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Ed and Merry Margolin have mixed emotions about clos-ing their Encore Theatrical

Supply Co., Inc. After 68 years in the business, it will be nice to have a rest, Ed admitted, but they will miss the decades of helping folks find the perfect dance shoes.

Is there a Pleasanton mom (OK, sometimes a dad) who hasn’t brought in her little girl or boy to be properly measured for the per-fect fit in tap or ballet shoes? Good shoes might make the difference between a star and a footsore fizzle. Parents also want shoes that will fit awhile, and this is where personal service is needed, Ed said. Plus, Encore Theatrical Supply was a magical place for children to visit.

I still remember the excitement of buying my tap shoes, going to a shoe store in downtown San Jose on a spring evening in the ‘50s. I was transformed into a tapping dervish, clack-clack-clacking on the wood floor between the living room and the dining room. (Is this why my parents soon opted for wall-to-wall carpeting?)

Encore was opened in 1958 near Mills College by Eleanor Gruidl, who eventually moved it to Pleasan-ton. Meanwhile Ed was working in his family’s theatrical supply busi-nesses in the Bay Area and pursuing his vocation as a drummer. He was manning his uncle’s Dance Art Co. in San Francisco in 1963 when, he recalled, in walked a beautiful bal-lerina named Merry Avery.

In their early married life, Ed worked as a drummer in a band on the SS Monterey, a deluxe pas-senger ship that sailed the Pacific, to Hawaii and the South Seas as well as Australia and New Zealand, and to Russia and Egypt. He made union wages, Ed said, and he loved seeing the world as well as returning to be with Merry and their little girl, Tami, for five months a year.

When the cruise gig ended, they settled in Redwood City, where Ed managed a shoe store. But when Eleanor Gruidl, who had been a cus-tomer of Ed’s dad, wanted to find a buyer for her theater arts store in the mid-’80s, she persuaded Ed to take a look and said she only wanted pay-ment for the inventory. Ed and Merry were hooked.

Business was thriving when they

took over in 1986 with dance teach-ers giving them lists of items to stock. The store had specialty prod-ucts that were near impossible to find outside of New York or Hol-lywood. At Halloween they sold thousands of costumes and wigs, as well as theater-quality makeup. Some days, Ed said, the store had 45-minute waiting lines to buy “spirit gum,” used to stick on clown noses or mustaches. Merry managed the business side.

They moved Encore to a larger store in Pleasanton and opened a branch in Walnut Creek. Their daughter Tami, who was involved in theater and dance for many years, eventually became general manager and head buyer for the stores. In 2014, the Tri-Valley store relocated to Dublin.

But, as for so many retailers, Ed said, “the online shopping boom has hurt the bottom line too much,” and they closed their Walnut Creek store last year. Since they are in their 70s, Ed and Merry decided the time is right to close up shop and retire. They would love to pass the busi-ness on, Ed said, but though dance studios are proliferating, people are buying online.

Until the end, Encore had regular hours and, since this is dance com-petition season, they were ordering new supplies. The lease is up March 31, but Ed planned to leave two weeks to run the vacuum a final time and wipe down the windows.

Now Ed and Merry will take a vacation — which he said she especially deserves after working at the store and doing the book-keeping “endlessly” — and he’d like to explore the country’s national parks. He continues his drumming, playing his fifth season with the Roger Glenn Trio at the Circus Cen-ter Cabaret in San Francisco this month.

Ed said he mainly appreciates that the business was a good living for the family for all those years. It was satisfying to provide people with costumes and theatrical para-phernalia — and to keep everyone dancing.

Editor’s note: Dolores Fox Ciardelli is Tri-Valley Life editor for the Pleasanton

Weekly. Her column, “Valley Views,” appears in the paper on the second and

fourth Fridays of the month.

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StreetwiseASKED AROUND TOWN

What do you enjoy sharing with other people?

Lisa Halperin, with RugiePhysical therapist

I enjoy sharing fruit from our trees because we have so much of it and it feels good to know others are enjoying it and that it is not going to waste. I also like sharing reci-pes when a friend has requested one after enjoying a meal at our house.

Olivia Morgenroth Waitress

I find it meaningful to share informa-tion concerning social issues such as, for example, the inequalities that exist within the African-American community. I am eager for people to recognize that a prob-lem really does exist in this regard because it is only by first recognizing the problem that we can begin to work toward finding a solution to it.

Jeff GarrisonRetired

I like to share experiences with others. Usually, outdoorsy stuff like cycling, hiking and camping with those who are near and dear to me.

Cheryl Cohen Teacher

I always feel honored and humbled to share important information about the Holocaust. For example, I spent today volunteering as a docent, sharing information about a series of paintings depicting the Holocaust that were created by my friend Larry Lagin. The paint-ings are now traveling around to several Bay Area high schools, together with other infor-mation about the Holocaust.

Brandon TreatFirefighter/paramedic

Now that we are into full-blown spring, and are approaching summer, I enjoy spending and sharing time in the great outdoors, in great weather, with friends, family and fowl (my six chickens and my turkey).

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BY JEREMY WALSH

The effort to bring a Costco Wholesale store to Pleasanton hit a familiar roadblock last week when Pleasanton Citizens for Responsible Growth filed its second lawsuit against the city over environmental review associated with the project. The latest lawsuit by the group spearheaded by former city coun-cilman Matt Sullivan challenges the adequacy of the city’s second round of approvals of the Johnson Drive Economic Development Zone, the regulatory framework for how re-development could occur for a new

Costco, two hotels and other proj-ects at prominent property near the I-680 and I-580 interchange. “It is our goal to hold the city and Costco accountable for full and transparent disclosure of the envi-ronmental impacts of this project and that the citizens of Pleasanton are fully informed of its conse-quences,” Sullivan, who served on the council from 2004 to 2012, said in a statement Tuesday. Pleasanton city attorney Dan So-dergren declined to comment on Monday, saying the city had not yet been served with a copy of the

lawsuit and “as a practice, I do not comment on pending litigation.” The JDEDZ project had been sent back for a year-plus worth of additional environmental analysis and public review as part of a settlement over PCRG’s previous lawsuit in 2018. The City Council unanimously approved the new JDEDZ environ-mental impact report and policy documents last month, but the citi-zens’ group disagreed with that de-cision — and now asks the court to overturn it. “As certified by the city, the

project’s EIR fails to adequately identify, evaluate and/or require mitigation for all significant di-rect and cumulative environmental impacts the project will cause,” PCRG’s attorney, Mark R. Wolfe, wrote in the petition for writ of mandate filed in Alameda County Superior Court on March 4. “As a result, there is no substan-tial evidence in the administrative record to support the city’s findings that nearly all the project’s environ-mental impacts will be less than

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BY JEREMY WALSH

Morgan Hill Police Chief David Swing, who has spent his career with the department in southern Santa Clara County, is making the move north to take the reins as the new chief of the Pleasanton Police Department starting next month, city officials announced Tuesday. Swing, who demonst ra ted more than 25 years of law en-forcement and leadership ex-perience, rose to the top in “a highly com-petitive selec-tion and recruitment process” to become the permanent successor to retired police chief David Spill-er, according to Pleasanton city officials. “I am honored and thrilled to be entrusted with this amazing oppor-tunity,” Swing said in a statement. “I look forward to getting to know the community and the ded-icated women and men of the Pleasanton Police Department — working together to continue and enhance the culture of proactive community policing and excep-tional service provided to our resi-dents and guests,” he added. Pleasanton City Manager Nelson

BY JULIA BAUM

Tri-Valley residents are feeling the effects of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), with public gath-erings and major events being canceled or postponed this week to help slow transmission of the virus in their communities. The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Alameda County stood at a total of four as of press time Wednesday, but health officials said they “rec-ommend postponing or cancel-ing non-essential mass gather-ings and large community events where large numbers of people are within arm’s length of one another.” Alameda County Public Health Department made the recom-mendation after Santa Clara County enacted a temporary ban on events with 1,000 or more people effective Wednesday. A number of local events set for this weekend have been scratched including the annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration in Dublin, which has been can-celed for the first time in its 36-year history, and the St. Patrick’s Day Brew Crawl in downtown Pleasanton. Dublin city leaders announced the decision on Monday morn-ing while Brew Crawl organizers called off their Saturday event just a day later. “We did not make the deci-sion lightly” to cancel the event, which had more than 80 parade entries and numerous attrac-tions lined up this year, Dublin City Manager Linda Smith said

in a statement. “It is our duty and obligation to protect our citizens, as well as the many visitors who would be coming into our city for the events,” Smith added. “Over the coming days, it is expected that the number of infected will likely rise in the region. Canceling the Dublin St. Patrick’s Day Celebra-tion is simply the prudent thing to do.” Smith thanked the Dublin community and event sponsors for their “understanding and support at this time,” adding that “we look forward to festivities in 2021.” Coronavirus concerns took precedent for the Pleasanton Downtown Association too, in deciding to cancel its planned St. Paddy’s Brew Crawl. “The health and safety of our event attendees is of utmost concern and current conditions provide a risk that we are not

willing to take,” the PDA said in a statement. “Though this was a tough decision to make, after working closely with city officials and consulting our board mem-bers we feel it is necessary to do our part in taking precautions to keep our community members safe.” Uyghur Nowruz Family Day is no longer taking place at Muse-um on Main next weekend. The museum remains open, however, though some activities will be unavailable for the time being. Events throughout the Tri-Val-ley have been put off or canceled, mostly as an abundance of cau-tion and compliance with health staff directives, but some had little choice. The Sandra J. Wing Healing Therapies Foundation’s annual Ragin’ Cajun, which raises funds for therapeutic cancer treatments,

Coronavirus impacts continue Large special events in Tri-Valley canceled under

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NEWSFRONT

BY JEREMY WALSH

Pleasanton Unified School Dis-trict’s $323 million bond measure continued incremental gains as ballot processing carried on during the past week, but the Yes side on Measure M is still nearly four percentage points short of passing after the election results update Tuesday afternoon. The tally stood at 11,335 votes in favor of Measure M (51.69%) and 10,593 votes against (48.31%), solidifying the Yes side’s position in the majority but still behind the 55% approval threshold required for local school bond elections. The Alameda County Registrar of Voters’ Office reports still hav-ing ballots to process in the days ahead, and updated results are due to be released by 5 p.m. each day until the final count is confirmed. These results represent the most recent data before the Weekly’s Wednesday press deadline. County election officials have spent the days since the March 3 primary processing tens of thou-sands of ballots countywide — pri-marily eligible vote-by-mail ballots submitted on time but needing to navigate the postal system, as well as ballots from provisional, condi-tional or same-day registrant voters.

Yes on Measure M, which actu-ally trailed in the minority after Election Night (51.41% No and 48.59% Yes), made gains after each results update from the county starting on Friday. In spite of the incremental up-ticks, the bond measure remained 3.32% short of passing as of Tues-day and would need to make a significant leap in the final days of processing. It’s unknown how many Pleasan-ton-specific ballots are still pending, as election officials only report ballot totals as countywide at this point in the process. Measure M seeks to be the PUSD’s second facilities bond since 2016 and proposes to usher in a new property tax of $43.10 per $100,000 of assessed valuation. The scope of Measure M revenue would have funded work to “up-grade/construct classrooms and fa-cilities to support science, technol-ogy, engineering, math, arts/music and accommodate growing student enrollment; improve safety/secu-rity systems; replace aging roofs, plumbing/electrical/HVAC systems; and improve access for students with disabilities,” according to the ballot question.

