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Young Ivy Academy buses in the Oak Hills delivery driveway.
Is Young Ivy Academy
in the wrong location?
Y
oung Ivy Academy, a tutoring facility now expanding as
Heritage School, is looking
for a playground for its 30 younger
students. But its bid to convert
parking spaces along a well-used
delivery driveway behind stores in
the Oak Hills shopping center on
Sunol Boulevard is off the mark.
At least that’s what the Pleasanton Planning Commission decided,
a decision that was most recently
affirmed by the City Council. Not
only was the proposed site puzzling for anyone who viewed it, but
even the location of the academy/
Heritage School in the far rightback corner of a complex that includes Raley’s Supermarket seems
like the wrong place.
Besides Raley’s, the busy shopping center includes Mountain
Mike’s Pizza, Subway, a martial arts
studio and Tiffany’s Dance Academy, all catering to frequent, daylong vehicle traffic next to the same
corridor children use to reach the
school. There’s some drop-off area
in the rear driveway, which connects Mission Drive and Junipero
Street, but even that would have
been narrowed by the proposed,
albeit fenced-in 31-foot-by-64-foot
playground, which would have replaced eight parking spaces used
by store employees.
Last November, the Planning
Commission approved the transition of the tutoring facility to
Heritage School, which provides
tutoring for seventh-grade middle
school students to sophomores in
high school. Chinese and Spanish language training, and math
and English instruction are also
offered to students in kindergarten
through the sixth grade.
Although the proposed playground would only have been used
by the younger children and only
16 at a time, they would have
to be escorted across the driveway and then supervised in the
fenced enclosure. A masonry wall
on one side would have separated the playground from Junipero
Street residences on the other side;
the fence would have protected
children from the frequent Raley’s
trucks traveling on the other side.
Classes at the school meet in late
afternoons with Young Ivy buses
picking up students from local
schools and transporting them
to the shopping center. Parents
pick up their children from 5-6:30
p.m. Except for the proposed playground, the school has no space for
its students to take a break from
the hours they’ve already spent in
local schools and the additional
hours of tutoring at Heritage. Some
move on to nearby (and even more)
classes at the martial arts academy,
a music studio or the dance school.
Otherwise, they stretch their legs
while waiting to be picked up on
the shopping center’s walkways.
Mary Kenefick, who operates Heritage, acknowledged at a public hearing that the school’s request for the
playground was “unusual in context
as it is not the norm, but that does
not make it unreasonable, unworkable, undesirable or inappropriate.”
Instead, by using the available delivery driveway space, it would be “a
significant plus to the children who
are students at Young Ivy Academy
and to the community.”
With available space for tutoring facilities limited in Pleasanton,
as well as being quite expensive,
Kenefick said the Oak Hills site
is economically suitable and also
quite convenient for parents and
their students. The school also was
applauded by speakers at the public hearing who said their children
had benefited from the intense immersion in the specific lessons the
school offered.
Still, even without a playground
that school leaders say is vitally
needed to give their students some
fresh air exposure, comments at the
Planning Commission and before
the City Council beg the question of
whether operating a tutoring center
in the Oak Hills center’s concrete
environment is the right location.
Let’s hope that someone steps forward with a better place Kenefick
and Heritage School can accept. Q
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School board OKs student achievement plans
PPIE donates $330,000 for instructional coaches, counselors
An Evening of Music
Valley Concert Chorale is offering “An Evening of Music
with Pianist Daniel Glover” at
7:30 p.m. next Saturday (Feb.
21) at Lynnewood United Methodist Church, 4444 Black Ave.
Glover, who has been the
Valley Concert Chorale’s accompanist since 1998, will perform
a selection of Polish and Russian masterpieces, including
Paderewski’s Nocturne in B-flat
and Variations in A major, Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition” and Chopin’s 24 Preludes,
Opus 28.
The pianist will also share his
knowledge of each composer’s
work and style, breaking down
the components of the music to
enhance the musical experience
for the audience.
For more information, call
866-4003, email [email protected] or visit www.
valleyconcertchorale.org.
Cigarette cleanup
The Public Policy Subcommittee of the Pleasanton Youth Commission will host “Cigarette Butt
Cleanup” events this weekend
and next weekend, offering community service opportunities for
local high school students.
The first cleanup is set for this
Saturday from 8-10 a.m. at Ken
Mercer Sports Park at Hopyard
and Parkside roads. A second
event takes place the following
Saturday (Feb. 21) from 8-10
a.m. at Amador Valley Community Park, located at Santa Rita
Road and Black Avenue.
For more information about
the cleanups, email Samu Tiumalu at [email protected], or call 931-3432.
Poll workers
The Alameda County Registrar of Voters’ Office is recruiting
poll workers and bilingual poll
workers to staff election sites for
the March 17 special primary
election for the vacant 7th State
Senate District seat.
Poll workers earn between
$110 and $190 for their service,
election officials said.
To qualify, bilingual people
must be fluent in English and
one of the following languages:
Chinese, Spanish, Filipino/Tagalog, Vietnamese, Hindi, Japanese, Khmer or Korean.
Bilingual poll workers need
to pass a fluency assessment
and must attend a mandatory
training class to be eligible to
work on Election Day. Those
who qualify can earn extra pay
because of their bilingual skills.
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out an application, contact election officials at www.acgov.org/
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BY AMANDA AGUILAR
he Pleasanton school board
unanimously approved the
Single Plans for Student
Achievement (SPSA) as recommended by district staff Tuesday
night.
The SPSA focuses on curriculum
and instruction, the learning environment, and personal development.
The 2014-15 SPSA, created by
the Pleasanton Unified School District Site Council, includes a theory
of action, measurable goals and action plans to achieve those goals.
The goals and action plans were
developed after each school principal worked with the site council —
made up of teachers, school staff,
parents and secondary students
— to review student achievement
data.
During Tuesday’s presentation,
board members heard school plan
highlights from Vintage Hills Elementary principal Melissa Theide,
Harvest Park Middle School principal Ken Rocha and Village High
principal Dana Chavez.
According to Theide, Vintage
Hills students are challenged by
reading comprehension and academic vocabulary usage — which
impacts academic performance.
The school’s theory of action
states, “If we focus attention on
the workshop model, increasing
comprehension strategies, and student use of academic vocabulary,
then students will be better able
to engage in analysis of text and
math problems. This will result in
improved performance across all
academic areas (reading, writing,
and math).”
Vintage Hills’ goal is to increase
the percentage of students in all
subgroups proficient in English
language arts and mathematics as
measured by site and district assessments.
One of the strategies to support
that goal is to use the district improvement plan process, cycle of
inquiry and a ‘student study team’
process to develop measurable
goals and targeted interventions to
support student achievement.
A list of each of the school’s site
plans are available on the Pleasanton Unified School District (PUSD)
website.
Sharing
African
culture
Experience the
vitality of Africa
as the Friends
of the Sironka
Maasai Dance
Troupe perform
at the Pleasanton
Library at 1 p.m.
this Saturday.
Clad in distinctive Maasai red,
with beaded
jewelry and head
wear, the troupe
will present traditional Maasai
songs, dance and
storytelling from
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Kenya in their native tongue.
Troupe founder and Fulbright Fellow Nicholas Sironka was born in the heartland of the Maasai region, in
Kenya’s Rift Valley. He currently lives in Spokane, Wash., where he started the Kenyan Arts & Culture Center
and formed the dance troupe. The co-sponsor of the visit is the Cheza Nami Foundation, which is named for
the Swahili term for “play with me” — its mission is to preserve and share the uniqueness of African culture.
Fire department donates two outof-service fire trucks to Tulancingo
Organizations pitch in to handle paperwork, transportation
BY JEB BING
Two fire-fighting vehicles that
were about to be retired from the
Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department fleet have been donated to
Pleasanton’s sister city, Tulancingo,
Mexico.
The contribution was the result
of conversations Pleasanton Mayor
Jerry Thorne and Sister City Association president Rita Galvin had
last April with Tulancingo representatives when they were there as
part of the annual delegation visit.
But donating and transporting
two fire trucks to a Mexican city
wasn’t easy.
See FIRE TRUCK on Page 6
JAY GALVIN
Jorge Victoria, Rita Prieto-Galvin and Dick Stafford stand next to LivermorePleasanton Fire Department pumper truck donated to Pleasanton’s sister city
Tulancingo, Mexico.
In other business:
• Pleasanton Partnerships in Education (PPIE) Foundation announced
to board members and district
staff that it would be contributing
$330,000 to maintain PUSD’s two
instructional coaches and add two
counselors to each of the middle
and high schools, in support of
staff’s recommendation to restore
specific programs and services in
the 2015-16 fiscal year.
• The school board unanimously
approved hiring Brandi Campbell
as Pleasanton’s child nutrition services director.
• The board recognized the Pleasanton Cultural Arts Council
(PCAC) for its recent two-piano
See SCHOOL BOARD on Page 7
PUSD ranks
among Bay
Area’s best
Middle, high schools
also receive high ratings
in new report
The Pleasanton Unified School
District (PUSD) has been ranked
the third-best school district in the
Bay Area, according to the 2015
Niche rankings — a website that
provides reviews and rankings on
K-12 schools, colleges and neighborhoods.
Factors that were considered in
the ranking included: academics,
administration and policies, educational outcomes, health and safety,
student culture and diversity, survey responses (from current students, recent alumni and parents),
teachers, resources and facilities,
extracurriculars and activities, and
sports and fitness.
According to the Niche report,
PUSD received B’s or higher on
eight factors but received a C+ for
extracurriculars and activities.
“A lot of extracurriculars, but fees
are expensive,” wrote a Pleasanton
parent in a review dated May 8, 2014.
Niche gave PUSD a score of four
out of five for overall experience,
based off a parent/student survey
that had 79 respondents.
To assess the district, Niche used
data from various government and
public agencies. Statistics obtained
from the U.S. Department of Education represent the most recent
data available, typically from 201112, according to Niche’s website.
Niche also ranked PUSD 16th
in its list of Best School Districts
in California, out of 100 eligible
school districts that have at least
100 students enrolled.
“Our students are provided stelSee PUSD on Page 6
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lar education and continue to excel
because of their hard work taught
by our innovative teachers, supported by exemplary administrators and staff, and a community
that goes above and beyond to
support their children and our
schools,” said PUSD superintendent Parvin Ahmadi.
Trailing right behind PUSD is
San Ramon Valley Unified School
District, ranking fourth in the Bay
Area and 20th in California.
For a full list of school district
rankings, visit https://k12.niche.com.
Middle and high schools
Niche also released a list of the
best public middle schools and
high schools in the Bay Area, placing all three Pleasanton middle
schools in the top five and Amador
Valley High School ranked as fifth.
According to the report, Pleasanton Middle School ranked second,
Harvest Park ranked third and Hart
ranked fourth.
