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When Johnathan Wood-man returned home to Livermore last Novem-

ber after nine years of active duty in the Air Force, he faced tough times.

He and his wife, Kayla, both were unemployed and were living with his sister. He served in Montana maintaining the nuclear missile fa-cilities. His situation came to the attention of Trevor Stoneham, the leader of the motorcycle band who had welcomed him home. Trevor reached out to Doug Miller, the leader of the Association of the United States Army in the valley.

Doug met Johnathan and Kayla for lunch and introduced them to Joy Montgomery, who specializes in writing resumes and helping people find jobs. The association picked up her costs, and Woodman landed a job as a field representative with Procter and Gamble.

Now, he drives around the state installing or maintaining machines in hospitals, restaurants, medical facilities and other facilities that use Procter and Gamble soap products.

Kayla also found a job with Joy’s help, but, because Johnathan was doing so well and they only had one car, she’s staying home and they are living comfortably on his income. The position is ideal because the job is transferable should they move.

The association also connected Johnathan with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and he spent a day there checking out possibilities. He has a classified clearance from his Air Force service, but no aca-demic credentials.

That’s just one example of the support offered by the association, which is the only military-centered nonprofit focused on personnel who are currently serving or were re-cently discharged.

The association will hold its an-nual golf fundraiser, the Bay Area Military Classic presented by The Cooper Companies, on June 25 at the TPC Stonebrae Country Club, which is located high in the Hay-ward hills with spectacular views of the Bay Area. The tournament also benefits Some Gave All, the Joey Graves Foundation.

The dinner that follows the tour-nament will include Wounded War-riors, military officers, Gold Star parents and others. For information, please see birdeasepro.com/BAMC

The Army Association focuses

much of its efforts on Camp Parks, which has 1,000 military person-nel and 1,000 civilians working there year-round, plus the reserve units that come in for training. Doug observed that a Camp Parks assignment can often be a signifi-cantly financial hardship given the Bay Area’s high cost-of-living. Many people live in San Joaquin County and fight the daily commute over the Altamont Pass.

The challenge can extend to offi-cers. Maj. Puletasi Wong-Mageo will be transferred this month to a new assignment in Kansas. His family of six has been living in housing on the base and the Army will take care of packing up their household and moving it. But, they need to vacate their quarters during that process, which means nights in a hotel. The association contributed funds to off-set those expenses.

For Army Reservist Sgt. Nolayan Herdegen, it was the connections Doug and others have in the local community that paid off. His unit, the 75th Training Division at Camp Parks, was planning its annual holi-day party at the Veterans Hall in downtown Pleasanton. One week before the event, they were notified the hall was double-booked and they needed to move elsewhere.

They reached out to Doug who was able to reserve the Pleasanton Senior Center for the party. The unit filled it with about 300 people. Herdegen said the association went above and beyond, not only provid-ing the facility at no cost to the unit, but members also provided excel-lent gifts that were given away by Santa Claus at the party.

“The AUSA plays a unique role by meeting the needs of currently serv-ing families,” Herdegen said. “There are several organizations serving veterans, but no other one has this priority and is the only organization outside the government playing this role.” Doug’s connections and the asso-ciation also serve the Veterans First program at Las Positas College in Livermore. Todd Steffan coordinates that program and notes that Doug has been great at leveraging his contacts with various groups to help meet the needs of veterans. The association also will partner with the college on its Operation Gateway, a two-day orientation for veterans scheduled for July 12-13.

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NewsfrontGraduations today Graduation ceremonies at Pleasanton’s two main high schools are happening tonight. The Foothill ceremony will take place first, starting at 5:30 p.m. at the Sweeney Athletic Complex behind the campus ten-nis courts and pool. Gates open at 4:45 p.m. Amador Valley’s ceremony will follow at 7:30 p.m. at the school’s stadium, and is expected to last for two hours. Guests should plan to be seated by 7:15 p.m. The graduation ceremony for Village High School took place Wednesday night at the Amador Theater. The Pleasanton Weekly will spotlight the Class of 2018 in next week’s edition, instead of the usual graduation day spread, because of the election.

Teen poets laureate Pleasanton is looking for two teen poets laureate to serve for the 2018-19 academic year, one from Amador Valley High and one from Foothill. Incoming juniors and seniors who enjoy writing and inspiring others — and who want to contribute to their community — are encouraged to apply. The teen poet laureate program helps nurture an appreciation for composing, reading, reciting and listening to poetry, and the teens are encouraged to have fun and bring their individual creativity to the role. Applications are due June 13, and selected candidates will be invited to interviews June 21 and July 31. For more information, visit www.firehousearts.org or con-tact Julie Finegan at 931-4849 or [email protected].

Feed Tri-Valley The cities of Pleasanton, Liver-more and Dublin, and a consor-tium of local food providers — Open Heart Kitchen, Tri-Valley Haven, Interfaith Sharing and Valley Bible Church — are cur-rently seeking local businesses to be hosts for Feed Tri-Valley. Host organizations are des-ignated as a collection site for grocery-store gift card donations, and may also place a Feed Tri-Val-ley barrel at their location for the duration of the two-week food drive, from July 9-22. Pleasanton businesses can con-tact Nicole Thomas at 931-3432 or [email protected].

Correction

Last week’s “Around Pleasanton” column incorrectly attributed a phrase as a direct quote from Alameda County Fair CEO Jerome Hoban. The words “and after last year’s melee” were the reporter’s own and were meant to be in brackets. The Pleasanton Weekly regrets the error.

DIGEST

BY JEREMY WALSH

The BART Board of Directors narrowly voted against build-ing a full BART extension to

Livermore, but by also not selecting a preferred project option last week, the board left the door open for the new Tri-Valley regional rail author-ity to take the lead on the proposed project. BART directors voted 5-4 on May 24 to defeat a motion favoring a $1.6 billion extension of conventional BART to a new station in the middle

of Interstate 580 at Isabel Avenue, with the main opposition coming from board members representing BART core cities of San Francisco and Oakland. Soon after in the meeting in Oak-land, the board also voted against a proposal to instead extend BART service from Dublin-Pleasanton to Livermore via Express Bus or Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), an option strongly opposed by many in the Tri-Valley. The directors did vote to certify

the final environmental impact re-port for BART to Livermore, but they decided against choosing a preferred project option — with light rail, en-hanced bus and no project at all also on the table. If the BART board takes no further action by July 1, the newly created Tri-Valley San Joaquin Valley Region-al Rail Authority would be given the right to select a preferred project op-tion and produce a feasibility study to the public by July 2019. “This was a lost opportunity for

the region to create a viable rail tran-sit connection and create desperately needed affordable housing,” Liver-more Mayor John Marchand told the Weekly, referring also to his city’s proposed Isabel Neighborhood Plan. “Tonight, BART demonstrated that they are incapable of building a five-mile extension,” Marchand said after the meeting. “But now the Measure BB funds go to the AB758 regional rail authority will now move ahead to

BART votes down Livermore extension; regional authority could take project leadTri-Valley leaders disappointed in BART board, happy alternative path to Isabel still exists

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BY ERIKA ALVERO

Five months after the Tri-Valley YMCA daycare program at Fair-lands Elementary was cited for a Type A violation by state regulators, the Pleasanton Unified School Dis-trict terminated its contract agree-ments with the Y for operating after-school and summer programs at three district elementary schools. The YMCA had been operating at the Fairlands, Lydiksen and Mohr campuses, with five-year contracts previously set to expire June 30, 2021. Now that the contracts have been canceled, the district will take over operations of these services. The district has not yet stated whether the November violation, in which a kindergartner was left unattended outdoors, was the rea-son for discontinuing the contract with the YMCA. “We along with the YMCA of the East Bay believed it was in the best interest of both entities to have the District operate after school and summer programs at Mohr, Fairlands and Lydiksen through Kids Club,” said PUSD spokesman Patrick Gannon. The decision to terminate the contracts was voted upon as three separate items on the consent cal-endar during the May 8 board meeting, one item listed for each of the elementary schools. The YMCA declined to comment when contacted by the Weekly. The citation against the Fair-lands daycare was issued Nov. 8.

BY RYAN J. DEGAN

“Muscle Car Madness” will hit Pleasanton this weekend, with the return of the Goodguys’ 25th an-nual Summer Get-Together. The Alameda County Fairgrounds will host the car show that features over 2,500 American-made or -powered hot rods, customs, classics, street rods, muscle cars, trick trucks, late models and more. “At the 25th Summer Get-Together in Pleasanton, fans will get a close-up glimpse of just how eclectic the modern day hot-rodding scene is,” Goodguys of-ficials said prior to the event. “It is a trip back in time for many. The sight of all of those cars in one place is a car lover’s utopia.” A special exhibit and race will highlight this year’s feature model, the American-made muscle car. The so-called Muscle Car AutoCross Shootout will show-case a variety of factory correct muscle cars, presented by Spectre Performance. The popular AutoCross shootout features 16 drivers vying for the title of West Coast Muscle Car Shootout champion. Qualifying races will occur all weekend but single eliminations on the 16 car PRO ladder will begin Sun-day at 3 p.m. The two drivers with the fastest times will qualify for the Duel in the Desert competition in Scottsdale, AZ at the Goodguys 21st Southwest Na-tionals in November.

New to this year’s event is the freestyle motocross exhibition. At 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. high-flying stunt performers will aim to thrill audience members with big flips and jumps across the festival lot. For those who prefer alternate modes of transpor-tation, the Get-Together is bringing back its “Cruiser-Rama” event, an exhibit that features a wide variety of custom handmade bicycles of all shapes, colors and sizes. Over 30 custom-painted and chrome-plated bicycles will be shown all weekend. Kid-friendly activities will also be available, the kids’ zone offers a coloring contest, arts and crafts, games and a model car program that sends kids home with their very own model kit. “Combine all of that with the vendor exhibits, huge swap meet, cars for sale, entertainment, Fuelcurve.com Nitro Thunderfest dragster exhibition, food booths and more and you have the perfect car lover’s weekend,” Goodguys officials said. The Get-Together is open this Saturday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Alameda County Fairgrounds, 4501 Pleasanton Ave. Adult admission is $20 at the gate, kids 7-12 $6, kids 6 & under are free. Advance sale discount tickets are available for $17 online at www.good-guys.com through today. Parking at the fairgrounds is $10.

Goodguys’ Summer Get-Together25th annual showcase features ‘Muscle Car Madness’

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The Goodguys Rod & Custom Association is ready to host its annual Summer Get-Together car show at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton this Saturday and Sunday.

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BY ERIKA ALVERO

This year, the Pleasanton Part-nerships in Education Founda-tion (PPIE) raised a record-high $644,000 for local schools.

The funding raised through PPIE’s Annual Giving Fund Cam-paign surpasses last year’s by over $100,000. Much of the money will go toward intervention spe-cialist programs in the 2018-19 school year, according to the or-ganization’s executive director Steve McCoy-Thompson.

“Thank you very, very much, Steve, for all you do for us,” said Steve Maher, a PUSD trustee, at the May 22 board meeting when McCoy-Thompson presented the board with a ceremonial check. “I don’t think we would make it without you.”

