Report Says County Can End Homelessness by 2023

Thursday, JANUARY 10, 2019

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SECTION A Thursday, JANUARY 10, 2019 Report Says County Can

Festival planners W. Ron Sutton (left) and Ken Mano pose with volunteer greeter Christina Gray. Sutton is founder of the Make A Difference, Today & Always non-profit organization, which produces the event. Mano is vice-president of the board of directors for Pleasanton's Community of Character Collaboration, another sponsoring organization.

Visitors to the festival are encouraged to sign the historic banner, or to add the year of their return visit. End Homelessness by 2023 Pleasanton Festival to Provide Information on Making A Difference The homeless problem contin- streets and in shelters by a larger and private sector allies spent $106 500 who are currently able to

Saturday, January 19, is the day in Pleasanton to explore the many ways you can volunteer. That’s when the Make A Difference for Pleasanton Festival will be held at the city library from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. (in the Commu- nity Room, to the right just inside the entrance). Dozens ues to worsen in Alameda County, number of new homeless. For ev- million in Fiscal Year 2017-18 on find permanent housing each year of non-profit organizations will have tables set up with information on how you can “Get Connected & Stay Con- nected” with your community through volunteer service for adults, families, and teenagers. Mayor Jerry Thorne will be on hand to open the festival. Would you like to help prepare and serve meals to but it can be turned around and ery homeless person able to find various resources to place people means that 1000 people would go neighbors in need? Drive elderly neighbors to medical (continued on page 7) David Wright greets a visitor to the Pleasanton Cultural Arts Council's booth. solved by 2023 by increasing permanent housing, two people in permanent housing. Raising that into permanent housing annually. spending to $333 million annually. become homeless every year. amount by approximately $227 That would stop the upward trend That is the conclusion of a 46- If the annual increase in home- million would finance sufficient of homelessness, and eliminate See Inside Section A page report from Everyone Home, lessness were to continue, the services, rental assistance and homelessness by 2023. Section A is filled with a non-profit organization founded problem never would be solved. To housing acquisition to change the Asked if homeless people information about arts, people, in 2007 to deal with the county’s address the issue, Everyone Home homeless figure each year. would come to Alameda County entertainment and special events. homeless problem. has come up with a plan to reverse The bigger budget would re- from other areas if the county were There are education stories, a Although homeless people have the numbers, and eliminate home- duce the number of homeless to solve its problem, Everyone variety of features, and the arts been returning to permanent hous- lessness in the county by 2023. by an extra 500 people per year. Home Executive Director Elaine di and entertainment and ing, they have been replaced on the The county and its non-profit Adding those 500 people to the (See HOMELESS, page 2) bulletin board. Dublin School District CityServe Petition Seeks Responded to To Unseat Over 1000 Calls School Trustee

