A federal Judge used sharp language in addressing PG&E and its lawyers during a hearing on Wednesday to consider adding further conditions to the probation imposed after the utility’s prior criminal convictions. Decrying what he said was PG&E’s history of employing “slick legalese” to elide taking stronger action to prevent its equipment from causing dangerous […]
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Ex-councilman Arun Goel sworn into DSRSD board
Former Dublin City Council member Arun Goel was appointed the new leader of Dublin San Ramon Services District Division 5 at the Feb. 2 Board of Directors meeting, beating out four other candidates to fill the vacant seat. Immediately after virtually taking the oath of office, Goel joined the board for the remainder of the […]
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Project Thank You: Saying thanks to health care workers
These days the magic word is “thanks.” Hailey Sohn of Pleasanton is a team member of Project Thank You, started by two UC Berkeley seniors, Ravi Dashputre and Ashley DuBord, to let health care workers know they are appreciated for taking care of others and even endangering their own health. “Medical workers are under immense […]
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What a Week: Remembering Ilene
Last weekend marked a solemn anniversary in Dublin: 32 years to the day since Ilene Misheloff, then 13, disappeared while walking home from school. Like so many events over the past year, the annual remembrance looked much different because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Canceled were the traditional candlelight vigil and community walk retracing Ilene’s path […]
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Survey: BART riders more satisfied with agency's service amid pandemic
Roughly three-quarters of BART riders were satisfied with the transit agency’s service in 2020, an increase of almost 30% over 2018, according to the results of a survey the agency released last week. BART received responses from some 3,000 riders for its biennial customer satisfaction survey, which found that 72% of riders were very or […]
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Contra Costa supervisors honor retired parks GM Doyle
In honoring Robert Doyle upon his retirement as the East Bay Regional Park District’s general manager, Contra Costa County supervisors praised him for his work to help not only save park land, but to make that land as accessible to as many people as possible. “You are the entity who would come in and say […]
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Wilson, Newby named 2021 Contra Costa County Humanitarians of the Year
Velma Wilson, a community volunteer from Antioch and a Census 2020 field supervisor, was cited for her outreach efforts to hard-to-count people from some of Contra Costa County’s toughest areas, was recently honored as Contra Costa County’s 2021 Humanitarian of the Year. And Kimyatta Newby, a member of the San Pablo Youth Commission and a […]
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George Shultz, former secretary of state, dies at 100
Former U.S. Secretary of State George P. Shultz, the Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Distinguished Fellow at the Hoover Institution and professor emeritus at Stanford Graduate School of Business who served three American presidents and played a pivotal role in shaping economic and foreign policy in the late 20th century, died Feb. 6 at […]
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Stanford Health Care receives $16.8M to establish COVID-19 vaccination sites
Stanford Health Care will receive $16.8 million to distribute and administer COVID-19 vaccines at six sites throughout the Bay Area, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced in a statement on Friday. The FEMA grant will cover Stanford’s expenses for personal protective equipment, facility costs and miscellaneous supplies required to store, handle, transport and administer […]
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Around Town: Palo Altans step up to the racial equity challenge
In the latest Around Town column, news about a 21-day racial equity challenge in Palo Alto, Mayor Tom DuBois’ guest appearance on a German podcast and this year’s Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula’s youth of the year. AN EXPLORATION OF RACE … This month, locals are taking on a 21-Day Equity Challenge launched […]
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