“Yes, thank you very much,”

added board vice president Valerie Arkin. “It’s wonderful that we can put that money to good use for things for our kids in the district.” PPIE is a local nonprofit that supports Pleasanton schools through year-round fundraising efforts. The organization’s Giving Fund is supported through di-rect donations from parents and employer matching funds, along with proceeds from the annual Run for Education, which was held April 15. “PPIE focuses on funding sup-plemental staff to support our students and teachers,” McCoy-Thompson said. “What’s important is that our funding is guided by school principals, teachers and par-ents who determine how the staff are best utilized at each school. We

are grateful to our amazing volun-teers, corporate sponsors and par-ents and we are honored to support our incredible Pleasanton schools.” This year’s donation will be divvied up among various sectors throughout the district:• $240,000 to fund intervention specialists in math, technology and English language, including one full-time specialist at each elementary school.• $97,000 for extra librarian hours to keep libraries open at recess and lunch.• $92,000 for on-site IT specialists.• $85,000 for more support counselor and librarian hours at Foothill and Amador Valley high schools, along with support for Village High School and Harvest Park and STEAM preschools.• $42,000 in student and teacher grants for STEAM projects.• $38,000 for round-trip bus transportation for outdoor education at all elementary schools, provided by Black Tie Transportation. “Building excellence through-out our school system requires a community effort,” said Stephen Hilton, PPIE board president. “PPIE is grateful to the individu-als, families and businesses whose generosity helped us raise more money for schools than ever be-fore. We hope to build on that momentum as we look ahead to next year.”

PPIE raises record-high funding for local schools

Money will go toward intervention specialists, librarian hours and moreBY JEREMY WALSH

About a dozen city officials were on-hand last week to dedicate Pleasanton’s newest public neigh-borhood park, Harding Park.

Located at 5801 Gibraltar Drive near two new apartment complex-es next to the Dublin-Pleasanton BART station and Hacienda, re-spectively, Harding Park features two playgrounds (one for smaller kids, 2-5 years old, and the other for older kids) along with a cou-ple picnic tables, benches, water fountains and a small grass area surrounded by native, drought-tol-erant plants and shade trees.

The park was constructed by Essex Property Trust, Inc., the de-veloper of The Galloway at Haci-enda and The Galloway at Owens apartment projects. The parkland was then dedicated to the city after opening, to be maintained by the city’s Parks Division.

Current Mayor Jerry Thorne and former mayor Bob Philcox each spoke at the dedication ceremony May 23.

The 35th neighborhood park to

open in Pleasanton, Harding Park was named in honor of two influ-ential community leaders from the middle part of last century: War-ren Harding and his father Harry Harding.

Notably, Warren Harding served on the Pleasanton City Council from 1960-68, including a pair of two-year stints as the city’s mayor. He is credited with being heavily involved in the city’s first General Plan.

Professionally, Warren Harding worked as president of Commu-nity First National Bank, which was founded by his grandfather. He led the bank for decades until it was sold to another community bank-ing firm before eventually being rolled up into US Bank.

Neighborhood parks like Harding Park are generally 10 acres or less and designed to address the daily recreation needs of the surround-ing neighborhood — compared to larger community parks, at 10 acres or larger and designed to provide more active recreational opportuni-ties for all Pleasanton residents.

City opens Harding Park35th neighborhood park serves new apartments

According to the Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division, Type A citations constitute the most serious class of violations “in which there is an im-mediate risk to the health, safety or personal rights of those in care.”

According to the division’s re-port, an afternoon kindergarten stu-dent lined up with the older chil-dren to transition from the Fairlands YMCA facility to the school itself. The kindergarten student, however, did not follow the others through the school gate.

“A school staff member was greeting parents in the parking lot and noticed a child alone crying near the multipurpose room,” the investigative report continues. “The child was returned to the facility.

“The facility staff supervising children were not aware that the child was missing from the group. Per director, a staff member was re-sponsible for watching the children walk from the facility until the last child entered through the school gate. The staff member failed to provide visual supervision and did not observe the younger child los-ing her way,” the report stated.

As a result, the Fairlands YMCA daycare was issued a Type A citation, fined an immediate $500 and re-quired to send the licensing division a written plan of action “detailing the

steps staff will (take) to ensure visual supervision at all times.”

Additionally, “procedures were revised, administrative actions were taken and the staff member involved is no longer employed at the facility,” the report said. Copies of the licensing report were also required to be posted and provided to parents and guardians of chil-dren enrolled in care at the facility.

The YMCA program at Lydiksen Elementary also received Type A

citations in recent years, including a citation in June 2016 for having a staff member whose criminal record clearance was inactive and two in August 2016, one for a child having been

left unsupervised and another for an insufficient teacher-student ratio. The latter violation was cor-rected after two additional staff members arrived at the center.

All three YMCA-operated sites received citations for Type B viola-tions within the last three years. Type B are violations “that, if not corrected, may become an immedi-ate risk to the health, safety or per-sonal rights of clients,” according to the licensing division. Since 2015, three Type B citations were recorded at Fairlands, two at Lydiksen and two at Mohr.

The three contracts for the YMCA-operated sites were terminated May 18. The district-operated Kids Club is now providing after-school and summer care at these sites.

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PPIE

PPIE executive director Steve McCoy-Thompson (right) presents the PUSD school board and superintendent with a ceremonial donation check and Run for Education volunteer t-shirts.

‘The facility staff

supervising children

were not aware that

the child was missing.’

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plan build a rail connection cheaper, faster and more efficiently without BART’s 40% soft costs or $360 mil-lion maintenance yard.”

“It was disappointing that BART couldn’t get behind the decision that is clearly the best choice for our com-munity and the entire megaregion,” Assemblywoman Catharine Baker (R-Dublin) told the Weekly.

It was Baker’s Assembly Bill 758, later passed by the Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown, that created the new regional rail authority to step in and possibly take over the Livermore extension if BART failed to act.

“Last night was evidence of why it was so necessary to pass AB 758,” Baker added. “I am glad that the AB 758 authority is going to be able to take the reins.”

The Tri-Valley came out in force to the meeting in Oakland to try to convince the BART board to support a conventional BART extension to Livermore.

“It was packed, standing-room-only. Plus they had a second room that was full,” said Pleasanton Vice Mayor Arne Olson, who attended the meeting with a bus-load of people organized by Innovation Tri-Valley. They were joined by other groups of Livermore residents.

The Tri-Valley’s preferred option would see conventional BART rail

extended 5.5 miles down the center of I-580 from the eastern Dublin-Pleasanton station to a new station in the median just past the Isabel Avenue intersection.

It would also come with pedes-trian bridges to connect riders to either side of the freeway, a new BART storage and maintenance facil-ity northeast of Las Positas College and 3,412 new parking spots on the south side, as proposed by BART.

Freeway alignment would need to be shifted to fit the BART line and the new station, and significant public and private right-of-way would need to be purchased to make the project work.

All told, BART estimates design and construction of the traditional BART extension would come in at $1.635 billion.

That pricetag compared closely to costs for the light-rail options, diesel multiple unit (DMU) or elec-trical multiple unit (EMU), which are smaller, self-propelled cars with a diesel or electric engine. DMU and EMU construction was estimat-ed at $1.6 billion and $1.67 bil-lion, though ongoing operating costs would be less than full BART.

For some BART directors, the rail extension options proved too costly, but the Express Bus/BRT op-tion (which would include direct transfers to Dublin-Pleasanton BART in the freeway median) was more at-tainable at $380 million.

But many Tri-Valley leaders and

residents saw Express Bus as falling woefully short of the region’s rider-ship need.

Express Bus/BRT was projected to add 3,500 new riders per day, far less than full BART estimated at 11,900 new riders per day and 244,000 fewer vehicle miles traveled. The DMU/EMU would see 7,000 new BART riders and 140,600 fewer vehicle miles traveled, according to BART’s estimates.

“My sense is that (BART) board is really concerned about their financial situation. They just couldn’t take on another project that would cost $1.6 billion or $1.4 billion to do an exten-sion out to Livermore,” Olson said.

The BART board heard from doz-ens of Tri-Valley residents and leaders who strongly supported full BART, and perhaps as strongly opposed any expanded bus alternative, according to Olson.

“The other point that came up that I don’t think got a lot of play was that there are quite a number of people who take BART from the core out to jobs in the Tri-Valley, counter-commute,” he added.

There were a few public speakers in favor of the bus option, citing ex-amples they liked from Los Angeles and Europe, Olson said.

“People from the core of the opera-tion that don’t want any new money spent on expansions and the view that the system is badly in need of maintenance and upgrades and ‘take care of what we got and we haven’t

done that,’” Olson added. In the end, the BART board voted

5-4 to defeat a motion for full BART to Livermore, with directors Bevan Dufty (San Francisco), Nick Jose-fowitz (San Francisco), Rebecca Saltzman (Berkeley), Lateefah Simon (West Oakland) and Robert Raburn (Oakland) against building the $1.6 billion extension.

They then voted down a motion for Express Bus/BRT to Livermore, on a count of 5-3-1.

“My sense of it is they definitely heard us, that we don’t want any-thing to do with buses,” Olson said.

“No question they heard us.”The board closed by voting 5-2-1

to not advance any alternative and revert to the regional rail authority — meaning it would be up to the authority to select a preferred option, as long as the BART board doesn’t change its mind before July 1.

The authority is exploring the con-cept of light rail across the Altamont, connecting Livermore to communi-ties such as Mountain House, Tracy, River Islands, Manteca and perhaps ultimately Stockton. That could involve traditional BART, DMU or EMU from Pleasanton to Isabel.

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Trial begins for Weekly website hacking

The jury trial of a San Fran-cisco man accused of executing a damaging hacking attack of Pleas-antonWeekly.com and four other Embarcadero Media websites began Tuesday in San Jose federal court.

Ross M. Colby, 35, is charged with allegedly hacking the online news sites Palo Alto Online, Moun-tain View Online, Almanac Online, PleasantonWeekly.com and Dan-villeSanRamon.com on Sept. 17,

2015, after gaining access to the corporate Google email accounts of at least three Embarcadero Media employees. He allegedly used the information to cancel four domain names on the company’s GoDad-dy.com account and changed the company’s mail exchange (“MX”) records to redirect email. The website content was replaced with an image of Guy Fawkes, the icon of the activist group Anony-mous. The hacker posted a mes-sage indicating unhappiness with The Almanac, which covers Menlo Park, Atherton, Portola Valley and Woodside: “Greetings, this site has been hacked. Embarcadero Media

Group (Alamanac) (sic) has failed to remove content that has been harmful to the wellbeing and safety of others. Failure to honor all re-quests to remove content will lead to the permanent shutdown of all Embarcadero Media websites.” As part of the hack, each web-site’s URL was replaced with the text “Unbalanced journalism for profit at the cost of human right. Brought to you by the Almanac.” The message concluded with a par-tial tagline used by Anonymous: “We do not forgive, we do not for-get, we are legion.” Colby has no known ties to the company nor to any of its papers. He did not respond to a reporter’s ques-tion outside the courthouse in May 2017 about his motive. Bill Johnson, Embarcadero Media president and CEO, said at the time of the attack that it had caused extensive damage. There was no indication that web-site users’ personal information had been hacked, however.

