Pleasanton

East Bay Christian School in Trouble Again, This Time for Pinching Kid

Preschool just isn't what it used to be. The Pleasanton preschool that got into trouble last month after a teacher allegedly tied up a toddler and shot a photo of the scene, is receiving another demerit. According to CBS News, a staffer at Centerpointe Christian Preschool reportedly pinched a ki ... More >>

East Bay Teacher Ties Up Toddler Who Refuses to Nap, Takes a Photo

You'll be hard-pressed to find any adult who'll say nap time isn't important. But apparently over at the Centerpointe Christian preschool in Pleasanton, mid-day siestas are non-negotiable. We hopped right on the bandwagon of appalled people this morning after reading the news of a preschool teache ... More >>

BART: How Many Riders at End-of-Line Stations Were Asleep?

If you've ever boarded BART's pre-dawn stockbroker train and mixed among the slumbering financial titans, you may have overheard something curious. The driver announces East Bay stops -- MacArthur, West Oakland, etc. -- in barely a whisper. But, come Embarcadero, he or she will shout "EMBARCADERO! E ... More >>

Traffic Snarls East Bay After Pedestrian Killed on Highway

As if Monday wasn't bad enough.Traffic is reportedly backed up along I-580 all the way to Livermore after a pedestrian was killed earlier this morning.

Bay Area Suburb Livermore Stakes Its Claim to Indie Cool With the Front Porch Music Fest

Somewhere between the hipster meccas of Brooklyn and S.F./Oakland lies Livermore, a quiet town of roughly 80,000 adjacent to the mild East Bay suburbs of Dublin and Pleasanton. While home to a number of nice wineries, including the venerable Wente, and even an In-N-Out burger, Livermore hasn't quite ... More >>

Major BART Delays After Man Dies on Train

(Update 4:30 p.m.): BART officials say the man riding on the train toward Millbrae died, however they could not say how the man died. He was seen slumped over in his seat.(Original Story 3:34 p.m.)If you are like us, you are probably counting the minutes until your 4th of July holiday begins. Sadly, ... More >>

Police Release Sketches of Unidentified Woman Found in Trash Can

Pleasanton police are desperate to identify a woman whose body was found dumped in a trash can last month, and have released these sketches, hoping it will help them solve this sad mystery.Police said the body was found along the 11000 block of Dublin Canyon Road on May 24. Medical authorities perf ... More >>

Feeling Lonely? Adopt an Adorable Dog or Cat -- for Free

Not to make you feel guilty or anything, but there's one too many sweet animals lingering in local shelters in need of your love and your home. So if you are an upstanding, caring, and responsible citizen (with a permanent residence), there' s really no good reason why you shouldn't rescue one of th ... More >>

Really Mean Man Seen Throwing Chihuahua Out Motel Window

A Livermore man is sitting behind bars today after he was spotted this morning hurling a chihuahua from a motel balcony and then pointing a gun at a guest who confronted him about the animal cruelty. A guest at Motel 6 on Lassen Road saw 39-year-old Michael Hamby toss the dog from a second-floor ba ... More >>

How Bay Area Corporations Resemble Their (Human) Neighbors

Holiday in the Margins

Kids' Letters to Santa Demonstrate Everything Wrong with America Today

Explore The BruceLike prayer, but secular​This Sunday The Oakland Tribune ran a selection of kids' letters to Santa. Some clever editor or layout person made a point about things by placing the following two letters right on top of each other: Dear Santa, I'm so happy I am saying a hello to you. I ... More >>

FBI to Announce Development in Case of Daniel Andreas San Diego, Vegan Bay Area Bomber

Doesn't like meat​Authorities say they have some big development in the unresolved case of Daniel Andreas San Diego, the vegan animal liberationist who is wanted for the 2003 bombings of a biotechnology firm and a nutrition and cosmetics company in the Bay Area. FBI officials told reporters that S ... More >>

Judge Won't Prevent Cops from Arresting Gun Lovers Who Tote Assault Weapon Replicas

make no mistake ... this is legal in California ​Two Bay Area gun lovers lost a battle in court after a judge refused to interfere with cops' discretion when it comes to making firearms arrests.  The case started after Mark Haynie and Brendan Richards were arrested in 2009 and 2010 on suspici ... More >>

Summer Guide: Bay Area Summer Food Festivals

Ernest Scherer III, Bay Area Gambler, Killed Parents to Get Inheritance, Jury Says

Ernest Scherer III​A jury today found Ernest Scherer III guilty of killing his parents, saying he murdered them so he could access his inheritance early and pay down mounting poker debts. In March 2008, Scherer was arrested on suspicion of murder after the bodies of Ernest Scherer Jr., 60, and Cha ... More >>

Safeway Reconsidering Whether to Allow Congress on Your Corner Events at Its Stores

