exams but that was reduced to 315. • Planning Commission gives final approval to a developer’s plan to tear down the 104-yearold Pastime Pool building at 511 Main St., replacing it with a twostory commercial building that will have offices, a restaurant and possibly other retail businesses. • Homeowners form a group, Pleasanton Voters for Smart Growth, to halt construction of additional high-density housing in Pleasanton, citing shortfalls in water, school space and other infrastructure needs. August • Safeway shareholders vote overwhelmingly to approve the acquisition of the Pleasanton-based supermarket chain by an affiliate of Albertsons, another national supermarket firm, which has its corporate headquarters in Boise, Idaho. MIKE SEDLAK/MIKE@DIGITALSIGHT.COM Attendance at the 2014 Alameda County Fair in Pleasanton was up 22% compared to 2013. Page 16 • January 2, 2015 • Pleasanton Weekly • Shadow Cliffs Regional Recreation Area beaches are closed COVER STORY involved in the decision-making process. • Planning Commission supports a new 7-Eleven convenience store at the Valero service station at West Las Positas and Santa Rita Road, along with a new drive-thru car wash. DOLORES FOX CIARDELLI Animal trainer Tom Gunderson relaxes with Crystal, a 20-year-old capuchin monkey movie star, during a break from filming “Gibby” in Pleasanton. for nearly a week after bacteria measurements do not meet state health standards. • Urged on by Mayor Jerry Thorne, the City Council creates a process for monitoring state and regional legislation that is under consideration, in order to retain local control on urban issues. • PPIE Foundation announces the recipients of its 2014 Innovative Education Grant Program — 20 educators and counselors who were awarded $41,000 in education grants to fund projects that are student-focused, promote creativity and innovative thinking, and offer expanded learning. • The Pleasanton Meadows Sharks claim their second straight title in the season-ending championship meet for the Tri-Valley Swim League, comprised of teams from Pleasanton and Dublin. • Civic Center Station office building owner Vera Revelli holds an art contest for children to spread the message that we must conserve water, then hangs the entries in some of its 25 offices. • An Alameda County bankruptcy court trustee seeks a jury trial for the leaders of the now defunct Tri-Valley Community Foundation in an effort to collect $928,000 in appropriated funds that the foundation didn’t have, contending that longtime TVCF president David Rice and the board members failed in their management and administration of the affairs of TVCF and should stand before a jury on the charges. • East Bay Regional Park District holds a dedication ceremony at Creekside Park for the completion of the Iron Horse Regional Trail extension from the Dublin/ Pleasanton BART station to Santa Rita Road in Pleasanton. This 1.6mile project was the last gap in the trail between Pleasanton and Concord. • PPIE Foundation raises a record $330,000 during the launch of the annual Giving Fund Campaign during the first day of school registration. Last year, $275,000 was raised; in 2012, it was $170,000. • Operations Services Director Daniel Smith, also known as Pleasanton’s water czar, reports to the City Council that Pleasanton has achieved its goal of reducing water consumption by 25%. City meters that monitor watering parks and street medians show a 56% reduction, and of the 14,405 residential and business water bills sent out over the last month, 13,321 had achieved the required 25% reductions or better for a compliance rate of 92.7%. September • Pleasanton school board votes 3-2 against the motion to rescind June’s approval of the “modified lite” calendar for the 2015-16 school year. Trustees Valerie Arkin and Jamie Hintzke vote in favor of the rescission, stating they would like to see the community more • Planning Commission, with the support of the Pleasanton Downtown Association, approves a beer and wine garden with food service in the 1938 home on lower Main Street that most recently housed Serenity Stoneworks, with dozens of fountains spread throughout the rear garden, Bracelet Bar and a guitar lesson studio. • City Council approves the city’s Housing Element, 4-1, after a three-hour debate as speakers say Pleasanton doesn’t need any more apartments. The Housing Element needed to be submitted to state housing authorities to show Pleasanton is meeting the goal of “attaining decent housing and a suitable living environment for every California family.” • A new kosher 2012 Livermore Valley Cabernet Sauvignon named “Alef” is released in time for the Jewish New Year, which begins at sundown Sept. 24. The new wine is introduced at an event to celebrate the 10th year of the Chabad of the Tri-Valley’s Jewish Community Center. • City Council approves plans by Dublin’s Stoneridge Chrysler-Jeep dealership to build a 32,000-square-foot showroom and service building on Staples Ranch, at the southwest corner of I-580 and El Charro Road. • City Council agrees to temporarily ease up on the onerous penalties imposed this summer on residents who exceeded a mandatory 25% cutback in water use. Council also OKs an environmental review report, clearing the way to start building a multimillion-dollar recycled water system to replace or augment existing systems that irrigate public parks and landscaped street medians. • Ken Mano — a trailblazer with Special Olympics, the Boy Scouts and a host of Tri-Valley activities ranging from blood drives to the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life — is presented with the Mayor’s Award by Mayor Jerry Thorne. AMANDA AGUILAR Shadow Cliffs beaches closed for nearly a week this summer after a high E. coli bacteria measurement. $4.5 million instead, to be used for a variety of uses, not necessarily for low-income housing. • Stanford Health Care and ValleyCare Health System sign an affiliation agreement that calls for the Pleasanton-based medical facility to become a subsidiary of Stanford Health Care. October • Housing, growth, taxes and water dominate mayoral and City Council candidates’ concerns as they share their views at forums hosted by the Pleasanton Weekly and TV30 in the City Council chamber and taped by Tri-Valley Community Television for broadcast leading up to the Nov. 4 election. • City Council approves proposed master plan that will enhance the amenities and appearance of Pleasanton’s downtown Lions Wayside and Delucchi parks, best known as the sites of the weekly farmers market and free Friday night summer concert series. • Pleasanton Unified School District is one of 71 districts in the nation whose School Climate Transformation Grant is selected for funding; the 100% federally funded grant award is $2,342,985 over a five-year grant cycle to allow the district to develop a Positive Behavior Interventions and Support (PBIS) Project. • Police Department introduces “Nextdoor,” a private social network accessible only to residents in each