Court documents indicate the attack was well planned, however,

FBI special agents discovered that a number of different Internet Proto-col (IP) addresses had been used to access the email accounts of Embar-cadero Media internet-technology employees more than 200 times between July 22 and Aug. 8, 2015. One special agent linked at least three of the IP addresses back to John Colby, Ross Colby’s father, who lives in Massachusetts. An-other IP address was connected to Colby’s San Francisco residence, and one was connected to the Fly-ing Pig Bistro Pub on South Van Ness Avenue, which is across the street from Colby’s residence, ac-cording to court papers. The FBI launched an 18-month investigation immediately after the hacking attack, which resulted in a federal grand jury indictment of Colby charging two felonies and three misdemeanors.

He was arraigned on April 11, 2017, in federal District Court in San Jose and entered a not guilty plea. He is out of custody on a $50,000 bond.

In other news

Graffiti mentioning a possible threat was found in a Foothill High School bathroom last week but was later determined to be not credible and instead an apparent joke, ac-cording to principal Sebastian Bull. “As a result of our investigation with the Pleasanton Police Depart-ment, the possible threat found ear-lier was determined not to be cred-ible. The graffiti discovered earlier this morning included a statement intended as a joke involving a school shooting,” Bull said in a message to the school community May 23. “We want to stress again that we take any potential threat seriously, and there are real consequences that may follow whether a state-ment is intended as a threat or a joke. When these comments in-clude potential threats, it impacts the sense of safety and learning environment of our entire school community,” Bull added.

The Foothill incident came a week after threatening graffiti was also discovered in a Pleasanton Middle School bathroom.

—Pleasanton Weekly staff

POLICE BULLETIN

The world lost a wonderfully warm, loving yet ambitious gentleman on May 18, 2018. Reno, Nevada resident Franklyn “Frank” David Smith passed quietly on, Friday afternoon, after brief complications from CHF.

Born in Grand Junction, CO. December 31, 1932, Frank was one of 8 children, in a tight-knit, hardworking family. This clan ultimately moved and settled in Glendale, CA, where Frank grew up and attended Glendale High and College, eventually receiving a bachelor’s degree from St. Mary’s College in his adult years. Working all through his younger years as a paperboy and draftsman in Glendale served him well, paving the way for future successes in business. Many years later, Frank relied on this cultured ingenuity, as he bought into a small company named Porter Seal in the Bay Area. He eventually grew it and molded it to be The Bay Seal Company, which remains a vibrant business and a testament to Frank’s life and work ethic. In advance of this love affair with business, he met and married the true love of his life, Dessie Mae Shealy (a nearby resident and nurse at the time); they recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary surrounded by their many friends and family who traveled to share this joyful milestone. Frank and Dessie lived in San Ramon, CA for a good part of their lives, raising their 4 children there and in nearby Pleasanton, CA, until moving to Reno, Nevada for their retirement years.

Frank was an avid reader, listener, story teller and conversationalist, and always interested in the news and politics of the day; he was an inventor, holding several patents; an avid golf enthusiast and player as a member of Castlewood Co. Club in Pleasanton, CA & Hidden Valley Co. Club of Reno, NV; a member of congregations at St. Augustine’s in Pleasanton, CA and St. Rose of Lima, in Reno, NV. Frank traveled with Dessie, visiting family and friends, yet always made friends wherever they found themselves; a tribute to the charming and loving manner, which the tall, soft-spoken Frank perfected as he moved through a crowd.

Frank is preceded in death by parents Agnes and Eli Smith; his sisters: Alice, Kay, and Jeannine; brothers: Larry and Jim; and grandson Jake. Frank is survived by his devoted wife Dessie Smith of Reno, NV; his sister Mary Lou and brother Bob; his children: David (JoLeeAnn), Cindy (Rick), Randy (Karrie) and Janet (Brad). Frank was a proud “Papa” to 10 grandkids; Kimberly, Alan, Samantha; Nicole, Sarah, Lexie; Lindsey, Sydney, Jake and Maille; and doubly blessed with great-grandsons Cameron, Payton and soon-to-come Baby Foster.

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Funeral Mass to be held on Saturday, June 9, 2018 at 10am at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, 100 Bishop Manogue Drive, Reno, NV. 89511. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the charity of your choice.

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May 26Sex offense

7:53 p.m. on Owens Drive

Alcohol violation

1:17 a.m. on the 1800 block of Santa Rita Road

1:51 a.m. on the 1800 block of Santa Rita Road

2:49 p.m. on the 5100 block of Case Avenue

May 25Shoplifting

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POLICE REPORT


OpinionSt. John for Congress

Dear Editor, Try to name a legislative accom-plishment of Eric Swalwell. Can’t? Don’t worry, you’re not alone. He sponsored two inconsequential bills in his first term that were signed into law. Since then, noth-ing. This may be “unmatched” by the two primary challengers, but it is far from a track record of legisla-tive success. What federal funds has Eric se-cured? He has said that one of his top priorities is securing fed-eral funds for BART to ACE. Those funds have not arrived, but Liver-more Labs is set to lose $100 mil-lion in federal funding. This type of cut will certainly hurt jobs and the local economy. Eric has appeared on quite a few TV and radio shows to build his own brand and name recognition nationally. However, I’ve seen little effort on issues important to our District 15, or delivering on his numerous unfulfilled promises. He may be a rising star in the Demo-crat Party, but at what cost to us? We don’t need celebrities — we just need a focused representative. Brendan St. John may not have the same political experience, but he impresses me as someone who is committed to the district rather than politics. He has my vote.

—Robert Beanland

No on Prop 68

Proposition 68 sounds very much like Proposition 1 passed by voters in 2014. (Last time I checked, $0.00 had been awarded from that bond for water storage. In 2016-17, 1.4 million acre-feet of water washed to the ocean.) Yet, toilet-to-tap water facilities have several projects started, mean-ing they have received their award-ed funds. Prop 68, like Prop 1, has bundled different items into one. Where is the rest of the money? In September 2017, National Geographic aired a special called “Water and Power: A California Heist.” With Gov. Brown and Sen. Feinstein’s ties to the Resnicks, I seriously doubt the direction of these measures. The state water department seems to be reactive to California’s rain/water drought situ-ations that have existed for hun-dreds of years. We need to be proactive. Hope-fully this small amount of informa-tion will lead you to investigate the validity of these propositions. No on Prop 68.

—Marty Daniels

Gambs for Zone 7

I endorse Dennis Gambs for Flood Control and Water Conser-vation District Director Zone 7. Dennis is a civil engineer, ex-perienced for 34 years working with water supply and flood con-trol. I met Dennis in 1981 and he has always been concerned with

projects providing the best com-munity value. Dennis worked on the Arroyo Mocho expansion above Santa Rita Road and added ac-cess under Santa Rita Road helping maintenance staff and providing a regional trail. Dennis made sure the public and board were fully aware of options and impacts of both flood and water supply projects. I worked with Dennis, then chief of water supply engineering, managing a project increasing conveyance ca-pacity on the South Bay Aqueduct. Zone 7 could have simply stated they would purchase conveyance capacity in Lake del Valle from DWR. Dennis assured both board and public were aware this option would lower Lake del Valle every summer resulting in lost use of beaches and swimming opportuni-ties used by families for the past 40 years. With community input, the board decided to also expand the South Bay Aqueduct with an ad-ditional pipeline, allowing recharge of the groundwater basin with the better-quality water only available in summer months without losing recreational use of Lake del Valle. Thanks, Dennis! Dennis Gambs believes in trans-parency and meaningful commu-nity input before making key deci-sions, both vital in a board member representing the public.

—David Lunn, retired Zone 7 water resources manager

No on RM3

Regional Measure 3 is a catastrophe. If one has driven any Bay Area roadway, whether I-680, I-580, I-80, I-880 or SR-24, for example, one does not compliment their governmental officials for improv-ing infrastructure. It is a com-plete novelty to not hit a pothole, cracked pavement, and so on. Gas prices in our region, in our state, are the highest in the nation. The cost of living is at record levels. According to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report titled “Consumer Expenditures for the San Francis-co Area: 2015-16,” published in December of last year, the aver-age household in our region spent “an average of $75,380 per year in 2015-16.” This is compared to an average of $56,648 for other U.S. families. Adding insult to injury, as re-ported by the BLS again in April, the Bay’s Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose by 3.2%. This figure does not include food and energy increas-es. The report documents energy prices as rising 9.8%, “largely the result of an increase in the price of gasoline,” and food bumped up by 1.7%. Increasing toll fees by $3 on all bridges by 2025 will be a detri-ment to vast swathes of Bay Area residents who commute. As costs of goods and services increase, this hidden tax will impact our pocket books. Funding is there, perhaps merely buried under governmental waste. Bay Area residents should vote No

on RM3. We are not gold mines from which capital can be siphoned from.

—Alexander Scheer

Measure A editorial misled

In the May 18 editorial regard-ing Measure A, the Weekly states the reason it is not supporting this measure is “because priority will be given to low- and middle-income children, it’s difficult to see how the Tri-Valley will benefit from the tax.” The Tri-Valley Anti-Poverty Collaborative, which represents human service organizations, local businesses and professionals from our schools, cities and the general community, has no position on this measure. However, we would like to point out there are a substantial number of low- and middle-income chil-dren and families in the Tri-Valley. According to federal measures, poverty impacts 9.9% or nearly one in 10 residents in parts of Dublin,

Livermore and Pleasanton. In fact, the U.S. Census Bureau found that as of 2016, 4,026 or almost one in five Pleasanton families were trying to make ends meet in the Tri-Valley on less than $75,000 per year. It is concerning the Weekly’s opinion on this measure would appear to indicate that our com-munity is comprised only of high-income families. We would like to emphatically state that our com-munity is comprised of families from all income levels, and that every family is an important part of the fabric of our community. It is important that the makeup of our community be correctly repre-sented and understood. Many families in the Tri-Valley have limited means and many of our children live in or near poverty. Many more families are far from wealthy and struggle with the escalating costs of housing and living in the Bay Area.

—Kristi Miller,Tri-Valley Anti-Poverty Collaborative

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UPCOMING WEEKLY MEETINGSCity Council Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. Council Chamber, 200 Old Bernal Avenue• Consider adoption of a resolution accepting the FY 2018/19 Mid-Term

Operating Budget• Consider adoption of a resolution accepting the FY 2018/19 Mid-Term

Capital Improvement Program Budget• Consider approval of Investment Strategies and Withdrawal Policy

Guidelines for the City’s Section 115 PARS Pension Trust Fund and allocate the initial $28 million investment

Civic Arts Commission Monday, June 4, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. Council Chamber, 200 Old Bernal Avenue• Recommend approval of the privately owned art piece “The Carpenter,” to

be placed at the Carpenters Training Center, 2350 Santa Rita RoadHuman Service Commission Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. Council Chamber, 200 Old Bernal Avenue• Continued discussion of the City of Pleasanton Human Services Needs

Assessment Strategic Plan Update

EDITORIAL THE OPINION OF THE WEEKLY

Here again are the Pleasanton Weekly editorial board’s recommendations.