CityServe of the Tri-Valley, Residents of Area 4 in the Dub- a non-profit founded in 2009 to lin Unified School District (DUSD) help people who are in crisis, have filed a petition with the has announced accomplishments Alameda County Office of Educa- achieved during 2018. tion (ACOE) to cancel the board’s Executive Director Gloria Dec. 11 appointment of Niranjana Gregory said in a message to “Nini” Natarajan as a trustee. members and interested public that A petition to have the appoint- the organization was able to help ment nullified was turned in Jan. 2 to ACOE Superintendent Karen more than 1000 callers in the Tri- Monroe. She sent it to Tim Dupuis Valley last year in significant ways. with the County Registrar of Voters CityServe disbursed $107,000 so that his department can make in community care expenses, sure the petition has the proper including partial rental assistance number of valid signatures that to prevent eviction, money for es- would require Monroe to declare sential car repairs, and funds for the appointment vacated, and to utility bills to prevent shut-offs for call a special election. Dupuis will low-income families. report back to Monroe within 30 CityServe provided 275 nights days of Jan. 2. in local motels for emergency A rainbow appeared early on Saturday morning before the storm broke out near Tesla Road Under the state education code, shelter for homeless families, of- valid signatures from only 1.5% in East Livermore. (Photo - Doug Jorgensen) ten those with small children. The of the registered voters in Area 4 organization connected volunteers are needed to make the petition to service opportunities, which valid, said ACOE Chief of Staff amounted to more than 33,000 Dan Bellino. hours in community service. Data on the Registrar of Vot- In 2018, the non-profit ad- Valley’s Own Women’s March ers website on Jan. 7 show that opted a new goal of knowing Area 4 has 5012 registered voters. every homeless person in the Val- Website data for all political juris- ley. Gregory said that CityServe To Link With National Turnout dictions throughout the county are helped, and knows by name, some updated daily on the website, stated The Valley will have its first organizing group, stated, “The 2017 Las Positas College student gov- a spokesperson. With 1.5% of the 277 homeless families and individ- Women’s March on Jan. 19 at the Women’s March galvanized this ernment and a member of the LPC total registration needed, there uals, including 176 in Livermore, Amador Valley High School foot- country, and birthed a new wave Black Student Union. People must be at least 75 valid signatures 64 in Pleasanton, and 37 in Dublin. ball field in Pleasanton. of the women’s rights movement. who want to participate in the on the petition for it to nullify the “We are thankful for each re- The march is part of a nation- That wave is taking to the streets, march through downtown Pleasan- appointment, and require Monroe lationship, both clients and com- wide commemoration of the 2017 here in Pleasanton and nationwide, ton will leave the football field at 2 to call a special election. munity partners. We look forward Women’s March in Washington and we’re coming with an agenda.” p.m. and return later to the plaza in Natarajan was appointed to re- to more community spirit and joint D.C. Hundreds of cities are ex- The event will begin with front of the field, where a Women’s place Joe Giannini, who resigned efforts as we address the very ur- pected to turn out for their marches speeches at 1 p.m. New 16th Dis- Expo will be underway for those in October. Giannini cited a long gent human services needs in our on Jan. 19. trict Assemblymember Rebecca who do not march. The Expo will commute, which consumed time Tri-Valley in this new year ahead,” The local sponsoring organiza- Bauer-Kahan is featured. Other run until 4 p.m. that conflicted with some of his said Gregory. tion is Tri-Valley Women’s March confirmed speakers are Marsha More than a dozen non-profits board duties. Board work also CityServe receives support from Action Group. Joining them are McInnis, president of Tri-Valley will have literature tables at the members of Livermore Indivisible, National Alliance on Mental Ill- Expo, and some businesses will be (See TRUSTEE, page 3) other non-profits, local churches, Students for Social Change and ness (NAMI); Jessica Trubowitch, represented. A First-aid station will city governments, school districts, Organizing for Action (OFA) East Director of Public Policy and be available. businesses, and private donors. It Bay Central. Community Building of the Jewish For more information online, go has a website at cityservetrivalley. Pleasanton resident Kathy Ellis, Community Relationships Council; to https://www.indybay.org/news- Former LLNL org. Besides organization news, who is a spokesperson for the march and Lylah Schmedel, president of items/2019/01/03/18820093.php. the website lists volunteer op- Director Dies portunities. Harold Brown, a brilliant nuclear physicist who helped shape the modern U.S. nuclear arsenal and then became the second director City Council Norms of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, has died at age 91. And Values Updated Brown’s long and highly influential career ranged from ground- By Bruce Gach The Mission statement was breaking scientific research and At the Livermore City Council discussed. The statement currently management locally to high level Means and Norms Workshop on reads, “The City of Livermore pro- academic leadership at the uni- January 7, updates, clarifications vides efficient, attentive and cour- versity level and national security and revisions to the rules of proce- teous service: promotes economic leadership in Washington. dure were discussed by all council viability and innovation; and News reports said the cause of members. They will be incorpo- works to enhance the community his death was pancreatic cancer. rated into a final presentation for and quality of life for Livermore A child prodigy, Brown gradu- a vote at a future council meeting. residents.” Council member Bob ated from Columbia University at The Livermore Mission State- Woerner recommended chang- 17 and earned a physics PhD at 21. ment and Core Values were in- ing the mission statement to add He moved to the West Coast to do troduced by Marc Roberts, City “public safety” followed by “and physics research at the Berkeley Manager. The Core Values address the quality of life”, and then Nearly ready, the Rose Parade Independent Order of Odd Fellows “Rad Lab,” then joined the small how the city council and staff work include the remaining sections (IOOF) and Rebekahs float calliope design fits this year’s contingent that opened the nation’s together. They deal with shared of the original statement. Other Melody of Life theme. Coverings include seaweed paper, statice, second nuclear weapons laborato- values, principles, vision, ethics, council members agreed. Mayor chrysanthemums, cornflower, carnation petals, rice, beans, lentils, ry in Livermore in the fall of 1952. accountability, equitable treat- John Marchand noted that 49% to ground coffee, and of course, lots of roses. This is the 111th year He became LLNL director in ment, commitment to quality and 51% of the city budget is spent on the IOOF has participated in the Rose Parade. Loretta Kaskey, Carol the summer of 1960, succeeding continuous improvement to better public safety. That is an important Wahrer and Jon Hart, from the Livermore Lodge 219 at 2160 First Edward Teller. He served less than serve Livermore. Street, Livermore, traveled to Pasadena to work on the float. For (See LNLL DIRECTOR, page 3) (See CITY COUNCIL, page 5) more photos, go to page 7. (Photo- Loretta Kaskey)

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Homeless Count Looking For Volunteers