Election Night results represented early mail-in ballots, in-person early voting ballots and ballots cast at precincts on March 3. The county released result updates daily start-ing last Friday, including weekends, consisting mainly of an influx of mail-in, provisional and conditional ballots that qualified. Results will be updated each day now through the final count, accord-ing to Alameda County Registrar of Voters Tim Dupuis. The results must be finalized for certification by 30 days after Election Day.

In other results

• Dublin Unified School District’s $290 million Measure J bond, which swung toward approval for the first time Saturday, improved its position again come Tuesday but remained too close to call. The tally stood at 57.08% Yes (6,940 votes) and 42.92% No (5,219 votes) — now just above the 55% threshold. The results update demonstrated a key uptick for the

Yes side compared to the Election Night totals, which had Measure J behind at 53.82%. Measure J proposes to be the fourth school bond in the past 16 years for the Dublin community still grappling with school overcrowding issues amid continued residential growth. The bond issuance (and accom-panying property tax of $50 per $100,000 of assessed valuation) would fund projects such as the second comprehensive high school, a new middle school and current campus upgrades. • Trailing by a razor thin mar-gin (0.77%) is Measure D, a pro-posed $90 million fire safety bond proposed by the Alameda County Fire Department to fund fire facili-ties projects in the unincorporated communities. Needing a higher, two-thirds majority to pass, Measure D stood at 65.90% Yes (19,085 votes) and 34.10% No (9,876 votes). The fire bond was on the ballot in unincorporated areas of the county, including parts of Pleasanton that are outside of the city limits. • Also narrowly behind is Mea-sure O, but the gap — which sat at just a single vote on Saturday

— widened in the direction of the No side starting on Sunday. Needing 55% voter approval to pass, the proposed $9.5 mil-lion bond for Sunol Glen Unified School District was at 51.13% Yes and 48.87% No as of Tuesday. Given the small number of resi-dents in SGUSD boundaries, those percentages translate to 204 votes Yes and 195 votes No. On the ballot as Measure O, the $9.5 million facilities bond measure for SGUSD proposes to fund a series of improvements to classroom build-ings, technology and infrastructure, as well as a brand-new multipur-pose room, at the nearly century-old campus on Main Street in Sunol that serves all of the students in the K-8 district. • Measure P’s path to victory in Livermore only strengthened into Tuesday, sitting at 66.46% Yes (17,899 votes) and 33.54% No (9,035 votes). A Yes vote on the referendum measure was to support the hotel agreement development approved by the Livermore City Council to allow developer Presidio to build a three-story hotel with 125-135

BY JEREMY WALSH

Fremont City Councilman Vin-nie Bacon pulled into first place in the election for the District 1 seat on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, moving closer to solidifying his place in November’s two-candidate runoff after the latest primary election results update. Bacon, who trailed Dublin Mayor David Haubert after Election Night last week, found himself at the top after Tuesday afternoon with 27.46% of the vote (17,058 votes). County election officials re-port still having ballots to process countywide, but an exact total in District 1 is unknown. What is all but clear now, how-ever, is the supervisor seat will be decided in a runoff election in November since no candidate re-ceived anywhere near the 50%-plus of overall ballots that was required to win the position outright in last Tuesday’s primary.

Haubert sat in second place in the latest results with 16,119 votes (25.94%), in position to advance to the runoff if the current order holds. Dublin City Councilwoman Melissa Her-nandez initially made up a little bit of ground on Haubert but was 702 votes behind in third place at 24.81% (15,417 votes) on Tuesday. Rounding out the list in fourth place was State Sen. Bob Wieck-owski, a Fremont resident who is terming out at the state level this year, with 13,535 votes (21.79%). The four candidates were vying to succeed Supervisor Scott Hag-gerty, who is retiring after six terms on the county board. District 1 covers Dublin and Livermore in the Tri-Valley, as well as Fremont and part of Sunol. Pleasanton’s representative on the county board, District 4 Supervi-sor Nate Miley, improved upon his

Election Night lead that was nearly a 2-to-1 margin. The five-term incumbent Miley earned 47,714 votes (68.01%) compared to lone challenger Esther Goolsby, an environmental com-munity organizer from Oakland, at 22,440 votes (31.99%). The clear majority over 50% would give Miley the victory outright in the primary election. The same appears true for the other Board of Supervisors race, which is outside of the Tri-Valley, with District 5 Supervisor Keith Carson sitting well above of lone challenger Albany City Councilman Nick Pilch — 80.07% to 19.93%. Results will be updated each day now through the final count, ac-cording to Alameda County Reg-istrar of Voters Tim Dupuis. The results must be finalized for certifi-cation by 30 days after Election Day. All of the local representative elect-ed positions on the primary election

ballot in Pleasanton saw no changes to the election order in any of the updated results during recent days. • The only race with a noticeable adjustment was the second runoff position for State Senate District 7, where third-place candidate Mari-sol Rubio, a Democratic challenger from San Ramon, picked up nearly 2% on the second-place candidate, Republican Julie Mobley, compared to Election Night. Mobley now leads Rubio 28.0% to 23.1% in the battle for second place and a spot in the November runoff. Incumbent Sen. Steve Glazer re-mains comfortably in first position with 48.9%. • In Assembly District 16, with the two candidates already qualify-ing for the runoff, incumbent As-semblywoman Rebecca Bauer-Kah-an (D-Orinda) sits at 67.4% ahead of lone challenger Alamo business-man Joseph Rubay, a Republican, with 32.6%. • U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Livermore) still stands comfortably in first place against six challengers with 59.6%. In November, he’ll face Republican Alison Hayden, a special

education teacher who is the clear second place with 17.4%. No other candidate garnered more than 9.0%. • Incumbent Sandy Figuers (28.97%), challenger Laurene Green (27.88%) and incumbent Angela Ramirez Holmes (22.72%) remain in position to win the three seats up for grabs on the Zone 7 Water Agency Board of Directors. Trailing in the election are incum-bent Dick Quigley (14.71%) and challenger Hugh Bussell (5.72%). • Trial attorney Elena Condes (41.66%) climbed back into the lead and generated a little separa-tion from second-place candidate Mark Fickes (37.45%), a civil rights attorney, but she remains behind the 50%-plus majority required to win the Alameda County Superior Court Department 2 seat outright so a runoff between the two appears all but certain. Condes and Fickes sit easily above the third-place candidate, ad-ministrative law judge Lilla Szelenyi (20.88%). This is the bench position open-ing up with the retirement of long-time Judge Carol Brosnahan.

PUSD Measure M improves in latest results, still behind 55% threshold

Dublin school bond now above passage level; ACFD fire, Sunol school bonds slightly below

D1 Supervisor: Bacon leapfrogs Haubert at top, Hernandez sits third

Also: Leaders for State Legislature, District 4 Supervisor, Zone 7 board remain same

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The Chabot-Las Positas Commu-nity College District announced this week the three college leaders who have been chosen as the finalists to become the district’s next permanent chancellor. The finalists are Ronald P. Ger-hard, MBA, who has served as the district’s interim chancellor for more than a year; Santanu Bandyopad-hyay, Ph.D., president of Columbia College in Sonora in the Sierra Ne-vada foothills east of the Tri-Valley; and Bryan Reece, Ph.D., president of Norco College in Riverside County. The three men were the Chancel-lor Search Committee’s top choices to advance to the next phase of this recruitment process, as the district works to hire a permanent chancellor for the first time in nearly two years — a period that has included three interim chancellors and a previous search process that ended without the board making an appointment. “We recruited a highly competitive pool of candidates and the finalists were selected from a large and out-standing group of candidates from throughout the region, state and na-tion,” Guisselle Nuñez, chair of the search committee and the district’s public relations director, said on Monday. The district has scheduled public

candidate forums for next week at both of the district’s campuses. Each finalist is set to participate in each forum, which will be open to the public and feature brief introduc-tions, question-and-answer sessions and feedback forms for attendees to complete for review by the Board of Trustees. The afternoon-long forums will be held Monday at Chabot College in Hayward and Tuesday at Las Positas College in Livermore. The schedule for Tuesday’s forum at Las Positas, inside the Barbara F. Mertes Center for the Arts, calls for Gerhard to speak from 1:30-2:30 p.m., Reece from 3-4 p.m. and Ban-dyopadhyay from 4:30-5:30 p.m. Video recordings of both forums will be posted online within three

days, and the videos will include a link for viewers to share online feed-back, Nuñez said. Chabot-Las Positas, which serves 29,000 East Bay community college students among its two main cam-puses and online, has been without a permanent chancellor since Jannett Jackson resigned in August 2018, three months after the board opted to not extend her contract beyond the 2018-19 school year for unspecified reasons. With its second interim chancellor at the helm, the Board of Trustees held its first nationwide search that ended in December 2018 with no permanent chancellor picked from among the top three finalists at the time. So the board opted to appoint

Gerhard, the district’s vice chancel-lor of business services, to serve as interim chancellor starting in Janu-ary 2019 and initiate a second na-tionwide recruitment process in the months afterward. That process culminated this month with the selection of the three finalists, with Gerhard among those top candidates. Before becoming vice chancellor of business services, Gerhard worked in multiple roles for Chabot-Las Positas, including as vice president of admin-istrative services at Chabot College in Hayward. Earlier in his career, he held vari-ous finance or business leadership positions with City College of San Francisco, Peralta Community Col-lege District, Compton Community College District and San Bernardino Valley College. He earned a master’s degree from the University of Cali-fornia at Riverside after completing a bachelor’s degree from the University of Redlands. As a seasoned educational ad-ministrative leader having served for over 20 years for California community colleges, Mr. Gerhard has provided strategic leadership that is student focused and has demonstrated his ability to bring stakeholders together to achieve or-ganizational goals,” Nuñez said.

“Core to Mr. Gerhard’s personal beliefs, is the idea that by providing excellent educational opportunities for students they are enabled to en-hance and strengthen their lives, as well as their families and society in general,” she added. The second finalist is Bandyopad-hyay, president of Columbia Col-lege in Sonora in Tuolumne County. Previously in his career, he served in leadership roles at Cypress College in Orange County, including as ex-ecutive vice president of educational programs and student services, and director of institutional research and planning. A first-generation American immi-grant, Bandyopadhyay completed a bachelor’s degree in physics in India, and then earned a master’s degree in business administration and a doc-toral degree in higher education from Ohio University. “During his tenure at Cypress Col-lege, student success improved sig-nificantly; the college was ranked No. 1 in the state,” Nuñez said. “Under his leadership, Columbia College expanded its reach through video-transmit classes, significantly increased partnerships with local high schools, and received a $2.25 million Title III grant.”

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Mohr Elementary School celebrat-ed its recent designation as a 2020 California Distinguished School with a special ceremony to commemorate the occasion last week. Hundreds of students, staff and community members filed into the school’s multipurpose room for the morning event on March 4, which included a rambunctious music-filled rally and congratulatory words from Mohr principal Julie Berglin.

“The heart of the work we do at Mohr is to improve how students feel about themselves as learners,” Berglin said. “There is an instru-mental shift in a student’s mindset when learning moves from a pas-sive experience to one filled with choice and voice.” The California Distinguished School Program recognizes the top 324 schools — over 6,000 in California — that show the best academic achievement. The scores

show that “students are making more gains in learning and testing standards set by the state Board of Education,” according to Berglin. “Our school believes that the best staff are those who are moti-vated to improve their teaching to help student learning,” she said. “Students, you observe your teach-ers as they work hard inside and outside the classroom, and then you do the same, resulting in your own motivation for teaching.”

