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Valley Fever: a Silent, Unpredictable Menace Thursday, February 18, 2016 VOLUME LIII, NUMBER 7 Your Local News Source Since 1963 SERVING DUBLIN, LIVERMORE, PLEASANTON, SUNOL Valley Fever: A Silent, Unpredictable Menace By Jeff Garberson cause of his illness, so doctors gave disease endemic to California and worsened. He continues to take it When a Livermore retiree’s him a more massive dose of anti- the entire southwest. today and puts up with side effects cough turned to pneumonia in biotics. These didn’t help either. Quickly treated with one of the like hair loss. See Inside Section A late 2013, a standard course of The doctors put him in intensive standard anti-fungal medications, His experience illustrates the Section A is filled with antibiotics didn’t help. care on a respirator, but he contin- fluconazole, he began to improve. challenge of dealing with what information about arts, people, The retiree was fit for his age, ued to decline. They told his wife Today, the retiree, who asked has been called a “silent epidemic” but he soon became so weak he to prepare for the worst. not to be named in order to pro- -- Valley Fever, an illness that is entertainment and special events. couldn’t get out of a chair. At the last minute, the results of tect his family’s privacy, is on difficult to diagnose for which There are education stories, a His wife took him to an emer- a sophisticated test from UC-Davis his feet, easily tired but no longer there is no cure and which cannot variety of features, and the arts gency room, where X- rays arrived, showing what simpler tests in imminent danger. He stopped be prevented except by not breath- and entertainment and showed worsening pneumonia. had failed to do: the Livermore taking fluconazole for a time, but ing dust, a nearly impossible chal- bulletin board. Medical tests failed to reveal the man had Valley Fever, a fungal returned to it when his condition (See VALLEY FEVER, page 4) Pleasanton To A Move in Start School Direction of RO Year Earlier Water Study By Ron McNicoll By Ron McNicoll Pleasanton Unified School Valley officials have agreed to District Trustees approved an in- take the next step toward utiliz- structional calendar for 2016-17 ing reverse osmosis (RO) treated that accomplishes their stated goal wastewater to enhance the Valley's of completing high school final drinking water supply. exams before the winter break. No vote took place at the Water The board voted 4-0, with trust- Policy Roundtable meeting held ee Chris Grant absent on business Feb. 11 at the Zone 7 Water Agen- travel, for a calendar with its first cy offices, but there was consensus instructional day on Aug. 15, 2016, about moving ahead. and final day on June 2, 2017. The Roundtable representa- Although the calendar is pub- tives said that they would like to lished one year at a time, the board jointly finance a study, if their also asked staff to come back with respective boards and councils the same instructional day calendar agree, of the feasibility of using for the next three years for discus- the RO process to treat wastewa- sion at a future meeting. Several ter to contribute to the Valley's trustees said that projecting ahead water supply. Dublin San Ramon would provide a guarantee of Services District (DSRSD) and stability for family vacation plan- Livermore wastewater plants use ning and student community sports tertiary treatment. DSRSD oper- participation. ates the larger facility, collecting The board looked at shifting the Photo - Doug Jorgensen waste from Pleasanton and Dublin, timing of finals to relieve stress on Holding up portraits they created are art students at Granada High School who participated in the as well as Dougherty Valley in students. The new calendar would Memory Project. Contra Costa County. relieve tension over the holiday Indirect injection of RO-treated break, because finals will be out water into the underground water of the way. The stress of finals basin or a reservoir was a clear will simply be transferred to the Creating Memories by Providing Portraits choice over direct injection, a process that involves adding it to period before the holiday break, dents at Granada participating in By Carol Graham “This is our 3rd year partici- he Valley's drinking water. said trustee Valerie Arkin. the Memory Project, a nonprofit When Ella DeCosta looked pating in the Memory Project,” So far, no state standards are in An alternative staff proposal founded in 2004 that invites art into the face of the boy she would said teacher and club leader Laura place for direct injection, although that would have adopted the starts, teachers and their students to cre- likely never meet, she knew she Thournir. “This year’s subjects, the