All three middle schools received
FIRE TRUCK
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The two vehicles, a pumper and
a brush firefighting truck, had to
be serviced and inspected by the
department to make sure they were
ready for use and travel. At the
same time, ownership transfer and
insurance paperwork had to be prepared and signed off by both Livermore and Pleasanton officials and
their counterparts in Tulancingo.
Finally, the challenge of transporting the trucks and getting them
across the border had to be resolved.
After a number of discussions
and with help from the Rotary
Club of Pleasanton, it was agreed
the best way would be for Pleasanton representatives to transport
the vehicles to the border near San
an A+ in academics, overall district
experience and teachers, and a B+
in student culture and diversity.
In Niche’s 2015 Best Public Middle Schools in California rankings,
Pleasanton Middle School ranked
18th, Harvest Park ranked 25th
and Hart ranked 26th — out of
100 eligible middle schools that
have an average grade size of at
least 15 students school-wide.
According to the 2015 Niche
rankings of best public high
schools in the Bay Area, Amador
Valley ranked fifth and Foothill
High School ranked 12th.
Amador received either a B- or
higher in academics, health and
safety, student culture and diversity,
teachers, resources and facilities,
and sports and fitness. The high
school received a C in extracurriculars and activities. In addition,
Niche gave Amador a 4.2 out of 5
for overall experience.
Foothill received a B or higher in
all ranking factors, but received a
3.8 out of 5 on overall experience
from parents and students.
In Niche’s California ranking,
Amador ranked 25th and Foothill
ranked 61st. Q
—Amanda Aguilar
Diego, meet up with Tulancingo
representatives there and make the
official transfer.
Jorge Victoria, president-elect
of the Pleasanton-Tulancingo Sister City Association, and board
member Dick Stafford volunteered
(after some “coaching”) to drive
the smaller brush fire truck. But,
the larger engine would have to be
transported on a flat bed.
Enter Bob Silva, former president
of The DeSilva Group, Jim Summers, the Pleasanton company’s
current president, and Ron Chavez
of Double D Transport who provided the service needed at no cost.
Both vehicles arrived at the transfer point on time and ownership
was transferred to the Tulancingo
Fire Department with Tulancingo
fire chief Jesus Garcia vowing to
put the donated fire trucks in service as quickly as possible. Q
TAKE US ALONG
Choice view: Good friends Ed and Susan Cambra and Karen and Daniel
Barberio-Kitts traveled to Croatia, Greece and Italy. They spent several days
hiking in Cinque Terre, Italy and finally found the perfect spot to take a photo
with the Pleasanton Weekly.
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O’Malley receives Irvine
Foundation grant
County D.A. works to end sexual exploitation of children
BY JEB BING
Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley, recently
named the county’s “Citizen of the
Year,” was honored again this week
at a Sacramento luncheon with
the 2015 James Irvine Foundation
Leadership Award.
O’Malley was one of five Californians presented with foundation awards to recognize innovative
leaders advancing breakthrough
solutions to critical issues facing
the state.
Her award was for heading an
office that leads the state in human
trafficking prosecutions.
In 2005, O’Malley created the
Human Exploitation and Trafficking (H.E.A.T.) Watch program, the
first of its kind in California and
the first to operate within a public
prosecution office in the U.S.
H.E.A.T. Watch brings prosecutors, investigators and victims’ advocates together
to address the
needs of those
who have been
exploited, while
working to ensure their exploiters are prosecuted to the full extent of the law. A
Nancy
2012 report from
O’Malley
the California attorney general stated that O’Malley’s
office has prosecuted 46% of all
human trafficking cases in California.
“We need a meaningful and substantive dialogue among law en-
forcement, public welfare, juvenile
justice and other leaders to chart a
course for how California’s public
systems should best handle and
care for victims of human trafficking and abuse,” O’Malley said.
“By coming together, working
collaboratively and providing a
comprehensive response, we will
save lives and we will be more effective at preventing child sex trafficking,” she added.
O’Malley and the other four honored each received $200,000 to
advance their work.
“(My office) will use this award as
an opportunity to create an institute
devoted to ending the sexual exploitation of children,” O’Malley said.
“The institute will bring together
a group of committed leaders from
diverse backgrounds that will examine the status of our state’s response to human trafficking and
create an evidence-based guide for
policy makers, elected leaders and
communities to adopt in the fight
to end human trafficking of children across our state,” she added. Q
COURTESY OF PUSD
The Amador Valley “We The People” team won the state competition and earned a spot in the national finals.
PUSD ‘We The People’ teams
finish strong at state competition
Amador Valley headed to nationals after win; Foothill places third
BY AMANDA AGUILAR
The Amador Valley High and
Foothill High “We The People”
(WTP) Competition Civics teams
had strong showings at the state
competition held Jan. 30-31 in
Bakersfield, with the Dons taking
the top spot in the event.
With its victory, the Amador
Valley WTP team advanced to the
28th annual We the People National Finals in Washington, D.C.
“The students and I (along with
a Northern California ‘We the
People’ volunteer Ms. Beck Lucas)
had a terrific time competing in
Bakersfield,” said Amador WTP
coach Stacey Sklar. “The students
faced a long day of competition,
but they maintained their stamina
and were consistently strong. I
was very proud of their efforts.”
Foothill ranked third out of the
10 teams competing.
“This was a great year with an
impressive group of kids,” said
Jeremy Detamore, Foothill WTP
coach. “They worked very hard
and I’m extremely proud of their
COURTESY OF PUSD
Foothill High School’s “We The People” team placed third at the state
competition.
accomplishments.”
Amador is now busy preparing for the national competition,
which includes raising money for
their trip in April.
According to district officials,
donations and contributions can
be sent to Amador Valley to the
attention of the Competition Civics Team. Checks should be made
out to “AVHS — Comp Civics.”
“We are extremely proud of our
students who continue to impress
us with their exceptional skills,”
Pleasanton schools superintendent Parvin Ahmadi said. “We are
grateful to our wonderful volunteers who help make these kinds
of competitions possible for our
students.” Q
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State contacting one million
income tax non-filers
BY JEB BING
If you didn’t pay your California
taxes in 2013, the state’s Franchise Tax
Board (FTB) is looking for you.
More than one million people
who earned money in 2013 but did
not file a state income tax return
will hear from the FTB.
Since the 1950s, the FTB has
contacted people who earned income in California but did not file
a tax return. The letters are sent
throughout the year, starting in
January. Last year, FTB collected
more than $715 million through
this effort, helping to ensure everyone pays their fair share.
Each year, FTB receives more
than 500 million income records
from banks, employers, state government, the IRS and other third
parties. FTB matches these income
records against its database of tax
returns. The program detects others who earned income but did not
file a return through sources such
as occupational licenses and mortgage interest payments.
95%
Those contacted by FTB have
30 days to file a state tax return or
show why one is not required. For
those who do not respond, FTB
estimates a tax bill based on income
records. The assessment includes
interest, fees, and penalties that can
total as much as 50% of the tax due.
Some taxpayers might not have
filed because they earned too little.
But these taxpayers also may want
to file returns. If they had too much
withheld from wages or overpaid
estimated taxes, filing a return is
the only way to get a refund.
State tax law allows taxpayers
four years to claim a refund. For
2010 returns, that window generally closes this April 15. There is no
penalty for filing a late return that
qualifies for a refund.
FTB provides more information
for those receiving a letter at ftb.
ca.gov. Taxpayers can search for:
Respond to request/demand for tax
return. Using this online service,
individuals can request more time
to reply, retrieve information that
can assist in filing a tax return,
request tax forms, learn about payment options, sign up to receive an
email reminder to file and access
other services. They can also call
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benefit concert with Tamriko Siprashvili and Temirzhan Yerzhanov.
• Seven Pleasanton students were
recognized for the character trait of
compassion or self-discipline.
The following students were recognized for their compassion: Ella Piergrossi, Elisa Elizalde and Diego Cardoso. The following students were
recognized for their self-discipline:
Ava Navarrette, Malachi Bryant, Jasmine Zhang and Kristen Fung.
• The next school board meeting
is scheduled for Feb. 24 at 7 p.m.
in the district’s boardroom, 4665
Bernal Ave. Q
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NEWSFRONT
Thoratec reports 4th quarter
revenue of $128 million
Pleasanton-based
Thoratec
Corp., developer and manufacturer of device-based mechanical
circulatory support heart therapies, this week reported revenues
of $128 million for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2014.
That compares to revenues of
$128.2 million in the same period
of 2013.
“We were pleased with our results in the fourth quarter, which
included sequential improvement
in overall market growth and our
competitive position,” said D. Keith
Grossman, president and CEO.
“I am encouraged by initial
progress with our recent organizational and execution related
initiatives, and by the sales performance across all of our key
geographies,” he added.
Net income based on generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) was $11.8 million, or
$0.21 per diluted share, compared
with GAAP net income of $13.1
million, or $0.23 per diluted share,
in the same period a year ago.
Non-GAAP net income was
$21.4 million, or $0.39 per diluted share, compared with nonGAAP net income of $22.1 million, or $0.38 per diluted share, in
the same period a year ago.
For the year ending Jan. 3,
2015, revenues were $477.6 million, a decrease of 5% compared to
revenues of $502.8 million in the
Pleasanton teen advances to
national science competition finals
BY AMANDA AGUILAR
same period a year ago.
Net income on a GAAP basis
was $50.4 million, or $0.89 per
diluted share, compared with
GAAP net income of $73.3 million, or $1.26 per diluted share, in
the same period a year ago. NonGAAP net income was $79.7 million, or $1.40 per diluted share,
compared with non-GAAP net income of $104.9 million, or $1.80
per diluted share, in the same
period a year ago.
“We made significant advancements in our product pipeline
during the quarter, including completion of enrollment in the HeartMate III CE Mark trial, substantial
enrollment in the safety phase of
the HeartMate III IDE in the U.S.,
and additional cases in the HeartMate PHP CE Mark trial, all of
which continue to bring us closer
to commercialization of exciting
next generation products,” Grossman said.
Thoratec maintains its global headquarters at 6035 Stoneridge Drive. Q
—Jeb Bing
An Amador Valley High student has been named a finalist
in the Intel Science Talent Search
(STS) 2015, which recognizes
young innovators in the United
States who are creating technologies and solutions that aim to
positively impact people’s lives.
“It’s still unbelievable,” senior
Janel Lee said in an email. “To
be honest, I thought my research
subject was somewhat more modest and simple compared to people who were claiming to cure
cancer or something to that end.”
Lee, who was selected from
300 semifinalists and more than
1,800 entrants, applied to the Intel
STS by submitting a full research
paper and written essays, as well
as showing her involvement in science, technology, engineering and
mathematics (STEM) education.
Her research, titled “An Enhanced Method for HDR Imaging:
Artifact-Free and Optimized for
Mobile Devices,” focuses on high
dynamic range (HDR) imaging.