neighborhood that enables them to communicate online, in a private secure website. • Foothill High School senior Isaiah Langley, a Falcons cornerback, is selected to join the 2015 U.S. Army All-American Bowl team to represent the West. The Bowl has been the nation’s premier high school football event for 15 years, featuring the nation’s top 90 high school football players. • Steven Carlson is convicted of first-degree murder for the brutal 1984 stabbing death of 14-yearSee FAREWELL on Page 18 • Pleasanton is ranked No. 4 in a survey of America’s 50 Best Cities to Live; Money Magazine places Pleasanton at No. 31 in its list of Best Places to Live, and the publication also recognizes Pleasanton as No. 9 in the country for its economic vitality. AMANDA AGUILAR Elected officials gather in August to celebrate the completion of the Iron Horse Regional Trail extension. • City Council votes to waive an affordable housing requirement for an already-approved 345-unit apartment complex and take the developer’s offer of JEB BING Ken Mano accepts the Mayor’s Award in September. Pleasanton Weekly • January 2, 2015 • Page 17 COVER STORY AMANDA AGUILAR The Pleasanton school board with newly-elected and re-elected members (Left to right) Chris Grant, Valerie Arkin, Mark Miller, Jamie Hintzke and Joan Laursen. damages against the individual defendants.” • Officials mark the completion of the first phase of widening Highway 84 between the I-580 and I-680 freeways, making the Isabel Avenue segment of Highway 84 a four- and six-lane throughway from I-580 to Stanley Boulevard. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Voters elected Republican Catharine Baker as 16th District assemblywoman. FAREWELL Continued from Page 17 old Tina Faelz, a Foothill High School classmate. Carlson was 16 years old at the time of the crime. • Pleasanton Parks and Recreation Commission approves a long-range master plan that calls for expanding Pleasanton’s Pioneer Cemetery to make it a better place to be buried and a more attractive place to visit. The city purchased the 120-year-old cemetery in 2007 from the International Order of Odd Fellows. • The Zone 7 Water Agency Board of Directors approves a rate increase for wholesale treated water, with a 3% increase for 2015 and again in 2016 to keep pace with inflation. • Police and city of Pleasanton, along with the Dublin San Ramon Services District (DSRSD), announce the opening of a new pharmaceutical disposal site in the lobby of the Pleasanton Police Department, 4833 Bernal Ave., to be open 24-7 for disposal of controlled and non-controlled prescription medications and overthe-counter medications. • Incoming Amador Valley High School junior Jacob Baer’s documentary is screened at the 2014 Varsity Brands All-American High School Film Festival at the AMC Empire Theaters at New York City’s Times Square. The video, called “CODA Pride,” is a documentary highlighting children of deaf adults. • Pleasanton Partnerships in Education (PPIE) Foundation raises $64,000 at its “Toasts and Tastes of Fall,” which will be used to benefit its programs such as the Innovative Grant Programs and the 2015-16 Giving Fund. • Republican Catharine Baker wins the election to represent the 16th State Assembly District over Dublin Mayor Tim Sbranti, 51.6% to 48.4%. • Measure BB, the Alameda County transportation tax package, is approved by nearly 70% of voters, ending several years of controversy over the length of the tax and its need. • A raging fire around 2 a.m. destroys two houses under construction in a new development just south of the Safeway Lifestyle supermarket and the Gateway Center on Valley Avenue near Bernal. The fire, visible from I-680, was in a fenced-off construction site adjacent to the shopping center and close to the new CVS Pharmacy. • ValleyCare Health System’s corporate membership overwhelmingly approves proposed bylaws and articles of incorporation changes enabling the affiliation process with Stanford Health Care to move forward. At the close of balloting, 566 corporate member votes were for approval, or 97% of the 583 total votes cast. • The California Department of Water Resources announces that Zone 7 Water Agency will be awarded $3 million in grants for drought-relief projects and another $282,000 to increase its water conservation programs. • The city of Pleasanton launches a newly designed website at cityofpleasantonca.gov to meet the needs of residents, businesses and visitors accessing information about the city. December • City Council approves the $16.5 million second phase of the Bernal Community Park, a 318acre tract of city-owned land that was given to the city of Pleasanton in 2000 by Greenbriar Homes. Major youth sports teams sign on to what could be a $2 million commitment to help pay for new lighted sports fields at the park, with all-year synthetic turf. • Police Department launches a new crime prevention campaign aimed at reducing the number of preventable property crimes in the city, including thefts from un- locked vehicles and burglaries in which items were left in plain view. • Following through on their campaign pledges, newly elected and re-elected members of the Pleasanton City Council vote to approve a preliminary plan for development of roughly 400 acres of largely vacant land on the city’s East Side. • CourseCo, the San Francisco Bay Area-based golf management and development company that oversees Callippe Preserve Golf Course in Pleasanton, is awarded an Environmental Leader in Golf Award (ELGA) for superior environmental stewardship at two Bay Area golf courses, including Callippe. • Ken Mano is named the Pleasanton Weekly’s 2014 Man of the Year. • City Council continues Stage 3 water shortage declaration, including 25% mandatory wateruse cutback city-wide, through the winter months and into 2015. Q November • Construction begins on a new center for Axis Community Health that will double capacity for primary and mental health care in the Tri-Valley, at 5925 W. Las Positas Blvd. in Pleasanton. • Fire Chief Jim Miguel retires as the head of the LivermorePleasanton Fire Department, capping a 31-year career in fire services, including the last four in the top position here. • Pleasanton resident Jason Anthony Landes, 21, pleads no contest to charges of assault with a firearm and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony and is sentenced to five years in state prison for his involvement in a shooting at Redcoats British Pub & Restaurant on St. Mary Street in January. • Incumbent Joan Laursen and challenger Mark Miller are elected to the Pleasanton school board, with Laursen leading the race with 6,612 votes or 28.86% of the votes cast. • Former Walnut Grove Elementary School principal Jon Vranesh files a lawsuit against the School District asking for “economic and non-economic damages ... reinstatement to his position with back pay, and punitive JEB BING Deputy fire chiefs Jeff Peters (left) and Joe Rodondi flank Chief Jim Miguel at his retirement ceremony in front of