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added in the 11-page petition. The petition in part claims the city violated the California Envi-ronmental Quality Act in its lat-est round of JDEDZ deliberations, including “inadequate analysis and mitigation of significant environ-mental impacts ... (including) on air quality, human health, transporta-tion and traffic, utilities and urban decay.” PCRG also alleges city officials failed to adequately respond to com-ments on the draft EIR, saying they did not “provide a detailed, written, good faith, reasoned analysis in re-sponse to comments received.” The lawsuit asks the court to set aside the city’s JDEDZ approvals, order them to comply fully with CEQA and for an injunction pre-venting the city to move any JDEDZ projects forward while the lawsuit is pending — along with award of attorneys’ fees and costs associated with the lawsuit. An initial case management con-ference has been scheduled for 9 a.m. May 22 in Alameda County Superior Court, Department 17. The newest litigation could halt a project that many community mem-bers thought was a done deal to move forward after the City Coun-cil’s vote last month — especially since the Costco, central to the JDEDZ, was already the main talk-ing point in a prior citywide ballot measure and PCRG’s earlier settled lawsuit. The JDEDZ project was first initi-ated by the city in 2014 as a concept to spur commercial development on under-utilized land on Johnson Drive and Commerce Circle. It de-tails rules for how redevelopment could occur on the 40 acres near the freeways’ interchange, includ-ing rezoning a nearly 20-acre site left vacant when Clorox closed its research center there. The first environmental analysis and public review process spanned from 2014 to 2017, pausing in the second half of 2016 amid a citizens’ initiative over the JDEDZ that ulti-mately failed. Decided at the polls in Novem-ber 2016, 63% of voters defeated Measure MM, which sought to limit building size in the JDEDZ to 50,000 square feet maximum — a ballot question that did not explicit-ly reference Costco but was seen by many residents as effectively a vote on whether to allow the wholesale retail giant onto the property. The council then formally ap-proved the original JDEDZ package in December 2017, but the city was sued that same month by Sullivan’s group, who opted for litigation in-stead of a referendum petition. Months of initial litigation ensued before the council in September 2018 opted to rescind its JDEDZ approvals in favor of additional en-vironmental work. That decision

put on hold Costco’s design review application and a Planning Com-mission-approved application from a hotel developer to build two ho-tels with 231 rooms in the JDEDZ area. The second round of environ-mental review started in October 2018 and lasted more than a year, a longer-than-anticipated process that included new studies by consul-tants focused on air quality, releas-ing the new documents for public comment and drafting responses to the comments before the final city hearings. The city’s reconsideration process culminated with unanimous City Council votes on Feb. 4 and Feb. 18 to approve the revised JDEDZ package. Costco has remained committed to bringing its first-ever store to Pleasanton throughout the lengthy public process, thus far. The com-pany now owns the land it plans to build on along Johnson Drive. Sullivan has long been critical of Costco’s role in the JDEDZ process, including the proposed tax-sharing agreement between Costco and the city to help pay for roadwork needed to accommodate the traffic increase estimated to occur by rede-velopment throughout the JDEDZ area. Sullivan and PCRG also con-firmed their concerns with the city’s follow-up environmental review with their new lawsuit last week. “We were forced to file a second lawsuit against the project due to the still-insufficient environmental study performed for the JDEDZ and the failure of the city of Pleasanton and Costco to fully evaluate and disclose the true impacts of the project,” Sullivan said. “What makes this more disap-pointing is that this was the second attempt by the city and property developer Costco — forced by an earlier lawsuit brought by PCRG — to perform a comprehensive analy-sis of the environmental, economic, and social impacts of the project and they utterly failed — again,” he added. As for his role in the lawsuit, the petition identifies Sullivan as a member of PCRG, but he is the only member of the “unincorpo-rated association of (Pleasanton) residents, citizens, property own-ers, taxpayers and electors” identi-fied by name. The group’s stated interest is “ad-vocating for equitable and respon-sible land-use development policies, maintaining political accountability by elected local officials, and enforc-ing land-use planning and environ-mental laws in and around Pleasan-ton,” according to the petition. But, the lawsuit later states, “Be-cause the claims asserted and the relief sought are broad-based and of a public as opposed to a purely private or pecuniary nature, direct participation in this litigation by petitioner’s individual members is not necessary.”

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rooms next to the Bankhead The-ater on the east side of Livermore Avenue — a key component to the city’s downtown redevelopment plan. Opponents had challenged that council approval with a referen-dum petition last summer, ulti-mately sending the question to vot-ers citywide in the March 3 primary election. • The countywide Measure C child care sales tax vote remains firmly in the simple majority, but question of victory threshold is still unclear and will likely be decided

by the courts — based on pend-ing decisions on other cases that question whether certain sales tax measures could pass with a simple majority instead of the traditional two-thirds supermajority. The results stood at 63.10% Yes and 36.90% on Sunday. Measure C proposes to raise $150 million per year via a new half-cent sales tax across Alameda County for the next 20 years, with 80% of the funds supporting child-care, preschool and early education programs and 20% supporting pe-diatric health care. • The lone statewide measure on the ballot, the Proposition 13 school facilities bond, remained in

a trailing position as of Tuesday. The 2020 Prop 13 is a pro-posal from the State Legislature seeking voter authorization to issue $15 billion in state general ob-ligation bonds to fund construc-tion and modernization projects at public education facilities across California. The tally for all of California is currently 53.9% No and 46.1% Yes, with passage needing just a simple majority. (That’s much different than how Prop 13 fared in Alameda County alone, where voters were 62.52% Yes and 37.48% No).

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Assemblywoman Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda) introduced a bill last month that would give local dis-trict attorneys the option to pursue terrorist threats as a hate crime car-rying either a misdemeanor or felony penalty. Assembly Bill 2925 would also enable prosecutors to seek longer pretrial detention, preventing sus-pects from being released on bail and carrying out threats. Contra Costa County District At-torney Diana Becton collaborated

with the Tri-Val-ley lawmaker and a dozen other public officials on the legisla-tion after a Con-cord man made threats online last summer to com-mit a mass shoot-ing of Jews and was shortly after released on bail. Ross Farca, 23, had posted sup-port for several mass shootings at the time, according to court records, and

stated, “I would probably get a body count of like 30 (Jews) and then like five police officers because I would also decide to fight to the death.” Police uncovered an illegally-assembled AR-15 assault rifle and high-capacity ammunition maga-zines when they searched Farca’s home, proving he was capable of car-rying out his plan. Farca was charged with three felony counts on making criminal threats, as well as manufac-turing and possessing an illegal as-sault rifle, but local law enforcement lacked the ability to keep him off the

streets, according to Bauer-Kahan’s office. Some local Jewish congregations warned members, hired private se-curity or requested increased po-lice presence in response to Farca’s release. That was when Bauer-Kahan said “the need for the bill became abundantly clear.” Currently, dis-trict attorneys cannot charge some-one with a felony hate crime for making terrorist threats against a protected class. Protected classes include race, ethnicity, nationality,

gender, religion, disability and sex-ual orientation. “It is extremely troubling that a person making terrorist threats against protected class can be re-leased on bail and given the op-portunity to act on those threats,” Bauer-Kahan said. “This bill will em-power prosecutors to advocate for longer pretrial detentions in order to help keep our communities safe from those who have threatened to do harm.” The bill may be heard in commit-tee later this month.

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Several Dublin residents who made positive and meaningful im-pact on their community over the past year were crowned the 2019 Citizen of the Year, Young Citizen of the Year, and Organization of the Year during a special ceremony last month at the Shannon Community Center. The awards recognize “outstand-ing individuals and groups who have contributed to the quality of life in Dublin,” according to the city. Recipients were selected based on

the Dublin Integrity in Action Pro-gram’s 10 Characteristics: Responsi-bility, Respectfulness, Caring, Giving, Positive Attitude, Trustworthiness, Cooperation, Doing One’s Best, Hon-esty, and Self-Discipline. The Young Citizen of the Year celebrates volun-teer service done by Dublin’s youth in grades one through 12. Two other special awards, the Mayor’s Award and Mayor’s Legacy Award, were also given out at the Feb. 19 ceremony. The Mayor’s Award is given by the mayor of Dublin to “someone

whom he believes has worked tirelessly on behalf of the Dublin community in the previous calen-dar year,” while the Legacy Award is presented to a group or indi-vidual to “recognize extraordinary, long-term dedication to the Dublin community.” Recipients were celebrated at last week’s meeting of the Dublin City Council. The Organization of the Year will receive a $500 cash prize, and the Citizen and Young Citi-zen of the Year recipients will have $300 each donated to their favorite

non-profit organization. The winners this year are: • Citizen of the Year: Liz Crocker• Young Citizen of the Year: Emily Que and Haley Tjon • Organization of the Year: Dublin 4-H

• Mayor’s Award: Vanessa Thomas and the Dublin Arts Collective• Mayor’s Legacy Award: GFWC Dublin/San Ramon Women’s Club More information about each re-cipient is available at www.dublin.ca.gov/volunteers.

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was set for this month but has been postponed, recognizing the po-tential risk to their beneficiaries in attendance. “We have been receiving calls and inquiries, and some cancella-tions, due to coronavirus concern,” the Board of Directors said in a statement. “We have registrants, including cancer patients, with compromised immune systems. We continue to hear the recommenda-tions to avoid large gatherings of 50 or more. And, we feel postponing our event is the safest measure we can take at this time.” Coronavirus concerns have also affected local schools; the Ama-dor Valley High Wind Ensemble was to attend an event in Sara-toga last weekend that ended up being scrapped, and campuses have ramped up disinfecting in classrooms. One student at Valley View El-ementary in Pleasanton and their

family have been in quarantine since March 5 when their par-ent informed Pleasanton Unified School District that a relative may have come into contact with a pre-sumptive, but unconfirmed, case of COVID-19 at their work. Tri-Valley school districts are still operating normally during the week but preparing for the

worst-case scenario. “Our current directive and guid-ance from the Alameda County Public Health Department is that in the event that a (Livermore Valley Joint Unified School) staff member or student contracts the virus, as confirmed by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the associated school site would close for a 14-day period,” LVJUSD Su-perintendent Kelly Bowers said in a statement. “We recognize that closing a school would have a far-reaching impact throughout our community, yet we will do so if the Alameda County Public Health Department indicates that is the best course of action,” she added. However, many businesses and public places remain open while reminding workers and visitors to safeguard themselves. The Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center has gone out of its way “to reassure all our patrons that extra measures are being taken to ensure your safety and health when attending events” at the Bankhead Theater, where all seats and hand-rails will be disinfected after every event. Ushers will also scan tickets without taking them or “with mini-mal handling” and the theater will have more frequent cleanings. Muslim Community Center East Bay is among the local faith orga-nizations that “continues to closely

monitor status updates from local and state agencies” while still hold-ing regular prayer services, classes and other programs, although some field trips for children were canceled. Crosspoint Church is also canceling large events as well as weekly play-groups for children but worship gatherings and life group meetings will still take place as usual. There is some good news for those worried about COVID-19; local news outlets reported this week that a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory employee who was recently exposed to a patient has tested negative for the virus. The employee did not present symptoms when they were told to go home from work last week, but later reported experiencing symp-toms associated with coronavirus. On March 5, workers were or-dered to stay home while crews disinfected the building that the employee was assigned.