According to Lee, most real
world scenes have a high dynamic range that can’t be completely captured by sensors. In
order to create an HDR image,
low dynamic range (LDR) images
at different exposures are stacked
on top of each other.
HDR imaging assumes that
there are perfect conditions, such
as the LDR images being lined up,
so it’s not practical for hand-held
devices, Lee said.
“I proposed an algorithm to avoid
artifacts (distortions) caused by unsatisfied conditions,” she added.
Lee developed an algorithm that
addressed the distortions and then
optimized that algorithm on a mobile platform using heterogeneous
computing — systems that use
more than one kind of processor.
She said she kept in mind the
computing power constraints of
mobile devices but was able to
achieve a “more effective and efficient algorithm.”
As a Top 40 finalist, Lee will
present her research work in
Washington, D.C, where she will
compete with other students for
more than $1 million in awards
provided by the Intel Foundation.
According to officials from the
Society for the Science & the
Public, three Medal of Distinction
awards of $150,000 each will be
presented to students who show
exceptional scientific potential in
basic research, global good and
innovation. In addition, there will
be three second-place awards of
$75,000 and three third-place
awards of $35,000.
“I don’t know about my project
being chosen for a top award, but
I will continue to work hard on
research and will do my best at
Washington, D.C.,” Lee said.
In preparation for the Intel
STS, Lee has been testing a few
more ideas and wrapping up all
the research she has done so far.
She also plans to show her presentation to family and friends
to receive some feedback on her
work.
According to Lee, she has been
working on this research project for almost a year and a half.
She has always been interested in
HDR imaging but her research inspiration came from her daily life.
“I have a HDR feature on my
own smartphone camera, but it
takes five times as long to use
using the normal setting, and the
result doesn’t even look as good,”
Lee said. “I couldn’t understand
why we had such advanced technology on our phones if people
weren’t even going to use it.”
Her research solution was initially going to be used for herself
and her photographs, but Lee
said she has gained more confidence in her research that she
hopes to share her solution with
others. Q
Symphony to celebrate youth and romance
‘Young Love’ will feature pianists who won regional competition
BY PATRICIA BOYLE
WEEKLY MEETING NOTICES
City Council
Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 7:00 p.m.
Council Chamber, 200 Old Bernal Avenue
• Update on water shortages and local emergency
declaration
• Adopt Resolutions of Intention to Renew the Tri-Valley
Tourism Assessment District and Requesting Consent
to Administer Assessments
• Public Hearing: P14-1276, City of Pleasanton –
Consider introduction of an ordinance to amend Title
18 (Zoning) of the Pleasanton Municipal Code to
establish a permit process and performance standards
for beekeeping
• Consider the formation and composition of a Civic
Center/Library Facilities Master Plan Task Force
Housing Commission
Thursday, February 19, 2015 at 7:00 p.m.
Council Chamber, 200 Old Bernal Avenue
• Review of City Council Priorities
• Update Regarding the Housing and Human Services
Grant (HHSG) Review Process
• Continued Discussion Regarding November 20, 2014
Workshop on Commission Work Plan and Priorities
• (WWVPU[TLU[VM5L^6ѝJLYZ*OHPYWLYZVUHUK=PJL
Chairperson) for 2015
The above represents a sampling of upcoming meeting items.
For complete information, please visit
www.ci.pleasanton.ca.us/community/calendar
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Livermore-Amador Symphony’s
next concert, “Young Love,” will
take place next Saturday (Feb. 21)
at the Bankhead Theater in Livermore with works by Rossini, Prokofiev, Debussy, Rachmaninoff and
Tchaikovsky.
This second concert of the symphony’s 51st season will feature the
winners of the 2014-15 Competition for Young Musicians: Vincent
Liu, a sophomore at San Ramon’s
Dougherty Valley High School, and
Misha Galant, a junior at San Ramon’s California High.
Liu and Galant were among 13
young musicians to participate in
the competition last fall, a group
also comprised of students from
Pleasanton, Dublin and Livermore,
according to organizers. The solo
performers played a range of instruments, including piano, violin,
cello, flute and clarinet.
The “Young Love” program, conducted by Lara Webber, will open
with the overture to Rossini’s comic
opera, “The Barber of Seville,” in
which he used music from two of
his earlier works for the overture.
Its versatility continues to this day,
with the music appearing in commercials, cartoons and movies.
Liu, 16, will perform the first
movement of Prokofiev’s technically difficult Piano Concerto No. 2
in G Minor, Opus 16.
Liu, who currently studies with
Hans Boepple, made his orchestral
debut at age 12 with the El Camino
Youth Symphony. Recently, he took
first place in the Marilyn Mindell
Senior Piano Competition of the
Peninsula Symphony, was a winner
of the California Association of Professional Music Teachers Honors
Auditions, was named an Alternate
in the California State Senior Division of the 2015 Music Teachers
National Association Competitions,
and finished fourth at the Los Angeles International Liszt Competition. In April, he will appear as a
soloist with the Peninsula Symphony.
Prokofiev performed his Concerto No. 2 at its premier in Pavlovsk
in 1913 to mixed reviews. When
the original score was destroyed in
a fire after the Russian Revolution,
Prokofiev reworked the concerto
and performed the revised version
at its 1924 Paris premier.
Next on the program is Claude
Debussy’s “Clair de lune,” originally
written in 1890 as “Promenade
Sentimentale.” It is the third, and
most famous, movement of his
“Suite Bergamasque.”
Following intermission, 17-yearold Galant will perform Sergei Rachmaninoff’s challenging Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Opus 30
(finale). Galant’s musical heritage
spans three generations of pianists,
including his mother and teacher, Olya Katsman, his father, Jed
Galant, his great-grandmother who
was a student of Vladimir Horowitz,
and his great-grandfather.
At the age of 12, Galant won
the Oakland East Bay Symphony
concerto competition and gave his
first full solo recital. His many accomplishments include first prizes
in the Menuhin-Dowling Young
Pianists Competition, the California Association of Professional
Music Teachers (CAPMT) Bartok
and Contemporary Music competition, the CAPMT northern division
Concerto Competition and Honors Auditions, the East Bay Music
Festival, and the Marilyn Mindell
Piano Competition. Recently, he
won the Peninsula Symphony Concerto Competition.
Rachmaninoff wrote his Piano
Concerto No. 3 in 1909 in advance
of his first U.S. tour as a pianist.
Soon after its New York premier,
Rachmaninoff performed the concerto again, under the direction of
Gustav Mahler.
The concert will conclude with
Tchaikovsky’s romantic “Romeo
and Juliet” Fantasy-Overture.
The concert begins at 8 p.m.,
preceded by a prelude talk from
7-7:30 p.m. At intermission, the
audience will be treated to a special
performance in the lobby by the
teen jazz band, Element 116, under
the direction of Matt Finders. For
more information, visit www.bankheadtheater.org or call 373-6800. Q
Editor’s note: Patricia Boyle is vice
president of the California Writers Club,
Tri-Valley Branch. She has won awards
for her short stories and has been writing
about the Livermore-Amador Symphony
for two years.
Community Pulse
POLICE BULLETIN
Pleasanton man charged with embezzling
from Little League
A former president of Pleasanton
American Little League was arrested
on the morning of Feb. 5 after
police allege he stole more than
$20,000 from the league’s accounts,
using some of the money to pay for
a family trip to Southern California.
Jeremy Lee Cardera, 35, of Pleasanton was booked into the Santa
Rita Jail in Dublin on felony charges
of embezzlement and passing a bad
check, according to Pleasanton police Sgt. Kurt Schlehuber.
Police began their investigation
in late December after receiving
reports of $20,708.91 being taken
from Pleasanton American Little
League financial accounts, with
then-president Cardera being identified as the culprit, Schlehuber
said.
According to the sergeant, when
league representatives confronted
Cardera about the suspicious financial transactions, he quickly resigned as league president and later
attempted to repay the league by
writing a personal check from an
account that had insufficient funds
to cover the payment.
Police allege Cardera paid for a
family vacation to Southern California by using money stolen from the
league’s bank accounts. Schlehuber
said investigators verified the trip
through bank statements, hotel reservation records and photographs
posted to social media.
According to Schlehuber, investigators also found that Cardera
made cash withdrawals at an ATM
and inside banks, and a majority
of the withdrawals from Pleasanton
American Little League accounts
occurred on the same day he depos-
ited money into his personal bank
account.
In most cases, the amount taken
from the league account matched
the amount deposited into Cardera’s
account, the sergeant added.
Pleasanton police took Cardera
into custody on an arrest warrant
Feb. 5, booking him into the county jail around 8:15 a.m. with bail set
at $20,000, according to the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office website.
In other police reports:
• A Pleasanton man was arrested
on suspicion of making criminal
threats following a police standoff
Sunday evening.
Officers responded to a home on
the 3800 block of Antonini Way to
locate 58-year-old Rajinderpal Dhillon while investigating reports that
Dhillon had threatened someone
earlier in the day, Pleasanton police
said.
According to police reports, responding officers could see Dhillon
walking around inside the home,
located off Via Di Salerno near the
Ruby Hill Community Center.
He allegedly refused to answer
the door and appeared very agitated. Police allege Dhillon made
violent threats to the officers on
several occasions.
Officers established a perimeter
around the house and attempted to
initiate communication but Dhillon would not comply, police said.
Nearby residents were advised to
shelter in place.
Police reports said the East
County Tactical Team responded to
the residence, and officers were able
to negotiate Dhillon’s surrender at
9:30 p.m. Sunday.
He was booked into Santa Rita
Jail in Dublin. Police said no one
was injured during the incident.
• Two transient men were arrested
Feb. 5 for allegedly trying to cash
two fraud checks at Heritage Bank
on Main Street.
According to police, Aaron Williams, 54, and Roland Richie, 59,
entered the bank with the two
checks and asked an employee to
cash them in.
The employee reportedly recognized the checks’ account holder
and called her to verify if she issued
the checks, which she denied.
When officers arrived to the
bank, they conducted an investigation and discovered the woman
uses a check printing system that
has shown fraudulent activity on
her account on other occasions.
Williams and Richie were arrested on suspicion of check fraud
as well as burglary — because they
entered the bank with the intent to
steal money, police said.
• A 21-year-old man was arrested
Feb. 2 after he caused serious bodily injury to his brother, police said.
According to police reports, Joaquin Gonzalez came home from
work and stepped on Fernando
Gonzalez’s ankle, which caused the
two brothers to get into an argument.
Police said Joaquin Gonzalez
head-butted his brother, cutting
him above his right eye.
Fernando Gonzalez was taken
to Valley Care Medical Center, and
Joaquin Gonzalez was arrested on
suspicion of battery with serious
bodily injury.