the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department in Pleasanton. • Mayor Jerry Thorne is reelected to another two-year term, defeating his challenger Matt Morrison by a whopping 67% of the votes cast. In the council race, Kathy Narum leads with 7,657 votes, or 34% of the votes cast. Former Planning Commissioner Arne Olson also wins a council seat, finishing second with 5,735 votes, or 25%. Page 18 • January 2, 2015 • Pleasanton Weekly DINO VOURNAS/CITY OF PLEASANTON Superior Court Judge Steve Pulido administers the oath of office to Mayor Jerry Thorne, who was re-elected to a second two-year term on Nov. 4. Calendar Date Clubs Book GAME N REAT OF BOOKS EVENT OF : Discription PLEASANTON and The times, Great Books etc forof thePleasanton event. book club meets at 7:30 p.m. the fourth NAME OF EVENT: Discription and Monday monthly at Towne Center times, etc for the event. Books, 555 Main St. Call Sadie at 846-1658. Calendarhead TOWNE CENTER BOOK CLUB The club meets at 7 p.m. on the second LISTING BOLD: Calendartext is the Wednesday of the month at Towne paragraph tag. 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Civic Meetings CITY COUNCIL The Pleasanton City Council meets at 7 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays of the month at City Council Chamber, 200 Old Bernal Ave. HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION The Human Services Commission meets at 7 p.m. on the first Wednesday of the month at City Council Chamber, 200 Old Bernal Ave. PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION The Pleasanton Parks & Recreation Commission meets at 7 p.m. on the second Thursday of the month at City Council Chamber, 200 Old Bernal Ave. SCHOOL BOARD The Pleasanton Unified School District Board meets at 7 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesday monthly during the school year in the district office board room, 4665 Bernal Ave. YOUTH COMMISSION The Pleasanton Youth Commission meets at 7 p.m. on the second Wednesday of the month at Pleasanton Senior Center, 5353 Sunol Blvd. Classes COMPUTER TUTORING Need help with downloading E-books from the library to your E-Reader, sending e-mail attachments, social networking, blogging, general Internet questions? Drop-in classes are from 5-6:30 p.m. Tuesdays at the Pleasanton Public Library, 400 Old Bernal Ave. Call Mary Luskin at 931-3400, ext. 7. Free and open to all. FREE COUNSELING JOB SEARCH SKILLS AND RESUME WRITING Get a free consultation with an experienced Employment Recruiter on select Wednesday evenings, Thursday afternoons and Saturday afternoons for a half or full hour at the Pleasanton Library. Receive help with resume writing, employment web sites, search for a job on the web, and get help with online applications. Make a 20-minute appointment at the Reference Desk by calling 931-3400, ext. 4. Clubs DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION The Jose Maria Amador Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, NSDAR, meets at 10 a.m. on the second Saturday of the month Sept.-May. It is a social WHAT’S HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNIT Y gathering and time to explore the history of our American roots. For more information contact the chapter’s regent Diane Groome at dggroome@comcast.net. DBE (DAUGHTERS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE) Welcome to ladies of British or British Commonwealth Heritage. DBE holds meetings at 11 a.m. on the third Thursday of the month at Castlewood Country Club. Members focus on philanthropy, enjoy social interaction and form long-lasting friendships while contributing to local charities and supporting retirement homes in the USA. Call Edith at 998-3500. GARDEN CLUB MEETING The Livermore Amador Valley Garden Club will meet at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 8 at Alisal School’s multipurpose room. Representatives from Swallowtail Garden Seeds, Santa Rosa, will speak on production and propagation. Visitors are welcome. Call 485-7812 or go to www.lavgc.org. LIONESS CLUB The Livermore Lioness Club welcomes new members at its regular monthly meeting on the first Tuesday of each month, at 6:30 p.m. A $2 to $5 donation is requested. Participating in the many activities of the group is a great way to meet local people. Lioness is a service club which helps many worthy causes in our community. Call 443-4543. PLEASANTON LIONS CLUB The Pleasanton Lions Club meets for dinner at 6:30 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesday of the month at The Regalia House, 4133 Regalia Court. The dinner fee is $10. For more information please visit http// pleasantonlionsclub.org. PLEASANTON MOTHERS CLUB The mission of the Pleasanton Mothers Club is to provide a social, supportive, and educational outlet for moms and their families in the local community. They offer a variety of activities, children’s playgroups, special interest groups, and more. For information visit pleasantonmothersclub.org. Contact membership@pleasantonmothersclub.org. PLEASANTON NEWCOMERS CLUB This club is a great way for new and established residents to make new friends. It meets for coffee on the first Wednesday of every month and for lunch on the second Wednesday of every month. The group has activities like hiking, walking, Bunco and more. Visit www.pleasantonnewcomers.com. Contact Info@ PleasantonNewcomers.com or 2158405. ROTARY CLUB OF PLEASANTON The Rotary Club of Pleasanton since 1965 has been a leader in the community in helping make Pleasanton a great place to live. It has a luncheon meeting from 12:15-1:30 p.m. every Thursday, at Hap’s Restaurant, 122 W. Neal St. Cost for lunch is $17. For information, visit www.PleasantonRotary.org. ROTARY CLUB OF PLEASANTON NORTH Pleasanton North Rotary invites anyone interested in making a difference. The membership includes 65 professionals, business owners, executives, managers and community leaders. The club meets from 12:15-1:30 p.m. Fridays at Handles Gastropub, 855 Main St. Call 556-2333 or visit www.pnrrotary.org. O POST CALENDAR ITEMS AT PLEASANTONWEEKLY.COM PET OF THE WEEK Little Barbie She’s a Barbie girl in a Barbie world. Like all girls, this sweet 9-month-old domestic mediumhair cross just wants to have fun. Meet Barbie (ID: 32024) at the East Bay SPCA Dublin Adoption Center, 4651 Gleason Dr. Visit www.eastbayspca.org or call 479-9670 for more information. TRI-VALLEY EVENING ROTARY TriValley Evening Rotary has been supporting the community veterans, children and seniors for the past 12 years. We are the only Rotary club in the valley that meets in the evening. If you want to give back with a fun loving group please visit one of our meetings, from 6-8 p.m. every Thursday at Castlewood Country Club. Cost is $5 plus dinner. Go to trivalleyrotary.org. TRI-VALLEY REPUBLICAN WOMEN AND MEN PRESENT ‘LAST OUNCE OF COURAGE’ Tri-Valley Republican women and men invite you to dinner and movie night, with “Last Ounce of Courage,” an intergenerational story about family, free expression, and taking a stand