state is working on them, said stops and breaks of a traditional ate portraits for youth who have would choose him. aged ten to 15, are from a single city and agency staffers. school-year calendar was rejected. faced substantial challenges, such “I really liked his expression. village in Ethiopia.” Conceivably, local govern- The traditional calendar would as neglect, abuse, loss of parents, He looked both happy and sad at Once completed, portraits are ments and agencies would have have started the school year on and extreme poverty. Using photo- the same time,” said the Granada delivered to the children as gifts. to work on the state to get the Aug. 22 and ended on June 9. graphs provided by the foundation, High School freshman. “I was Photos of them holding their por- standards into place just to proceed Finals would have been held Jan. artists choose a medium, such as immediately drawn to his picture, traits are shared with the artists. with direct injection. Zone 7 direc- and felt like I needed to draw him.” painting or drawing, to create a “I’ve done this project from (See SCHOOL YEAR, page 3) Ella is one of 15 art club stu- keepsake portrait for the child. (See MEMORY, page 2) (See RO STUDY, page 5) Talk In Livermore Will Consider Charter Prep Turns to Private Academy for Help to Build Parking Lot Nuclear Power By Ron McNicoll the city did not issue a building passe. The sooner that the building Both schools are non-profits. The Tri-Valley Learning Corpo- occupancy permit to TVLC. That can be occupied, the sooner tuition However, CPA is a private acad- After Fukushima ration (TVLC) began negotiating has delayed the Livermore Val- revenue will be rolling in to the emy; LVCP receives state educa- A nuclear expert next week with California Preparatory Acad- ley Charter Preparatory (LVCP) academy. tion money. The rent paid by LVCP will discuss the future of nuclear emies (CPA) for help with meeting moving into the site. The school That also helps LVCP, because at the former Portola School is power in the wake of the Japanese the $1 million cost of building a currently leases the former Portola the two schools are co-tenants of $15,000 per month for a total of Fukushima disaster. parking lot and making certain School campus from the Liver- the building. Both are jointly liable $180,000 per year. The expert, Dr. Allison Macfar- left-turn lane improvements near more Valley Joint Unified School for the $2 million in annual lease Batchelor said in an interview lane, was former head of the U.S. its new building at 3090 Indepen- District (LVJUSD). payments. However, that does not this week that CPA would look to Nuclear Regulatory Commission. dence Drive in Livermore. CPA is also depending on oc- mean that they will split the rent financing the traffic and parking She will speak Thursday, Febru- John Zukoski, interim CEO cupying a portion of the building, 50-50. improvements from its construc- ary 25, at 7:30 p.m at Livermore’s for TVLC, and Bill Batchelor, which is modern, but not brand Zukoski said, "TVLC could tion budget. Bankhead Theater. Her talk con- manager of CPA, confirmed the new. The two-story concrete and need to pay $0, $2 million, or As for the CPA revenue stream, tinues the Rae Dorough Speaker negotiations last week. glass edifice formerly housed of- something in between. Our infor- Batchelor said that details con- Series. Because TVLC failed to meet fices. mal agreement is that TVLC will cerning the cost of tuition, room The Fukushima disaster began the city-imposed conditions for the CPA has much at stake in get- only pay what we would have paid and board are in flux. Information for our current Portola site." (See TALK, page 6) parking and traffic improvements, ting an early resolution to the im- (See PARKING LOT, page 5 Downtown Development Should Feature a Walkable Plan That Includes Art and Culture Members of the public provided finalists regarding development the center of the downtown was input on what they would like proposals last Monday. The fol- not an appropriate location for high to see developed on two sites in lowing night, the public and coun- density housing. downtown Livermore. cil weighed in with comments. Sblend Sblendorio, affiliated The two sites, when developed Public opinion differed on such with Innovation Tri-Valley and would complete the Downtown issues as housing and the size of a i-GATE incubator, stated, "Includ- Specific Plan. They encompass the conference center. Many supported ing housing for twenty and thirty- former "Lucky Shopping Center," incorporating art and culture, along year-olds who are looking for as well as property adjacent to the with walkable open space, into smaller homes, close to services Bankhead Theater.
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