Under the law, those arrested
are considered innocent until convicted. Q
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Feb. 2
Feb. 4
Missing person report
Q 12:43 a.m.; street information not
disclosed
Vandalism
Q 6:12 p.m. in the 400 block of Junipero
Street
Fraud
Q 7:05 a.m. in the 5200 block of Armani
Court
Q 9:58 a.m. in the 3400 block of
Torlano Court
Q 3:45 p.m. in the 1800 block of
Spumante Place
Theft from auto
Q 3:41 a.m. in the 3100 block of
Devereux Court
Q 9:38 a.m. in the 7300 block of
Stonedale Drive
Q 10:37 a.m. in the 1300 block of
Rhone Place
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Court
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Springhouse Drive
Q 11:39 a.m. in the 2500 block of
Jolene Court
Q 12:30 p.m. in the 3100 block of
Camdon Court
Trespass/prowling
Q 7:59 a.m. in the 2700 block of
Willowren Way
Vehicle tampering
Q 4:46 p.m. in the 4300 block of
Hacienda Drive
Shoplifting
Q 5:15 p.m. in the 4500 block of
Rosewood Drive
Assault/battery
Q 2:50 p.m. in the 3500 block of Brent
Court
Drug violation
Q 5:21 a.m., intersection of Sunol
Boulevard and Sycamore Road
Robbery
Q 4:06 p.m. in the 1000 block of
Stoneridge Mall Road
Theft from structure
Q 5:25 p.m. in the 4400 block of Willow
Road
p.m. in the 4900 block of Owens
Drive
Feb. 3
Alcohol violation
Q 12:46 p.m. in the 5500 block of West
Las Positas Boulevard
Theft
Q 11:50 a.m. in the 4000 block of
Graham Street; theft from auto
Q 12:09 p.m. in the 5500 block of
Springhouse Drive; theft from auto
Q 1:23 p.m. in the 6600 block of Koll
Center Parkway; theft from auto
Q 2:18 p.m. in the 4500 block of
Rosewood Drive; theft from structure
Q 3:18 p.m. in the 1300 block of
Stoneridge Mall Road, shoplifting
p.m. in the 900 block of Crellin
Road; theft from auto
Feb. 5
Commercial burglary
Q 7:45 a.m. in the 2900 block of
Stoneridge Drive
Theft
Q 1:10 p.m. in the 00 block of
Stoneridge Mall Road; theft from
auto
Q 8:15 p.m. in the 4500 block of
Rosewood Drive; shoplifting
Feb. 6
Shoplifting
Q 5:02 p.m. in the 2100 block of
Stoneridge Mall Road
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Opinion
EDITORIAL
THE OPINION OF THE WEEKLY
Back to the future with controlled growth
S
tymied for the last few years by a court order and state
mandate to allow developers to build more than 3,000
high-density apartment units for low-to-moderate income
tenants, the Pleasanton City Council Tuesday is expected to
approve a growth management ordinance that will slow down
residential building in the future.
Capping new housing units at 235 a year, the new ordinance
is written to meet the state’s ongoing Regional Housing Needs
Allocation, yet keep the city’s residential building floodgates
reasonably closed.
Building won’t stop for now. An Alameda County Superior
Court order, favoring a lawsuit filed in 2008 by affordable housing coalition Urban Habitat against a 29,000-unit housing cap
Pleasanton voters passed in 1996, along with supportive state
mandates, means that work will continue on major apartment
projects already approved. Two are already under construction on
West Las Positas Boulevard and in Hacienda, with more to follow.
But that will be it. The new growth management measure
will limit new housing while also giving city staff and the
council wiggle room to approve individual requests for up to
10 new homes each year and flexibility to allocate the allowable annual number to accommodate low-income housing. It
also changes the method of tracking housing unit allocations
from the time building permits are issued to back when the
development plan is actually approved, ending a process that
Paula Huettig
Paula Huettig, 70, of Ocean
Township, NJ died peacefully at
home on Monday, January 26th,
2015, with her husband, David;
stepson Tom, and his wife Sue at
her side.
Born in Georgia, Paula spent
most of her life in Little Falls and
Wayne, NJ. She worked for PF
Laboratories, Inc. of Totowa, NJ
and, in 2004, retired from her
position in Human Resources
after 27 years with the company.
Following her retirement, she and
her husband David moved to Pleasanton, California, returning
to New Jersey late last year.
A lifelong member of the Episcopal Church, Paula was also
a member of the Order of the Daughters of the King. Most
recently both she and her husband were very active members of
St. Clare’s Episcopal Church in Pleasanton, where Paula served
as Directress of the Altar Guild for many years. She was also
involved with the Valley Humane Society, where she volunteered
in both the Pet Therapy and Paws to Read programs.
She was predeceased by her first husband, Peter Imperiale, in
1985 and by her parents, Albert and Mary Wenderoth.
She is survived by her husband, David Huettig; her aunt,
Marie Stanish; and cousins, Carol Jung, Jeannie Milmoe, Dot
Mazurkiewicz, Margaret Reisinger, Roberta Place, Ted Baird,
Barry Standish and their families.
Funeral services were held on Monday, February 2nd, at St.
James Episcopal Church in Upper Montclair, NJ. A memorial
service will be held on February 21st, 11am at St. Clare’s
Episcopal Church in Pleasanton. In lieu of flowers, it is requested
that donations be made to St. Clare’s Episcopal Church, 3350
Hopyard Road, Pleasanton, CA 94588; Valley Humane Society,
3670 Nevada St., Pleasanton, CA 94566 or to St. Hubert’s Animal
Welfare Center, 575 Woodland Road, Madison, NJ 07940.
PAID
Page 10 • February 13, 2015 • Pleasanton Weekly
OBITUARY
was at times complex and confusing.
Adoption of the growth management ordinance will bring to
a close an era that started with the ill-advised housing cap in
1996. That flaunted California housing requirements that cities provide adequate and affordable homes and apartments for
a state with a rapidly-growing population. For years, while the
city had ample land for development, that wasn’t a problem. But
as the city neared build-out, Urban Habitat took notice and filed
a suit in the name of Sandra DeGregorio, a low-income Latina
mother who lived in Pleasanton, seeking to redress what she
claimed was the severe shortage of affordable housing in the city.
Urban Habitat claimed Pleasanton had failed to make 30 to 40
acres of land available for high-density residential development
as required under its Housing Element, that our 29,000-unit
Housing Cap unlawfully conflicted with the city’s obligations
under state housing law and that the city’s housing policies unlawfully discriminated on the basis of race, national origin and
against low-income housing.
Spending millions of dollars of taxpayer money, the City
Council at the time fought the suit, winning in the lower court
and then losing in the Court of Appeal, which reinstated the
Urban Habitat suit, and finally losing again before Superior
Court Judge Frank Roesch.
Besides declaring the housing cap illegal, and in the first
ruling of its kind, the court also ordered the city to complete
rezoning that was required by state law so that Pleasanton
could meet its share of the region’s affordable housing. This
major victory for affordable housing in California reverberated
in cities across the state.
The court’s decision, accompanied by the support of the thenAttorney General and now Gov. Jerry Brown, also ended the
no-growth policies of late Mayor Ben Tarver, former Mayor Tom
Pico and the no-growth City Councils elected with them. A new
council, led by former Mayor Jennifer Hosterman, largely undid
those growth impediments, although not because any council
member or most voters wanted Pleasanton to become another
high-density city like those along El Camino Real on the Peninsula or a thoroughfare of high-rise apartment houses and residential
parking garages that we see today along Dublin Boulevard. But
with their hands tied by the court and state orders, they rezoned
70 acres of land for high-density housing, initiating a period of
“by right” development, which we see underway today.
Tuesday’s approval of the growth management ordinance will
right the course once again for long-range growth in Pleasanton. Q
LETTERS
Benefit concert
a success
Dear Editor,
The Pleasanton Cultural Arts
Council is thrilled to announce
the great success of our Arts in the
Schools benefit concert with Tamriko
Siprashvili and Temirzhan Yerzhanov Jan. 24 at the Amador Theater.
With this lovely venue, we were
able to sell over 500 tickets thanks
to the wonderful press coverage we
received. We want to thank Dolores
Fox Ciardelli for the lovely article announcing the concert and the wonderful review after the concert.
Everyone is looking forward to
another concert next year. Thank
you for your part in our success.
—Charlotte Severin, PCAC concert
chair, and David Wright, co-chair
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Tri Valley Life
What’s happening around
the Valley in music, theater,
art, movies and more
Left: Jeff Lewis plays with
Chrissy, being fostered by
Nancy Lyness. Above: Foster
kittens don’t distract Kevin
Albers from his graduate
studies. Right: Lyness has her
hands full of fun named Jack,
Chrissy and Jane.
Warm and fuzzy
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Something special in the works
for volunteer’s 50th birthday
BY DOLORES FOX CIARDELLI
foster families
“The trouble with a kitten is that
Eventually it becomes a cat.”
So wrote poet Ogden Nash.
Although cat lovers would beg to differ,
volunteers who foster kittens and puppies for
Valley Humane Society in Pleasanton until they
are ready for adoption might agree that they get
their charges for the best part of their lives.
“You walk in the door and see kittens from
every corner coming to greet you — it’s the
greatest feeling in the world,” said Pleasanton
fosterer Jill Albers. “It makes you feel so good.
You can’t be sad if you’re around kittens.”
Her fostering mentor, Nancy Lyness, says
her mantra is: “Fostering is not a lifetime commitment. It is a commitment to saving a life.”
“We got involved with Valley Humane in
2007 when we first moved to California from
Connecticut,” Lyness said, explaining that
this gave her young daughters some continuity since they had been active volunteers with
animal rescue in Connecticut.
“We have fostered a total of 23 cats and
kittens, and three puppies,” Lyness said,
noting with a laugh that she can still picture
each one and remember their names.
“We also have one ‘Foster Failure,’” she
said. “We were so incredibly smitten with
him that we just had to keep him. His name
is now Beach Ball.”
Lyness’ enthusiasm for fostering and helping others in the effort inspired sister fosterer
Laura Driver to suggest a special campaign in
her honor to help the foster program.
“On Facebook, Nancy said something
about her 50th birthday coming up April
7, and I thought, hmmm, ‘50 before 50,’”
recalled Driver.
Ideas were bandied about for the promotion,
now dubbed “50 Fosters for Nancy’s 50th!”
They decided it would be most realistic — and
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Four foster cats chow down on a daytime meal.
have a longer-term impact — to let the “50”
include animals being fostered before April 7,
newly trained fosterers, fosterers brought out
of retirement, and people/corporate sponsors
who donate money. Valley Humane is funded
entirely by private donations.
To make the effort more tangible, fosterer
Cathlin DeRosa is compiling a Quilt of 50,
with photos of dogs and cats currently being
fostered, new fosterers and donors.
“One of big pushes for Valley Humane
Society is growing the Foster Program,” said
executive director Melanie Sadek. “No kittens stay at Valley Humane; they all go to
foster homes.”