Although other employees re-turned to work on Monday, the employee and 25 others who had close contact with that person will remain at home and continue to self-monitor until a full two weeks have passed. Visitors to the lab have been limited and employ-ee travel has been suspended for now. And though there has been thou-sands of cases reported worldwide, an interactive map from Johns Hop-kins University that globally tracks the virus shows that 65,740 people — more than half of the 118,745 cases reported — have recovered. ACPHD has a webpage dedicated to updates, advice and information about COVID-19 at http://acphd.org/2019-ncov.aspx.

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House fire Firefighters knocked down a po-tentially destructive fire that broke out in a chimney chase in a house on Dolores Drive in Pleasanton dur-ing the weekend, according to a Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Depart-ment spokesman. “It was a huge save,” deputy fire chief Aaron Lacey told the Weekly. The incident unfolded around 7 p.m. Saturday when LPFD received multiple calls about a structure fire in the Pleasanton Hills neighbor-hood. Firefighters arrived within five minutes and found a working fire focused on the back side of the two-story house, Lacey said. The firefighters quickly extin-guished flames inside the home and then shifted to successfully contain the fire working primarily around the chimney chase, according to Lacey. No injuries were reported among residents or firefighters. The house, structurally, was saved although there was excessive damage around the chimney as well as water dam-age from the firefight, Lacey said. The initial investigation indicates the probable cause was a failure in the chimney housing.

Public Art Walk Art benefactors Nancy and Gary Harrington are holding their 10th annual Second Saturday Art Walks during the next two months, starting this Saturday at 9 a.m. The walks feature frequent stops at sculptures and murals, allowing walkers to view these art pieces and hear their stories. The walks generally center around downtown Pleasanton, divided in the “North Walk” this Saturday and the “South Walk” on April 11. Satur-day’s walk will head north from the Pleasanton Civic Center at 200 Old Bernal Ave. Free Pleasanton Art Walk bro-chures, with maps, will be distrib-uted. To learn more, contact the Harringtons at 846-9757.

Literacy tutors The city Library and Recreation Department is holding a training and orientation event to onboard incoming English language tutors for its adult literacy program, Pleas-anton Reads, next Saturday (March 21) from 1-4 p.m. at the PleasantonSenior Center at 5353 Sunol Blvd.

“The program is seeking patient, caring volunteers to help English learners gain fundamental reading, writing, and conversation skills. Vol-unteer tutors lead a variety of activi-ties, including one-on-one lessons with students, small group conversa-tion practice, citizenship test prepa-ration and book clubs,” city officials said.

Pleasanton Reads and its 130-plus active volunteers provide ESL and literacy services to more than 200 adult students throughout the Tri-Valley, but even more tutors are always needed as the student waitlist has exceeded 100 people.

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“Dr. Bandyopadhyay is known for his collaborative, personable lead-ership style focused on outcomes and has a record of success with new program development, public-private partnerships and leverag-ing technology in education,” she added. The third finalist is Reece, current-ly president of Norco College in Riv-erside County. Previously, he worked as vice president of academic affairs at Crafton Hills College in Yucaipa, also in Southern California, further east in San Bernardino County. He has spent 15 years in senior management between the private sector and community colleges, and taught political science as a

tenured community college faculty member for 19 years. Reece earned all of his high-er degrees from the University of Southern California: a Doctor of Philosophy in political science, a Master of Arts in political science and a Bachelor of Arts in political science. “Dr. Reece believes a primary purpose of higher education is to focus all its resources in directions that transform the lives of stu-dents, employees and community members, and believes he can help build a collaborative environment at CLPCCD that improves the aca-demic success of students, elimi-nates the inequities in this success, and improves the communities that make up the CLPCCD region,” Nuñez said.

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A. Cooper, 17, first trod the boards at age 6, belting out “Twinkle, Twin-kle, Little Star” at the Pleasanton Youth Music Festival.

“I’ve always been a rambunc-tious, crazy child,” Cooper, a junior at Amador Valley High, said with a laugh. “When I was 6, my mother had me audition, thinking maybe it would use some of my energy.”

They also recalled playing a little mouse in “Cinderella” at 6.

“I had a great time,” Cooper said. “Every winter I did their win-ter show, and I did more shows with more companies, and I’ve now been in the theater 11 years.”

This included dance competi-tions — jazz, hip-hop, tap, you name it — some with their sister.

Pleasanton long has nurtured the talents of children and teens drawn by the smell of the grease-paint and the roar of the crowd. Last summer the city launched its Pleasanton Youth Theater Com-pany, which offers 17 performing arts camps including a Technical Theater Camp for high school stu-dents, Musical Theater Camps for ages 5-17, Theater Arts Intensives, a Teen Playwrights’ Summer Work-shop, Improv Camps and more.

“It’s been one of those things that’s a really fun and engaging challenge,” said recreation co-ordinator Mark Duncanson, the company’s visionary director. “My biggest passion is working with staff and teaching artists — and

emerging artists.”The children’s theater program

during the school year stages two large productions with two complete casts. This season, “Frozen JR” was onstage in December, and “Honk! JR,” is scheduled to open next week at the Firehouse Arts Center.

The summer drama camps have always been run in-house but the city previously contracted with the-ater companies for the mainstage offerings during the school year, in-cluding San Francisco Shakespeare Festival and Bay Area Children’s Theatre. This has changed.

“The only contracts we have now are for set building and costum-ing,” Duncanson said. “It is impor-tant for costumes to be contracted. The costume coordinators often work with multiple theater compa-nies at once.”

Las Positas College Theater De-partment builds the sets.

“Their career technical educa-tion program has three or four students per semester,” Duncanson said. “The idea was we would work with them for a show and would build modular sets that we could repurpose.”

This way storage is only needed for basic sets, and the contractor steps in for the creative set design.

Duncanson said the city’s theater programs draw many types of kids.

“Some want to be an engineer, a scientist, a teacher — but they are all getting their feet wet in the arts,”

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Director Aubrey James (far right) leads the Pleasanton Youth Theater Company in rehearsals for an upcoming performance.

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Troupe actors Alex Fernandes, Teya Burchfield and Mackenzie Peters rehearse for their performance of “Honk! JR” (an adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen classic, “The Ugly Duckling”).

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he said. “One thing I’ve learned is you want to be able to have tiers of involvement.”

Programs served ages 8 to 17, but, seeing the need, the city added opportunities for younger children. Offerings now include Lil’ Sparks (ages 5-6) in addition to the Sparks program (ages 7-11) for entry-level singing and dancing in a musical. Sparks classes are preparing for “Willy Wonka KIDS” to be performed at the Amador

Theater on May 9.Information about classes, camps

and productions are in the city’s “Library & Recreation Activities Guide,” which has editions for the spring, summer and fall/winter.

“We have had tremendous growth in what was once our civic arts,” Duncanson said.

Duncanson, who majored in theater at Cal State Hayward, dis-covered while still in college that he enjoyed working with kids. He

coordinated youth and family arts at the Central YMCA in San Jose, and ran other theater programs. He was working for the Volunteer Cen-ter of Alameda County when he learned about a Pleasanton open-ing for a senior rec leader and has worked here since 2004.

“Once the Firehouse was built, I was working with youth and teens,” he said.

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The company holds several performances a year to help nurture the artistic and performative talents of children and teens throughout the Tri-Valley. The upcoming “Honk! JR” is led by musical director Andrew Mondello (seated in bow tie) and stage manager A. Cooper (kneeling to Mondello’s left).

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Pleasanton Youth Theater Company presents “Frozen JR” at the Amador Theater last December.

for teens that has won awards and last year performed in the San Francisco Improv Festival. Add in Youth Music Festivals, which led to the High School Music Collabora-tive, and teens have a lot of choices. One year, its musicians took poems from the teen poet laureate and made them into songs. “Jeff Zavattero (youth programs leader) and I are like idea ma-chines,” Duncanson said happily. This year an adult improv troupe was started when parents showed an interest. “They chose the name ‘Creatures of Habit,’” Duncanson said. Zavattero started an improv troupe at Las Positas College, and the teams held a Face-Off at the Firehouse Theater in February that included a teen troupe from San Ramon. Although Cooper enjoys all as-pects of the theater, their favorite thing is improv, and they are active in Creatures of Impulse. “I will pick improv over anything any day of the week.” Cooper said. “What I love about Mark and Jeff is they trust us to tell more deep stories, to do more than comedy.” Creatures of Impulse puts on five shows a year, they said, with three to five performances in each run. Parents also have a chance to sing now. “We started a Parent Music Show-case,” Duncanson said. “When the Sparks were doing ‘101 Dalmatians’ and ‘Frozen,’ parents signed up to learn songs from those musicals.” “Honk! JR,” which is scheduled to open next week at the Firehouse on March 20, is an adaptation by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe of the Hans Christian Andersen classic, “The Ugly Duckling.” “This musical is one of the fun-niest and cutest musicals you can see,” Duncanson said. “It is so per-fect for spring — it takes place on a farm and in a marsh, with duck-lings and bullfrogs. It’s fantastic. “’Ugly Duckling’ is an age-old tale but the lines are so funny and

well-written,” he continued. “Part of being a producer of the-ater is it is so fun to have the audi-ence engage, showing them a story they haven’t seen told in a certain way.” Musical director is Andrew Mondello, who graduated from Amador Valley High and went on to UC Irvine to major in drama with honors in acting and empha-sis in musical theater. He acts with troupes all around the Bay Area, including American Conservato-ry Theater in San Francisco, and works year-round on Pleasanton theater programs. “I always felt I would end up teaching,” Mondello said. “That first class (in Pleasanton) I taught in 2012, directing the musical ‘Se-ussical,’ that summer everything clicked — I felt natural in this town and this program.” Mondello also has directed adults.

“With adults, it is about putting on the best show,” he said. “With youth, it is not just putting on an amazing show — it is to help them grow and get better in what they are doing. You are growing their skills, whether socially or directly related to performing. “Without a doubt, it makes me a better actor,” Mondello contin-ued. “One of the main reasons I continued to pursue teaching and directing was how that continues to inform me as a teacher and as an actor. “I am shocked at how much kids teach you and surprise you. They just do things and it is so genuine — they don’t know any other way. Their energy, their pure glee is infectious. I see their love of this art form and help them to grow to love it more.” Cooper was in productions with SF Shakes when it had the the-ater contract with the city, and

continued with Bay Area Children’s Theatre when it took over. They did summer drama camps and worked on the first full-length production, “School of Rock.” Cooper has also performed with Tri-Valley Repertory Theatre, played Hans in Pleasanton’s “Frozen JR.” in December, and is stage manager for “Honk! JR.” “I have grown up with the Fire-house and the city of Pleasan-ton theater,” Cooper said. “It has been life changing, and I wouldn’t change it for the world.” “It’s been monumental for me — and for so many other kids,” they added. Cooper is taking the high school equivalency exam this summer and heading to Massachusetts in the fall to attend Simon’s Rock College, a unit of BARD College. They will major in social justice and minor in — theater. “Through doing theater I’ve gained so much independence and

‘Ugly Duckling’ redux

What: “Honk! JR.”

Who: Pleasanton Youth Theater Company

When: March 20-29 7:30 p.m. Fridays 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturdays 2 p.m. Sundays

Where: Firehouse Arts Center, 4444 Railroad Ave.

