AROUND TOWN
'Moneyball' screening at Bishop Ranch 1 tonight
See the stars under the stars. Grab your family and friends and enjoy a special showing of the movie "Moneyball," starring Brad Pitt. The movie begins at 7 p.m. at Bollinger R... |
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on Aug 9, 2012 at 10:42 am by Bishop Ranch, a resident of San Ramon |
PUBLISHER'S BLOG
Tri-Valley Heroes: We're looking for a few good men and women
Daniel Boorstin wrote, In our world of big names, our true heroes tend to be anonymous. In this life of illusion and quasi-illusion, the person of solid virtues who can be ad... |
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on Aug 7, 2012 at 12:24 pm by Gina Channell-Allen, publisher of SanRamonExpress.com |
SAN RAMON OBSERVER: ROZ ROGOFF
Zone 7 Needs You!
Last May I championed the separation of the Zone 7 Water Agency from Alameda County in my blog, Set Zone 7 Free... |
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on Aug 7, 2012 at 10:03 am by Bill Williams, a resident of Dublin |
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Hope Hospice offers 1-on-1 grief support
The Hope Hospice Grief Support Center offers up to 10 private 1-on-1 grief support sessions for individuals, couples and youth. Sessions are provided at no fee both to our hos... |
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on Aug 7, 2012 at 6:17 am by Bob P, a resident of another community |
DOING COLLEGE
TopTips to Tackle The UC Essays
Seniors all over the country are busy writing their college application essays. Juniors will be doing the same task next year. Students applying to the UC are required to wr... |
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on Aug 6, 2012 at 7:38 pm by Doing College, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Bond vote reminder
The SRVUSD Board of Education is set to decide on a [Web Link $260 million bond issue] and will hold the deciding meeting at ... |
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on Aug 6, 2012 at 1:11 pm by Ted, a resident of San Ramon |
SPORTS
Tri-Valley Babe Ruth 13YO All-Stars Advance to Babe Ruth World Series!
Tri-Valley Babe Ruth 13YO All-Stars Advance to Babe Ruth World Series!
August 4, 2012
Surprise Stadium
Surprise, Arizona
The Tri-Valley Babe Ruth 13 year-old all-st... |
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on Aug 5, 2012 at 4:11 pm by Sean Venezia, a resident of San Ramon |
COMMENTS ON STORIES
School board ready to vote in favor of new $260 million bond
While the official vote won't come until Aug. 7, members of the San Ramon Valley school board seem poised to bring a $260 million bond issue to voters this November. Although... |
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on Aug 2, 2012 at 10:27 am by TOT, a resident of Danville |
AROUND TOWN
Downtown Danville comes alive
The Thursday night street fair is from 5:30-8:30 p.m. tonight in downtown Danville on Hartz and Prospect avenues. For more information, visit www.discoverdanvilleca.com.
Rea... |
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on Aug 2, 2012 at 8:46 am by Linda, a resident of Danville |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
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, ... |
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on Jul 31, 2012 at 12:07 pm by Member, a resident of San Ramon |
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Police identify body in brush at Dublin BART station
The Alameda County Coroner's Office has identified the woman whose body was found in the brush near the East Dublin/Pleasanton BART station parking structure Thursday afternoo... |
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on Jul 30, 2012 at 10:01 am by Ana, a resident of another community |
COMMENTS ON STORIES
DA's office dismisses 15 cases in CNET 'dirty DUI' scandal
As part of the fallout from a criminal case involving two Contra Costa County law enforcement officers, prosecutors have dismissed 15 pending criminal cases and declined to fi... |
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on Jul 30, 2012 at 9:18 am by Ms. bunny, a resident of San Ramon |
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Bay Area athletes well-represented at 2012 summer Olympics
Many athletes from the Bay Area, including two from Danville, will be representing Team USA, and others born abroad and living here will represent their home country. Danville... |
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on Jul 30, 2012 at 8:24 am by Jeff, a resident of San Ramon |
SAN RAMON OBSERVER: ROZ ROGOFF
Epicure for a week
I miss the Epicure blog by Jacqui Love Marshall. Her last post was at the end of last year. I liked reading her blog even if I didn't make the recipes. It's a newspaper tradit... |
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on Jul 29, 2012 at 10:01 pm by Roz Rogoff, the San Ramon Observer |
SAN RAMON OBSERVER: ROZ ROGOFF
Police warn of lottery scam
Danville Police are looking for information in connection with a "confidence scam" run on an individual earlier this week. San Ramon Valley residents should be on the lookout ... |
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on Jul 28, 2012 at 11:02 am by Roz Rogoff, the San Ramon Observer |
SAN RAMON OBSERVER: ROZ ROGOFF
So many stories, so little time
I started to write my Friday blog this afternoon about Cloud Funding. I wanted to cover a variety of sources for raising money from many small and micro investors. I have been... |
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on Jul 28, 2012 at 10:49 am by Roz Rogoff, the San Ramon Observer |
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Meet up with the mayor Friday morning
If you have a question or concern about pretty much anything having to do with life in San Ramon, you have another opportunity to take it to the City's mayor. Bill Clarkson wi... |
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on Jul 27, 2012 at 11:13 am by Jim, a resident of San Ramon |
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Shadow Cliffs issues water warning
The beach at Shadow Cliffs has posted warning signs about the water quality but it's not bad enough to close the swimming area, which has been popular during the recent high t... |
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on Jul 27, 2012 at 8:53 am by Looie Poosteur, a resident of another community |
RAUCOUS CAUCUS
What's in a Pronoun?
There may be no more loaded word in the English language than "you." It can be a fond term of endearment, as in, let's see, the phrase "I'm So-o in love with You" crooned b... |
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on Jul 25, 2012 at 3:35 pm by Tom Cushing, a resident of Alamo |
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Retail, transit-oriented development plan passes final public hearing
San Ramon's plan to bring in retail stores and create transit-oriented housing is a step closer to completion, with a reduced number of potential homes requested by City Counc... |
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on Jul 25, 2012 at 12:22 pm by San Ramon, a resident of San Ramon |
COMMENTS ON STORIES
City Council votes to hire public information officer
San Ramon is moving ahead with its plan to hire a public information officer, although the hiring passed on a narrow vote. The decision to hire fulltime spokesman for the city... |
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on Jul 25, 2012 at 11:23 am by Roz Rogoff, the San Ramon Observer |
DOING COLLEGE
What to Bring to College Next Fall
What do you bring to college? Most parents of seniors know a great deal about the work and stress of college admissions: visiting schools, taking standardized tests, filling o... |
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on Jul 24, 2012 at 6:48 pm by Doing College, a resident of another community |
COMMENTS ON STORIES
County fire district reductions will not affect SRV
The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District will soon limit the amount of aid it dispatches to the East Contra Costa Fire Protection
District in a move to conserve its ... |
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on Jul 24, 2012 at 8:09 am by Ms. Bunny, a resident of San Ramon |
SAN RAMON OBSERVER: ROZ ROGOFF
Shape the future of the 4th of July event
I woke up at 8:30 am last Saturday, which is early for me since I went to bed at 3 am after surfing around on my computer, but I wanted to attend the |
Roz Rogoff |
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on Jul 23, 2012 at 8:54 pm by Paul Mitchell, a resident of another community |
SAN RAMON OBSERVER: ROZ ROGOFF
Sledding to Hawaii
Alex Mehran single-handed his "Sled" category boat, Truth, from the Corinthian Yacht Club in San Francisco to Hanelei Bay in Hawaii in a little over 8.5 days, |
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on Jul 23, 2012 at 8:48 pm by Roz Rogoff, the San Ramon Observer |