for beliefs and rights guaranteed to all Americans, at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 8 at Cattlemens Restaurant in Livermore. For reservations, contact Linda Krikorian at 426-1474 or krikorianpublishing@yahoo.com by Monday, Jan. 5. VIRTUALLY SPEAKING TOASTMASTERS Virtually Speaking Toastmasters club meets from noon-1 p.m. every Thursday at Electrical Reliability Services, 6900 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 415. Everyone is welcome to come see what a positive change Toastmasters can make in their confidence. Call 580-8660. Concerts LARRY CORYELL: GUITAR’S ‘GODFATHER OF FUSION’ Larry Coryell, master performer of jazz, classical and rock, recording artist, composer, innovator, and mentor, will perform at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 10 at Firehouse Arts Center. If you love guitar, you can’t miss the master in live performance. Tickets are $28-$38. Call 931-4848 or go to www.firehousearts.org. Events EXCHANGE STUDENT CANDIDATES FOR PTSCA 2015 DELEGATION The Pleasanton Tulancingo Sister City Association youth cultural exchange summer program is beginning the candidate process. Students need to be entering sophomore-senior year in high school in the fall and have completed a second year of Spanish by the end of this school year. Students can attend any meeting regardless of their school of attendance to learn about the application and selection process. Meetings are: at lunch time on Wednesday, Jan. 7 in room B27 at Foothill HS; at lunch time on Thursday, Jan. 8 in room Q201 at Amador HS; 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 14 in room C-6 at Foothill HS; 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 15 in room Q201 at Amador HS; 7 EAST BAY SPCA p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 21 at Chamber of Commerce; 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 18 at Chamber of Commerce. For more information contact 209-5825 or annangst@ sbcglobal.net, or go to ptsca.org. FARMERS MARKET Visit the Pleasanton Farmers Market from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. every Saturday, on East Angela Street between Main and First streets. The Farmers Market is open every Saturday, year-round, rain or shine, to provide the season’s freshest fruits and vegetables, sold by the very farmers that planted, nurtured and harvested the crop. GIRLS NIGHT OUT NETWORKING GNON is a great opportunity to not only meet new friends, but network in a fun and informal environment. Join from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 15 at Coco Cabana Restaurant in Dublin. Cost is $10$15. Call 487-4748 or go to http:// www.gnon.org/monthly-mixer.html. Fundraisers PLEASANTON LIONS CRAB FEED FUNDRAISER Come to the Annual award-winning Crab Feed Fundraiser for an evening of all you can eat crab, pasta, salad and rolls, from 6-11 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 24 at the Alameda County Fairgrounds. Dancing, fun in the casino, playing the dessert roulette wheel or silent auction items and sports memorabilia. Cost is $55. Call 484-3524 or go to www.pleasantonlionsclub.org. RAGIN’ CAJUN GOES TO RIO Ragin’ Cajun is Bay Area’s Mardi Gras event of the year! This year there’s a twist as the celebration theme moves from New Orleans to Rio for a taste of Carnival! Enjoy music, dancing, dinner and auctions, from 6-11 p.m. on Friday, March 6, 2015, at Casa Real, 410 Vineyard Ave. This is the annual fundraiser event for the Sandra J Wing Healing Therapies Foundation. Tickets are $105 before Dec. 24, 2014, $125 after. Call (866) 862-7270 or go to www.heal- ingtherapiesfoundation.org. Health NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND Tri-Valley Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind will be meeting from 1-3 p.m., second Saturday of each month at Valley Memorial Hospital, 1111 E. Stanley Blvd., Livermore. Any visually impaired or blind person is urged to attend. Call Carl at 449-9362. Kids & Teens PLEASANTON FIFE & DRUM LESSONS GIVEN Pleasanton’s 1776-era Colonial Fife & Drum Band is now accepting new members for a limited time. Learn to play drum or fife (flute) for only $10 per 1.5 hour small group lesson, ages 8-17, from 6:30-8:15 p.m. Fridays. Experience helpful but not required. Learn music, history and leadership. Go to www.YoungAmericanPatriots.com. Lectures/ Workshops GRIEF WORKSHOP The death of a loved one is unlike any other loss. The reality of death leaves most of us in a state of shock, confusion and sadness. Join bi-monthly for your healing journey at 7:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Thursday evenings, Dec. 11-Mar. 26 (no session on Christmas) at St. Elizabeth Seton Church, 4001 Stoneridge Drive. Call Mary Hagerty at 846-5377. Miscellaneous ‘LAWYERS IN THE LIBRARY’ Members of the Alameda County Bar Association visit the Pleasanton Public Library on the third Tuesday of each month to give free 15 to 20 minute consultations. Appointments are by lottery. Register from 5:30-5:45 p.m.; See CALENDAR on Page 20 Pleasanton Weekly • January 2, 2015 • Page 19 CALENDAR CALENDAR Continued from Page 19 names will be selected at 5:50 p.m. and people must be present when names are drawn. Appointments begin at 6 p.m. and end at 8 p.m. Call 931-3400, ext. 7. FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY ONLINE BOOK SALE Did you know you could buy books from the Friends of the Library at Amazon.com? The Friends have a year round magazine and paperback book sale in the library and have two major book sales a year. To buy books, visit www.amazon.com/ shops/ptwnfriends or call Nancy Bering at 462-4368. VETERANS FOR PEACE Veterans for Peace, Chapter 162 East Bay, meets at 10 a.m. on the second Saturday of the month at Grassroots House, 2022 Blake St., Berkeley. All veterans are welcome. To learn more about the monthly meetings call Fred at 462-7495. VFW-AL COFFEE AND DONUTS Every Saturday morning from 7:309 a.m., the VFW and American Legion host coffee and donuts for all veterans at the Veterans Memorial Building, 301 Main St. All veterans are welcome. Visit www.vfwpost6298.com. On Stage ‘LES MISERABLES’ See “Les Miserables” at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, from Jan. 17-31 at the Bankhead Theater in Livermore. An additional matinee will be at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 31. Tickets are $20-$39. Call 373-6800 or go to http://tickets. livermoreperformingarts.org/single/ PSDetail.aspx?psn=3912. Seniors BRAIN MATTERS Enjoy a morning of fun while learning how to keep your brain active and your memory sharp. The class is held from 10-11:30 a.m. the first and third Fridays of every month at the Pleasanton Senior Center, 5353 Sunol Blvd. Word games, puzzles, challenging activities, reminiscing and more, geared to help you age-proof your mind. Cost $1.75 for resident and $2.25 for non-resident. Call 931-5365 or visit www. pleasantonseniorcenter.org. COMPUTER CLASSES FOR SENIORS Pleasanton Public Library hosts Computer Classes