Jill Albers made her foster debut with a
mommy cat and her litter of five newborns. She
knew she wanted to volunteer but finally took
the pet plunge after being urged on by Valley
Humane operations manager Yayoi deCosta.
“At first I was a little hesitant,” Albers recalled. “Then Yayoi said there was a litter that
was going to be euthanized (at the county
shelter). She said, ‘I will train you myself.’”
Valley Humane Society gets its animals from
county shelters with the commitment that it
will find them a home or care for them forever.
“I’ve successfully fostered and adopted 24
kittens and cats,” Albers said. “I feel really
good that those are 24 lives I’ve saved.”
She is sympathetic when the kitties arrive.
“They can be completely overwhelmed.
The first thing I do is give them space and
time, plenty of blankets, and leave them for
a while,” she said. “Eventually you do want
noise, they have to adjust and know this is
part of life. But you have to ease them into it.”
Valley Humane provides food, heating
pads, scales, litter and emotional support as
well as training sessions.
“The first couple of experiences can be a
little nerve-wracking,” Sadek said. “There are
a lot of phone calls — ‘This kitten isn’t thriving.’ — It’s kind of like an advice nurse.”
Foster homes are also needed for animals
with medical procedures.
“The ideal foster is somebody who has the
time to be able to do it, they love animals,
and are very nurturing and caring,” Sadek
said. “It’s like a brand new baby — they need
to be cuddled, played with.”
Once a dog or a cat is ready for adoption, it
will be shown on the website, valleyhumane.
org. Before that, Valley Humane might promote them on its Facebook page.
Also it takes a special person to be able to
say goodbye to kittens or puppies they have
lived with and loved, Sadek said, explaining,
“They have to understand the process and let
them find their new home.”
To help ease the pain of saying farewell,
Lyness began a Facebook page for fosterers.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
“It is a place where we share and request
information regarding fostering, offer and
receive advice, share photos of foster critters
while we are caring for them, as well as the joy
we feel when they are adopted,” Lyness said.
“It is also a safe and appropriate venue for
us to communicate and commiserate over
the anguish we experience when it is time to
give the fosters back to the shelter, as well as
the angst we have when we see them hanging
out there until they get adopted.”
They sometimes get together to share their
sadness when their foster gigs are up.
“A bit of practical advice I’d like to offer is
that anyone considering becoming a fosterer
should recognize that it is truly a labor of
love,” Lyness said. “It is a tremendous responsibility to properly care for these little
lives and it requires a lot of time, effort and
attention to do all that is necessary to return
them to the shelter, healthy, happy and wellsocialized, when the foster gig is over.”
Valley Humane Society training sessions
can be found at valleyhumane.org. Donations can be made online or sent to Valley
Humane Society of Pleasanton, 3670 Nevada
St., Pleasanton 94566.
Act before April 7 to help the volunteers celebrate Lyness’ 50th in a warm and fuzzy way. Q
Adults Only
Valley Humane Society offers a special
program this Saturday through Feb. 28
for anyone adopting adult cats.
QAdoption fees reduced to $14
QFree goodie bag (toys, fleece bed, catnip
pillow and more)
QCats must be 9 months old or older
QCats are already spayed or neutered, microchipped and vaccinated
QContact VHS for more info.
Pleasanton Weekly • February 13, 2015 • Page 11
COVER STORY
Stores, shoppers, students gear up for Valentine’s Day
STORY AND PHOTOS BY CATHY JETTER
Valentine’s Day is a pretty big
deal here in Pleasanton.
Sure, there are skeptics who
argue it’s a made up holiday
with no real history. And yes,
Wikipedia, History.com and
other informational websites
pretty much agree that the his-
torical reasoning for celebrating
hearts, flowers and all things
romantic on Feb. 14 is murky
at best.
But what does it matter
whether the contemporary St.
Valentine refers to a priest who
continued to wed young cou-
Top: Valentine’s Day season brings the revealing of the Mr. Amador nominees.
These 10 teens represent the very best of the Amador Valley High spirit. Above:
There’s a lot of love to share at Amador. The Mr. Amador nominees will deliver
550 Valentine-grams designed by senior Katelyn Kramer.
Page 12 • February 13, 2015 • Pleasanton Weekly
ples even as Emperor Claudius
II outlawed marriage or if the
Catholic Church purposely set
St. Valentine’s Day in the middle
of a three-day pagan fertility
celebration called Lupercalia?
Convoluted history aside,
Cupid’s arrow found its mark in
the heart of Pleasanton and the
evidence of our infatuation with
this season of love can be found
all around town.
Main Street hardly had time
to pack away the garlands and
lights of New Year parties before filling the windows with
pink and red streamers and
bows, but Laura Olson, executive director of the Pleasanton
Downtown Association (PDA)
said downtown merchants view
every holiday as an important
opportunity to come together as
a community.
“The businesses have done
a great job of merchandising
and creating an ambiance that
draws people downtown, to the
heart of our city,” she explained.
“There are ways for everyone to
share in the celebration, from
romantic restaurant dinners to
events for the kids to gifts for
the family dog.”
Longtime Pleasanton residents will recall this was not
always the case. Not so long ago
downtown restaurant choices
were limited and shopping options were miles away.
“We are so lucky to have a
downtown with one of the lowest vacancy rates and lowest
turnover rates around,” Olson
pointed out. “Downtown used
to be something you visited
once in a while. Now, there are
reasons to go every day. Events
like Valentine’s Day that bring
people to the shops and restaurants, help to keep people
aware of all that we offer. And
people are responsive to our
merchants’ efforts.”
Pleasanton residents Holly
Shafer and Susan Weiglein
agree with Olson’s assessment.
The two friends recently made
a day of getting ready for this
Saturday’s big event, walking
from one end of town to the
other and adding bags at nearly
every stop.
“The stores are filled with
great choices — we found everything we needed for our husbands and kids,” Shafer said.
The pair’s final stop of the
Pampered Pleasanton pooches might receive a V
many Main Street stores offering a special somet
COVER STORY
day was Gourmet Works, where
owner Kathy Starkey and her
daughter, Jessica, helped the
ladies select the perfect handmade chocolates and Valentinethemed decorations and complete their Valentine’s Day to-do
list.
“Between Feb. 13 and 14,
we will sell over 2,000 chocolate dipped strawberries,” Jessica said. “But on Feb. 13 we
will only have maybe five or
six pre-orders.” The rest are
all last minute hopeful locals,
counting on the Starkeys to
anticipate their Valentine needs.
Predictably, Kathy added, these
panicked customers are almost
exclusively husbands.
“Women have been shopping
for Valentine’s Day since midJanuary,” Kathy explained. “As
soon as the pink and white displays go up, they start buying
the dishtowels, the cute signs
and the heart decorations to get
the celebration going around
the house. But even with all
those reminders around, the
men don’t think about it till the
last minute.”
Whether or not these lastminute Lotharios deserve it, the
ladies of Gourmet Works make
sure some of the 2,000 pounds
(that’s right, one ton) of chocolate they will sell by the end of
the day will be prettily packaged and waiting for pickup.
Luckily for those gentlemen,
John DeKoven isn’t in charge of
Valentine’s Day.
For the past eight years, one
of Pleasanton’s favorite comedians has hosted the Anti-Valentine’s Day Comedy Bash, offering a respite from romance
for those who view the holiday
with a bit of cynicism. Though
his original concept was to offer
audience members the opportunity to publicly denounce their
failed relationships, DeKoven
Valentine’s treat from Murphy’s Paw, one of the
thing for everyone’s true love.
Valentine’s Day is an important holiday for many retailers around Pleasanton.
Gourmet Works (shown) will use more than a ton of chocolate this week to
make the store’s custom “Something Sweet” chocolates.
found most people are a little
too enamored with love, or a
little too scared of public speaking, to share their stories of love
lost.
“I even had a paper shredder
on stage so that people could
shred pictures of their ex,” recalled DeKoven. “But only one
guy ever used it.”
While there is reluctance to
use the comedy club as therapy, DeKoven says everyone is
happy to poke fun at what some
consider a Hallmark holiday.
“Valentine’s Day is a sham,”
DeKoven opined. “Restaurants
hike their prices for dinner,
flowers are more expensive.
Anything you buy on the 14th
you can get for 50% off on the
15th. Except tickets at the Comedy Bash — the price stays the
same for every show.”
Don’t let DeKoven’s mocking
persona fool you; deep down
the guy is happy to find romance flourishing at his AntiValentine’s Day show. “The audience is filled with couples,” he
pointed out. “And at least two
first dates at Anti-Valentine’s
shows have ended up in marriage. Laughter brings people
together, you know.”
Anyone looking to cure the
Anti-Valentine’s Day attitude
should consider stopping by
one of the elementary schools
across the city.
Cara Palmer, a first-grade
teacher at Walnut Grove Elementary, confirms classroom
celebrations are taking place,
with Valentine-themed centers
enhancing the learning. Though
her walls are decorated with
silver-wrapped cardboard kisses
featuring each student’s preference for Hugs or Kisses, times
have changed a bit — and it’s not
all about the sweets these days.
“Now we are moving away
from the focus on candy and
talking more about a year-round
theme that is important to all of
us at Walnut Grove: kindness,”
Palmer said. “It works well with
Valentine’s Day.”
First-grade student Abbie
agreed with her teacher. “We
have a kindness calendar for
homework this month,” she
explained. “Every day we are
supposed to do something kind
for someone because it makes
people feel good.”
Candy may have taken a back
seat, but Abbie said the most
traditional element of the Valentine’s Day school party remains: the decorated shoebox.
“I’ve already started making the
box,” she promised. “It’s where
you put the cards from your
friends.”
There’s a lot of kindness happening at Amador Valley High
School, where Valentine’s Day
has become an opportunity to
share the love with the school’s
adopted charity, the George
Mark Children’s House in San
Leandro.
Leadership students Lexi
Ewanich and Lauren Cabral
have worked for weeks to coordinate all aspects of the “Mr.
Amador” fundraiser that begins
with Valentine-grams and culminates with an all-male beauty
and talent show on April 13.
“The 10 Mr. Amador nominees are the best representatives of the spirit of Amador,”
Ewanich said. “They put in a
lot of time and effort for several months to make the event a
success.”
The dedication pays off. Last
year the school raised $18,000
for George Mark; this year the
goal is $25,000.
Mr. Amador is clearly a labor
of love for the boys. They want
to talk about the Saturday they
spent at the George Mark Children’s House, learning what palliative care encompasses, learning what it means to the families
of these terminally ill children
to have a place like George
Mark in their lives.
The boys want to make sure
everyone understands the importance of the work that is
done there.
“This is one of two places in
the United States that provides
this type of end-of-life care for
children,” explained Michael
Grozier, a junior nominee for
Mr. Amador. “What they are
doing there is important.”