Tickets: $5-$10. Go to www.firehousearts.org, call 931-4848, or purchase at the theater box office.

learned to speak up for what I need,” Cooper said. “I wouldn’t be able to go to college now if I didn’t have these experiences.” Editor's note: Events like "Honk! JR" were still scheduled to be performed at the Firehouse, as of press time Wednesday, though larger special events in the region were postponed or canceled as part of coronavirus response.



Everyday life in Pleasanton as captured by street photographer Tao Guan will be on display at Museum on Main in its next tem-porary exhibit, opening next week.

“The Pleasanton Ones,” named after Guan’s 2018 self-published photography collection, will feature more than 40 images of Pleasanton

and its people and other images.The exhibit is scheduled to open

with a reception, open to the pub-lic, from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, and it runs through May 3.

Guan has been capturing mo-ments in the life of the community since he moved here in 2014, using color as well as black and white. He often takes photos at the farmers

market, where he likes to capture the human connections that give his work its warmth and intimacy.

He noted that Pleasanton is “a family that keeps on loving and keeps on growing,” and considers his display a sort of family album.

Museum on Main is located at 603 Main St. Call 462-2766 or visit www.museumonmain.org.

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‘The Pleasanton Ones’Photo collection captures warmth of human connections

‘eARTh’ on displayBarbara Maricle’s “Continental Drift 35” is part of the “eARTh” art exhibit at the Bankhead Theater Gallery showing how planet Earth has inspired three California artists: Maricle, with her interest in how we perceive and navigate space; Danielle Eubank, whose artwork is the fulfillment of her 20-year quest to capture the world’s oceans; and Tobias Tovera, whose paintings evoke Mother Earth, the cosmos and inner dream worlds. A special exhibit off the lobby features maps and infographics on climate change. An opening reception for “eARTh” will take place at 3 p.m. next Saturday (March 21), free and open to the public, with Eubank talking on her “One Artist, Five Oceans” program and water conservation. A closing reception will be held in conjunction with Art & Wine Intertwined on April 25. The Bankhead Theater is located at 2400 First St., Livermore.

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The Eugene O’Neill Foundation in Danville is bringing three of the playwrights’ little-known plays to the Museum of San Ramon Val-ley on April 4 and 5, kicking off the 21st annual Eugene O’Neill Festival that continues in the late summer.

The one-act plays are part of a collection published in 1950 under the title, “Ten ‘Lost’ Plays.” These early works, influenced by adventure writers like Jack London and Joseph Conrad, take place in a gritty, hazardous world and dem-onstrate the young writer’s efforts to find his artistic voice.

The plays being performed were written in the seven years prior to the ratification of the 18th Amend-ment in 1920 giving women the right to vote. They delve into the heroics of women trying to change their lives for the better, despite the odds stacked against them.• “The Web” finds a woman trapped in a brutal relationship with her boyfriend, who forces her into street-walking to provide for her baby.• “Recklessness” is about a wife trapped in a loveless marriage and looking to escape with the family chauffeur.• “Abortion” explores the dire de-cisions at the intersection of social class and women’s reproductive rights. This taboo topic is as rel-evant today as it was more than 100 years ago when the play was written.

“Diving into a new play is al-ways exciting for a theater direc-tor,” said Eugene O’Neill Founda-tion artistic director Eric Fraisher Hayes. “Although I have directed more than half of Eugene O’Neill’s 51 plays, I am branching into new territory this year.”

For this year’s festival, dubbed “The Long Road Home,” the foun-dation is exploring the entire journey of O’Neill’s artistry, Hayes noted.

“We will start by mining for gold in three of his earliest plays,” he said.

O’Neill’s quest to become a play-wright started as a young man recovering from a life-threatening illness and ended at Tao House in the Danville hills, where he wrote his most celebrated and deeply

personal plays, including “Long Day’s Journey into Night” and “A Moon for the Misbegotten.”

On Aug. 29-30, the O’Neill Foundation will present four more early plays — “Fog,” “The Sniper,” “A Wife for a Life” and “The Movie Man” — at the Museum of the San Ramon Valley.

The festival will continue with performances of O’Neill’s last mas-terpiece, “A Moon for the Misbe-gotten,” at the Old Barn theater at Tao House, now the Eugene O’Neill National Historic Site, from Sept. 12-27. Tickets for those plays go on sale in May.

The April 5 Sunday afternoon performance is sold out but tick-ets are still available for 8 p.m., Saturday, April 4, for $25 at www.villagetheatreshows.com.

Early O’Neill plays to be performedThree one-acts at Danville museum next month

‘Musicians of Silence’The artists of Mummenschanz, the Musicians of Silence, are bringing their newest dazzling poetic spectacle, “you & me,” to the Bankhead Theater at 7:30 p.m. next Thursday (March 19). A trio of artists founded Swiss-based Mummenschanz in 1972 to meld the art of pantomime with the expressiveness of classical dance and adding elements of theater and costuming. Tickets are $20-$75 for adults; $20 for under 21 and military. Call 373-6800, visit lvpac.org, or go to the box office, 2400 First St., Livermore.CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

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Del Valle Fine Arts is presenting Pleasanton native Mark Anderson in concert on the Bankhead The-ater’s new Steinway grand piano next weekend. Anderson will play sonatas by Mozart, Schubert and Brahms, as well as a previously un-published sonata by the German-Dutch composer Julius Röntgen. Anderson recently released four CDs by Röntgen, whose work, he believes, has been unfairly neglect-ed. He has met with the composer’s descendants and researched Rönt-gen’s scores at the Nederlands Muz-iek Instituut, where he discovered the unpublished sonata that he will perform at the Bankhead. “It is exciting and gratifying to be a catalyst of unknown but quality music that has fallen into obscu-rity,” Anderson said. Anderson says his musical educa-tion began in Pleasanton and Liver-more at age 4 with a recorder class given by Renee Smith, followed by piano lessons with Eugene Mas-luk. He twice won the Livermore-Amador Symphony Competition for Young Musicians. However, he attributes his most formative train-ing to Aiko Onishi during his un-dergraduate years at San Jose State.

He began his career in music as a graduate student on a Fulbright scholarship in the UK at the Royal Northern College of Music and while studying privately in Lon-don. He currently is an assistant professor of piano and chamber music at the University of British Columbia. The Bankhead concert begins at 7:30 p.m. next Saturday (March 21). Regular ticket prices start at

$32; visit livermorearts.org; call 373-6800; or go to the Bankhead Theater box office, 2400 First St., Livermore. Free youth tickets are available online for those in high school and younger, and Valle Fine Arts is offering one $20 ticket for an accompanying adult, to be pur-chased at the box office. College tickets at $16 can be purchased at the box office.

Piano concert at BankheadMark Anderson to play classics, plus unpublished sonata


A new film series, Great Art on Screen, is debuting at the Bank-head Theater this month, kicking off with “Frida: Viva la Vida” at 7 p.m. on March 24. The films will continue to be aired at 7 p.m. Tuesdays; tickets are $20, with students to age 21, $10:April 7: “Leonardo 500”April 28: “Hermitage: Power of Art”May 19: “Dinosaurs”June 30: “Wunderkammer”July 28: “Bernini” A new optimal projection screen installed in 2019 that ex-tends the full width of the stage transforms the Bankhead into a movie theater, and popcorn and other movie treats are available at the concessions area. Classic Film Musicals begin at 7 p.m. Wednesdays; all tickets are $5:March 18: “Fiddler on the Roof” (1971)April 15: “Anchors Aweigh” (1945)May 13: “Guys and Dolls” (1955) National Theater Live Encore Screenings, bringing the best of British theater from live stages in the U.K., are at 7 p.m. Thursdays; $20 regular and $10 students:March 26: “The Audience” by Peter MorganApril 30: “Small Island” adapted by Helen Edmundson, based on the novel by Andrea LevyMay 21: “All My Sons” by Arthur Miller

June 25: “Hamlet” by William ShakespeareJuly 23: “The Lehman Trilogy” by Stefano Massini, adapted by Ben PowerAug. 20: “Fleabag” written and per-formed by Phoebe Waller-BridgeSept. 17: “One Man, Two Gu-vnors” by Richard BeanOct. 15: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by ShakespeareNov. 19: “Present Laughter” by Noël Coward Summer Family Films take place at 7 p.m. Wednesday; $5:June 10: “October Sky” (1999 PG)July 8: “The Goonies” (1985 PG)Aug. 5: “FernGully” (1992 G) The Bankhead Theater is locat-ed at 2400 First St. in Livermore. Visit lvpac.org or call 373-6800.

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Bankhead adds new film series to its offerings

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“Frida: Viva la Vida” kicks off the Great Art on Screen series at the Bankhead Theater on March 24.


The Jose Maria Amador Chap-ter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolu-tion held its annual student awards ceremony last month presenting certificates, pins and, in some cases, scholarship money for the winners of its essay and art contests. This year’s challenges were a Constitution Week Poster Con-test; DAR Good Citizen; American History Essay Contest, writing on “The Voyage of the Mayflow-er”; and Christopher Columbus Essay Contest, with the subject “A Sailor’s Experiences as Part of Christopher Columbus’ First Expedition to the Americas.” Audrey Kang, a senior at Dub-lin High, won the DAR Good Citizen Award for demonstrating qualities of dependability, service, leadership and patriotism. Jessica Gudino of Foothill High School in Pleasanton was awarded hon-orable mention. Four students from different grade levels won awards for their essays on “The Voyage of the Mayflower,” which is celebrating its 400th anniversary this year:• Emily Hsu from Donlon El-ementary School, fifth grade• Pragyan Ramamoorthy, Gale Ranch Middle School in San Ramon, sixth grade• Olivia Kang, Hart Middle

School, seventh grade• Aditya Dawar, Harvest Park Middle School, eighth grade. Christopher Columbus essay contest winner was Eva Shen, a 10th-grader at Dougherty Valley High in San Ramon, who won the chapter and the District IV contest. District winners go on to compete at the state level. It was the first time for awards given for the Constitution Week Poster Contest, which ends with the national winner being printed in the spring and offered for sale at the DAR store in Washington, D.C. All four chapter winners were from Hart Middle School:• First place, Fatima Kanamkandy• Second, Manasvita Venkatesh• Third, Abrianna Zhang• Honorable mention, Jyothi Vema Their teacher, Emily Santos, was also recognized for making a space for them to create and explore and build on their gifts. The students were also hon-ored with certificates from Pleas-anton Mayor Jerry Thorne and other local officials. The ceremony was held at the Pleasant View Church of Christ in Pleasanton. The Young American Patriots (YAPS) Fife and Drum Corps opened the ceremony with rousing colonial music of the Revolutionary War period,

including “Yankee Doodle.” DAR chapter vice regent Cindi New-bold led the award ceremony. For information about joining DAR, contact Newbold at [email protected].

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Pleasanton native pianist Mark Anderson is set to perform at the Bankhead Theater on March 21.

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The Pleasanton Police Department made the following information available.

