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About Christian
Christian Trujano is a staff reporter for Embarcadero Media's East Bay Division, the Pleasanton Weekly. He returned to the company in May 2022 after having interned for the Palo Alto Weekly in 2019.Christian primarily covers the Pleasanton city, school board, Zone 7 water and general news beats while also helping cover the greater Tri-Valley region. Since May, Christian has reported on the 2022 primary elections; middle schoolers protesting gun violence; city council plans on funding city projects; and the fire on the Pleasanton Ridge.
A San Jose native who studied at San Jose State and De Anza College, Christian began writing for school newspapers in 2017. While he has enjoyed writing about city and school meetings since then, Christian also enjoys watching Bay Area sports, making music for fun and taking care of his two new kittens.
Stories by Christian
Tri-Valley mom gives up her career for a life in cancer advocacy
Tri-Valley resident Misha Mehta recently traveled to Washington, D.C. on two separate occasions to advocate for more action toward finding different treatments for childhood brain cancer, which took the life of her son in 2021.[Wednesday, May 31, 2023]
A multigenerational get-together
Over 50 grandparents and their grandchildren ate ice cream, made sandcastles and interacted with a newly reimagined sensory garden at the Pleasanton Senior Center during the second annual Party on the Patio.[Thursday, May 18, 2023]
Tri-Valley Haven raising funds to demolish, rebuild domestic violence shelter
The Tri-Valley's only confidential domestic violence abuse shelter will be looking to demolish its current two-building site at the end of the year and rebuild it into a bigger, mold-free facility to better serve families.[Sunday, May 21, 2023]
Vigil held for Pleasanton Home Depot employee killed in shooting
A crowd of nearly 100 friends, family and community members gathered last Friday night for a candlelight vigil of Blake Mohs, the 26-year-old who was shot and killed last month while working at the Home Depot in Pleasanton.[Wednesday, May 3, 2023]
Pleasanton police provide new details about fatal stabbing
The Pleasanton Police Department is continuing to ask for the public's help in finding two assailants who stabbed and killed a man inside the Park Hacienda Apartments complex Monday morning.[Wednesday, May 3, 2023]
Police: Man killed in attempted robbery at apartment complex in Pleasanton
A man died after being stabbed at an apartment complex in Pleasanton on Monday morning, and city police are currently looking for two suspects who fled the scene of the reported robbery attempt that escalated to homicide.[Monday, May 1, 2023]
Online fundraiser set up to support family of Home Depot employee killed last week
Nearly 500 residents, coworkers and friends of Blake Mohs, the Pleasanton Home Depot employee who was shot and killed while trying to stop an attempted theft, have been showing support for his family through a GoFundMe page.[Wednesday, April 26, 2023]
Rising to the challenge
Most nights at Pennyweight Craft Brewing, patrons are enjoying a handcrafted beers or food from the indoor food truck. But last week, it was filled with guests participating in one aspect of the beer-making process that doesn't ...[Thursday, April 20, 2023]
Police ID victim, suspects in fatal shooting at Home Depot in Pleasanton
The Pleasanton Police Department has identified both the 26-year-old Home Depot employee who died after being shot on Tuesday for trying to stop a theft in progress and the two suspects involved in the incident, police said.[Wednesday, April 19, 2023]
PUSD's ongoing makeover
As PUSD gets ready to address several key projects under Measure I, it's important to take a look at all the projects that were recently completed under Measure I1.[Thursday, April 13, 2023]