“This ties right into Valentine’s Day,” senior Andy Buck
said. “It’s all about caring for
others. All of the workers there,
all of the volunteers, they have
the biggest hearts. It’s the most
heart-warming place I have ever
been.”
The boys get it — it’s all about
the heart.
Spending time with friends
downtown, sticking around
past closing to make sure someone else’s day is happy, filling up
boxes with hand-signed notes
and dedicating time to raise
money for a cause that is bigger
than yourself are all ways the
people of Pleasanton are sharing
their Valentine’s spirit.
Whether or not it is a real
holiday, Pleasanton is celebrating Valentine’s Day because,
as young Abbie put it, doing
something kind makes people
feel good. Q
Gourmet Works sells more than 2,000 chocolate-dipped strawberries around Valentine’s Day, making it the local shop’s
top-selling gift of the holiday.
Pleasanton Weekly • February 13, 2015 • Page 13
Sports
Pleasanton
Seahawks selected
to participate in
the Zone 2 All-Star
Meet from Feb. 28
to March 1 are (back
row, left to right)
Elisabeth Balicanta,
Gwyneth Wong,
Stephanie Shao,
Emily Claridge, Ben
Sproul, Calvin David
and Mattias Blanco,
and (front, left to
right) Alexis Mesina,
Christina Tsai, Aven
Lee, Jordan Lee, Alex
Smedley and Jaewoo
Kim. Not pictured:
Marissa Lawrence.
AMANDA AGUILAR
Foothill High principal Jason Krolikowski (back left) and athletic director
Dusty Collins (back right) recognize seven student-athletes at last week’s
signing ceremony. (Left to right) Lacy Dagen, Julienne Pin, Mikaela
Malave, Isaiah Langley, Kyle Kearns, Ryan Knop and Carley Robertson.
Foothill athletes sign
letters of intent
BY AMANDA AGUILAR
In honor of National Signing Day, seven Foothill High
student-athletes were recognized
at a small ceremony last week
where they signed their letters
of intent with colleges from all
across the United States.
“If you’re sitting at this table
right now, you know what dedication is,” said Foothill principal
Jason Krolikowski. “If you’re sitting at this table right now, you
know what commitment is.”
The following seniors signed
with college sports programs
Feb. 4:
• Lacy Dagen: gymnastics, University of Florida
• Kyle Kearns: football, Wake
Forest University
• Ryan Knop: golf, UC Davis
• Isaiah Langley: football, University of Southern California
• Mikaela Malave: soccer, California State University, Stanislaus
• Julienne Pin: soccer, Cal State
East Bay
• Carley Robertson: soccer,
Santa Clara University.
Amador Valley High did not
host a signing ceremony on National Signing Day, according to
principal Tom Drescher. Q
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CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Pleasanton Seahawks shine
at Winter Championship
Local swimmers post high finishes in range of events
The Pleasanton Seahawks swimmers earned a variety of high finishes and personal bests during the
2015 Zone 2 Winter Championship
meet held Jan. 24-25 in Moraga.
In the 8 and under girls division,
Alexis Mesina and Jessica Tsai each
had personal bests in four events. In
8 and under boys, Rahav Vats raced
to best times in all five of his events.
Many Seahawks swimming in
the 11-12 girls division showed
improvements during their races.
Emma Washam achieved best
times in all six of her events, including reaching a new A time in
the 100 freestyle with 1:01.65.
Gwyneth Wong also had a strong
showing, earning five best times,
including the 50 freestyle in 27.17,
a new AA time for her, and the 100
backstroke in 1:05.55, a new AAA
time for her.
Stephanie Shao swam the 200 individual medley in 2:22.71, reaching the AAA level, and finished the
100 breaststroke in 1:17.32, giving
her a new AA time.
Nicole Stiles earned best times
of 26.65 in the 50 freestyle, 57.25
in the 100 freestyle, 1:05.31 in the
100 backstroke and 1:18.60 in the
100 breaststroke. Mackenzie Lee
swam the 50 freestyle in 25.65 and
100 freestyle in 57.87.
In the 11-12 boys division, Alex
Ren earned a new AA time in the
200 IM with a time of 2:23.51 in
addition to personal best times in
the 100 freestyle, 100 backstroke,
100 breaststroke and 100 butterfly.
Javanni Shen achieved best times
in all six events he swam. Andrew
Li, Madhav Vats and Andrew Wang
each earned four best times.
In 9-10 girls, Sydney Lu achieved
a best time and a new AAAA standard in the 50 butterfly (30.61) and
earned best times and new AAA
standards in the 50 and 200 freestyle.
Aria Harris, Vaishnavi Rao, and
Christina Tsai swam personal bests
in every event they entered. Sophia Stiles had six best times. New
AA time standards were posted by
Crystal Wang and Aven Lee while
Emily Tsai and Mica Wang each
earned two new A times.
For 9-10 boys, Karan Saini raced
to four personal best times and
BUSC forms new men’s
amateur soccer team
BY DENNIS MILLER
Ballistic United Soccer Club alumni
player and IFX Soccer owner Michael
Carlson of Pleasanton, together with
local soccer enthusiast Stephen Schlett, will lead BUSC’s first ever men’s
amateur team for the 2015 season.
The team will be coached by Kevin
Crow and plans to engage the BUSC
and Pleasanton community by creating a playing environment for serious
and experienced players from the
East Bay. The team will compete in
the NorCal Adult Premier League.
IFX Soccer is an international
organization founded in 2003 that
enables aspiring soccer players
from around the world — youth
and adult — to play for European
soccer clubs while continuing their
education. It orchestrates total immersion soccer programs lasting
from two weeks to two years in
various countries, such as Germany, Spain, England and Italy.
Carlson spent the past two years
living in Nuremberg, Germany,
where IFX currently has more than
25 players competing at various
levels of German semi-professional
soccer. Carlson’s IFX has placed
hundreds of players with clubs in
Jordan Lee had strong swims in the
50 freestyle, 50 butterfly and 50
backstroke.
Alexander Smedley achieved
three personal bests, and Ethan
Wang received an A time in his
200 freestyle (2:29.56) and had
three other personal bests in the
100 freestyle, 50 backstroke and 50
butterfly.
In the 13-14 girls division, Elizabeth Balicanta swam six personal
bests with a new AA time in the 100
freestyle. Alison Martin swam four
personal bests, and Isabelle Smedley raced to three personal bests.
In the 13-14 boys division, Brian
Li posted personal bests in all six of
his events. Darron Dai, Triston Guerrero, Robert Mitu and Justin Tsai also
raced to personal best swims.
Niklas Bengtsson (in the 15-16
boys division) swam best times in
all five of his events.
In all, 14 Seahawks were selected
to participate in the Zone 2 All-Star
Meet from Feb. 28 to March 1 as
a result of the performances at the
Moraga tournament. Q
—Jeremy Walsh
Europe over the past several years.
“I am extremely excited about
our new collaboration with BUSC,”
Carlson said. “Ballistic is my home
club which helped form my love
for the game and now years later
BUSC has embraced the concept of
IFX.”
“With our new partnership, I
believe we can provide players with
continued opportunities in soccer
locally through our new IFX Ballistic men’s team as well as international opportunities for players
of all ages,” he added. “Pleasanton
has always been a soccer town and
we are excited about seeing BUSC
families come out and support our
men’s team at Val Vista this season.”
For more information, contact
Carlson at (510) 599-4625. Q
Calendar
Civic Meetings
CITY COUNCIL The Pleasanton City
Council meets at 7 p.m. on the first
and third Tuesdays of the month
at City Council Chamber, 200 Old
Bernal Ave.
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNIT Y
PET OF THE WEEK
Little Lola, a 2-year-old
rat terrier, is eight pounds
of adorable sweetness.
She loves to dance, play
with other small dogs
and take car rides or long
galloping walks in the
park. Plus, she’s already
house-trained. Lola is
available for adoption
through Maddie’s
Adoption Program
and is living in a foster
home while awaiting a
permanent home. Contact
adopt@maddiesfund.
org or 310-5450 for more
information.
HOUSING COMMISSION The
Pleasanton Housing Commission
meets at 7 p.m. on the third
Thursday of the month at City
Council Chamber, 200 Old Bernal
Ave.
Clubs
AMADOR VALLEY QUILTERS Karen
Boutte, nationally known quilt
instructor, lecturer, author and
designer, will be the speaker at
the Amador Valley Quilters meeting at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb.
14 at Pleasanton Middle School.
Currently Karen is creating vibrant
art jackets using sweatshirts as a
foundation. Go to www.amadorvalleyquilters.org.
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION The Jose Maria
Amador Chapter, Daughters of
the American Revolution, NSDAR,
meets at 10 a.m. on the second
Saturday of the month Sept.May. It is a social gathering and
time to explore the history of our
American roots. For more information contact the chapter’s regent
Diane Groome at dggroome@
comcast.net.
DBE (DAUGHTERS OF THE BRITISH
EMPIRE) Welcome to ladies of
British or British Commonwealth
Heritage. DBE holds meetings at
11 a.m. on the third Thursday of
the month at Castlewood Country
Club. Members focus on philanthropy, enjoy social interaction
and form long-lasting friendships
while contributing to local charities and supporting retirement
homes in the USA. Call Edith at
998-3500.
TRI-VALLEY WRITERS MEETING
Publisher Gordon Burgett will show
you how to sell 75% of almost anything you write as the guest speaker
for the California Writers Club
Tri-Valley Branch from 2-4 p.m. on
Saturday, Feb. 21 at Four Points by
Sheraton. Cost is $12 for members,
$17 for non-members. For reservations, contact [email protected] by Feb. 18. Go to
www.trivalleywriters.org.
Concerts
PACIFIC CHAMBER SYMPHONY:
‘VALLEY ROMANCE’ See the Pacific
Chamber Symphony perform
such pieces as “Siegfried Idyll” by
Wagner, “Tango Suite for Harp and
Chamber Orchestra by Piazzolla,
and Serenade 1 in D Major, Op 11
by Brahms at 2 p.m. on Sunday,
Feb. 15 at the Bankhead Theater,
2400 First St., Livermore. Tickets are
$25-$50. Call 373-6800 or go to
www.livermoreperformingarts.org.
MADDIE’S FUND
STRAIT COUNTRY: A GEORGE STRAIT
TRIBUTE 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM. The
George Strait Tribute with Nashville
recording artist Buck Ford and his
Pure Country Band will be from
2-4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 22 at
Firehouse Arts Center. Tickets are
$15-$25. Call 931-4848 or go to
www.firehousearts.org.
Events
EXCHANGE STUDENT CANDIDATES
FOR PTSCA 2015 DELEGATION
The Pleasanton Tulancingo Sister
City Association youth cultural
exchange summer program is
beginning the candidate process.
Students need to be entering sophomore-senior year in high school
in the fall and have completed
a second year of Spanish by the
end of this school year. Students
can attend any meeting regardless
of their school of attendance to
learn about the application and
selection process. Meetings are 7
p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 18 at
Chamber of Commerce. For more
information contact 209-5825 or
[email protected], or go to
ptsca.org.