• Zone 7 Board: Sarah Palmer, Dennis Gambs, Olivia Sanwong• 15th Congressional District: Eric Swalwell• 16th State Assembly District: Catharine Baker• District Attorney: Nancy O’Malley• Auditor-Controller/Clerk-Recorder: Melissa Wilk• Judge: Tara Flanagan• Assessor: Jim Johnson, Phong La for runoff• Measure A (half-cent childcare sales tax): Vote No• Regional Measure 3 ($3 bridge toll hike): Vote No

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COVER STORY

JEREMY WALSH

Vote-by-mail ballots can be dropped off through Tuesday postage-free in this box outside the Pleasanton City Clerk’s Office at 123 Main St.

Election Day is almost here.Though in actuality, many Al-

ameda County voters have already cast their ballots, with vote-by-mail bal-loting underway for nearly a month and early voting in-person at the Registrar of Voters’ Office offered as well.

In fact, registered voters can still sign up online to receive and submit their ballot early on-site at the office in Oak-land today from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. or Saturday or Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Otherwise, votes can be cast in Pleas-anton on Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at polling places across town. Visit www.acvote.org/go to find your polling place.

The registrar of voters’ website also has all of the other relevant details vot-ers will need before submitting their ballots by Election Day.

And those who choose to participate in the election will have a significant impact, with midterm primaries typically seeing low turnouts. In June 2014, the last non-presidential primary, election of-ficials reported that 25.77% of registered Alameda County voters cast a ballot.

There’s plenty to decide on this June’s ballot. In addition to statewide offices and propositions, there are 10 Tri-Valley representative positions up for grabs, plus a proposed countywide childcare tax and a Bay Area bridge toll increase.

Here’s a recap reminder of the local issues on the ballot:

Zone 7 boardFour seats are up for election on the

Board of Directors of the Zone 7 Water Agency, which provides potable water wholesale to Tri-Valley municipalities including Pleasanton as well as flood protection for the Livermore and Ama-dor valleys.

Five candidates are in the running, and the board is guaranteed to receive at least one new member after the death of Director Jim McGrail in April — Mc-Grail had previously opted against seek-ing a second term for medical reasons.

The three incumbents vying for re-election are current board president John Greci, a director since 1994 and a retired Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory supervisor; Bill Stevens, a biotechnical and civil engineer who has served for 20 years; and Sarah Palmer, a third-term director who worked as a biochemist and teaches science at Foot-hill and Dublin high schools.

The two challengers are Livermore resident Dennis Gambs, a retired civil engineer who worked for Zone 7 for 34 years, and Pleasanton resident Olivia Sanwong, an analyst at Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. who serves on Pleasan-ton’s Economic Vitality Committee.

The top four vote-getters will each earn a four-year term on the board.

County seatsFour Alameda County elected offices

are being contested this month.In all races, any candidate who re-

ceives more than 50% of the vote in the primary election will win the seat out-right, whereas any county seat without a 50%-plus winner would move on to a two-candidate runoff in November. All of the races, save one, feature only two declared candidates.

District Attorney: Incumbent DA Nancy O’Malley is running against Oak-land civil rights attorney Pamela Price, marking the first time O’Malley has faced opposition since being appointed to the position in 2009.

O’Malley, who has been a prosecutor

in the county DA’s Office since 1984, earned re-election in 2010 and 2014 without opposition. Price said she is striving to bring criminal justice reform to Alameda County while becoming the first-ever black woman or person of color to serve as its DA.

Auditor-Controller/Clerk-Recorder:Two seasoned public auditors are bidding to replace Auditor-Controller/Clerk-Re-corder Steve Manning, who did not seek re-election after one term in the position.

The contest features Castro Valley resident Irella Blackwood, who works as chief auditor for the city and county of San Francisco, facing off against Pied-mont resident Melissa Wilk, Alameda County’s chief deputy auditor-controller who has been with the department for more than 15 years.

Superior Court Judge: One Alam-eda County Superior Court judgeship is being contested in the primary, as Judge Tara Flanagan — who has sat on the bench since 2012 — has been challenged by longtime county deputy public defender Karen Katz.

Assessor: Four candidates are vying to succeed retiring Assessor Ron Thomsen.

The list includes Alameda resident Jim Johnson, chief of the Assessor’s As-sessment Services Division; Newark real estate tax attorney Phong La; Fremont resident Kevin Lopez, a certified general appraiser who has 23 years of experi-ence working for the Assessor’s Office; and Fremont resident John Weed, an assessment appeals officer and Alameda County Water District board member.

Uncontested positions: Three other countywide officials are on the ballot but don’t face declared challengers in their re-election bids: Sheriff-Coroner

Polls open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. for primary election

BY JEREMY WALSH

ERIKA ALVERO

Candidates for four seats up for election to the Zone 7 Water Agency Board of Directors are (from left) John Greci, Olivia Sanwong, Bill Stevens, Sarah Palmer and Dennis Gambs.


COVER STORY

Gregory Ahern, Superintendent of Schools L. Karen Monroe and Treasurer-Tax Collector Henry “Hank” Levy.

Federal, state representatives

Pleasanton residents have the chance to vote on their representatives in the State Assembly and U.S. House of Rep-resentatives, although both races won’t be decided for good until the November general election. For the 15th Congressional District, incumbent U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Dublin) is being challenged by two po-litical newcomers from the Tri-Valley: Republican Rudy Peters from Livermore and Pleasanton resident Brendan St. John, who is running without party preference. Swalwell is a former Dublin City Coun-cil member who worked as an Alameda County prosecutor before he was elected to Congress in November 2012. He won re-election comfortably in 2014 and 2016. Peters is a Navy veteran and owner of AARD Solutions, Inc., a systems en-gineering firm geared toward the U.S. intelligence industry. He has never held elected office but previously served on the Livermore Human Services Commission. St. John works as a medical marketing executive but also has no prior elected experience — an attribute he is promoting throughout his campaign, along with his running with no political party preference. The top two finishers in the prima-ry election will advance to a runoff in November. The 16th State Assembly District seat will also be decided in a fall runoff — be-cause Assemblywoman Catharine Baker (R-Dublin) and challenger Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda) are the only candi-dates, they will automatically move on to

the November ballot. An attorney by trade, Baker was first elected to the Assembly in 2014 and then won re-election in 2016. Bauer-Kahan, also an attorney, has no prior elected experi-ence but has spent time serving as a school volunteer and supporting nonprofits.

Ballot measures Pleasanton voters will also help decide the fate of two key ballot measures with financial implications for people in the county. The “Alameda County Childcare and Early Education Measure,” on the ballot as Measure A, seeks to create an estimat-ed $140 million annually for improved program quality and access by in-need residents via a new half-cent sales tax countywide for 30 years. The county’s Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to place the tax measure on the ballot. It needs approval from two-thirds of Alameda County voters to pass. Regional Measure 3, on the ballot in all nine Bay Area counties, proposes toll in-creases on the region’s seven state-owned bridges to help fund $4.45 billion worth of transportation and transit projects in the Bay Area, including the Tri-Valley. The toll hikes would begin with a $1 in-crease on Bay Area toll bridges (all except the Golden Gate Bridge) beginning Jan. 1, 2019, followed by a $1 increase in January 2022 and another $1 increase in January 2025. Projects in or near the Tri-Valley on the list include reconstruction of the Inter-state 680-Highway 84 interchange south of Pleasanton ($85 million), Bay Area corridor express lanes, BART expansion cars and Tri-Valley transit access improve-ments ($100 million). The measure would require approval from a majority of voters in the nine counties.

ASSEMBLY Catharine Baker

ASSEMBLY Rebecca Bauer-Kahan

ASSESSOR Jim Johnson

ASSESSOR John Weed

ASSESSOR Kevin Lopez

ASSESSOR Phong La

AUDITOR Irella Blackwood

AUDITOR Melissa Wilk

CONGRESS Brendan St. John

CONGRESS Eric Swalwell

CONGRESS Rudy Peters

DISTRICT ATTORNEY Nancy O’Malley

DISTRICT ATTORNEY Pamela Price

JUDGE Karen Katz

JUDGE Tara Flanagan


The Amador Valley girls softball team opened North Coast Section play with a pair of wins last week.

The Dons started the week with a 9-0 thumping of Mt. Eden behind a no-hitter by pitcher Danielle Wil-liams, who struck out 20 in the game en route to the no-no.

With the Monarchs’ bats in check, the Dons rapped out 10 hits, includ-ing a home run from Mia Hildeb-rand. She also added a pair of singles and drove in four runs for the Dons.

Allyson Kim had a double and pair of singles to add to the attack and drove in a run as well. Malia Konig also had a double and drove in a pair of runs. Williams, Bridget Aguilar and Julia Camello also added hits.

Williams and Aguilar also drove in runs.

Two days later the Dons were at

it again, this time with Williams al-lowing only two hits and striking out 12 batters in a 5-0 Amador win over Castro Valley.

Konig and Williams each drove in two runs, with Aguilar also driv-ing in a run. Williams had a pair of doubles, with Mia Hildebrand and Aguilar adding one each.

Halle Uhl, Kim, Chloe Engel and Maddie Hildebrand added hits for the Dons.

After receiving a first-round bye, the EBAL champion Foothill Fal-cons opened with a 4-0 win over California.

The Falcons retired the Grizzlies in order in the top of the first with two great defensive plays from Ellen Ebbers, and then scored three in the bottom of the inning.

With Hope Alley and Hailey Hayes

on and one out, Courtney Beaudin connected with her seventh home run of the season.

The Grizzlies put multiple runners in scoring position in the second and third but were unable bring them home as the Falcon defense held.

Foothill added their fourth run in the sixth on a solo home run from Lauren Hermes. Ebbers was the defensive star of the game respon-sible for six total outs. Nicole May recorded nine strikeouts while giving up three hits and one walk.

Foothill honors athletes

Last week, Foothill honored 28 athletes at the 2018 Foothill Senior Committed Athletes Luncheon.

The event was co-hosted by Foot-hill Athletic Boosters and Foothill’s Leadership program with catering provided by Eddie Papa’s.

The honored athletes included Emily Balicanta (diving, Boston Uni-versity), Madison Baxter (basket-ball, UC San Diego), Harrison Cart-er (water polo, Cal Baptist), Madi Dagen (gymnastics, Oregon State), Colin Dixon (baseball, DVC), Brett Hansen (baseball, Vanderbilt), Ava Haase (swimming, UNLV), Jake Jack-son (football, DVC), Jovian Johnson (football, Laney College), Carson King (football, Santa Monica), Jus-tin Lavell (baseball, Ohlone), Jeremy Lea (baseball, UOP) and Cole Lukas (rowing, Washington).

