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Are PG&E's Smart Meters hurting us? Anti-wireless group thinks so
Just before Josh Hart stepped into Thursday's California Public Utilities Commission meeting to join a group of people protesting PG&E's ongoing installation of SmartMeters, Hart sold his cell phone. (Friday, 12:02 PM)
Two San Ramon elementary schools get new principals
As students and teachers gear up for the start of classes Aug. 23, two elementary schools in San Ramon will see new leadership. The San Ramon Valley Unified School District board selected Barbara Mallon as the new principal at Twin Creeks Elementary and Nadine Rosenzweig as the principal at Live Oak Elementary. (Thursday, 1:31 PM)
 Victory Gardens, 1940s kitchens featured in new museum exhibit
With many families choosing again to grow their own food in a family garden, the Museum of the San Ramon Valley is taking it back to the time of Victory Gardens with their latest exhibit. During World War II, home gardens lessened the pressure on the public food supply and indirectly aided the war effort. (Wednesday, 1:03 PM)
Court says walls in Chipotle restaurants violate disability law
A lawyer for a wheelchair user who sued the Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. restaurant chain said Wednesday she hopes a ruling from a federal appeals court in San Francisco will lead to better facilities for disabled people. (Thursday, 4:35 PM)
 Camino Tassajara undergoing facelift
By the end of the year, Camino Tassajara, one of the longest major thoroughfares in the area, will be less bumpy, safer for pedestrians and it'll be more high-tech. (Tuesday, 4:06 PM)
 No rebuttals in the 2030 General Plan ballot measure
Shortly after being sworn in, San Ramon's new Citty Attorney Sheryl Shaffner was called upon Tuesday night to give the staff report on the item to reconsider including rebuttal arguments in the ballot measure on the 2030 General Plan. (Wednesday, 11:37 AM)
The making of a San Ramon Valley leader
What makes a strong community leader? Well, I'm about to find out and share with you. As editor of the Danville Express and the San Ramon Express, I am joining 23 others in the Leadership San Ramon Valley class of 2011. (Wednesday, 4:27 PM)
 Feel puppy love with Felix
Meet Felix, a playful yellow Labrador with the most beautiful light brown eyes. Felix may be 4 years old but he looks and acts like a puppy. Felix is polite with most other dogs, but he does not care for cats. He weighs 65 pounds and loves to cuddle and go for long walks. (Wednesday, 1:02 PM)
Is this the coolest summer in 40 years?
Some weather forecasters are saying this summer is the coolest in the San Francisco Area in 40 years. In San Ramon, Tuesday is expected to reach the mid to upper 70s with west winds of 5 to 10 mph. (Monday, 8:57 PM)
This week's police log
The San Ramon Police Department provides San Ramon Express with a record of its calls each week. This is a sampling, omitting the more mundane, such as routine traffic stops. (Tuesday, 3:32 PM)
Art or ... not?
In his most recent Art Space blog, writer John Barry explores truisms associated with art: beauty is in the eye of the beholder and art is anything you can get away with. What then is to be said when the beholding eyes are those of the general public and the 'piece' in question is a proposed temporary sound wall constructed on the west side of the Caldecott Tunnel's fourth bore? (Tuesday, 3:41 PM)
Have A Ball foundation raises money, hope in the fight against cancer
A golf outing to raise money in the fight against testicular cancer raised more than expected, according to organizer Bob Hammer. Hammer, who started the fundraiser "Have A Ball" six years ago out of his Danville garage, said the daylong event brought in $183,000. (Tuesday, 4:04 PM)
• Raquel's brand products recalled due to contamination in hummus salads, wraps (Monday, 4:29 PM)
• Financial series: Cities cope with shrinking funds (Monday, 4:26 PM)
• The perfect pairing (Sunday, 11:23 PM)
• Worker injured at Mustang soccer complex in Danville (Sunday, 6:44 PM)
• Alamo townhouse fire damage estimated at $250K (Sunday, 11:24 PM)
• Carnival time for Kids' Country (Thursday, July 22, 2010, 10:12 PM)
• Financial series: Cities cope with shrinking funds (Thursday, July 22, 2010, 5:11 PM)
• State unemployment drops to 12.3 percent in June (Monday, July 19, 2010, 11:19 AM)
• Financial series: Cities cope with shrinking funds (Tuesday, July 20, 2010, 3:55 PM)
• DSRSD rates to go up in January (Thursday, July 22, 2010, 5:17 PM)
• Vote to 'refresh' research on Rett Syndrome (Wednesday, July 21, 2010, 3:43 PM)
• FUNDaFIELD teens travel to world cup, hold tournament in South Africa (Wednesday, July 21, 2010, 4:38 PM)
• BB gunner hit cars overnight in San Ramon (Thursday, July 22, 2010, 4:41 PM)
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