FRIENDS OF SIRONKA: MAASAI
DANCE TROUPE The Maasai are
a pastoral people who live in the
Great Rift Valley of East Africa.
“Friends of Sironka” will perform
traditional Maasai songs, dances
and tell the stories of their lives
together at 1 p.m. on Saturday,
Feb. 14 at the Pleasanton Library.
All are welcome. Go to http://
www.chezanami.org/.
GIVING THEM A REASON TO STAY:
TURNING DAY VISITORS INTO
OVERNIGHT STAYS Join Visit TriValley for a free panel discussion
focused on building overnight
tourism and extending visitor stays
with an emphasis on hospitality,
shopping and the arts, at 9:30 a.m.
on Friday, Feb. 20 at Firehouse Arts
Center. With continental breakfast.
Contact 846-8910 or info@visittr
valley.com.
Film
‘PROJECT CENSORED’ THE MOVIE
This film shows Project Censored’s
mission to teach students responsible journalism by gathering and
publishing the least covered important news stories of the year. Meet
and greet potluck at 6:30 p.m., followed by the film and a Q&A with
Peter Phillips of Project Censored,
on Saturday, Feb. 21 at IBEW Hall
in Dublin. Free, donations accepted. Call 462-3459.
Fundraisers
BELLA ROSA BALL FOR AXIS
COMMUNITY HEALTH The Rotarian
Foundation of Livermore will
present the Bella Rosa Ball from
6-10:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb.
14 at the new event center at the
Garre Winery, 7986 Tesla Road,
Livermore. Enjoy a three-course
gourmet meal, a glass of champagne or wine, dessert, and an
evening of dancing to the Cool
Tones Big Band. Tickets are $125.
Benefits Axix Community Health
programs. Go to rotarianfoundationlivermore.org.
BINGO BASH Join the Bingo
Bash hosted by Italian Catholic
Federation Branch #285 benefitting Children’s Hospital
Cooley’s Anemia and other IFC
charities. The event will be at 6
p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21 at St.
Michael’s Parish Hall, 372 Maple
St., Livermore. Pizza, snacks and
beverages available for purchase.
Admission is $10, and includes one
bingo packet for 10 games. Enjoy
raffles, prizes, bingo and dancing.
RSVP by Feb. 14. Call Helen at 4623798. If unable to attend, a donation would be appreciated: ICF c/o
D. Wellbeloved, 529 Malbec Court,
Pleasanton, CA 94566.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TEA
DANCE The Veterans of Foreign
Wars presents a Tea Dance with
live music by the Mellotones
Jazz Combo from 1-3 p.m. on
O
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Wednesday, Feb. 18 at the War
Memorial Hall, 301 Main St.
Refreshments provided. Cost is $8.
Proceeds help needy Vets and their
families. Call 443-2224.
Health
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
Tri-Valley Chapter of the National
Federation of the Blind will be meeting from 1-3 p.m., second Saturday
of each month at Valley Memorial
Hospital, 1111 E. Stanley Blvd.,
Livermore. Any visually impaired or
blind person is urged to attend. Call
Carl at 449-9362.
Kids & Teens
BOB KANN EXPLORES THE AMAZING
TALES OF DR. SEUSS Enjoy an early
birthday celebration of favorite
children’s author Dr. Seuss with
“The Amazing Tales of Dr. Seuss”
presented by Bob Kann at 2
p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21 at the
Pleasanton Library. Kann is a popular storyteller, juggler and magician,
with a Ph.D. in Curriculum and
Instruction. Tickets will be distributed at 1:30 p.m. before the show.
No registration required. Call 9313400 ext. 3 or go to http://www.
cityofpleasantonca.gov/gov/depts/
lib/default.asp.
Lectures/
Workshops
SCIENCE ON SATURDAY: ‘GREEN
POWER, MAKING ELECTRICITY
OUT OF THIN AIR’ Lawrence
Livermore National Lab’s “Science
on Saturday” series returns with
the theme “Seeking Solutions in
Elemental Science.” “Green Power:
Making Electricity Out of Thin Air”
will be presented by LLNL scientists
Jeff Mirocha and Suzanne Singer,
instructor Eric Harpel of Las Positas
College and teacher Tom Shefler of
Granada High School, at 9:30 and
11:15 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 14
at Bankhead Theater in Livermore.
Go to http://education.llnl.gov/
students/science-on-saturday/lecture/559.
Miscellaneous
‘LAWYERS IN THE LIBRARY’ Members
of the Alameda County Bar
Association visit the Pleasanton
Public Library on the third
Tuesday of each month to give
free 15 to 20 minute consultations. Appointments are by lottery.
Register from 5:30-5:45 p.m.;
names will be selected at 5:50 p.m.
and people must be present when
names are drawn. Appointments
begin at 6 p.m. and end at 8 p.m.
Call 931-3400, ext. 7.
On Stage
2015 LUNAR NEW YEAR
CELEBRATION GALA Join the TriValley’s diverse Asian community to
celebrate the Lunar New Year from
6:30-9 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 15 at
Dublin High School. Share cultural
traditions, and enjoy performances
by international award-winning
musicians, singers, local performing groups, and a specially invited
professional dancing group from
mainland China. Tickets are $25,
$50 for VIP. Call 487-8883 or go to
uschinadance.org/gala.html.
FACE-OFF 2015: CREATURES OF
IMPULSE AT FIREHOUSE ARTS
CENTER Creatures of Impulse will
take the stage for three nights
of scenes, games, and improv
high-jinks at 7:30 p.m. ThursdaySaturday, Feb. 19-21 at Firehouse
Arts Center. Pure fun with an interactive format that gives the audience a chance to win prizes. Tickets
are $10 for adults, $5 for students.
Call 931-4848 or go to www.firehousearts.org.
PACIFIC COAST REPERTORY THEATRE
PRESENTS ‘FOREVER PLAID’ When
four young singers are killed in a
car crash, they posthumously take
the stage for one final gig in this
goofy 1950’s nostalgia trip. Full of
classic barbershop quartet harmonies and wonderful tunes. See the
show at 8 p.m. on Friday Feb. 13;
and 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 15.
Tickets are $17-$38. Call 931-4848
or go to www.firehousearts.org.
PACIFIC COAST REPERTORY THEATRE
PRESENTS ‘THE TAFFETAS’ It is
1950-something, and these four
singing sisters, Kaye, Peggy, Cheryl
and “Donna, from Muncie, Indiana
are making their national television
debut. See the show at 8 p.m. on
Saturday, Feb. 14 at Firehouse Arts
Center. Tickets are $17-$38. Call
931-4848 or go to www.firehousearts.org.
Support
Groups
NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL
ILLNESS (NAMI) TRI-VALLEY NAMI
Tri-Valley Parent Resource and
Support Group meets for parents
with children to age 17 diagnosed
or suspected of having bipolar or
other mood disorders. It meets
from 7-9 p.m. the third Tuesday
of each month at Pathways To
Wellness, 5674 Stoneridge Drive,
Suite 114. The group is drop-in,
no registration required and is
free. For more information contact
Marsha McInnis at 980-5331 or
[email protected].
Volunteering
ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF AMADOR
VALLEY All ladies are invited to join
this dedicated group of volunteers,
reaching out to those in need in
the Tri-Valley and having fun doing
it. Meetings are at 7 p.m. on the
third Thursday of the month at The
Parkview, 100 Valley Ave. Contact
461-6401 or [email protected]. Go to www.
amadorvalley.assistanceleague.org.
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Statement
JP TESTARMATA CONSULTING
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
File No.: 499752
The following person(s) doing business as: JP TESTARMATA CONSULTING,
1532 RUBINO COURT, PLEASANTON,
CA 94566, is hereby registered by the
following owner(s): Jan P Testarmata,
1532 Rubino Court, Pleasanton, CA
94566. This business is conducted
by an Individual. Registrant began
transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein
12/28/2009. Signature of Registrant: Jan
P Testarmata. This statement was filed
with the County Clerk of Alameda on
01/02/2015. (Pleasanton Weekly, Jan. 23,
30, Feb. 6, 13; 2015)
A’REVE EVENT PLANNING & DESIGN
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
File No.: 499439
The following person(s) doing business
as: A’REVE EVENT PLANNING & DESIGN,
3737 AVIANO WAY, DUBLIN, CA 94568,
is hereby registered by the following
owner(s): Whitney Johnson-Valentine,
3737 Aviano Way, Dublin, CA 94568. This
business is conducted by an Individual.
Registrant began transacting business
under the fictitious business name(s)
listed herein 01/01/2014. Signature
of Registrant: Whitney JohnsonValentine. This statement was filed
with the County Clerk of Alameda on
12/22/2014. (Pleasanton Weekly, Jan. 23,
30, Feb. 6, 13; 2015)
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BUSINESS-BABES, 2269 ST. CHARLES
COURT, LIVERMORE, CA 94550.
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REGISTRANT’S NAME(S): BUSINESSBABES LLC, 2269 ST. CHARLES COURT,
LIVERMORE, CA 94550 (DELAWARE).
THIS BUSINESS WAS CONDUCTED BY a
Limited liability company. Signature of
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Recorder of Alameda County on Jan. 2,
2015. (Pleasanton Weekly, Jan. 23, 30,
Feb. 6, 13; 2015)
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
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The following person(s) doing business as: GM PROPERTY MANAGEMENT,
5880 W. LAS POSITAS BLVD. SUITE 34,
PLEASANTON, CA 94588; P.O. BOX 489,
PLEASANTON, CA 94566, is hereby registered by the following owner(s): George
Nolan McKean, 3216 Glenda Court,
Pleasanton, CA 94588. This business is
conducted by an Individual. Registrant
began transacting business under the
fictitious business name(s) listed herein
02/07/1994. Signature of Registrant:
George McKean. This statement was
filed with the County Clerk of Alameda
on 01/22/2015. (Pleasanton Weekly, Feb.
6, 13, 20, 27; 2015)
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
File No.: 500871
The following person(s) doing business
as: LORETTA & COMPANY, 2574 GLEN
ISLE AVE., PLEASANTON, CA 94588,
is hereby registered by the following
owner(s): Loretta A. Jordan, 2574 Glen
Isle Ave., Pleasanton, CA 94588. This
business is conducted by an Individual.
Registrant began transacting business
under the fictitious business name(s)
listed herein 04/2010. Signature of
Registrant: Loretta A. Jordan. This statement was filed with the County Clerk
of Alameda on 02/02/2015. (Pleasanton
Weekly, Feb. 6, 13, 20, 27; 2015)
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File No.: 500494
The following person(s) doing business
as: SACRED THREADS, 2592 WILLOWREN
WAY, PLEASANTON, CA 94566, is hereby
registered by the following owner(s):
Lynne W. Kristiansen, 2592 Willowren
Way, Pleasanton, CA 94566. This business is conducted by an Individual.