Also recognized were Donovan Mayer (football, Laney College), JT McDermott (basketball, Whit-worth), Emily McElroy (water polo, Scripps), Sarah Mirr (soccer, Loyola-Maryland), Sam Novitske (baseball, Oregon), Andrea Paduraru (beach volleyball, UC Berkeley), Dylan Pottgieser (baseball, UOP), Ramon Sahagun (football, DVC), Tessie Scavone (swimming, Azusa Pacif-ic), Erin Schafer (lacrosse, Brown), Michael Smith (basketball, Long-wood), Drake Southern (swimming and water polo, Las Positas), Nicole Thornton (softball, Ohlone), Madi-son Weiglein (water polo, San Diego State) and Ben Wooldridge (football, Fresno State).

Top athletes/teams

This week I look back at former Foothill quarterback Sean Mannion.

The 2010 graduate may turn out to be the best quarterback to come out of the city of Pleasanton. A three-year varsity team member, Mannion blew up the stats his senior year, throwing for over 3,500 yards, including a 600-yard performance against James Logan.

From Foothill, Mannion went to Oregon State and by the time he graduated, he was the all-time pass-ing leader for the Pac-12. Mannion is currently a backup quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams.

In addition to his excellence on the field, Mannion was also one of the nicest, down-to-earth kids I’ve had the pleasure of writing about.

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When 17-year-old Peyton Reilly was diag-nosed with brain cancer last November, her life dramatically changed, as did that of her family. Constantly being shuffled back and forth between her home in Pleasanton and the hospital, she couldn’t go to school and she couldn’t work out: two things difficult for her to forego.

But to give her a sanctuary, local nonprofit Rooms of Hope jumped in to build her and her sister a “retreat room” — a customized, teenage hang-out in the backyard. This is the organization’s mission, to give children suffering from life-threatening illnesses a dream room makeover, some sort of refuge when their lives are feeling out-of-control.

“During a very difficult time in my life, Rooms of Hope and their volunteers gave our family an unforgettable experience,” Peyton said.

The mini-house is one chapter of a long and taxing journey this year.

Peyton, a junior at Foothill, started experi-encing headaches late summer last year, but as she had a history of migraines, they didn’t seem too worrisome at first. However, after about three months of checkups, an MRI in November detected a cancerous brain tumor, specifically called medulloblastoma.

The tumor was completely removed, but then treatment began, with six weeks of radia-tion followed by chemotherapy. Peyton quali-fied for a study at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, which essentially “compacts eight months into four,” according to her mother Jennifer Reilly — it was good to expedite the process, Jennifer said, but the study did make for a more intense treatment process.

“It was crazy,” Jennifer said of the past few months, and the whirlwind of shuttling between house and hospital. “The only thing is they didn’t give you much time to think about what the next plan was.”

The Reillys found out about Rooms of Hope through friends whose son had been diagnosed with the same type of cancer and undergone a similar experience. They ap-plied to Rooms of Hope and were accepted. Though the organization usually focuses on room makeovers, Peyton really wanted a backyard space for both her and her 15-year-old sister Jaiden.

So Rooms of Hope created a 10-foot-by-12-foot mini-house in the Reillys’ backyard; in addition to making over the room of Trey-ton, Peyton’s brother.

Rooms of Hope was officially formed as a standalone organization in 2014, though the team was together as a satellite arm for a

different nonprofit since 2011. Shelley Ham, an interior designer, founded the organiza-tion after two of her own children experi-enced life-threatening illnesses.

“These kids can’t be forgotten,” she said. When a child is undergoing a serious illness, “they don’t know the end-game,” she said. While other kids are outside playing, “they’re at home looking at four walls.”

“What I’ve learned about design is, when you’re surrounded by beauty ... whatever your definition of beauty is, it lifts your spirit,” Ham added.

Another important component of the orga-nization’s program is that they also redesign siblings’ rooms.

“It’s really a family affair, and a lot of times siblings are overlooked,” Ham said.

Over the course of about five days in May, Rooms of Hope constructed Peyton’s “retreat room” and made-over Treyton’s room, a comprehensive effort that included design-ers, a construction team, electricians and volunteers from Keller Williams Realty. The Reilly family wasn’t allowed to go into the backyard while it was happening, and for one night they were put up in the Double-Tree by Hilton Hotel in Pleasanton — before the big reveal happened.

“They didn’t leave any detail out of it,”

Jennifer said. “Rooms of Hope goes above and beyond, it’s crazy what they do.”

The purple and gray mini-house is part sitting room and part workout space for Pey-ton and Jaiden, complete with mirror, couch and television.

“We didn’t know what to say, I don’t think any of us knew what to say,” Jennifer added. “We were in shock, she was so in love with it, we wrote up a whole thank-you note to them. How do you repay anybody?”

Peyton finished her final round of chemo-therapy last week and is beginning the road to recovery, her mom says, which includes heading back to school in the fall. (Since being diagnosed, she has been home-schooled through a Pleasanton Unified program.)

She wants to use her own experience as in-spiration to help other young people in simi-lar situations. She has started a GoFundMe campaign and wants to create care packages for teenagers battling life-threatening illnesses, to bring the comforts of home to the hospital.

And now she’s excited to enjoy her Rooms of Hope-built retreat room.

“They are such an wonderful organization and they went above and beyond,” she wrote. “My retreat room is so amazing, and I’m so glad I can go somewhere quiet while I’m still in treatment and for many years after.”

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COURTESY OF JENNIFER REILLY

The backyard ‘retreat room’ Rooms of Hope built for Pleasanton teen Peyton Reilly, shown here in the red sweater, is part sitting room and part work-out space.

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Motherhood is often a daunting and emo-tional journey in many ways, but it can be especially scary when resources are scarce. It was this realization 10 years ago that led Kristin Speck, pregnant with her first child, to become involved with the Bundles of Joy program at her church, which pro-vides baskets of baby supplies to needy mothers enrolled in the prenatal program at Axis Community Health. “Our motto is, ‘Every baby is a bless-ing,’” Speck said. “We want to help people as they’re starting off on the journey of motherhood.” Another parishioner at Pleasanton’s Lyn-newood United Methodist Church pitched the idea to the congregation after reaching out to Axis in 2008 to see if there was a way they could support prospective mothers at the center, which specializes in offering affordable healthcare services in the Tri-Valley and East Bay. When the concept was first proposed, Speck recalled, the idea “spoke to me.” “It’s so overwhelming, so many things you need to buy and do,” she said, remember-ing that first pregnancy. “And it was scary enough — I was trying to decide what crib to buy, not can I afford a crib and how am I going to afford diapers. It’s just a whole other set of worries that I didn’t have, and I already had so many worries. The thought of that in addition, was overwhelming to think about.”

And thus was born Bundles of Joy. Speck and Heidi Stark, who also at-tended Lynnewood, spearheaded the effort. They organized a list of items for people to donate, solicited donations and began reaching out to other nearby congregations: Lynnewood is now joined by the local stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and in Livermore, Asbury United Methodist Church and Holy Cross Lutheran. Each bundle contains about $75-$100 worth of supplies, Speck said, including bibs, socks, hats, rattles, pacifiers, toys, blankets, diapers, wipes, newborn out-fits, gift cards and more. They pack three months-worth of bundles at a time, at “packing parties” — when they started they put together enough for eight a month to be distributed, but they’ve expanded since and now create enough for the distribution of 14 monthly. Most of the supplies used for the packs come from donations, but when some of the necessities are in short supply, Lynnewood uses church funds to fill in the gaps. They compile both gender-specific and gender-neutral bags. Once the bundles arrive at Axis, they’re distributed to expectant mothers there. Erika Cordova, the prenatal care coordinator at Axis, distributes the bags when women are in their third trimester, at the time when most women know the gender of their baby.

Cordova and others in the Axis prenatal program meet regularly with the mothers throughout their pregnancy and postpartum as well. Along with the emotional fluctua-tions that accompany a pregnancy, many of the women express concerns about diaper expenses in particular, she said. “So these bags are something wonderful that these women get during their preg-nancy,” Cordova said. “It’s the first gift that they get, and it’s always welcome. Some of them look forward to it, and some of them are surprised when they first get it.” Currently, anywhere between 15 and 25 mothers give birth through the Axis pro-gram every month, she said. “I’m really honored to actually be the one to hand these bags out to them because I can see the reaction on their faces, and it’s always very grateful ... They are doing this regularly and consistently, and it’s great work that they do,” Cordova added.

While Lynnewood spearheads Bundles of Joy, it’s a comprehensive effort by multiple congregations. Christy Johansen is president of the Relief Society for the local LDS stake. “Twice a year all of the women in the organization, along with female youth ages 8 years and above, have gathered together to make items or contribute items for the Bundles of Joy program,” Johansen said. “It has been wonderful to watch young girls work side-by-side with mature women for the benefit of expectant mothers.” The cohort has been trying to get vari-ous youth groups to help package bundles; the packaging experience can help young people gain perspective, said Gina Cold, Speck’s fellow co-coordinator after Stark moved away. Speck also said she hopes to grow the

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Women and girls from the local LDS stake gather to make blankets for prospective mothers enrolled in the Axis prenatal program.

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Rotary clubs around the world, including the three clubs in Pleasanton, are pushing ahead in their decades-long campaign to end polio globally. Rotary International, working with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has now reached 99.9% of its goal of eliminating polio through-out the world. If successful, polio will be only the second disease that’s been eliminated in the world. The first was smallpox. “In 1988, when our local campaign started, there were 350,000 cases of polio in the world that year,” said Dwight W. Perry, PolioPlus chair-man of Rotary District 5170 and a member and past president of the Rotary Club of Castro Val-ley. “That was in 126 different countries.” “As of last week, so far this year in 2018, there are eight cases in two countries — Af-ghanistan and Pakistan,” Perry added. Perry also served as the governor of Rotary District 5170, which includes 54 Rotary clubs from Santa Cruz to Pleasanton and the Liver-more Valley. Next month, the district will wrap up its current fundraising effort for the worldwide campaign. Already, Perry said, donations have reached a little over $300,000, far above this year’s goal of $75,000. That includes $17,000 raised in March and April by the Rotary Club of Pleasanton, also known as downtown Rotary. “With the Bill & Melissa Gates Foundation agreeing to match our contributions two for one, we’ll see the $350,000 that we expect to raise by June 30 turn into about $1 million that will be going to the campaign,” Perry said. Pleasanton Rotary Club members Nancy Harrington, who with her husband Gary has led the downtown club’s polio fundraising drive, said Rotary International is the leader in eradi-cating polio. “It’s not the government and not business,” she said. “Rotary took on the fight against polio

in 1988 and partnered with the World Health Organization and UNICEF.” She added: “In 2017, only two countries in the world had any polio occurrences — Paki-stan and Afghanistan. In order to say polio has been eradicated, the world must go three years without any cases. We can help stop this dis-ease. What an amazing feat that would be for Rotary. “So why pick polio? Polio mainly affects chil-dren under the age of 5. There is no cure but polio is preventable with a vaccine. Until we end polio forever, every child is at risk. “Unless we eradicate polio, within 10 years we could see as many as 200,000 new cases each year all over the world. Although the dis-ease is endemic in only three countries, unless we reach every child with the vaccine no child anywhere is safe. “This is a frightening scenario that keeps Ro-tarians worldwide committed to the promise to end polio now!” To date, Rotary International has contributed more than $1.2 billion to the polio eradication campaign.