for Seniors including Beginning Internet on the first Wednesday and Thursday of every month; Beginning E-mail on the second Wednesday and Thursday of every month; Open Practice on the third Wednesday and Thursday of every month; Advanced E-mail on the fourth Wednesday and Thursday of every month, at the Adult Computer Area in the library, 400 Old Bernal Ave. Computer classes are designed for mature adults. Registration is required; call 931-3400. DUBLIN SENIOR CENTER FOUNDATION MEETING The Dublin Senior Center Foundation meets at WEEKLY MEETING NOTICES City Council Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. Council Chamber, 200 Old Bernal Avenue • Public Hearing: P14-0440 and 114-1309 - Consider a General Plan amendment to adopt the Housing Element with associated environmental documentation; and a zone change for 5758 and 5794 West Las Positas Blvd. (CM Capital 2 site) to change the density from a minimum of 30 residential units per acre to a maximum of 12.5 units Civic Arts Commission Monday, January 5, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. Council Chamber, 200 Old Bernal Avenue • Review of the Commission meeting schedule for 2015 • Review of FY 2014/15 Community Grant Midterm Reports Library Commission Thursday, January 8, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. • Library Conference Room, 400 Old Bernal Avenue • Welcome New Commissioners • Review and Discuss Library Tours • Civic Center Master Plan Council Committee • Commission Retreat/Orientation Planning *********************************************************** “The Pleasanton City Council will consider the 2015-2023 Housing Element Update (P14-0440/P14-1309) at its January 6, 2015 meeting. The public hearing will consist of (1) an Addendum to the Housing Element and Climate Action Plan Supplemental EIR; (2) a General Plan Amended to adopt the Housing Element; and (3) a zone change for 5758 and 5794 West Las Positas Blvd. (CM Capital 2 site) to maintain a PUD-MU (Planned Unit Development–Mixed Use) zoning designation while changing the density from a minimum of 30 residential units per acre to a maximum of 12.5 units per acre.” The above represents a sampling of upcoming meeting items. For complete information, please visit www.ci.pleasanton.ca.us/community/calendar Page 20 • January 2, 2015 • Pleasanton Weekly 9 a.m. on the first Wednesday of every month, at the Dublin Senior Center, 7600 Amador Valley Blvd. Call 556-4511. DUBLIN SENIOR CENTER MINILIBRARY The Dublin Senior Center Mini-Library is open 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday-Friday at the senior center, 7600 Amador Valley Blvd., Dublin. The library gladly accepts donations of like-new used books published in the last five years, puzzles, magazines within three months of distribution, and videotapes. Unused books are donated to Friends of the Dublin Library. Bring donations to the office for processing. Call 556-4511. DUBLIN SENIOR CENTER OFFERS MUSIC CLASSES Dublin Senior Center offers two music classes including Sing-a-longs with Judy Kuftin and Merrill Ito at 10:30 a.m. on Thursdays; and Ukulele Beginning Instruction with Judy Kuftin and Merrill Ito at 1 p.m. on Tuesdays, both at the Senior Center, 7600 Amador Valley Blvd., Dublin. Cost is $1.25 for each class. Call 556-4511. DUBLIN SENIOR CENTER PROGRAMS Dublin Senior Center offers different programs and activities including “ESL” which helps seniors practice their English conversational skills, a Reading Group that meets monthly to discuss new books and a Needle Arts Group that enjoys quilting, sewing and knitting. Fees vary for each activity. For a complete list of activities, contact 5564511 or seniorctr@dublin.ca.gov. FREE MEMORY SCREENING FOR SENIORS Caring Solutions is sponsoring free memory assessment on the fourth Thursday of the month at the Dublin Senior Center, 7600 Amador Valley Blvd. Call 5564511 for a 30-minute appointment. Preregister by the Monday prior to reserve an appointment. Informational materials are available at the Senior Center. MEET THE ARTIST: GARY WINTER Gary Winter is a master artisan and fourth generation resident with over 40 years of creating and designing experience. Gary has created work not only for the City of Pleasanton but for Presidents, actors and museums. See this special presentation and learn more about Gary at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 13 at the Pleasanton Senior Center. Call 931-5365 or go to pleasantonseniorcenter.org. MILLS LINE DANCE SOCIAL DJ Millie Dusha will play tunes from the classic oldies at the Mills Line Dance Social from 2-4 p.m. on the first Thursday of every month at the Dublin Senior Center, 7600 Amador Valley Blvd. All levels of dancers are welcome. Cost is $3. Call 556-4511. PEDDLER SHOPPE AT THE SENIOR CENTER The Peddler Shoppe in the lobby of the Pleasanton Senior Center, 5353 Sunol Blvd., offers the handmade wares of talented local senior artisans. It’s a great place to buy gifts. The Shoppe is staffed by volunteers and is open to the public 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Go to www.pleasantonpeddlershoppe.com. TRANSCRIBING FOR YOU Transcribing for You has volun- teers that will transcribe and print your letters to be sent. The service is located at the Dublin Senior Center, 7600 Amador Valley Blvd, Dublin, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost is $1.50. Call 556-4511 for an appointment or email seniorctr@ ci.dublin.us. WINE AND APPETIZER TASTING Enjoy entertainment by Mike Osborn, with wine and delicious appetizers, including five spice duck, lamb meatball, stuffed mushroom, deviled egg, fruit, and cheese. The event will be from 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 8 at the Dublin Senior Center. Cost is $15 for senior Dublin residents, $16 for non-residents/under 50. Adults 21 and over welcome. Register by Monday, Jan. 5 in person, by mail, or at www.dublinrecguide.com. Spiritual CRYSTAL SINGING BOWLS Sound healing can be a powerful experience of moving energy in your body through the vibration of the singing bowls. Reverend Lennis Baugh facilitates an evening of healing the body and soul as he plays these beautiful instruments, from 6:308:30 p.m. the third Wednesday of the month at Unity of Tri-Valley’s Gathering Place, 7567 Amador Valley Blvd. #120, Dublin. Call 829-2733 or go to www.unityoftrivalley.org. DIFFERENT RELIGIONS COME TOGETHER TO SHARE PRAYERS Join this group as people come together to share prayers, regardless of religion, at 10 a.m. on the first Sunday of each month at 6721 Corte Del Vista. Their motto is “The fundamentals of the Holy Books are one and the same. Unity is the essential truth of religion.” No contributions elicited. Call 4261847. SUNDAY SERVICES AT UNITY OF TRI-VALLEY Join the Sunday service with Reverend Karen Epps at 10 a.m. every week at Unity of TriValley, 7567 Amador Valley Blvd., Suite 108, Dublin. Children’s program available. All are welcome. Ongoing classes, groups, and activities. Call 829-2733 or go to