March 7Theft from auto

10:16 a.m. on the 7800 block of Meadowbrook Court

March 6DUI

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

Theft

7:03 a.m., 5300 block of Owens Court; theft from auto

8:37 a.m. on the 5700 block of Dakin Court

2:44 p.m. on the 7800 block of Knollbrook Drive

5:01 p.m. on the 3700 block of Hopyard Road

Vandalism

7:23 a.m. on the 5500 block of Johnson Drive

Assault/battery

9:03 a.m. on the 1300 block of Vista Way

March 5Graffiti offense

10:25 a.m. on the 5800 block of Valley Avenue

Warrant arrest

8:18 p.m. on the 400 block of Main Street

Theft

8:42 p.m. on the 3700 block of Hopyard Road

Drug violation

10:14 p.m. at Pleasanton Hill Road and Chestnut Way

March 4Drug violation

6:54 a.m. on the 2900 block of Lethbridge Court

4:24 p.m. on the 6000 block of Johnson Drive

Theft

2:44 p.m., 1400 block of Stoneridge Mall Road; shoplifting

5:49 p.m. on the 3400 block of Torlano Court

7:40 p.m. on the 1400 block of Stoneridge Mall Road

Vandalism

3:55 p.m at Woodthrush Road and Skylark Way

10:34 p.m. on the 3100 block of Valley Avenue

Warrant arrest

5:41 p.m. on the 4800 block of Bernal Avenue

9:37 p.m. on the 5800 block of Owens Drive

March 3Drug violation

12:35 p.m. on the 4200 block of Rosewood Drive

2:29 p.m. at Vineyard Avenue and Linden Way

6:38 p.m. on the 6000 block of Johnson Drive

11:21 p.m. on the 5800 block of Owens Drive

Theft

6:37 a.m., 7000 block of Johnson Drive; theft from auto

7:27 a.m., 7300 block of Maywood Drive; theft from auto

7:51 a.m., 3800 block of Vineyard Avenue; bicycle theft

12:41 p.m., 5800 block of San Juan Way; theft from auto

4:13 p.m., 5000 block of Case Avenue; bicycle theft

9:10 p.m., 1400 block of Stoneridge Mall Road; shoplifting

DUI

6:55 p.m. at Valley Avenue and Greenwood Road

Graffiti offense

11:59 a.m. on the 5700 block of Owens Drive

March 2Theft

7:44 a.m., 400 block of Mission Drive; theft from auto

12:42 p.m., 4800 block of Willow Road; theft from structure

1:26 p.m., 5400 block of Sunol Boulevard; theft from structure

2:10 p.m., 6000 block of Johnson Drive; theft from auto

2:49 p.m. on the 5500 block of Sunol Boulevard

5:02 p.m., 1100 block of Santa Rita Road; theft of bicycle

Domestic battery

5:49 p.m. on Paseo Navarro

Assault/battery

10:31 p.m. on the 3900 block of McKinley Court

Graffiti offense

2:30 p.m. on the 7000 block of Pleasanton Avenue

March 1Warrant arrest

8:50 a.m. on the 700 block of Rose Avenue

Theft from auto

11:58 a.m. on the 800 block of Palomino Drive

3:09 p.m. on the 4600 block of Parkside Drive

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Rose June (Antone) Branchini passed away January 28, 2020 in Pleasanton, California at the age of 94.

Rose is survived by daughter Janet (Joe) Cristiano and son Rick (Pamela) Branchini, sister Jane Bianchetti (Pittsburgh, Pa.), grandchildren Vance (Mary) Branchini, Jennifer Branchini (Cam Inman), Scott (Sophie) Piper, Gina Piper (Shawn Farrell), Lisa (Alan) Coursey, John (Sally) Cristiano, Joe (Debbie) Cristiano, Dawn Cristiano, Denise Cristiano, Chelsea (Marc) Souza and Ashley (Mike) Stevens; great-grandchildren Anthony, Krystal, Joseph, Alexis, Jessica, Makena, Samantha, Michael, Kate, Brooke, Grant, Jocelyn, Luca, Paloma, Blake, Gianna.

Rose is preceded in death by her husband Gino Branchini, her sister Elma Crawford and her brothers Carlo Pierucci and Frank Pierucci.

Rose was born Jan. 25, 1926 in San Francisco to Sebastiano Antongiovanni and Mary Pierucci. She was raised there and attended Balboa High.

Rose and Gino were married 59 years before he died July 12, 2003. They met working at the Fibreboard Box Company and later worked together in tax and insurance businesses. They moved to San Leandro in 1949 and went on to live in Castro Valley, Danville, Pleasanton and Livermore.

Rose was very involved in Soroptimist International, HEART in San Leandro and Avon. She enjoyed playing cribbage and blackjack, and was always game for water-ski and snow-ski trips with the family. A genuine homemaker, she was a world-class grandmother whose devotion showed in attending sporting events and always supporting her family.

Rose fought a courageous battle with Alzheimer’s Disease in recent years. Her family thanks the caregivers at Valle Verde Care Home.

A celebration of life will be held March 22 at the home of Joe and Janet Cristiano. A private burial will take place at the San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery in Santa Nella. In lieu of flowers, please contribute to Hope Hospice in Dublin or the Alzheimer’s Association.

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Rose June (Antone) BranchiniJanuary 25, 1926 – January 28, 2020

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A driving forceIn honor of March as Women’s History Month, the Pleasanton Police Department recently on social media spotlighted women on its civilian staff team that helps the department deliver services to the community every day, including those in direct contact with residents and those managing business behind the scenes: community service officers, dispatchers, professional staff members and Volunteers in Police Service (VIPS). “By sharing these commemorative visuals, it also allows our community to connect with our personnel, both past and present, who dedicate their lives to serving them,” PPD spokeswoman Teri Yan told the Weekly.

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George C. MayoOctober 23, 1931 – February 20, 2020

George C. Mayo, known as a kind and devoted Christian, went home to his savior Feb. 20, 2020. He was 88.

George and his wife of 64 years, Dorothy, moved to Pleasanton in 1969 and still live in that same Pleasanton Valley home. They raised their family of five children there, while George ran Mayo Radiator in Oakland, a business he purchased from his father. At its height, he was distributing radiators and accessories to more than 2,700 customers, prompting him to purchase the first computer installed into an automotive business in Oakland in 1983, according to a trade magazine.

He enjoyed more than 30 years in retirement, traveling the country with Dorothy, camping in a trailer. The family also enjoyed outings to their second home in Arnold where he could pursue his passion for fishing and spending time with the family. He also traveled to Alaska to fish.

He and Dorothy sang for decades in the choir at GraceWay Church. He marched in the church’s Balloon Platoon as well as participating in weekly Bible studies. In retirement, he spent nine years as a regular volunteer at Stanford ValleyCare hospital in Pleasanton. He also enjoyed golfing and scored two hole-in-ones.

He was known for his sense of humor, often expressed in puns.

He was born in Oakland, the only child of Clyde and Helen Mayo. He grew up in Oakland and then served in the Army Corps of Engineers. He attended the University of California, Berkeley before venturing into the business world.

He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Mayo; children Lou Ann Perry of Redlands, Edward Mayo (Tina) of Tracy, and Christina Anderson of Redding. He was predeceased by his children James Mayo and Laura Mayo. He also is survived by 12 grandchildren: Benjamin Wigley (Maricris), Sadie Conaty Vargas (Christie), Kevin Mayo, Hallie Mayo, Kayla Ferreira (John), Hannah Mayo, Elizabeth Perry, Emily Perry, Emma, Jacob, Sarah and Daniel Anderson and five great-grandchildren: Mark Gulfan, Kaitlynn Wigley, Annalise Jordan, Everly Jordan and Johnny Fowler.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 21, GraceWay Church, 1183 Quarry Lane, Pleasanton.


Thank you to the more than 250 donors to the Pleasanton Weekly’s 2019-20 Holiday

Fund. Your generous contributions allowed us to provide a total of $64,878 to 10 deserving nonprofit beneficiaries. The Pleasanton Weekly Holiday Fund was launched in 2003 to “help alleviate the needs that exist, despite our community’s prosper-ity.” Today we still strive to meet the unfunded and under-funded needs of Tri-Valley agencies and the need for financial support continues to increase as does the growing num-ber of those in need. Because our fiscal sponsor, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, han-dles the contributions at no cost, and we donate our time and advertising space, every penny donated by our readers goes directly to the benefi-ciaries. This year each organization received $6,487.80. The funding is unrestricted, which is unusual, and very much appreci-ated by the nonprofits because the money can be used for any need. “Your generous donation provides us with the flexibility to support a wide variety of initiatives,” said Shaké Sulikyan, executive director of the ValleyCare Charitable Foun-dation. “Our focus is local, with the monies supporting state-of-the-art healthcare technology and equip-ment, facilities, clinical programs and services at Stanford Health Care-ValleyCare.” According to Sue Compton, CEO of Axis Community Health, this year’s donation will support dental visits for low-income, uninsured res-idents at the Axis dental clinic. “The Holiday Fund truly makes a differ-ence in our ability to provide care for Tri-Valley families,” Compton said. “Thank you to all of the support-ers of the 2019 Holiday Fund. Be-cause of you, more children, adults and seniors can count on food from Open Heart Kitchen,” said Denise Bridges, OHK’s development direc-tor. “We served more than 335,000 meals last year throughout the Tri-Valley. Your donations help feed our most vulnerable neighbors who do not have enough food to lead healthy lives. Hunger is affecting se-niors on a fixed income and families struggling to make ends meet, and your gift provides a healthy meal that they otherwise may not be able to afford.” Another organization that helps the Tri-Valley’s most vulnerable resi-dents, CityServe of the Tri-Valley, is a relative newcomer to the list of beneficiaries. CityServe coordinates resources and volunteers to connect with and care for individuals and

families facing crisis. With an in-creasing number of homeless, City-Serve provides much-needed service and “we are privileged to be a part of a community that encourages its fel-low citizens,” said CityServe’s CEO Christine Beitsch. “We are humbled by the generos-ity and thoughtfulness of the Pleas-anton Weekly readers!” said Edie Nehls, executive director of Sun-flower Hill, which creates residential communities and vocational pro-grams for adults with developmental disabilities. “This generous donation enables our team to continue to develop plans for accessible and exceptional living spaces, create and implement systems and procedures to support our residents and develop inspiring programs and activities to ensure a full and meaningful life for those who will live at Sunflower Hill at Irby Ranch,” Nehls added. “This past year has been an excit-ing and busy one for REACH with the addition of two new properties and remodel projects at two others,” said Kay King, Tri-Valley REACH board chair. “REACH now has 11 homes, pro-viding independent living for 34 adults with developmental disabili-ties or other special needs. Maintain-ing 11 homes and keeping them in good working order is a No. 1 priority for REACH,” King added. “We could not do it year after year if it weren’t for the generosity of our wonderful community!” “Because of the attention brought through programs like the annual Holiday Fund and the gifts we have received, we have been able to help directly over 1,500 cancer patients and impacted nearly 5,000 people in our community since 2009,” Sandra J. Wing said of the foundation named in her honor, Sandra J. Wing Healing Therapies Foundation, which offers grants for cancer patients to receive complementary healing therapies to provide comfort during chemothera-py and radiation treatments. The people who benefit from the annual campaign are not only those who find themselves in unfortu-nate or challenging circumstances, whether that be homelessness or hunger, disabilities or illness. “This will make a huge differ-ence to our students,” wrote Steve McCoy-Thompson, executive direc-tor of Pleasanton Partnerships in Education (PPIE), which supports Pleasanton schools. “Thank you very much for your ongoing generosity and support.” “These funds help support so many patients and their families,” Hope Hospice CEO Jennifer Hansen

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tobacco city-wide; (2) prohibit the sale of electronic smoking devices and related paraphernalia city-wide; (3) prohibit new tobacco sales within 1,000 feet of public schools, parks and recreation centers; (4) delegate implementation of tobacco retailer licensing (TRL); and (5) address possession of tobacco products by persons under age 21 by amending municipal Code Chapter 9.32 and Title 18

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The Amador Valley boys volleyball opened the season by running off four straight wins.