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COURTESY OF KRISTIN SPECK

Young people from Lynnewood United Methodist Church put together bundles at a January “packing party.”

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Gary and Nancy Harrington at Pleasanton Rotary Club.

program and increase the number of bun-dles they make, to continue soliciting dona-tions and expand to even more women. Ultimately, the program gets back to spreading hope, according to Speck. Letting the mothers served know that community outreach exists, and there are people to help.

“There’s community outreach here, that there are people who can help, even be-yond these things,” she said. “Obviously the pack of diapers is great, but the baby is going to go through that in a week. What I’m hoping is to give them a little bit of hope.” “We’re happy they’re having a baby,” she added. “We think that’s such a joy, and we want them to know and feel that as well.”

BUNDLESContinued from Page 14


Summer time is rapidly approaching

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Whether it be trying to make the trek up to Tahoe this summer

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nagging discomfort in your hip)

Or enjoy a few nice yoga or Pilates classes with your friends

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Or maybe just getting back to doing the normal, simple things

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1. Get out of the chair, off your phone and start moving!

Just like water, oxygen, and food, our bodies need a

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I’ve found the number one reason for most chronic back

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I’ve noticed an alarming rate of people’s HIPS becoming

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While it is great to be active and doing something you love,

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Muscle imbalances are one of the major underlying causes

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It pains me every time I walk into a gym and see people who

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Most people because of the wear and tear of your office

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The body can be complicated, and every single person out

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But to give yourself the best possible chance at staying active

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• Stay active and keep up with friends and

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• Restore your movement and body aware-

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• Become stronger, and more confident

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• Learn how to lift ‘with good form’

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• Continue doing the activities you love the most WITH-

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Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department fire-fighters remain focused on helping residents in need — on and off the clock. Their commitment is particularly highlighted each year with their Hook and Ladder Run. Now in its 10th year, the Livermore-Pleasan-ton Firefighters Foundation’s fundraising event offers runners, walkers and children a chance to give back to the community while strolling through Livermore Valley wine country. “The Hook and Ladder Run has grown each year,” foundation director Matt Thau said. “The Livermore-Pleasanton Firefighters Foundation has helped many firefighters, burn victims and thousands of others through assisting numerous local charities. This is all made possible because of support of our main fundraiser: the annual Hook and Ladder Run.” This year’s Hook and Ladder Run is set for June 10 at Wente Vineyards at 5050 Arroyo Road in Livermore, featuring a 10-kilometer run, 5K run/walk and kids’ fun run. Proceeds benefit the nonprofit foundation’s support of injured and fallen firefighters, the Burn Founda-tion and other Tri-Valley charities. The 10K course is 90% dirt-road and 10% paved, while the 5K track is stroller-friendly at 50-50 paved/dirt. Both courses travel through Sycamore Grove Park. The one-mile kids’ run (for children under 13 years old) will take place at Wente. No dogs allowed on any course. Special prizes will be awarded to the top male and female finishers in the 5K and 10K races,

along with awards within age groups. Top-20 finishers in each race will receive a special t-shirt. Ribbons, fire prevention materials and ice cream will be served to all child participants. Water and refreshments will be provided at the end of the race. Wente will also have food and wine tasting for purchase. Many of the event sponsors will have booths too, and all participants will receive a t-shirt and gift bag, plus raffle prizes will be offered. Starting time for the 5K and 10K is 8 a.m., followed by the kids’ fun run at 9:30 a.m. Registration, which is limited to 1,500 partic-ipants, usually sells out each year. Signups will close this Monday, unless the limit is reached sooner. For ticket prices or to register, visit https://bit.ly/2JbHROn.

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At the Historic Homes Awards presentation from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday at Museum on Main, the association will give plaques to the six homeowners, and the event will include vendors who have worked on Pleasanton restorations and talks by preservationists.

“Our mission is preservation of our historic properties through ed-ucation and recognition,” associa-tion president Linda Garbarino said. “Our June 3 event is geared to that mission.”

Four vendors will display restora-tion materials and information about their services, such as historic home paints and wood windows, and they will be available to converse about the preservation processes. These vendors have been used successfully by Pleasanton Heritage Association members.

“We really want to help people understand if they are going to make

changes or additions there are ways to do that without jeopardizing the historic homes they have,” Garba-rino said.

“Typically people have added on to the back of homes over the years, and the city has set up some munici-pal codes with firmer language,” she added. “This makes it much easier if people want to make changes or do add-ons. For the most part, people have done a really good job with that.”

The Pleasanton Heritage Asso-ciation works with the city when

requested, looking at plans and making suggestions.

“We help so they don’t change the significance of the house,” Garbarino said. “That’s the goal.”

Garbarino lives in an 1895 Victo-rian house on Division Street.

“All of us who live in historic homes have the feeling that we are only borrowing them and we will pass them on,” she said.

She called the historic homes “a nod to quieter times, when life was a little slower.” And she noted that in the past few years, residents living on the outskirts of town have begun moving back as homes in the down-town area become available.

This year’s six awardees were se-lected through an online survey of members of the Pleasanton Heritage

Association. Each of the six homes being honored is among the 91 homes now designated as historic resources:• Greg and Sylvia Desin — 426 Division St.• Roger and Karen Moirano — 517 St. Mary St.• Marguerite Magoffin — 621 St. Mary St.• Dora and John Futterman — 648 St. John St.• Joe and Katy Terry — 4389 Sec-ond St.• John and Cheryl Benson — 4397 Second St.

Sunday’s event will include histor-ic preservationist Stacy Farr offering a perspective on preservation and California’s Mill’s Act, which gives economic incentives, administered

by local governments, for the resto-ration of historic buildings by pri-vate property owners.

Also someone from the Pleasanton Community Development Depart-ment will provide an update on the current Downtown Specific Plan rec-ommendations, which will impact the historic core of the city during the next 20 years.

In addition to the plaques, which the association will attach to each re-stored house, the award winners will receive a drawing and a miniature wood replica of their home created by Pleasanton artist Gary Winter.

This is the fifth year the bronze plaques have been presented but only the second year for the awards to be presented publicly at the Mu-seum on Main, 603 Main St.

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Fundraisers 8TH ANNUAL HOMETOWN PANCAKE BREAKFAST AND TROOP PACK OUT Pancakes in the Park fundraiser breakfast, June 2, 7:30-11 a.m., Delucchi Park, Downtown. Breakfast for a donation that will help directly support the Pleasanton Military Families Care Package Program. After breakfast, we will move to the Veterans Hall to pack boxes for the deployed troops. For further info email: [email protected].

ITALIAN CATHOLIC FEDERATION DINNER Polenta and Chicken Dinner, Saturday, June 2, 6 p.m., St. Augustine Church Hall, 3999 Bernal Ave. Reservations required.

Contact Christine at 461-3704. RSVP. Tickets $25, children ten and under $10. Proceeds benefit Tri Valley Scholarship Program and other ICF Charities.

Health & Wellness CANCER SURVIVORS EVENT Cancer survivors and their caregivers are invited to the Tri-Valley Celebration of Life Event, Wednesday, June 6 at the Dublin Holiday Inn, 6680 Regional St., Dublin. Registration and reception begin at 6:30 p.m., and the program begins at 7 p.m. in the Tralee Ballroom with light refreshments provided. Please RSVP by leaving your name and the number of people in your party at

357-6498 or [email protected]. There is no charge for the event.

HOPE HOSPICE CARE GIVER SERIES Optimal well-being and activities of daily living. To help family members who are caring for a loved one, Saturday, June 9, from 9:45 a.m. to noon. Any family caregiver or expecting to soon become a caregiver is invited to attend classes at Hope Hospice, 6377 Clark Ave., Suite 100, Dublin. Register online at HopeHospice.com or contact Debbie Emerson at [email protected]. To download a copy of the class schedule, go to HopeHospice.com and select the Family Caregiver Education Series.

Family CRITTER CAMP AT VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY Week long day camps start June 5, ages 7 -17. Valley Humane Society, 3670 Nevada St. Fun filled human education programs offer a variety of animal activities, games, crafts, hands-on learning opportunities. www.valleyhumane.org.

Sports 100TH ANNUAL LIVERMORE RODEO (SATURDAY) 100th Annual Livermore Rodeo June 9 and 10. From bull riding, bronc riding, steer wrestling, to wild cow milking and barrel racing. Gates open at

11 a.m. both days, with Grand Entry (Start of the Rodeo) at 3 p.m. Food and fun, arts and crafts booths, fun for the kids. No refunds. All ticket sales are final. More info at www.livermorerodeo.com. Children 2 and under are free, however must sit on lap of parent/guardian. Livermore Valley Stadium, Robertson Park, Livermore. www.eventbrite.com.

Seniors MEN OF BREAKFAST Join the Men of Breakfast or MOB at 8:30 a.m. on the first and third Tuesday of the month for a cup of coffee and friendly discussion at the Pleasanton Senior Center, 5353 Sunol Blvd.

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210 Garage/Estate SalesPleasanton, 4100 First St., June 2, 8 am-2 pm Church fundraiser GARAGE SALE! Come and see what treasures you will find. Kids, womens and mens clothing, jewelry, purses, household items, entertainment center, desk, round glass table and much more. Winx sleep apnea system, 2000 Honda Accord, low miles, some body damage.

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995 Fictitious Name StatementSTATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 525872 The following person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name. The information given below is as it appeared on the fictitious business statement that was filed at the County Clerk-Recorder’s Office. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME: Pampered Nails and Spa, 6900 Village Parkway, Dublin, CA 94568. FILED IN ALAMEDA COUNTY ON: Dec. 29, 2016 UNDER FILE NO. 525872. REGISTRANT’S NAME: Trongle Tan Le, 7378 Tamarack Drive, Dublin, CA 94568. THIS BUSINESS WAS CONDUCTED BY Trongle Tan Le, an Individual. This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Alameda County on April 30, 2018. (Pleasanton Weekly, May 11, 18, 25 and June 1, 2018).

Pampered Nails & Spa FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 544406 The following person doing business as: Pampered Nails and Spa, 6900 Village Parkway, Dublin, CA 94568, Alameda County, is hereby registered by the following owner: Lanh Nguyen, 1118 Eureka Lane #6, Concord, CA 94520. This business is conducted by Lanh Nguyen, an Individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name listed herein. Signature of Registrant: Lanh Nguyen, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Alameda on April 30, 2018.(Pleasanton Weekly, May 11, 18, 25 and June 1, 2018).

MEN THAT MOVE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 543873 The following person doing business as: MEN THAT MOVE, 4549 Black Avenue, Pleasanton, CA 94566, County of Alameda, is hereby registered by the following owner: Trevor Copeland, 4549 Black Avenue, Pleasanton, CA 94566. This business is conducted by Trevor Copeland, an Individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name listed herein. Signature of Registrant: Trevor Copeland, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Alameda on April 17, 2018. Pleasanton Weekly, May 11, 18, 25 and June 1, 2018).