http://www.unityoftrivalley.org/. Sports EAST BAY MARATHON TRAINING FOR BEGINNERS The USA FIT East Bay Spring 2015 Marathon/Half Marathon training program for all fitness levels is open now through Jan. 31 at www.USAFITEastBay. com. Program lasts 26 weeks and begins Jan. 24. For more information and to register, visit www. USAFITEastBay.com. New members $100 for 26 weeks. Support Groups BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP The American Cancer Society Breast Cancer Support group meets from 7:30-9 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month at LifeStyleRx, 1111 E. Stanley Blvd., Livermore. Call 833- 2784 or visit www.valleycare.com. CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP Caring for a loved one is challenging physically and emotionally. Join this support group to explore resources and generate problem solving ideas from 1-3 p.m., on the second Monday of every month at 5353 Sunol Blvd. Get the support you deserve at the Senior Support Program of the Tri-Valley. Call 931-5389. CHRONIC PAIN SUPPORT GROUP This is a safe place to speak openly about your experience of pain and to learn ways of coping with it. Meetings are 12:30-1:30 p.m. the first and third Mondays monthly at Asbury Methodist Church, 4743 East Ave., Livermore. Call 4471950. CLUTTERLESS SELF HELP GROUP Overwhelmed? Clutter stressing you out? ClutterLess is a nonprofit, peer-based, self-help group for people with difficulty discarding unwanted possessions. Meetings are 7-8:30 p.m. every Monday at St. Mary and St. John Coptic Orthodox Church, Room 7, 4300 Mirador Drive. Call 922-1467 or 525-3992. Go to www.ClutterLess. org. EAST BAY ESSENTIAL TREMOR SUPPORT GROUP If you have recently been diagnosed with ET or would like to learn more about this common movement disorder in a safe and supportive environment, please join us from 10 a.m.-noon on the third Saturday of each month, in the Blackhawk A and B conference rooms at San Ramon Regional Medical Center, 6001 Norris Canyon Road, San Ramon. For more information, view their blog at www.eastbayet. com or call 487-5706 or email eastbayet@comcast.net. MOTHERS WITH A PURPOSE Mothers With a Purpose meets at 7 p.m. on the second and fourth Thursday of the month at the Foothill High School Library. 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Free Visit today: ShopPleasanton.com Pleasanton Weekly • January 2, 2015 • Page 21 Real Estate HOME SALES This week’s data represents homes sold during Nov. 17-Dec. 11 Pleasanton 3539 Bernal Avenue W. Sullivan to Blarney Trust for $1,395,000 1016 Bradford Court Ponderosa Homes to Brown Trust for $1,073,000 6860 Calle Altamira Smith Trust to V. & A. Kagalkar for $955,000 5427 Cameo Court R. Marquetti to D. & J. Choi for $572,500 3215 Clifford Circle A. Pereira to V. Loquat for $782,000 2576 Gillian Court M. & E. Santiago to J. Sabal for $1,450,000 6216 Guyson Court C. Sumerlin to G. & S. Pentony for $720,000 7835 Kentwood Way Vlamis Trust to S. Gopalswamy for $1,075,000 4043 Peregrine Way Henderson Trust to Y. Pang for $580,000 2449 Raven Road R. & E. Murphy to E. & M. Swensen for $940,000 1032 Sycamore Creek Way R. & D. Klotz to Pinsonneault Trust for $2,015,000 3063 Tonopah Circle J. & J. Rosell to E. Huang for $395,000 7052 Via Quito J. Craig to J. & Y. Boulatov for $840,000 4173 Amberwood Circle Suchon Trust to L. Wood for $540,000 1778 Beachwood Way Tow Trust to M. McManus for $857,000 1017 Bradford Court Ponderosa Homes to Vlamis Trust for $1,111,000 1022 Bradford Court Ponderosa Homes to Chan Trust for $1,038,000 7756 Country Lane Polites Trust to S. Fenley for $1,735,000 8131 Moller Ranch Drive M. & W. Schackwitz to K. Hwang for $900,000 1082 Nolan Court B. & S. Bowers to D. Chetan for $1,107,000 6443 Paseo Santa Maria P. & S. Zaveri to J. & S. Vukelich for $1,065,000 1976 Via Di Salerno Ambrose Trust to Smith Trust for $1,815,000 1125 Autumn Court Montler Trust to A. Hsu for $1,075,000 1796 Beachwood Way Bell Trust to E. & L. Olson for $950,000 2051 Cotterell Court B. & K. Bromley to R. Xian for $915,000 2839 El Capitan Drive J. & Y. Hamaguchi to E. & C. Roces for $640,000 3211 Gulfstream Street R. & D. Gallup to T. Alagusandaram for $805,000 1525 Maple Leaf Drive Gardiner Trust to I. & K. Barberi for $1,216,000 5306 Ridgevale Road D. Nguyen to J. Taylor for $715,000 Livermore 1441 Calvary Lane H. Hanneken to Olds Trust for $950,500 467 Encino Drive Carmignani Trust to Newman Trust for $628,500 2173 Hall Circle S. & A. Moen to K. & P. Wigboldy for $977,500 968 Logan Street Deutsche Bank to N. Zeeshan for $565,000 1452 Onyx Road E. Morse to P. & H. Wasson for $575,000 1629 Placer Circle D. Andrade to T. Bawari for $710,500 812 Via Granada D. Pease to K. Vonbeckmann for $487,000 468 Virginia Drive T. & J. Peterson to I. & S. Maderych for $700,000 598 Windermere Circle Bate Trust to M. & J. Decker for $725,000 4727 Apple Tree Common S. Vahidi to W. Mathews for $450,000 1810 Birchwood Common Asuncion Trust to G. Acton for $587,500 4791 Charlotte Way Manfredi Trust to M. Salloum for $425,000 3177 Chateau Way #207 M. Martinez to P. Ram for $281,500 2165 Crossroads Place Budne-Elwell Trust to L. & J. McIrvin for $1,379,000 1391 Flanders Way M. & B. Weiss to K. Larosa for $675,000 274 Garden Common Gustavson Trust to J. Page 22 • January 2, 2015 • Pleasanton Weekly Liang for $413,000 3622 Germaine Way Goad Trust to S. Wright for $485,000 71 Heligan Lane #7 Shea Homes to R. Kawashima for $553,000 5296 Lenore Avenue R. Young to L. Volz for $425,000 5264 Lilac Avenue J. Davis to C. & A. Trujillo for $499,000 1552 Marigold Road Starr Trust to J. Lauro for $430,000 856 Mayview Way Rosa Trust to D. Kreiss for $680,000 6142 Mines Road C. & A. Cunningham to R. Paxton for $950,000 1001 Murrieta Boulevard #34 J. & A. Hinz to G. Sandhu for $240,000 3122 Patricia Lane O. & R. Stevenson to Seoane Trust for $490,000 626 Selby Lane T. & L. Stuart to M. Basile for $665,000 4039 Stanford Way E. & R. Foust to M. Carmignani for $475,000 2323 Walnut Street S. Giddings to J. & E. Bautista for $470,000 733 Yolo Way M. Phelps to T. & A. Smith for $525,000 57 Agate Court S. Boles to T. & C. Evans for $665,000 1264 Anza Way E. & Y. Breen to P. & C. Carscadden for $625,000 4659 Apple Tree Common V. Verceles to S. Burman for $471,000 1106 Baltusrol Court K. Zotti to R. McCarty for $551,000 3939 California Way Hill Trust to N. Raguskus for $439,000 3146 Chateau Way J. & N. Meek to M. & K. Thomas for $624,000 2776 Decker Lane J. Reitzell to P. & K. Foster for $853,000 5813 Flora Common P. Standard to Erickson Trust for $767,000 4168 Florida Court M. Lopes to H. & L. Olson for $450,000 304 Garden Common J. Chacon to Engler Trust for $418,000 633 Geraldine Street R. & H. Ventura to A. & K. Collins for $610,000 5960 Greenwood Common L. Taboada to A. & S. Hazlett for $580,000 25 Heligan Lane #6 Shea Homes to A. Paulsen for $568,500 5422 Lawson Court Higginbottom Trust to T. Vanalstine for $1,040,000 5219 Lenore Avenue R. & C. Allen to J. & K. Lenhardt for $560,000 436 Leona Drive