The week started for the Dons on March 3 with a straight-set victory over Livermore, 25-11, 25-14, 25-20. Luke McFall (12 kills, 1 ace), Sawyer Brookhart (7 kills, 1 block, 1 ace), Nate Clinton (6 kills, 4 aces) and Jacob Kim (16 assists, 3 kills, 3 aces) were key performers.

Devon Kost (8 digs, 1 ace) and Blake Bouchard (14 assists, 2 aces) made significant contributions.

Two nights later, Amador again won in straight sets, this time against San Ramon Valley, 25-15, 25-11, 25-16. The Dons were led again by McFall, Brookhart, Clinton and Kim, and also fueled by contributions from Justin Hanson (3 kills, 1 block), Ethan Gray (2 kills, 1 block), Bryce Nohava (6 assists), Lucky Swamina-than (2 aces) and Colin Nguyen play-ing in his first game following injury.

Foothill volleyball

The Falcons have run off five straight wins to open the season, including a 4-0 start in the East Bay Athletic League.

The hot start included wins over

Granada, Livermore, Dougherty Val-ley, Monte Vista and Mission San Jose.

The stat leaders through the first five games are: Mason Ward (se-nior co-captain) 65 kills, 23 service points, 22 digs; Azfal Peermoham-med (senior co-captain) 30 digs, 22 service points; Andre Doty (senior) 23 service points, 18 kills, 18 digs; and Nathan Tuazon (junior) 87 as-sists, 16 kills, 16 digs.

Foothill softball

Foothill officially kicked off its sea-son last week with two strong wins against Archbishop Mitty and Bishop O’Dowd.

On March 3, Nicole May started in the circle in a non-league game against Mitty. May pitched a com-manding game, spinning a shutout and striking out 15 in the 5-0 win.

Hailey Hayes came through with a triple, and both Courtney Beaudin and Izzy McElroy hit doubles.

One day later, Maddie Heinlin started in the circle in a non-league game against O’Dowd, giving up one run, and striking out eight is a 17-1 win.

Senior Amanda Mero had a pair of triples, with Sam Madsen, sisters Ally

and Izzy McElroy, Hayes, Caelin Ca-vanaugh and Emma Chandler each with multiple RBIs.

Amador tennis

The Dons continued rolling, beat-ing both San Ramon Valley and Dougherty Valley last week.

In the 9-0 win over SRV, Brett Miller, Vishal Muthavel, Bryan Park, David Alber, Nithilan Muruganand-ham and David Qiu all won their singles matches. The doubles teams of Robert Heeter/James Heeter, Idan Belau/Kunal Kadile and Aditya Nair/Sunny Mukerjee also came home with wins.

The Dons took down Dougherty Valley 8-1, getting singles wins from Miller, Muthuvel, Ben Deriquito, Park, Alber and Muruganandham. The doubles teams of Heeter/Heeter and Aditya Nair/Atul Nair took their matches.

In exhibition matches Mukherjee/Kardile got a win, as did Qiu in a singles match.

Foothill tennis

Foothill had a very busy week, playing seven matches — two in the EBAL and five in the California Ten-nis Classic in Fresno.

Foothill beat Monte Vista 5-4

by sweeping the first five singles matches, Adam Linette, Abhi Eedara, Christopher Lee, Jivan Krishna and Ian Dong. Cal also fell in the first five singles matches en route to losing to the Falcons 7-2, with Ani Poruri replacing Ian Dong.

Last Friday, Foothill opened the Tennis Classic by defeating Hart of Newhall 6-0, then losing to Jesuit of Sacramento 4-2, before rebounding to beat Clovis North 5-1.

The Falcons returned to the courts on Saturday beating Arroyo Grande in a tiebreaker after the two sides finished 3-3. They ended the tourna-ment beating Tamalpais 6-0.

Amador boys lacrosse

The Dons played two games last week.

On March 3, they traveled to San Jose and played a tough Bellermine College Prep team, losing 15-2. Cal Ewanich had two points (1 goal, 1 assist), while Jackson Hilton had a goal.

The JV team also lost 18-9. Carson Fialho (3 goals, 1 assist) and Reed Shaw (2 goals, 2 assists) led the offense.

Then last Friday night the Dons traveled to Cal and dropped a 15-3 final.

Hilton scored all three goals for the Dons, while Timmy Gallagher, Michael O’Brien and Wil Henry had multiple ground balls. Goalie Jonny Wessel faced 30 shots and made 13 saves.

The JV team also lost 10-7. Max Young and Will Coultrip each had two goals, while Carson Fialho con-tributed two assists. Ross Brown, Maxim Carrel and Ryan Brace each had multiple ground balls and forced turnovers. Goalie Alec Smith saved eight shot attempts.

Foothill girls lacrosse

Foothill picked up a pair of wins to improve its record to 3-2 on the year with victories over Davis 16-1 and Granada 16-0.

Against Davis, the Falcons exe-cuted a balanced attack that saw seven players score. Drew Pagtakhan took the opening draw down the field to put Foothill on the score-board less than a minute into the contest. Megan Guerra scored four goals, while teammates Audriana Templeman, Sadie Brown, Kayleigh Montana and Nikki Trueblood each scored multiple times.

The Falcons pressured the Davis offense all night with Alex McMil-lin, Lexi Whitney, Ella Camp and Ananya Kuttikkad forcing multiple turnovers. Goalie Paige Doyle tallied seven saves.

The Falcons continued their mo-mentum with the shutout of Granada.

Templeman led the scoring with five goals. Trueblood added three goals for Foothill with several other Falcons, including Sam Symons, Eva Bull and Noe Jue, also finding the back of the net.

Brown, Katelyn Guerra, Kayleigh Dennen and Kelly Feitz played well on defense.

Editor’s note: Dennis Miller is a contributing sports writer for the

Pleasanton Weekly. To contact Miller or submit local high school sports scores, game highlights and photographs for his weekly Pleasanton Preps column, email

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WHAT’S HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY POST CALENDAR ITEMS AT PLEASANTONWEEKLY.COMCalendarMusic VALLEY CONCERT CHORALE Enjoy an afternoon of musical selections about dreams, moon and the stars. March 15, 3-5 p.m. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door. Our Savior Lutheran Church, 1385 S. Livermore Ave., Livermore.

THE TAP PACK - BANKHEAD THEATER In an elegant and entertaining nod to the Rat Pack era, the Tap Pack will deliver cool classics with a fresh twist. Friday, March 27, 8 p.m. Cost $20-$75. Bankhead Theater, 2400 1st St, Livermore.

Talks & Lectures LAS POSITAS COLLEGE ENROLLMENT AND FINANCIAL AID WORKSHOP The Livermore Public Library and Las Positas College are partnering to offer a workshop on how to enroll and apply for financial aid at Las Positas College. This free workshop is Wednesday, March 25 from 6-8 p.m. Civic Center Library, 1188 Livermore Ave., Livermore.

HACIENDA PARK TOASTMASTERS CLUB Guests Welcome. Improve your public speaking, confidence, listening and leadership skills. Meetings are every Thursday at noon for one hour in the Dublin Library or Dublin City Hall Regional Meeting Room, 100 - 200 Civic Plaza, Dublin. Contact 398-3257 or 895-6796. [email protected]. $9 per month.

Arts AMADOR VALLEY QUILTERS Art quilter Fern Royce will be the guest speaker. Her lecture and trunk show will feature quilts based on free form construction with simple shapes that showcase fabric colors. Guest are welcome. March 14, 1:30 p.m. Hearst Elementary School, 5301 Case Avenue, Pleasanton.

Fundraisers THE SOCIETY OF SINGLE PROFESSIONALS -TRI-VALLEY WINE TASTING FUNDRAISING PARTY Single professionals of all ages are invited to meet new friends who appreciate fine wine and care about others.

This is a fundraiser for The Seva Foundation in Berkeley, CA to restore sight to the blind. $10 at the door includes 3 tastes of wine. Sun., March 15, 4-6 p.m. Pat Paulsen Vineyards, 5143 Tesla Rd., Livermore.

Family CLASSIC FILM MUSICALS - FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Classical film musicals continue this month with Fiddler on the Roof (1971). Wednesday, March 18, p.m. All tickets $5. Bankhead Theater, 2400 1st St, Livermore.

Health & Wellness MEMORY KITS - LIVERMORE PUBLIC LIBRARY The Livermore Public Library offers Memory Kits designed for caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s, dementia or memory loss. Anyone with a Livermore Public Library card may check out kits for two weeks. Civic Center Library, 1188 S. Livermore Ave., Livermore.

Outdoor Recreation NATURE PROGRAMS - MAMMALS OF THE ICE AGE Travel back in time with Ranger Dave and learn about the mammoth animals that used to call California home. Program will go rain or shine. Saturday, March 14, 2 p.m. Sycamore Grove Park, 1051 Wetmore Rd., Livermore.

MARCH WILDFLOWER MADNESS Join Ranger Amy for a hike into the hills to search for the best wildflowers of spring. This full hike will be about five miles and last 3 hours. Sunday, March 22, 2 p.m. Sycamore Grove Park, 1051 Wetmore Rd., Livermore.

Seniors FALL PREVENTION EXERCISE This exercise class focuses on strength and flexibility. Other benefits are improved health and well-being, more stamina, energy and a decrease in the likeliness of falls. Wednesdays, 10:15-11:10 a.m.

Pleasanton Senior Center, 5353 Sunol Blvd., Pleasanton.

AARP TAX ASSISTANCE Seventy-Five minute appointments will be available Mondays 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. and Fridays 9 a.m.-2 p.m. This service is free for people of any age with low to moderate income. Through April 13. Pleasanton Senior Center, 5353 Sunol Blvd., Pleasanton.

ANNUAL TRANSIT FAIR FOR SENIORS Several transit agencies are participating in order to assist senior citizens with their

transportation needs. The event is open to the public and will include door prizes. Tuesday, March 17, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Pleasanton Senior Center, 5353 Sunol Blvd., Pleasanton.

Teens ESCAPE ROOM FOR TEENS Livermore teens grades 6 though 12 are invited to sign-up for a Library Escape Room program during spring break on Wednesday, April 8, at 2 p.m. Registration begins on March 14. Contact 373-5504.

Livermore Public Library, 1188 S. Livermore Ave., Livermore.

Government PLEASANTON CITY COUNCIL MEETING The City Council holds regular meetings on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 7 p.m.. Meetings are open to the public and comments are always welcome. Contact the City Council at 931-5001 or [email protected].

Meet PerkyPerky is the perfect little package; a petite polite cat with long fur that hides her demure size. She’s a pint-sized pal who appreciates some pets and will reward you with purrs. Perky is estimated to be 7-1/2 months old. Meet Perky at Valley Humane Society, 3670 Nevada St. in Pleasanton. Visit valleyhumane.org or call 426-8656 for more information.