THE B.R.A.T. HOUSE DAY SPA CENTER OF HOLISTIC WELLNESS;BODY REJUVENATION CENTER OF HOLISTIC WELLNESS DAY SPA FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 544935-544936 The following person(s) doing business as: THE B.R.A.T. HOUSE DAY SPA

CENTER OF HOLISTIC WELLNESS;BODY REJUVENATION CENTER OF HOLISTIC WELLNESS DAY SPA, 4725 FIRST STREET, SUITE 253, PLEASANTON, CA 94588, ALAMEDA COUNTY, is hereby registered by the following owner(s): ELIZABETH JEAN COVINGTON-BONSER, 6330 STONERIDGE MALL ROAD E212, PLEASANTON, CA 94588. This business is conducted by an Individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business names listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Alameda on MAY 14, 2018. SIGNATURE OF THE REGISTRANT: ELIZABETH JEAN COVINGTON-BONSER, OWNER. (Pleasanton Weekly, MAY 18, 25, JUNE 1, 8, 2018)

WORLD OF POSTERS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 544288 The following person doing business as: WORLD OF POSTERS, 7479 GINGER COURT, PLEASANTON, CA 94588, ALAMEDA COUNTY, is hereby registered by the following owner: HAMOON GOUDARZI NOZARI, 7479 GINGER COURT, PLEASANTON, CA 94588. This business is conducted by an Individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Alameda on APRIL 25, 2018. SIGNATURE OF THE REGISTRANT: HAMOON GOUDARZI NOZARI, OWNER.(Pleasanton Weekly, MAY 18, 25, JUNE 1, 8, 2018)

EXECUTIVE BUSINESS SYSTEMS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 545063 The following person doing business as: EXECUTIVE BUSINESS SYSTEMS, 4847 HOPYARD ROAD, STE. 4-344, PLEASANTON, CA 94588, ALAMEDA COUNTY, is hereby registered by the following owner: HERMAN Y. RICE III, 5016 PORTA ROSSA CIRCLE, PLEASANTON, CA 94588. This business is conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name listed herein MAY 21, 1997. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Alameda on MAY 16, 2018. SIGNATURE OF THE REGISTRANT: HERMAN Y. RICE III, OWNER.(Pleasanton Weekly, MAY 25, JUNE 1, 8, 15, 2018)

GALS BY DESIGN FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 545207 The following person doing business as: GALS BY DESIGN, 3608 VINE STREET, PLEASANTON, CA 94566, ALAMEDA COUNTY, is hereby registered by the following owner: LORI WREDEN, 3608 VINE STREET, PLEASANTON, CA, 94566. This business is conducted by Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name listed herein JANUARY 2013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Alameda on MAY 21, 2018. SIGNATURE OF THE REGISTRANT, LORI WREDEN, OWNER. (Pleasanton Weekly, MAY 25, JUNE 1, 8, 15, 2018)

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4144 Jensen Street Call for priceSat 12-3/Sun 1-4 Kris Moxley 519-9080

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3003 East Ruby Hill Drive $2,325,000Sat/Sun 1-4 Fabulous Properties 980-0273/519-8226420 Pine Hill Lane $1,849,000Sun 1-4 Rosanne Hoffman/Donna Garrison

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900 MAIN STREET PLEASANTON, CA 94566

JUST LISTED4144 JENSEN STREET, PLEASANTON

JUST LISTED3737 PINOT COURT, PLEASANTON LICENSED SINCE 1980

925-519-9080www.kmoxley.apr.com

BRE# 00790463

• 3 Bedroom

• 1.5 Bathrooms

• 1,400 sq.ft.

• 6,014 sq.ft. Lot

• Spacious Family Rm +

Formal Living Rm

• Downtown Charmer

• Open House:

Sat: 12-3pm & Sun 1-4pm

• Offered at $980,000

• 4 Bedrooms

• 3 Bathrooms

• 2,399 sq.ft.

11,050 sq.ft. Lot

• Bonus Room Downstairs

• Pool & Spa

• Open House:

Fri 2-5pm,

Sat & Sun 1-4pm

• Offered at $1,300,000

Square footage, acreage, and other information herein, has been received from one or more of a variety of different sources. Such information has not been verified by Alain Pinel Realtors®.

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Wonderful light, bright and open home nestled on a highly sought after court just blocks from Downtown Pleasanton. Master Suite with a recently updated and serene Master Bath is located upstairs, with the 3 bedrooms, a Full Bath and Laundry downstairs. Soaring ceilings in the Open Kitchen/Family Room combination that is perfect for entertaining! Separate spacious Formal Dining Room with high ceilings open onto the inviting covered outdoor living space. Backyard features a large glistening pool with built-in Barbecue. You don’t want to miss this opportunity! Open this Sunday from 1:00-4:00.

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PLEASANTON4057 Sherry Court | Open Sunday 1:00-4:00

Spring has sprung and the market is hot! Multiple Offers Abound. THIS COULD BE THE SEASON TO SELL!

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5621 PASEO NAVARRO, PLEASANTON5 BD, 2.5 BA 2,378 SF on .2 acre

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3003 E RUBY HILL DRIVE, PLEASANTON4 BD, 3.5 BA, 4,537 SF on .53 Acre lot

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3720 RABOLI STREET, RUBY HILL5 BD, 5 en-suite, 5,480 SF on .45 acre.

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COMING SOON4228 W RUBY HILL DRIVE, PLEASANTON

5 BD, 4,5 BA Resort styled living, loggia, pool, viewsOffered at $3,879,000

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7961 PARAGON CIRCLE, PLEASANTONHighly Upgraded La Jolla Model with Downstairs Master Suite in De-sirable Laguna Oaks! Located Away from Freeway. This Impeccably Maintained Home Has 4 Bed, Bonus Room, 3 ½ Bath and 3886 Square Feet. It’s Situated on a Large Premium .35 (15,662) Lot with Pleasanton Ridge Views from the Private Expansive Rear Grounds. Front & Rear Landscaping Upgraded in 2016. Recently Completely Remodeled Beautiful Gourmet Kitchen Opens to Remodeled Family Room. Spa-cious Master Suite with Fireplace and French Doors to Backyard Pa-tio and Sitting Area. Upgraded Master Bathroom Includes New Large Walk-In shower and Recently Installed Closet Organization Systems in Double Walk-In Closets. Two Zone Heating and Air Conditioning, Tile Roof and Air Conditioned 4 Car Garage with Electrical 220V Upgrades for Workshop Option. Save $1,000’s with Owned Solar System. South Pleasanton Location Provides Quick Access to Freeway for Silicon Val-ley. Quiet Community Includes No Thru Traffic, Pool/Spa, Clubhouse Park(s) and Tennis & Basketball Courts. Minutes to Downtown Pleas-anton and Many Livermore Wineries. For More Information and/or a Private Showing Contact The Blaise Lofland Real Estate Group.

OFFERED AT $2,195,000

LAGUNA OAKS

COMING SOON!

2635 TORREY COURT, PLEASANTONUpgraded Sunny Five Bedroom (One Downstairs), Bonus Room (6th), Three Bathroom Home with Approximately 2,854 Square Feet. Built in 1996. Plantation Shutters, Wood-Burning Fireplace, New Carpeting, New Interior Paint, New Furnace and Air Conditioning. Quiet Court Location. Low Maintenance Backyard with Gas/Solar Heated In-Ground" instead of just "Solar Heated In-Ground Swimming Pool/Spa & Firepit. Tile Roof, Near Desirable Award-Winning Mohr Elementary School and Parks. Just a Few Minutes from Downtown Pleasanton, the BART Station, Stoneridge Regional, the Newer Outlet Mall, Many Livermore Wineries, Stanford Valley Care and The Iron Horse Trail.


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1165 MEADOW DRIVE, LIVERMORERemodeled/Upgraded Three Bedroom, Plus Craft/Office Room, Two Bathroom Home with approximately 1700 Square Feet. Built in 1995 this home has modern architecture with vaulted ceilings and large windows for Natural Light!Spacious Remodeled Kitchen Opens to Family Room with Fire-place. Extensive Travertine Flooring. Both Bathrooms have Been Remodeled. Newer Interior & Exterior Paint. Tile Roof and Central Air Conditioning. Generous Lot of 7,270 Square Feet Includes Large Private Backyard with Stamped Concrete Patio. Located Close to Neighborhood Park and Within Attendance Area for Great Schools! For More Information and/or a Private Showing Contact The Blaise Lofland Real Estate Group.

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1784 E. ANGELA STREET, PLEASANTONBlaise Lofland Real Estate Group Represented the Buyer in this Charming Single Level Home in the Highly Sought After Pleasanton Heights Neighborhood – Just a Short Walk to Downtown and All of it’s Amenities!Upgraded Throughout, This Four Bedrooms and Two Bath, 1,901 Square Foot Home Offers an Open Floor Plan. The Gourmet Kitch-en Boasts Stainless Steel Appliances, Granite Countertops, and a Large Prep Island with Gas Stove. Beautifully Remodeled Bath-rooms include Subway Tile Surround and Custom Vanities. Rear Yard Offers a Pool, Large Deck and Pergola - All Great for Enter-taining or Just Relaxing! Amazing Location Close to Downtown and Quick Commuter Access!

SOLD AT $1,150,000

SOLD!

3443 ASHTON COURT, PLEASANTONBlaise & Team Represented Buyers on the purchase of this Beautiful Home in the Highly Sought-After Laguna Oaks Neighborhood. Of-fering Four Spacious Bedrooms, Bonus Room and Three and One-Half Bathrooms Within 3,853 Square Feet. Upgraded Throughout, this Open Floor Plan Offers a Great Room that opens the Upgraded Gourmet Kitchen to the Large Expanded Family Room (Builder Option). Formal Living and Dining Rooms are Great for Entertain-ing and Offer Vaulted Ceilings and Upgraded Light Fixtures. This Breathtaking Home Sits on .35 Acre with Court Location Adjacent to Greenbelt Includes Premium Large Backyard with Beautiful Land-scaping, Ridge Views, Great Outdoor Covered Living & BBQ Area. Three Car Garage and Community Amenities that Include a Park, Club House, Pool, Spa, Playground, Tennis & Basketball Courts!

SOLD AT $2,250,000

LAGUNA OAKS

SOLD!

6916 ALAMILLA DRIVE, DUBLIN Beautiful and Better Than New Smart “Heritage Park “Home Built by Pulte Homes in 2016! Three with possible 4th Bedroom Home includes 2 ½ Bathrooms and 2008 Square Feet. Original Sales Price of $995,510 Included $15,000 Lot Premium and $4,000 Elevation Premium. Owner Job Transfer. It’s Better Than New Because Price Already Includes Over $40,000 in Builder Upgrades Additionally, since closing another $25,000 in Landscaping Upgrades, (Including Covered Patio BBQ Area), in Private Backyard, and over $15,000 in Additional Upgrades Made by Seller After Closing in July 2016. Gourmet Kitchen with Granite Countertops & Upgraded Cabinets. Wood Style Flooring Throughout Downstairs, Upgraded Carpeting Upstairs. Convenient Location to 580/680 Interchange, Stoneridge Regional Mall and Minutes to Livermore Valley Wineries. For More information and/or a Private Showing Call The Blaise Lofland Real Estate Group

CLOSED AT $1,089,000

HERITAGE PARK

JUST CLOSED!