Sharp Trust to G. & L. Seymour for $562,500 4763 Nicol Common #106 S. Fleck to C. Yttermalm for $318,000 3895 Princeton Way J. Benapfl to D. Ward for $600,000 2806 Salvia Common S. Shaffer to K. Park for $617,500 1461 Saybrook Road Miller Trust to C. & N. Deininger for $610,000 961 South G Street P. Siglin to D. & K. Das for $795,000 5396 Starflower Way K. Victor to W. & T. Grace for $560,000 San Ramon 9005 Alcosta Boulevard #191 Mishra & Tripathy Trust to C. Garay for $370,000 1317 Amaryllis Circle T. & K. Zupetz to S. Swaminathan for $655,000 1243 Andreas Way R. & J. Valci to A. Ganesh for $979,000 104 Black Calla Court J. Kim to J. Peng for $1,193,000 2864 Bollinger Canyon Road K. Jarm to E. Yap for $449,000 7103 Briza Loop Bantz Trust to J. Lovett for $642,000 2020 Canyon Woods Drive #F P. Rogers to D. & A. Ozment for $500,000 2609 Casella Way A. & A. Morcos to K. & L. Veerapaneni for $1,240,000 154 Eastridge Drive #178 J. Bankson to A. Singh for $310,000 44 Fircrest Court S. Kizanis to M. & W. Janus for $650,000 576 Karina Court Chinn Trust to R. Suryanarayan for $1,049,000 4 La Count Court Edgren Trust to Shreekumar Trust for $809,000 OPEN HOME GUIDE AND REAL ESTATE LISTINGS Housing starts fall 1.6% in November But Western states see a 28.1% increase BY JEB BING Following an upwardly revised rate in October, housing starts in November slipped 1.6% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.028 million units, according to newly released figures from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau. However, three-month moving averages for total and single-family production were at their highest levels since the recession. “These numbers are in line with our latest surveys, which show that single-family builders are confident that the market is gradually recovering,” said Kevin Kelly, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and a home builder and developer from Wilmington, Del. NAHB chief economist David Crowe agreed. “Over the course of the year, the number of houses under construction has been on an upward trajectory, signaling that housing 3030 Lakemont Drive #3 R. Callahan to R. Parras for $627,500 704 Lakemont Place #1 L. Thaler to K. Shiffer for $567,000 4704 Norris Canyon Road #201 KB Home to D. Rai for $520,000 602 Norris Canyon Terrace D. Mills to M. Babst for $450,000 9107 South Gale Ridge Road T. & H. Geriak to T. Nguyen for $1,180,000 7502 Stoneleaf Road Nelsen Trust to S. & L. Bruksha for $750,000 18 Stow Court J. Nguyen to T. & J. Otani for $915,000 3927 Veritas Way Wright Trust to I. Mohammed for $920,000 765 Watson Canyon Court #235 E. Iovino to J. Tong for $399,000 9503 Broadmoor Drive N. Ginn to M. Dolan for $845,000 2901 Burnbrae Way V. & A. Sampath to M. Yashvant for $1,180,000 2834 Calais Drive J. & B. Payyappilly to S. & S. Gangapurkar for $660,000 5045 Campion Drive P. & J. Choi to K. Park for $980,000 9777 Davona Drive E. King to G. & M. Marella for $680,000 305 Domingo Court Wangan Trust to E. & B. Rogers for $915,000 339 Eastridge Drive K. Forschelor to J. Levy for $375,000 68 Fife Court Javier Trust to M. Kosinski for $1,000,000 320 Ginger Court Guard Trust to N. Guard for $750,000 3489 Ironwood Drive Shapell Industries to F. Huang for $1,350,000 4011 Lilac Ridge Road S. & M. Ivie to T. & R. Ebbert for $1,280,000 221 Majorca Drive C. Morriss to J. & C. Hartley for $790,000 3858 Mandy Way K. Low to S. Xiong for $1,350,000 2949 Millbridge Drive W. & B. Ceresa to Y. Kolambkar for $835,000 4704 Norris Canyon Road #102 KB Home to A. & P. Rowley for $499,000 4708 Norris Canyon Road #202 KB Home to J. Brandman for $499,000 4708 Norris Canyon Road #206 KB Home to E. & B. Whitlock for $524,000 2637 Paige Way H. Du to U. & N. Dhanikonda for $1,150,000 151 Pebble Place D. & A. Ozment to C. Sena for $850,000 540 Roubaud Court S. & M. Boulton to P. Islam for $1,149,500 61 Sage Circle Whalen Trust to P. & M. Murai for $880,000 710 Sutter Creek Lane A. Kershaw to M. is moving forward,” he said “With strong demand, affordable home prices and favorable interest rates, we should see housing production continue to grow in 2015.” Single-family housing starts were down 5.4% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 677,000 units in November, while multifamily production rose 6.7% to 351,000 units. Regionally in November, combined housing production increased in the Northeast, Midwest and West, with respective gains of 8.7%, 14.4% and 28.1%. Total production dropped in the South by 19.5%. Issuance of building permits registered a 5.2% loss to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.035 million units in November. Multifamily permits dropped 11% to 396,000 units while single-family permits slipped 1.2% to 639,000 units. Regionally, the Northeast posted an overall permit gain of 27.4%. The Midwest, South and West registered respective losses of 7.3%, 10% and 5.6%. Q Jayakumar for $382,500 1081 Vista Pointe Circle M. Reyas to L. Chung for $685,000 121 Woodland Valley Drive Slack Trust to M. Yadav for $960,000 9823 Belladonna Drive E. & K. Gottlib to S. Santhanam for $800,000 5012 Campion Drive M. Sekera to M. & J. Fidow for $1,125,000 9882 Del Mar Drive M. & C. Wynn to J. Nevarezbear for $720,000 223 Forest Creek Lane J. & A. Hernandez to M. & I. Brown for $729,000 10001 Foxboro Circle T. & J. Buchen to R. Solarz for $719,000 5905 Lantana Way L. Gilbert to V. & S. Pabbaraju for $875,000 2946 Marlboro Way R. Digrazia to V. Ramaswamy for $715,000 2929 Morgan Drive W. & I. Sartin to A. & P. Das for $945,000 115 Reflections Drive #11 K. Huetter to B. Bekic for $298,500 818 Willow Pond Court H. & T. Yu to L. Yadagiri for $683,000 Dublin 5315 Alagro Court V. Balagopalan to K. Chen for $855,000 5280 Campus Drive Western Pacific Housing to W. Wong for $693,000 3714 Central Parkway M. Atencio to Shi Trust for $656,000 4271 Clarinbridge Circle A. Day-Sobolik to H. Luebbert for $487,000 7360 Cronin Circle S. Cheung to S. & N. Barter for $419,000 5501 De Marcus Boulevard #525 P. & U. Nama to G. & U. Sheth for $470,000 4743 Hazelwood Street F. Vora to P. Liu for $873,000 7358 Las Palmas Way S. Santana to A. Khanna for $953,000 3456 Palermo Way T. Ledic to D. & M. Jacobsen for $584,000 4515 Sandyford Court B. Leva to D. Kim for $628,000 7338 Sheffield Court R. Hoag to H. & D. Walton for $530,000 6708 South Mariposa Lane J. Domingo to A. & M. Woo for $670,000 6067 Turnberry Drive Law Trust to V. Nguyen for $1,610,000 3419 Vittoria Loop Standard Pacific Corporation to S. Ramaswamy for $832,000 5268 Campus Drive Western Pacific Housings to C. Zhou for $548,500 11821 Dunstown Court J. Brown to P. McCardle See HOME on Page 23 REAL ESTATE Tri-Valley SALES AT A GLANCE This week’s data represents homes sold during Nov. 17-Dec. 11 Pleasanton (Nov. 17-Dec. 2) Total sales reported: 29 Lowest sale reported: $395,000 Highest sale reported: $2,015,000 Average sales reported: $979,597 Dublin (Nov. 17-Dec. 2) Total sales reported: 37 Lowest sale reported: $390,000 Highest sale reported: $1,610,000 Average sales reported: $653,902 Livermore (Nov. Dec. 2) Total sales reported: 51 Lowest sale reported: $240,000 Highest sale reported: $1,379,000 Average sales reported: $616,173 San Ramon (Nov. 21-Dec. 11) Real Estate Directory Total sales reported: 55 Lowest sale reported: $298,500 Highest sale reported: $1,350,000 Average sales reported: $775,384 Source: California REsource Dennis Gerlt Darlene Crane, R P M M O RT GAG E , I N C . 