Registrant has not yet begun to transact
business under the fictitious business
name(s) listed herein. Signature of
Registrant: Lynne W Kristiansen. This
statement was filed with the County
Clerk of Alameda on 01/23/2015.
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March 6; 2015)
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OPEN HOME GUIDE AND REAL ESTATE LISTINGS
Realtors rate home
improvement costs, value
Replacement projects result in higher
financial return than remodeling
BY JEB BING
Homeowners often consider various remodeling and replacement
projects as a way to add value to
their homes.
In a recent report, Realtors rated
small and exterior projects that
offer more value and give homeowners a better chance of recouping their costs.
The report, “2015 Remodeling
Cost vs. Value,” is compiled annually in collaboration with Hanley
Wood’s Remodeling Magazine. It
compares changes in home improvement project costs with Realtors’ perceptions of what those
projects contribute to a home’s
price at resale.
“It can be a daunting task to even
decide on what home improvement
projects to undertake, let alone to
physically tackle and complete them,”
said Chris Polychron, president of the
National Association of Realtors and
executive broker with 1st Choice
Realty in Hot Springs, Ark.
“Realtors know what buyers are
looking for during their search, and
curb appeal is and always will be
important,” Polychron said. “That
explains why Realtors once again
rated exterior projects as some of
the most attractive and valuable for
homeowners.”
HouseLogic.com, the NAR’s consumer website, highlights the results of the report in its “Best Bets
for Adding Value to your Home
in 2015” slideshow. The site also
provides information and advice
on numerous home improvement
projects, including bathroom remodeling ideas that will add style
and value to a home.
Just as they did last year, Realtors
identified a steel entry door replacement as the project expected to
return the most money, with an estimated 101.8% of costs recouped
upon resale, compared to an estimated 96.6% recoup last year.
The steel entry door replacement
is consistently the least expensive
project in the annual Cost vs. Value
Report, costing little more than
$1,200 on average and was the
only project on this year’s list to
recoup more than 100% of its cost
at resale on a national level.
Realtors also identified several
other projects that would make the
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biggest financial payoff upon resale,
most on the exterior of the home.
Rounding out the top 10 projects
in terms of cost recouped include a
manufactured stone veneer (newly
featured in this year’s report) at
92.2%, a garage door replacement
(88.5%), siding replacement with
fiber cement (84.3%) or with vinyl
(80.7%), a wood deck addition
(80.5%), a minor kitchen remodel
(79.3%) and wood window replacement (78.8%).
Since 2003, replacement projects
resulted in a higher financial return
than remodeling projects. However, the gap between replacement
and remodeling projects became
bigger this year as both categories
declined in value. Realtors reported
a 2015 average return for replacement projects at 73.2% (slightly
below the 2014 number of 73.7%),
while remodeling projects fell to
60.8% in 2015, down from 65.1%
last year.
This results in an overall cost-value
ratio of 62.2%, a drop from 66.1%
last year. The biggest contributing
factor to the slip is the consistent rise
in costs for these projects, with home
values rising at a slower pace.
As in previous years, the Pacific
region experienced the best overall
cost-value ratio of 74%. The region
— which encompasses California,
Oregon, Washington, Alaska and
Hawaii — typically sees higher
cost-value ratios on account of
higher resale values. Q
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$1,588,000
$819,000
HOME SALES
This week’s data represents homes sold
during Dec. 22-Jan. 27
Pleasanton
4153 Alba Court D. Song to M. Kim
for $600,000
41 Craig Court R. Kannapell to Xavier
Trust for $720,000
2916 Garden Creek Circle C. Chiang
to Z. Wu for $703,500
2163 Goldcrest Circle K. Averell to A.
& M. Petrut for $660,000
7307 Lemonwood Way Soderberg
Trust to A. Kazmi for $761,000
4873 Mohr Avenue M. & M. Burns to
M. Pasos for $1,000,000
1747 Nursery Way Asset Exchange to
S. & P. Ramineni for $928,000
7919 Paragon Circle C. & D. Firth to
E. Quirk for $1,655,000
1735 Spumante Place Pro Science to
C. Lavania for $1,871,000
4433 Valley Avenue T. & L. Santoro
to C. Lin for $537,000
1686 Via Di Salerno Molinaro Trust
to Z. Fang for $2,620,000
2140 Alexander Way N. Martinez to
M. Anikathil for $562,500
6493 Amber Lane Becker Trust to
Karo Trust for $805,000
2638 Calle Morelia J. & T. Simms to
W. Xu for $900,000
2476 Crestline Road D. & L. Arcieri to
S. Yi for $1,200,000
7755 Fairoaks Drive J. Bennett to P.
& T. Jurich for $750,000
4464 Pleasanton Avenue Krop Real
Estate to A. Dasilva for $1,206,000
3903 Rockingham Drive J. Kendall to
J. Li for $930,000
3312 Smoketree Commons Drive K.
& R. Brockett to V. Hsiao for $421,500
3625 Touriga Drive Lazzarato Trust to
E. & A. Stoddard for $930,000
653 Windmill Lane Haselton Trust to
J. & P. Mooney for $1,280,000
5600 Bruce Drive N. Read to K.
Sultan for $875,000
8032 Canyon Creek Circle G. Gowda
to J. & H. Taboada for $830,000
7635 Canyon Meadow Circle #A
Jarnagin Trust to M. Hsu for $445,000
4192 Denker Drive D. & R. Miller to
S. Priyadarshi for $738,500
2872 Garden Creek Circle N. & S.
Seoni to O. Oksyuk for $800,000
Dublin
7321 Bower Lane C. Meginness to A.
Khan for $540,000
3812 Branding Iron Place Rancho
Silvera Ventures to S. & S. Dale for
$699,000
8171 Brittany Drive S. Huntsman to
J. Chen for $910,000
7122 Cross Creek Circle #A Peach
Enterprises to Y. Liu for $395,000
5503 Esprit Way Western Pacific
Housing to W. Zhang for $565,500
5521 Esprit Way Western Pacific
Housing to C. Jiang for $668,500
5529 Esprit Way Western Pacific
Housing to P. & R. Gupta for $673,500
7921 Firebrand Drive D. Turk to N.
Prasant for $563,000
4327 Fitzwilliam Street M. & A.
Harris to M. Tae for $486,000
8444 Galindo Drive D. Gates to A. &
A. Matsurra for $670,000
4721 Sandyford Court J. Darznik to
T. Tan for $601,000
Source: California REsource
Market Update Lack on Inventory Continues
The inventory of available homes for sale in Pleasanton CA remained low in
January in spite of the fact
that it did increase from
December. Low inventory
continued to put pressure
on buyers and closed sales
were down dramatically.
On a more hopeful note,
there were more homes
for sale at the end of January than December, as well
as a year ago. Pending sales
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ago, there were 34 homes
actively listed.
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sales have been declining since May, with a few upward ticks along the way. The
result of low inventory and declining pending sales was that closed sales were at
their lowest level since late 2009. 25 sales closed in January, compared with 58 in
December and 32 a year earlier. Pending sales did move a little higher in January,
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OPEN HOMES THIS WEEKEND
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4 BEDROOMS
500 Oakshire Place
Sun 1-4
Anton Danilovich
$2,995,000
828-5749
Dublin
2 BEDROOMS
3468 Palermo Way
Sat 1:30-4
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$640,000
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5501 DeMarcus Blvd. #272
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Livermore
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3881 Pestana Way
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SALES AT A GLANCE
This week’s data represents homes sold during
Dec. 22-Jan. 27
Average sales reported: $604,825
Pleasanton (Jan. 2-20)
Total sales reported: 34
Lowest sale reported: $141,000
Highest sale reported: $1,585,000
Average sales reported: $664,827
Total sales reported: 15
Lowest sale reported: $421,500
Highest sale reported: $1,280,000
Average sales reported: $818,100
Dublin (Jan. 2-20)
Total sales reported: 15
Lowest sale reported: $400,000
Highest sale reported: $925,500
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Livermore (Jan. 2-20)
San Ramon (Jan. 9-27)
Total sales reported: 21
Lowest sale reported: $286,000
Highest sale reported: $1,720,000
Average sales reported: $780,755
Source: California REsource
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3558 Crespi Court, Pleasanton
Pleasanton Meadows Pleasanton
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4Bd, 3.5Ba, Sq. Ft. 4,440
6 Bd, 4Ba, Sq. Ft. 4,857
Offered at $2,050,000
4 Bd, 2Ba, Sq. Ft. 2,400 approx.
Please call for pricing
Offered at $2,995,000
Listing Agent: Anton Danilovich
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4 Bd, 2.5 BA, Sq. Ft. 2,232
Offered at $1,030,000
Listing Agent: Kent Hu, CRS, GRI
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Gorgeous View Lot
3Bd, 2.5 BA, Sq. Ft. 1565
Offered at $599,900
7 Bd, 6BA, Sq. Ft. 6,671
Offered at $3,950,000
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6560 Sunnyslope Ave., Castro Valley
573 Bernal Ave, Livermore
3828 Antonini Way in Ruby Hill
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3Bd, 2Ba, Sq. Ft. 1,366
Offered at $555,000
Listing Agent: Stephany Jenkins
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4Bd, 5.5 Ba, Sq. Ft. 6,343
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Listing Agent: Fran Cunningham
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Pleasanton Weekly • February 13, 2015 • Page 23
Alain Pinel Realtors
YOUR HOME AWAITS
DA N V I L L E
$ 3 ,7 9 0 , 0 0 0
5870 Bruce Drive | 6bd 6(1)ba
Dan Gamache | 925.251.1111
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P L E A S A N T ON
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4155 Casterson Court | 4bd 3(1)ba
Moxley Team | 925.251.1111
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DU B L I N
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3468 Palermo Way | 2bd 2(1)ba
Moxley Team | 925.251.1111
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P L E A S A N T ON
$3,30 0,0 0 0
6010 Alisal Street | 4bd 3(2)ba
Moxley Team | 925.251.1111
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S A N R A M ON
$ 1 ,10 0 , 0 0 0
9981 Torreon Avenue | 5bd 2(1)ba
Emily Barraclough | 925.251.1111
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L I V E R M OR E
$598,0 0 0
3881 Pestana Way | 3bd 2ba
Linda Futral | 925.251.1111
Open Sat & Sun 1:00-4:00
P L E A S A N T ON
$2,885,0 0 0
4106 Parma Court | 5bd 6(2)ba
Leslie Faught | 925.251.1111
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F R E M ON T
$ 7 8 9, 2 0 0
35970 Wellington Place | 3bd 2ba
Kim Ott | 925.251.1111
Open Sat & Sun 1-4
L I V E R M OR E
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4603 Apple Tree Common | 2bd 2ba Kelly King | 925.251.1111
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