SINGLE LEVEL CUSTOM

414 PIONEER TRAILS PLACE, PLEASANTONSingle Level Custom Home in Country Setting Tucked Back on Secluded Private Lane, but close to Downtown, Commute Access and City Conveniences. This Home is Solar Powered with Owned Solar Photovoltaic Syste Free Home Energy for Years to Come! This Private .33 Acre (14,357) Lot is Nicely Landscaped with Trees, Small Vineyard and In-Ground Pool & Spa. There are Four Good Sized Bed Plus Loft Area, 2 and 1/2 Bath and Approximately 3174 Sq Ft. New Carpeting throughout. Large Gourmet Kitchen Open to Generous Family Room for Great Room Concept. Home offers a spacious Master Suite with Tub, Separate Shower and Walk-In Closet. Enjoy Downtown and Nearby Livermore Valley Wineries! For more photos and property information go to 414pioneertrails.com or For a private showing call the Blaise Lofland Real Estate Group.


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4263 JENSEN STREET, PLEASANTONWalk 100 Yards to Main Street Pleasanton! Upgraded Downtown Single Level Detached Home Includes 3 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms and Approximately 1350 Square Feet. Attached 2-Car Garage. Generous Private Backyard with Trees, Patio and New Lawn on a 6076 Square Foot Level Lot. Upgraded Bathrooms, Upgraded Kitchen with New Stainless-Steel Appliances, New Wood Style Flooring Throughout Main Living Areas and New Carpet in Bedrooms, New Interior Doors and Hardware, New Interior Paint, Attendance Area for Convenient Preferred Schools. Enjoy the Downtown Amenities!

OFFERED AT $979,500

DOWNTOWN

PENDING

1081 HEINZ RANCH COURTLocation, Location, Location! Don’t Miss This Upgraded Beautiful Pleasanton Solar Powered(Owned) Home at the End of a Court, That is Adjacent to Wine Country Vineyards. This Upgraded “Bordeaux Estates” Home is on a 13,014 Square Foot Private Lot with Beautifully Landscaping, Private Backyard Includes In-Ground Pool, Spa, Covered & Heated Outdoor Entertainment/BBQ Area and Backs to Views of Heritage Oaks, Nearby Hills & Vineyards! Great Flexible Floor Plan Includes 4141 Square Feet with Spacious Upgraded Gourmet Kitchen, Five Bedrooms, Four Bathrooms, Plus Office. Large 5th Bedroom with En-Suite Bathroom Can Be Bonus Room. For More Information or a Private Showing Call The Blaise Lofland Real Estate Group or Visit www.1081heinzranch.com!


BORDEAUX ESTATES

PENDING

JUST LISTED!


Sunol Mountain LodgeFabulous 5300 sq ft custom homein 80 Acre hilltop location w/views!


80+ ACRES

Walk to DowntownCute 4 BR, 2.5 BTH home with front porch, soaring vaulted ceilings, and private yard.

Offered at $950,000

PENDING SALE

5506 Legendary CourtFabulous 5 BR plus loft & office home with

pool, spa, & large private 3/4 Acre creekside lot.Offered at $2,288,000

JUST SOLD

Happy Valley EstateIncredible gated custom home on 4+ Acres

with over 7000 sq ft, 8 car garage, and more!Offered at $3,800,000

OVER 4 ACRES

See these homes at 680Homes.com(925) 621-0680

Q & A: Should a Seller Consider a Contingent Offer?

Sycamore HeightsFabulous 5 BR + bonus, 5.5 BTH home, flat 1/2

lot with pool, sports ct, outdoor kit, & views!Offered at $2,630,000

SOLD IN 4 DAYS

Fairlands AreaCharming 4 BR, 2.5 BTH home on a large

.20 Acre cul-de-sac lot with many upgrades!Call for Price

COMING SOON

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Q: We have received a contingent offer on our home. What are the pros & cons of accepting a contingent offer? We have been on the market now for a couple weeks with no offers. Sarah in San Ramon

A: Great question Sarah. Contingent offers have not been too common in the strong seller’s market we have been in. Generally we see more contingent offers (contingent on the sale of a home) when the market is more balanced, or in a buyer’s market. But in the right situation they can be worth pursuing. As usual, there are pros and cons to a seller accepting a contingent offer.

Reasons to consider a contingent offer include:

Price. Contingent buyers are usually willing to pay a good price for the prop-erty, often more than a non-contingent buyer. And that is only fair, as they in effect are compensating the seller for taking the risk of their home selling.

Timing. If you as a seller have lots of time, or don’t want to be forced to move quickly, a contingent offer can sometimes be a better choice than demanding non-contingent buyers who may not want to work with your schedule

Ease of Sale. If the buyer’s home is easier to sell than your home, then a contingent offer can make sense. For example, if you are selling a home that has a very narrow market with a limited buyer pool, and the buyer makes ...

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39 SILVER OAKS COURT PLEASANTON

This striking Mediterranean estate is nestled high on a bluff in an Oak-studded canyon with views of nature and wildlife from every window. The exclusive gated

residence will provide a lifestyle experience that will endure a legacy for future generations. Every detail has

been thoughtfully addressed at every turn in this masterful home of Old World quality and substance.

5 Bedrooms | 5.5 Baths 6,490 Sq Ft | 4 Car Garage

COMING SOON

2579 RAVEN ROAD, PLEASANTON

4 bd/2.5 ba, 2,087 sq ft, 7,338 acre lotOffered at $1,298,000

OPEN SAT/SUN

7866 MARIGOLD COURT, PLEASANTON

3 bd/2 ba, 1,750 sq ft, 6,300 lot sq ftOffered at $1,049,000

4117 CID WAY, PLEASANTON

3 bd/2 ba, 1,347 sq ft, 6,534 lot sq ft Call for Details

COMING SOON

1131 MILLS COURT, PLEASANTON

4 bd/3.5 ba, 2,922 sq ft, 8,081 lot sq ftOffered at $1,649,000

PENDING

2518 LARRIKEET COURT, PLEASANTON

4 bd/2.5 ba, 2,147 sq ft, 7,383 lot sq ftOffered at $1,339,000

PENDING

5721 CORTE LIBRE, PLEASANTON

4 bd/3 ba 2,854 sq ft, .32 acre lotOffered at $1,689,000

PENDING

BEFORE ON MLS

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SOLD – MULTIPLE OFFERS

3440 Gravina Place, Ruby Hill 4BR, 3BA, 2627+/- Sq. Ft.

$1,769,000

PENDING – MULTIPLE OFFERS

28 Castlewood Drive, Plesanton5BR, 4BA, 3797+/- Sq. Ft.


SOLD – MULTIPLE OFFERS

3879 Picard Ave., Pleasanton4BR, 3.5BA, 3525 +/- Sq. Ft.

$2,029,500

PENDING – MULTIPLE OFFERS

21 Verbena Court, San Ramon4 BR, 3BA, 2495+/- Sq. Ft.


NEW LISTING

302 Olivina Avenue, Livermore4BR, 2BA, 1727+/- Sq. Ft.

Offered at $795,000

SOLD – OVER LIST PRICE

565 Trebbiano Place, Ruby Hill4BR, 3BA, 2680+/- Sq. Ft.

$1,595,000

NEW PRICE

2245 Doccia Court, Ruby Hill4BR, 3BA, 3252+/- Sq. Ft.


NEW LISTING

468 Trebbiano Place, Pleasanton4BR, 3BA, 2680+/- Sq. Ft.


ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!

3839 Antonini Way, Ruby Hill 5BR, 5.5BA, 5877+/- Sq. Ft.



459 Main St., Pleasanton | 660 Main St., Pleasanton | 2300 First St., Suite 316, Livermore | Broker License #01395362

JENNIFER HAUSTeam Leader925.628.4077

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Keller Williams Realty is a company that changes lives. Contact me about a career with KW.

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Peace and serenity await as you drive down the tree lined cul-de-sac. This spacious 5 bedroom home of 4,925 sq ft boasts a 180 degree view of the golf course, the beauty and tranquility. Features include a grand marble entry, views of the 4th green, a Great Room, Bonus Room, Exercise Room/5th Bedroom and Master Suite.

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UPDATED HOMES

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Don Harman Partner Broker

Nationwide Residential Lending NMLS 275281

Broker ID 19817925.462.0657

Gorgeous home situated in the popular Pleasanton Valley neighborhood! Updates throughout. Elegant formal living & dining rooms. Full BD and BA downstairs. 3 additional BD upstairs. Pool/spa.


4632 GATETREE CIRCLE, PLEASANTON

2 BD | 2.5 BA | 1,182 living sq. ft.Location, Location, Location! Image driving into a beautiful, quiet neighborhood, centrally located next to Pleasant Hill. Fantastic 2 Story Duet in desirable Hidden Lakes!

OFFERED AT $559,950

305 LAKE COURT, MARTINEZ

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4909 FOREST HILL DR.PLEASANTON

Sold for $1,238,000

868 CHEROKEE DR.LIVERMORE

Sold for $715,000

JUST SOLD!JUST SOLD!

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CalDRE# 01206964

925.989.6500www.deloresgragg.com

PRIMA DEVELOPMENT PENDING

1521 CIELO COURT, LIVERMORE

5 BD l 3 BA l 3 Car Garage Built in 2002

3328 Sq ft of Living Space situated on a 9,820 Square Foot LotOFFERED AT $1,399,000

262 BIRCH CREEK DRIVE, PLEASANTON

Beautiful and Charming End Unit. Updated Kitchen with a cute dining area.

Living room with lots of natural light. Enjoy the morning sitting in your private patio. Upstairs to 2 Bedroom, 2.5 Baths.

This unit you can not pass up.OFFERED AT $678,000

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2300 First St. Suite 300, Livermore

BRAND NEW CONSTRUCTION!

New custom Craftsman home within walking distance to downtown! This 4 bedroom (including 2 master suites; one on 1st

home with over 3500 square feet of living space includes an impressive executive chef’s kitchen with Thermidor range, 38 linear feet of working

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848 SOUTH G STREET, LIVERMORE

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PLEASANTON $1,499,000

3951 Blacow Court | 5bd/3ba Julia Murtagh | 925.997.2411

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PLEASANTON $1,399,000

4057 Sherry Court | 4bd/2.5ba Susie Steele | 926.413.9306

License # 1290566OPEN SUNDAY 1:00-4:00

PLEASANTON PRICE UPON REQUEST

4144 Jensen Street | 3bd/1.5ba Kris Moxley | 925.519.9080

License # 790463OPEN SAT & SUN 12:00-3:00

LIVERMORE $858,000

1066 Eve Lane | 3bd/2.5ba Linda Futral | 925.980.3561


LIVERMORE $850,000

1141 Madison Avenue | 3bd/2ba Leslie Faught | 925.784.7979


LIVERMORE $748,000

870 South G Street | 2bd/1ba Linda Futral | 925.980.3561


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3737 Pinot Court | 4bd/3ba Kris Moxley | 925.519.9080


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