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COMMENTS ON STORIES
Hotel rate increase unfavorable to some
Sierra Suites balked at adding an extra buck to the price of its rooms to help pay for Tri-Valley Tourism Business Improvement District at last night's City Council meeting, b...
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COMMENTS ON STORIES
Class teaches citizens about local government
A group of San Ramon residents recently received certificates for attending the City's Government 101 program. Government 101 is a six-week course to acquaint residents with t...
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AROUND TOWN
Local Theater produces hilarious hit show!
We are so blessed here in the valley to have access to a nearby theater with top quality peformances. I was treated to the show Noises Off at the Dean Lesher Theater this week...
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COMMENTS ON STORIES
Retired? Meet with the Sons in Retirement today
Branch 128 Sons in Retirement will host a luncheon today, Wednesday, April 21, at the San Ramon Golf Club, 9430 Fircrest Rd., San Ramon. The luncheon will include a social hou...
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COMMENTS ON STORIES
Aggressive geese pose problem at Amador Lakes
The serene waterways at Amador Lakes are attractive to more than the residents. Canadian geese have been making themselves at home in the 45-acre park-like setting almost sinc...
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SAN RAMON OBSERVER: ROZ ROGOFF
San Ramon Needs Our Own Animal Control
Last fiscal year (2009/2010) the City of San Ramon spent $311,500 on animal control. All of that money went to the Contra Costa County Animal Services Department (ASD) in Mart...
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CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Officers honored for saving teen
Police Officer David Roach and Corporal Jason Barnes were honored at the April 13 San Ramon City Council meeting for keeping a 15-year-old girl from taking her life. Corporal ...
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EDITOR'S BLOG
Hello from your new editor
As you may have noticed, there's been a little switch going on behind the scenes of Embarcadero Media, the parent company for San Ramon Express. Allow me to introduce myself a...
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ART SPACE
Art, Wine, Food, Mount Diablo
Mount Diablo faces much more serious threats than a lunatic who has proposed renaming it Mount Reagan, among other monikers. A relatively large percentage of the mountain�s ma...
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AROUND TOWN
No win for Canyon Park homeowners
Homeowners living near proposed interim Police Station argue to change the location again, but they don't change any minds or votes on the City Council.
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COMMENTS ON STORIES
Get into the Oakland A's action with $2 tickets
BART is teaming up with the Oakland A's to bring fans the popular "BART Double Play Wednesdays," which has been going on for more than a decade. The promotion allows fans to b...
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DIABLO VIEWS
Which one of us is 'Person 1'?
The 2010 Census is being tallied today - and that's no joke. "The Census must count every person living in the United States on April 1, 2010," read my form. Today the San Ram...
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EPICURE
Easter Brunch with Easy Casseroles
Hosting an Easter brunch is a great way to bring friends and family together. And it doesn�t have to be hard or expensive. Here are some simple things you can do to ensure a m...
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COMMENTS ON STORIES
Surveyer says
Don't worry about those surveyers out on street corners these days. Officials aren't thinking of widening (or narrowing) the streets; it's the Countywide Travel Demand Model u...
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SAN RAMON OBSERVER: ROZ ROGOFF
Save an animal and enrich your life
This is the subtitle of a presentation Elise Stewart and I are giving at the Alcosta Senior & Community Center (also known as the San Ramon Senior Center at 9300 Alcosta Blvd....
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COMMENTS ON STORIES
BART tracks to be closed this weekend
BART will be closing tracks between the Walnut Creek and Pleasant Hill stations this weekend and again on Memorial Day weekend while construction crews work on a $38 million p...
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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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COMMENTS ON STORIES
Don't flush those pills
The Dougherty Valley Police Station is providing a collection bin for disposing of waste pharmaceuticals. Central Contra Costa Sanitary District will take over safe disposal o...
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DIABLO VIEWS
Clearing out the homestead
Sixty-one years is a long time to live in one house. Long enough to raise a family and see them start families of their own - and even have great-grandchildren come to visit. ...
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