Advanced Technologies Are Both a Friend and a Threat to the U.S
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Thursday, March 17, 2016 VOLUME LIII, NUMBER 11 Your Local News Source Since 1963 SERVING DUBLIN, LIVERMORE, PLEASANTON, SUNOL Advanced Technologies Are Both A Friend and a Threat to the U.S. By Jeff Garberson The technologies are high per- ist, according to Bruce Goodwin, can accelerate fabrication tenfold The combination of two ad- formance computing and additive an associate director at Lawrence again by compressing the slow, See Inside Section A vanced technologies is proving manufacturing (AM), often called Livermore National Laboratory. methodical sequences of trial and Section A is filled with both a friend and a foe to the U.S. three-dimensional printing. It accelerates the fabrication error into the lightning-fast pro- information about arts, people, It is offering vastly faster and less Additive manufacturing may process roughly tenfold, he said. cesses on the computer. entertainment and special events. wasteful manufacturing, but also allow a technician with the right Manufacturing operations can For the military, this unprec- There are education stories, a is threatening to spread access to equipment and a complete com- run all day and all night. A single edented speed opens the door to de- variety of features, and the arts destructive technologies that can puter file to build a toy for a child, technician can program many op- veloping weapons that have been and entertainment and easily be concealed by terrorists a hip joint for a surgeon -- or a erations at once. adapted to an evolving conflict bulletin board. and other hostile groups. high explosive bomb for a terror- High performance computing (See TECHNOLOGIES, page 2) Doolan Canyon Pleasanton Named a Salamander Initiative Recovery Area Aimed at Big Doolan Canyon been selected by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Box Stores (FWS) as an area to encourage the habitat recovery for the threatened An initiative that would allow tiger salamander species. the people of Pleasanton to vote The designated unit represents on whether a big box store should 1178 acres, with Collier Canyon be included in the Johnson Drive on the east and the City of Dublin Economic Development Zone on the west. Another designated (EDZ) has been submitted to the area is near the Valley, located just City of Pleasanton. south of the Alameda County line, Opponents of locating a Costco on the eastern shore of Calaveras store in the area have been attend- Lake, which is behind Calaveras ing Pleasanton City Council meet- Dam. It covers 619 acres. ings to voice their opposition. Doolan Canyon made the list The group sponsoring the initia- because of perceived threats to tive, Citizens for Planned Growth the habitat by urban development, (CFPG), will be gathering signa- agricultural land conversion, and tures to place it on the ballot for road construction. The Calaveras the General Election to be held land is on the list for the same November 8, 2016. reasons, and also for invasive non- If approved, the initiative would native species. dictate the following changes to the The designation of a habitat Pleasanton General Plan: area is not a final one. There is A new Program 15.6 shall be a 60 day comment period, which added to Policy 15 of Section 2.0 opened March 11, and closes on Photo - Doug Jorgensen (Land Use Element) of the Pleas- May 10. For more information, Green was the color of the day as the Dublin Lions Club presented the 33rd Annual St. Patrick’s Day anton General Plan 2005-2025 to see the FWS home page, at http:// Parade Saturday morning. The parade featured more than 80 entries, including festive marching bands read as follows: www.fws.gov/sacramento/ Program 15.6: (a) Encourage and floats, Irish bagpipes, and equestrian riders. The annual festival continued at the Civic Center with small scale retail, highway and Jane Hendron, public affairs music and dance, an Irish marketplace, an Irish Tea Cottage, and food, beverages, arts and crafts and specialist with FWS, said the service commercial, business and public should be aware that this is a carnival. More celebration photos on page 8. professional offices in the Johnson a conservation plan, which takes (See INITIATIVE, page 12) a proactive approach to planning habitat preservations. FWS works in partnership with farmers, ranch- ers, other landowners and agen- Dublin Schools Place Bond Measure on June Ballot cies in a way that will promote The Dublin Unified School ers voting on the measure. Should The list was prepared by a district rooms, updating science and labo- preservation. District Board of Trustees voted the measure be approved, the Dis- committee with stakeholder input ratory spaces, as well as computers The plan should not be confused at its March 8 meeting to place a trict will be authorized to issue and from all areas. Bonds will be issued and educational technology; and with a recovery plan for restoration $283 million general obligation sell bonds of up to $283 million over a series of years as tax rates upgrading classrooms and facilities of endangered species, which bond measure on the ballot for (no more than $60 per $100,000 in and assessed valuation allow. to meet current fire, emergency and concentrates on enforcement of the the June 7, 2016 primary election. assessed value) to provide financ- The project list includes: the safety codes. law on endangered species habitat, The measure requires approval ing for specific school facilities initial phase of a 2nd high school, The bond measure, which will said Hendron. of 55 percent of the registered vot- projects in the Bond Project List. updating and replacing aging class- (See BOND, page 12) Pleasanton Board Moves to Build Culinary Academy By Ron McNicoll ect will be funded by borrowing to qualify for a state grant of $2.4 The Pleasanton Unified School from the Sycamore Fund, which million, which has a deadline of District Board has put the wheels the district has set aside for capital July 12. in motion to build a new multipur- projects. The money came from The plans were set five years pose room and a Career Technical sale of a site that was originally ago. However, changes in building Education culinary building at the purchased near Sycamore Road in codes required them to be updated. Village High campus. the 1960s. The board hired low bidder Sug- The board voted 4-0, with Chris The district is putting in $3.4 imura Finney Architects to prepare Grant absent, to proceed with the million. Moving forward would the design and engineering work design for the additions. The proj- allow for the district to continue (See PLEASANTON, page 8) Yet Another Delay in Charter Prep Move By Ron McNicoll pendence Drive in Livermore so quarters have been frustrated first A move to the modern con- that the Charter Prep students can by a change in landlords at the new verted office building designated leave the Livermore Valley school location, and by the slow process for the Livermore Valley Charter district's former Portola Elemen- of signing agreements with busi- Preparatory (LVCP) has been put tary School campus. TVLC rents ness people who were renting the off again. the campus, which has enough premises. The Tri-Valley Learning Cor- classrooms, but inadequate space Afterward, one area of the poration (TVLC) has been trying for other facilities that a high building was converted to class- for several years to move into the school would use. rooms for LVCS and another two-story building at 3090 Inde- Efforts to move into the new (See CHARTER, page 5) Livermore Moves Ahead with Council Chambers The City of Livermore will $457,898 on a final project design. with the goal of preserving the move forward with designing a The decision on whether or not to mature trees, artwork and plaques civic center meeting hall. The fa- build the facility will be made at a located on the site. It would be ori- cility, which would include a new later date. Six million in funding ented toward city hall rather than council chambers, would replace has been identified for construc- South Livermore Avenue. the old library at the corner of Pa- tion. The council also expressed a cific Avenue and South Livermore The council favored an archi- preference for amphitheater style Photo - Doug Jorgensen Avenue. tectural style that would blend in seating for the council chamber. Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley and Gail Van de Roovaart On Monday, the city council with other civic buildings in the As proposed, the 6500 square made a delivery during the March for Meals event designed to authorized the city manager to area. The building would occupy foot building would include a enter into an agreement to spend the same footprint as the old library draw attention to the Meals on Wheels program. For the story, go (See CHAMBERS, page 4) to page 8. PET OF THE WEEK Happy-go-lucky Toro is ready to find the adoptable dog’s pot- INSIDE o’-gold: a great family. He’s a wee stout Basset Hound mix, seven-years-old, with a merry twinkle in his eye. 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