PET OF THE WEEK

VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY/E. SCHOLZ

995 Fictitious Name StatementSimply Burma FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 568455 The following person doing business as: Simply Burma, 7172 Regional St., #156, Dublin, CA 94568, County of Alameda, is hereby registered by the following owner: Origin Bay LLC, 7172 Regional St., #156, Dublin, CA 94568. This business is conducted by Origin Bay LLC, a Limited Liability Company. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name listed herein. Signature of Registrant: Martin Chou, Managing Partner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Alameda on February 11, 2020 (Pleasanton Weekly, February 21, 28, March 6, 13, 2020.)

Pearls & Teeth, Dental Practice of Veena Madhure, DDS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 568450 The following person doing business as: Pearls & Teeth, Dental Practice of Veena Madhure, DDS, 5720 Stoneridge Mall Road, #285, Pleasanton, CA 94588, County of Alameda, is hereby registered by the following owner: Veena Madhure, DDS, Inc., 1619 Angsley Lane, San Ramon, CA 94582. This business is conducted by Veena Madhure, DDS, Inc., a Corporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name listed herein January 15, 2020. Signature of Registrant: Veena Madhure, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Alameda on February 10, 2020. (Pleasanton Weekly, Feb. 21, 28, March 6, 13, 2020.)

LB Collisions Inc. DBA Lopez Brothers FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 568511 The following person doing business as: LB Collisions Inc. DBA Lopez Brothers, 25401 Mission Blvd., Hayward, CA 94544, County of Alameda, is hereby registered by the following owner: LB Collisions Inc., 25401 Mission Blvd., Hayward, CA 94544. This business is conducted by LB Collisions Inc., a Corporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name listed herein February 12, 2020. Signature of Registrant: Manuel Lopez, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Alameda on February 11, 2020. (Pleasanton Weekly, February 21, 28, March 6, 13, 2020.)

Crow Canyon Dry Cleaners FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 568519 The following person doing business as: Crow Canyon Cleaners, 7272 San Ramon Road, Dublin, CA 94568, County of Alameda, is hereby registered by the following owner: JNG Group LLC, 7272 San Ramon Road, Dublin, CA 94568. This business is conducted by JNG Group LLC, a Limited Liability Company. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name listed herein.

Signature of Registrant: Gurpreet Sahni, Secretary. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Alameda on February 13, 2020. Pleasanton Weekly, February 28, March 6, 13 20, 2020.)

Western Rail Management Services Inc. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 568590 The following person doing business as: Western Rail Management Services Inc., 12315 Foothill Rd., Sunol, CA 94586, County of Alameda, is hereby registered by the following owner: Western Rail Management Services Inc., 12315 Foothill Rd., Sunol, CA 94586. This business is conducted by Western Rail Management Services Inc., a Corporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name listed herein January 13, 2020. Signature of Registrant: Stephen D. Barkkarie, President, CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Alameda on February 14, 2020. (Pleasanton Weekly, February 28, March 6, 13, 20, 2020.)

Neighborhood Gardener FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 568847 The following person doing business as: Neighborhood Gardener, 1440 Mowry Ave., Fremont, CA 94538, County of Alameda, is hereby registered by the following owner: Nabiullah Bakhtar Khurasani. This business is conducted by Nabiullah Bakhtar Khurasani, an individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name listed herein. Signature of Registrant: Nabiullah Bakhtar Khurasani, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Alameda on February 24, 2020. (Pleasanton Weekly, February 28, March 6, 13, 20, 2020.)

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 562380 The following person(s) have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s). 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: TNT Mattress Outlet, 6200 Stoneridge Mall Road, Suite 300, Pleasanton, CA 94588 FILED IN ALAMEDA COUNTY ON: August 15, 2019 UNDER FILE NO. 562380. REGISTRANT’S NAME(S): Justin Warren, 8561 Rhoda Place, Dublin, CA 94568; Dominic Garibaldi, 11 Redtail Court, Danville, CA 94526. THIS BUSINESS WAS CONDUCTED BY Justin Warren; Dominic Garibaldi, General Partners. This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Alameda County on February 18, 2020. (Pleasanton Weekly, February 28, March 6, 13, 20, 2020.)

Discover Chiropractic FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 568898 The following person doing business as: Discover Chiropractic, 39284 Paseo Padre Parkway, Fremont, CA, County of Alameda, is hereby registered by the following owner: Hans Freericks Chiropractic Corporation, 39284 Paseo Padre Parkway, Fremont, CA. This business is conducted by Hans Freericks Chiropractic Corporation, a Corporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name listed herein January 6, 2005. Signature of Registrant: Hans Freericks, CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Alameda on February 25, 2020. (Pleasanton Weekly, March 6, 13, 20, 27, 2020.)

Tri-Valley Speech Therapy

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

File No.: 568632

The following person doing business as:

Tri-Valley Speech Therapy, 7596 Driftwood

Way, Pleasanton, CA 94588, County of

Alameda, is hereby registered by the

following owner: Brenna Donovan, 7596

Driftwood Way, Pleasanton, CA 94588. This

business is conducted by Brenna Donovan,

an Individual. Registrant has not yet begun

to transact business under the fictitious

business name listed herein. Signature

of Registrant: Brenna Donovan, Owner.

This statement was filed with the County

Clerk of Alameda on February 18, 2020.

(Pleasanton Weekly, March 6, 13, 20, 27,

2020.)

Sequoyah Counseling Center

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

File No.: 569212

The following person(s) doing business

as: Sequoyah Counseling Center, 21168

Redwood Rd., #100A, Castro Valley, CA

94546, County of Alameda, is hereby

registered by the following owner(s): Jeffrey

E. Klippenes, 25295 Palomares Road, Castro

Valley, CA 94552; Jacqueline R. Klippenes,

25295 Palomares Road, Castro Valley, CA

94552. This business is conducted by Jeffrey

E. Klippenes; Jacqueline R. Klippenes,

a Married Couple. Registrant(s) began

transacting business under the fictitious

business name(s) listed herein December

12, 1980. Signature of Registrant(s):

Jacqueline R. Klippenes; Jeffrey E.

Klippenes, LMFT. This statement was filed

with the County Clerk of Alameda on March

3, 2020. (Pleasanton Weekly, March 13, 20,

27, April 3, 2020.)

997 All Other LegalsORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF

NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE

OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF

ALAMEDA Case No.: HG20054124 TO ALL

INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: Komal

Sagar, on behalf of, Maanvi Sanket Sagar, a

minor, filed a petition with this court for a

decree changing names as follows: Maanvi

Sanket Sagar to Maanvi Parmar Sagar. THE

COURT ORDERS that all persons interested

in this matter appear before this court

at the hearing indicated below to show

cause, if any, why the petition for change of

name should not be granted. Any person

objecting to the name changes described

above must file a written objection that

includes the reasons for the objection at

least two court days before the matter is

scheduled to be heard and must appear

at the hearing to show cause why the

petition should not be granted. If no

written objection is timely filed, the court

may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: April 3, 2020, 11:00

a.m., Dept. 17 of the Superior Court of

California, County of Alameda, 1221 Oak

Street, Oakland, CA 94612. A copy of this

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published

at least once each week for four successive

weeks prior to the date set for hearing on

the petition in the following newspaper of

general circulation, printed in this county:

PLEASANTON WEEKLY. Date: February 21,

28, March 6, 13, 2020. Judge Desautels,

JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT.

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LIVERMORE253 Bellington Com #4 $599,000Sat/Sun 1-4 2 BD/2 BA Marti Gilbert 216.40631955 Ginger Com $799,000Sat/Sun 1-4 4 BD/2.5 BA Miranda Mattos 336.765312457 Mines Rd $1,099,000Sat/Sun 1-4 5 BD/2.5 BA Linda Futral 980.3561

PLEASANTON1564 Mendoza Ct $1,050,000Sat/Sun 1-4 3 BD/2 BA Kris Moxley 519.9080

5184 Blackbird Dr $1,329,000Sat/Sun 1-4 4 BD/2.5 BA Tim McGuire 462.76534954 Drywood St $1,208,000Sat/Sun 1-4 4 BD/2 BAJulia Murtagh 997.24113827 Phoebe Ct Call for priceSat/Sun 1-4 4 BD/3 BA Tim McGuire 462.76535179 Dakin Ct $2,148,000Sat/Sun 1-4 5 BD/4.5 BASean Jolley 596.69181931 Paseo Del Cajon $1,279,950Sat/Sun 1-4 5 BD/3.5 BA Joel & Cindy Engel 580.5106

This week’s data represents homes sold during Jan. 6-17 for Pleasanton and Dublin.

Pleasanton496 Adams Way T. Seal to E. & M. Fewel for $1,450,000

617 East Angela Street Praklet Living Trust to L. & M. Russo for $1,598,000

5368 Brookside Court Harris Living Trust to Candelario Living Trust for $812,500

4275 Holland Drive F. Sandico to T. & S. Pemmasani for $945,000

1818 West Lagoon Road Robson Homes to Huang Family Trust for $2,278,000

5098 Monaco Drive E. Bilbao-Mannwieler to P. Hanson for $540,500

3284 Monmouth Court Hodges Living Trust to S. & J. Sampathkumar for $1,263,000

7211 Valley View Court F. Asad to G. & G. Mathur for $798,000

4650 3rd Street L. Torres to C. Campo for $650,000

5130 Angelico Court Field Living Trust to S. & D. Liang for $1,100,000

3120 Cranwood Court G. & K. Nagpal to T. & D. Bhawal for $1,175,000

7501 Rosedale Court R. Henry to M. & U. Deshpande for $878,000

3641 Sirah Court Klenk Living Trust to K. & C. Mcenery for $1,150,000

577 Sycamore Creek Way B. & H. Hafker to R. & T. Stilwell for $1,949,000

1644 Tanglewood Court Sale Family Trust to Y. & W. Wang for $1,190,000

4871 Woodthrush Road Cold Family Trust to E. & J. Ramey for $1,170,000

Dublin2628 Alliston Loop Y. Yuan to E. & J. Cyriac for $962,000

7646 Arbor Creek Circle V. Stager to J. Zhang for $695,000

5315 North Esprit Loop N. Beckerman to S. & K. Narayanan for $835,000

3317 Monaghan Street I. & S. Tam to S. & M. Kocbayindiran for $714,500

6933 Stagecoach Road #G E. Bliss to C. & V. Soto for $570,000

4303 Trolan Lane P. & V. Gulati to A. & K. Eng for $1,188,000

8023 Via Zapata Renk Family Trust to G. & S. Arumugam for $915,000

3574 Capoterra Way #60 D. Guilford to D. Simmons for $955,000

8334 Cypress Court M. & M. Partridge to A. & S. Mani for $845,000

5501 De Marcus Boulevard #241 K. Lakarsu to S. & S. Vallabhaneni for $725,000

6829 Eden Street Pearce Family Trust to S. & P. Chaganti for $780,000

5698 El Dorado Lane Lennar Homes to R. & P. Lim for $957,000

4809 Perugia Street J. Beltramo to X. Shen for $660,000

4763 Perugia Street R. Vaidya to S. Yu for $685,000

4603 Vasari Street C. See to T. & P. Dang for $1,480,000

HOME SALES

Source: California REsource

SALES AT A GLANCE

Pleasanton (Jan. 6-17)Total sales reported: 16

Lowest sale reported: $540,500

Highest sale reported: $2,278,000

Average sales reported: $1,132,000

Dublin (Jan. 6-17)Total sales reported: 15



Average sales reported: $823,000

Livermore (Jan. 6-17)Total sales reported: 26




San Ramon (Jan. 27-Feb. 7)Total sales reported: 15




Source: California REsource

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