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TIM TALK
A favorite restaurant closes its doorsThere’s a big hole in the restaurant lineup in Hacienda Business Park. Sweet & Savory, the breakfast/lunch restaurant and bakery, closed earlier this year....
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Feb. 18, 2020Last comment by JeriAnn, on Feb 23, 2020 at 11:09 pm | 6 comments | 6858 Views
TIM TALK
Good idea to temporarily close Main Street to expand businessesPleasanton Chamber CEO Steve Van Dorn floated an interesting idea this week—temporarily closing Main Street to allow stores and restaurants to expand sidewalk...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on May. 21, 2020Last comment by Michael Austin, on May 22, 2020 at 4:06 pm | 6 comments | 5079 Views
TIM TALK
Tri-Valley city leaders stood up for business and residentsWhen Alameda County blindsided business owners and residents alike at 9:12 last Friday night, it was great to see Tri-Valley officials do the right thing. County...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Jul. 16, 2020Last comment by Jake Waters, on Jul 19, 2020 at 8:53 am | 6 comments | 5169 Views
TIM TALK
Sacramento legislators are getting serious about an ugly budgetThis most unusual May brings with it the requirement that the Legislature and the governor address the budget that must be approved by June 15. The numbers are dauntingly...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on May. 12, 2020Last comment by Mr. Julius, on May 14, 2020 at 8:10 am | 6 comments | 5105 Views
TIM TALK
An optimistic view for East Bay economic recoveryThere’s quite a debate about what type of recovery can be expected when the country re-opens. Opinions are all over the map. Last week, Christopher Thornberg...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on May. 26, 2020Last comment by Kevin, on Aug 2, 2020 at 6:53 pm | 6 comments | 4986 Views
TIM TALK
Long-time Bay Area corporations are packing up and moving outBusiness leaders have warned about the dismal business environment in California for years, but it now appears that those warnings are becoming a reality. Major...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Jan. 12, 2021Last comment by Kevin, on Jan 13, 2021 at 7:10 pm | 6 comments | 5461 Views
TIM TALK
Alameda County and state to deny mayors' request for earlier re-openingThe logical request of the Livermore Valley’s three mayors and Supervisor Scott Haggerty to move ahead with re-opening the economy here earlier than the rest...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Jun. 14, 2020Last comment by highdiver, on Jun 17, 2020 at 7:31 pm | 6 comments | 9073 Views
TIM TALK
Mass vote-by-mail invitation to problemsThere’s been justifiable concern about mass voting by mail in many states, including California. We have been permanent vote-by-mail people since Alameda County...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Sep. 24, 2020Last comment by John, on Sep 30, 2020 at 10:36 am | 6 comments | 4742 Views
TIM TALK
Bay Area United Way issues its political recommendationsAmid the flood of campaign emails and postcards in the mail, I was struck by a voting guide issued by the United Way Bay Area. The nonprofit group covers the...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Oct. 15, 2020Last comment by Jennifer, on Oct 19, 2020 at 12:52 pm | 6 comments | 4003 Views
TIM TALK
The only certainty is uncertaintyNow that we are in the 12th month of 2020, we can look back and look ahead with the only certain thing being uncertainty. None of us, other than the creator,...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Dec. 3, 2020Last comment by Cohoax Hannity, on Dec 8, 2020 at 9:57 pm | 6 comments | 4182 Views
TIM TALK
Declining enrollment means diminishing revenue for Pleasanton schoolsThe Legislature held a key hearing this week on funding for California schools. With the state’s huge budget surplus, schools have been awash in funding,...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Dec. 2, 2021Last comment by [email protected], on Dec 5, 2021 at 7:03 pm | 6 comments | 3616 Views
TIM TALK
People are bailing out of San Francisco, but not the Bay AreaMuch has been written in the last year about families and companies bailing out of high-cost California and the Bay Area in particular. Two recent studies have...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Mar. 11, 2021Last comment by Paul Clark, on Mar 18, 2021 at 8:10 pm | 6 comments | 7001 Views
TIM TALK
Campaign spending limits coming to PleasantonThe Pleasanton City Council majority is wasting little time in trying to put its stamp on the city. Their latest move is moving to establish campaign contribution...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Apr. 15, 2021Last comment by Rich Buckley, on Apr 20, 2021 at 1:04 pm | 6 comments | 2535 Views
TIM TALK
Progressive George Soros on a Hoover Institution program?I will confess my surprise when I received a Hoover Institution email announcing a discussion about China leading up to the Winter Olympics that featured keynote...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Feb. 3, 2022Last comment by Malcolm Hex, on Feb 5, 2022 at 8:32 am | 6 comments | 3727 Views
TIM TALK
The huge news stories trigger memoriesI’ve been in and around the news business all of my adult life. I’ve written for publication for more than 50 years and I cannot recall any weeks like...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Sep. 2, 2021Last comment by Jake+Waters, on Sep 3, 2021 at 10:48 am | 6 comments | 3609 Views
TIM TALK
Points to ponderDid it strike you as unusual when three high-ranking U.S. cabinet members met with the Mexican president last week over the border crisis, but Vice President Kamala...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Oct. 12, 2021Last comment by Kevin, on Oct 16, 2021 at 11:38 am | 6 comments | 2654 Views
TIM TALK
Two stories of UkraineFollowing on Ukraine with good news and bad news. A month ago, I wrote about a Ukrainian woman who worked for a construction company repairing my home. At the...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Mar. 29, 2022Last comment by RobertD., on Apr 2, 2022 at 2:10 pm | 6 comments | 6512 Views
TIM TALK
Oops, electric grid is in trouble, don't charge your carCalifornia is teetering on the edge of rolling electrical blackouts for the first time in six years. It’s so bad that the state’s grid operator has...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Sep. 6, 2022Last comment by Dirk Svensen, on Sep 6, 2022 at 12:24 pm | 6 comments | 1699 Views
TIM TALK
Understanding how PG&E failed with gas lines and transmission linesIt is stunning to learn that the part that failed on a Pacific Gas & Electric Co. high-voltage transmission tower to spark the Camp Fire that destroyed Paradise...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Sep. 22, 2022Last comment by Long Time Pleasanton Resident, on Sep 26, 2022 at 12:43 pm | 6 comments | 1611 Views
ART SPACE
trAction AbstractionIn January I profiled Rossmoor resident Karl Livengood, a retired social worker involved with the Rossmoor Senior Tutors Program. He also coordinates the Fine Arts...
Original post made by John A. Barry on Jun. 17, 2016Last comment by UdyRegan, on Aug 26, 2017 at 7:52 pm | 6 comments | 4516 Views
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