925-699–4377 dcrane@rpm-mtg.com www.darlenecrane.com OPEN HOMES THIS WEEKEND Livermore Pleasanton 3 BEDROOMS 550 Selby Lane Call for price Sun 1-4 Cindy & Gene Williams 918-2045 5 BEDROOMS 4155 Casterson Court Sun 1-4 Alain Pinel, Realtors NMLS 30878 License 00907071 CA LIC# 01317997 30 W. Neal Street #105, Pleasanton $1,980,000 251-1111 Susan Kuramoto Janice Habluetzel ® HOME Continued from Page 22 for $390,000 11562 Manzanita Lane D. Dawson to J. Castro for $735,000 4605 Sandyford Court R. Anupati to Y. Polonskiy for $597,500 3682 Brodie Way T. Wang to E. & D. David for $890,000 5250 Campus Drive Western Pacific Housing to Cheung Trust for $550,500 5256 Campus Drive Western Pacific Housing to M. Abdul for $567,000 5260 Campus Drive Western Pacific Housing to S. Mittapalli for $564,500 5272 Campus Drive Western Pacific Housing to P. Chavan for $651,000 5276 Campus Drive Western Pacific Housing to D. & M. Khurana for $673,500 3520 Corsica Court H. & M. Harmon to T. & D. Le for $927,000 7310 Cronin Circle Chin Trust to C. Wu for $420,000 6098 Hillbrook Place C. Molina to K. Kotnana for $765,000 7344 Ione Court Corbett Trust to N. Moran for $649,000 6380 Monterey Way L. Li to P. Aschwanden for $650,000 7025 North Mariposa Lane F. Ortiz to K. Tu for $715,000 BRENTWOOD 2918 SPANISH BAY DRIVE EXECUTIVE HOME IN DEER RIDGE! $620,000 5 BR 3 BA Elegant 5BR/3BA home w/ amazing views. &6&%SRQEMRPIZIP,EVH[SSH¾SSVWYTKVEHIW throughout. Dedorah Levine, CalBRE #01386245 925.847.2200 ® REALTOR Broker/Owner Gerlt Real Estate Services direct: (925) 426-5010 email: gerltrealestate@gmail.com www.dennisgerlt.com Branch Manager/Mortgage Advisor 4504 Sandyford Court C. & N. Deiniger to S. Camacho for $555,000 4715 Sandyford Court R. Kapoor to S. Josyula for $527,000 5207 South Esprit Loop Western Pacific Housing to B. Wang for $722,000 6230 Sussex Drive Gonzalez Trust to A. & S. Comstock for $600,000 4840 Swinford Court M. Loke to N. Chi for $610,000 11503 Treeline Place L. Thomas to Labat Trust for $577,000 REALTOR Re/Max Accord phone: (925) 699-3122 www.JaniceTheRealtor.com REALTOR ® Serving the greater Bay Area for over 20 years with integrity cell: (408) 316-0278 BRE# 1385523 BRE# 01199727 Read client testimonials at apr.com/skuramoto To advertise in the Tri-Valley Real Estate Directory call (925) 600-0840. Ask about online and email advertising. Source: California REsource LIVERMORE 2160 RAILROAD AVE. COMMERICAL PROPERTY $575,000 Older Commerical Property in downtown livermore, great location, near shops & restaurants. Michael Curia, CalBRE #00955990 925.847.2200 MOUNTAIN HOUSE 761 ANTIGUA TER BETTER THAN NEW! $575,000 &6&%4PYWPEVKISJ½GI FSRYWVSSQ+SYVQIX OMXGLIR[KVERMXI FYMPXMRW&( JYPP&%HS[R 7Y^ER+PEHMIY\'EP&6) SAN RAMON 3557 ASHBOURNE CIRCLE NORRIS CANYON BEAUTY! $1,895,000 &6&%'YWXSQLSQI+SYVQIXOMXGLIR[ KVERMXI77ETTPMERGIW,YKIQEWXIVPSJXPMFVEV] professional landscape. Sharon He, CalBRE #01810593 925.847.2200 B R E N T WO O D DUBLIN LIVERMORE OA K L E Y 2265 HARMONY CT TRULY A VISION OF BRENTWOOD! $625,000 4 BR 3.5 BA Huge front yard,Courtyard w/Fireplace EGGIWWMFPIJVSQ*EQMP]6SSQ (MRI6Q9TTIV FIHVSSQW[[VETEVYHFEPGSR] Sandra Burt, CalBRE #01205844 925.847.2200 7314 EMERALD AVE MUST SEE! $950,000 7 BR 3 BA 2 master suits total of 7Bedrooms. 3 LERHGTH&%+SVQXOMXGLIR[KVERMXIWPEFGSYRXIVW GLIV][SSHGEFMRIXW 'EVQIR2MGE'EP&6) 12457 MINES ROAD FABULOUS ESTATE! $1,099,000 5 BR 2.5 BA 5 Acre Estate! Remodeled kitchen. 9THEXIH&%W[QEVFPI*MVITPEGIW0SZIP]PERHWGETMRK pool/spa. Mary Anne Rozsa, CalBRE #00783003 925.847.2200 2444 DUTCH SLOUGH RD LOTS & LAND PROPERTY $119,950 Must See, lots of new additions. (IP[]R0SYRWFYV]'EP&6) T R AC Y 302 W MOUNT DIABLO AVE POSSIBLE FINANCING AVAILABLE! $229,000 'SYPHFIWYFHMZMHIHMRXSPSXW0MZISRSRI WIPPXLI other! Close to elementary school. 7Y^ER+PEHMIY\'EP&6) 'SPH[IPP&EROIV6IEP)WXEXI00'%PP6MKLXW6IWIVZIH'SPH[IPP&EROIVMWEVIKMWXIVIHXVEHIQEVOPMGIRWIHXS'SPH[IPP&EROIV6IEP)WXEXI00'%R)UYEP3TTSVXYRMX]'SQTER])UYEP,SYWMRK3TTSVXYRMX])EGL'SPH[IPP&EROIV6IWMHIRXMEP&VSOIVEKI3J½GI-W3[RIH%RH3TIVEXIHF]26800'(6)0MGIRWI PLEASANTON 925.847.2200 | 5980 Stoneridge Drive, Ste. 122 CaliforniaMoves.com Pleasanton Weekly • January 2, 2015 • Page 23 550 Selby Lane Livermore OPEN SUNDAY 1/4/15, 1-4 PM Built in 2013! 2,031 sq ft Belmont model in Shea development. 3 bedrooms with loft, 2.5 bathrooms, Highly upgraded and right next to the hills. Granite, hardwood, plantation shutters, covered patio, 2-car garage with premium lot! Great view! Call for pricing! COMING SOON IN JANUARY COMING SOON IN BIRDLAND! 8031 Bethel Lane, Pleasanton Stunning gourmet granite kitchen with cherrywood cabinetry, pendant lighting and breakfast bar! 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths and sparkling pool! Just a short stroll to park! Priced in the low $1,000,000s RARE Gorgeous single level custom with breath taking panoramic views! Approx 4000 sq ft., 4 bedroom, 3 baths. This home is perfect for entertaining! Please call Gail for more information. Gail Boal Cindy and Gene Williams REALTOR® LIC # 01276455 REALTORS® BRE LIC # 01370076 and 00607511 925.577.5787 www.gailboal.com 925.918.2045 www.WilliamsReGroup.com REALTORS®, GRI, CRS, SRES 925.463.0436 | www.SoldinaFlash.com Happy New Year from Keller Williams Tri-Valley Realty! PENDING FOR SALE 7755 Fairoaks Drive, Pleasanton 8IVVM½GWMRKPIWXSV]LSQI MRKVIEXRIMKLFSVLSSH FIHVSSQWJYPPFEXLVSSQW EQSRKWUJX /MXGLIR*EQMP]6SSQ*SV QEP0MZMRK6Q½VITPEGIW 1EWXIV7YMXI[MXLWPMHIV 7TEGMSYWWUJXPSX[MXLPEVKIFEGO]EVHERHQYPXMTPIHIGOW TEXMSW;EPOMRKHMWXERGIXSTEVOWERHIPIQIRXEV]WGLSSP4VS\MQ MX]XSWLSTTMRKERHJVII[E]W Offered at $759,000 DeAnna Armario & Liz Venema REALTORS® LIC # 01363180 and 01922957 925.260.2220 925.413.6544 DeAnna@ArmarioHomes.com Liz@VenemaHomes.com ArmarioVenemaHomes.com 3784 Jerrold Road Livermore A Winning Combination Luxury Living Ranch Style Living Gorgeous 5 bedroom/5 bath home is 3890 sq ft and showcases stunning panoramic views. Fiveacre estate offers 3 fenced pastures with crossing gates and water access, tack room, hay barn, 4 horse stables with paddocks, and large roping arena with return. Minutes from downtown. Offered at $1,999,999 Mony Nop 925-575-1602 mony@monynop.com CA BRE #01813021 AT KELLER WILLIAMS, WE FOCUS OUR RESOURCES ON BUILDING THE AGENTS! Contact me today to join our team. Debbie Burness debbieburness@kw.com 925-357-3210 Team Leader/Manager 5994 W. Las Positas, Suite 101, Pleasanton | 459 Main Street, Pleasanton | 2300 First Street, Suite 316, Livermore | Broker License #01395362 Page 24 • January 2, 2015 • Pleasanton Weekly
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