Not In My Backyard​Safeway Inc. is reconsidering whether to continue allowing the Congress on Your Corner events to take place at the grocery stores across the nation after the tragic shooting in Arizona that left six people dead and Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in serious condition.  ... More >>

Memorial Fund For Derek Allen, Cyclist Killed By Muni Bus, To Benefit Art Program

Derek Allen, just 22 years old​The friends and family of Derek Allen, the cyclist killed by a 44-O'Shaughnessy bus Oct. 7 are hoping something beneficial can come from the untimely death of 22-year-old. A memorial fund in Allen's name has been established to help fund the ceramics program at his a ... More >>

Cancakes, Sweetfingers, and Other Local Food Commercials We Love

Local television isn't as booming as it was years ago. One of the greatest casualties, Dr. Jang excepted, is the proliferation of awesome and awesomely strange commercials for Bay Area businesses. We thought we'd take a moment to honor a few past and present food commercials we love: 5. East Oa ... More >>

It's Your Friday Morning News Quiz!

Alameda PoliceSo, what's my story? ​Good news, readers! Since last week's winners took home surprise tickets to Oysterfest, you can still win THE CAR OF THE FUTURE! It's positively futuristic! Send us all the correct answers here; first one is the big winner. 1. Who is Richard Cochran? A. The form ... More >>

Hunting Season for Liberals Proposed By Bay Area GOP Candidate Brad Goehring

Brad Goehring: It's liberal-hunting season! ​The would-be Republican challenger to Rep. Jerry McNerney in District-11 has been forced to cop to making a terrible "joke" after posting -- and removing -- a Facebook comment calling for "hunting" liberals. Brad Goehring -- an aptly named man, it would ... More >>

Media's 'Man on the Street' in Facebook 'Liberal Hunting' Piece Actually Story's Tipster

Screen capture | KTVUFar from being a 'Man on the Street,' Republican voter Jim Freeman was the originator of the Facebook 'liberal hunting' story​We reported earlier today on a Bay Area GOP Congressional candidate's bizarre Facebook post, in which he fantasized about issuing hunting permits f ... More >>

Q&A w/ Joyo Velarde of Quannum Projects

​Joyo Velarde is taking a break from being everybody's back-up singer. After incessant touring with Jurassic 5, the Living Legend Crew, Blackalicious, Michael Franti, Zion I, Ozomatli, and husband Lyrics Born, among many others, the classically-trained, Pleasanton-based, Quannum Projects vocalist ... More >>

Unlike Pleasanton, San Francisco Keeps its Anti-Housing Laws Off the Books

When it comes to quelling housing development, there's the law and there's the law...​Pleasanton city fathers spent this week in conniption fits after a Superior Court judge ruled that the city can't cap its number of housing units at 29,000. Pleasanton now faces a choice of halting all commercial ... More >>

Cheap Musical Thrills

Give your ears — and your wallet— a summer treat.

Safeway Jumps on Locavore Bandwagon

Safeway was well ahead of the curve as far as the country-of-origin food labeling that went into effect on March 16. Recently, the company instituted new produce signage that both informs and entices the locavores among us.

SF Weekly Letters

Serious Bread: Vital Vittles Sourdough Rye

Fresh-ground flour gives this bread extra flavor.

Sanctuary for Salvadoran Food

Give me your tired, your poor, but most definitely your pupusas.

State Employees Just Wanna Dance, Dance, Dance!

My Body, My Self

Food issues and a bad self-image led our columnist to undergo weight-loss surgery. She's still a mess, but a better-looking one.

DethKlok Brutality at UC Berkeley Limited To Guitar Hero III

Art Boom In The Boonies

Fair or No Fair with Indulgent Aunt M (at the Alameda County Fair)

Strokes hair and suburban boozing

July Fourth

Letters to the Editor

Week of January 12, 2005

The 5 and Whine

To appreciate L.A. properly, do you have to take Interstate 5 to get there? Maybe. Just maybe.

Festivals and Fairs

Not So Inviting

Why do people get so worked up about what's written on an envelope?

Love-In

Free Bard in the park

Summer Events a Go Go!

What to do, all summer long

Letters to the Editor

Tire Iron vs. Baseball Bat; Trashing SUVs Is Rude? Well Then, We'll Stop Doing It.; Or We Could Just Deport Them to Fresno; Modesto, My Modesto; Say, People Are Still Saying "Meme"?

Welcome Home

How shortsighted neighborhood activism fuels the city's housing crisis, and pushes the best of San Francisco deeper and deeper into the suburbs

Dog Bites

Two! Four! Six! Eight! It&185;s Tavolino That We Hate!

R&R Rundown

Night Crawler

Night+Day

Night Crawler

Fire Trek

Why do San Francisco emergency workers live so far away?