The biennial enumera- It also gives organizations tion conducting the survey, tion of homeless people in data for the formation of met 75% of its recruitment Alameda County will be policy and fiscal planning goals, but still needs help held Jan. 30. Volunteers are to better resolve the prob- in the Valley, South County being sought to help with lem of a lack of shelter for and East Oakland. the interviews. people. The training of volun- The count is a snapshot Some 500 interviewers teers takes only one hour. on that particular day of are needed to conduct the Training for Tri-Valley vol- how many people are home- survey at sites throughout unteers will take place at less. the county. Two or three Asbury United Methods Every two years a survey volunteers are matched with Church, 11 a.m. to noon, is taken on the same date a guide who has recent on Jan. 17. to estimate the number of experience with homeless- People interested in people who at night, are un- ness in order to check sites volunteering may sign sheltered, living outdoors. where homeless people can up online at https://www. In order to receive fed- be found. surveymonkey.com/ eral homeless assistance As of Dec. 17, Every- r/2019AlamedaPIT. funds, a count is required. one Counts, the organiza- In downtown Pleasanton, shoppers and pedestrians needed umbrellas as storms broke out on Saturday. (Photo - Doug Jorgensen) DOWNTOWN DREAM HOMELESS OPEN HOUSE: SUNDAY 1-4 PM (Continued from first page)

Coligny reported that efforts taxes, which involve ex- African Americans are The report states that are underway in other coun- emptions and a sunset date; overrepresented among the there are 28,000 units af- ties and at the state level also carving out a segment of homeless. African Ameri- fordable to the county’s Linda Futral to make a big push to solve the county budget; and a cans total 11% of the county 71,000 extremely low- Broker/Realtor problems at those locations. one-half of 1% sales tax, population, but 49% of them income renters, a gap of 925.980.3561 San Francisco and Santa which is likely to raise the are homeless people. 44,000 units. [email protected] www.lindafutral.com Clara County have passed most funds, and may require According to the report, Everyone Home quotes License #01257605 bond issues to work on their state legislators to raise the policymakers need to ad- the Terner Center at UC START THE NEW YEAR OUT RIGHT! problems. Berkeley just county’s taxing limit. dress this discrepancy. The Berkeley that analyzes the 340 Church Street, Livermore added a parcel tax to help Di Coligny said that she report states that“actions increasing cost of develop- 2 bed + bonus room 2 bath 1,478 sq ft fund solutions. and others have been talk- that remove major barriers ment. A 100-unit affordable Downtown Livermore rare ﬁnd $725,000 There are signs that the ing to county supervisors to housing are designed housing project in Califor- Legislature and Gov. Gavin and city officials throughout with a racial equity lens. nia costs almost $425,000 Newsom want to do more the county, as well as non- They honor the dignity and per unit in 2016, up from to end homelessness, es- profits to explain the plan safety of all community resi- $265,000 in 2000. The high- pecially with a projected in detail. She expects that dents, especially those liver cost of land, labor and Winter Evening in budget surplus this year, county supervisors will be ing without housing. They materials all contribute to said di Coligny. hearing a public presenta- will have the greatest impact the increase. the Vineyards Fixing the homeless tion of the plan in February on homelessness. Local policymakers problem could save the or March. Virtually all persons should have roles to help Great Music, Food & Wine state money in other catego- The Everyone Home re- polled say that homeless- end homelessness, notes at Las Positas Vineyards ries, such as health care and port profiles demographics ness is not a choice for the report. Such policies welfare, noted di Coligny. about homelessness in the them. Some 98% say they would include “protecting January 12 February 16 Homeless people would county. Some 82% of those are interested in affordable Tammy Byerly Chaz N Company become more stabilized impacted were county resi- rental housing or housing renters, increasing afford- Chaz N Company for job opportunities; they dents before they became with support services. Such able housing for homeless would experience a better homeless. services include helping and extremely low-income January 26 March 16 health environment. Approximately 47% re- people obtain disability households, protecting the Joey T & Friends Tripster Louie To pay for the plan to ported that a health condi- payments from the federal dignity, health and safety of eliminate homelessness, the tion impairs their ability government, or medical those forced to live on the report states that it is im- to work or maintain hous- and financial support from streets, and counteracting February 9 March 30 portant to have a dedicated ing. Further, 41% iden- the county. the (racial disparity) impacts Jessie Hendrics Double Shot source of revenue that could tify themselves as having Contributors to the in- of housing policies.” be locally controlled. The a psychiatric or emotional creasing economic prob- Other suggestions are Admission & Dinner Tickets available report expresses no prefer- condition, and 18% say they lems that push people out of to engage the leadership of ence about which revenue have three or more disabling housing include “dire short- people experiencing home- @ www.laspositasvineyards.com generators should be tapped. health conditions. These are ages of affordable housing, lessness, and reach out in Potential revenue sourc- among the most vulnerable, neighborhood gentrifica- various languages. 1828 Wetmore Road, Livermore CA es cited for county and city and should be a priority, tion, increasing disparities [email protected] government include parcel concludes the report. of income and wealth.” 925-449-9463 Indoor Concert Venue

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Early Winter Storms Produce Sierra Snow, TRUSTEE But Water Content Remains Below Average (Continued from first page)

On January 3rd, the De- Climate change has also ple runoff as the snowpack affected his availability for locate available money for new. partment of Water Resourc- shifted the balance of rain melts to meet the state’s family activities. projects, and work toward Natarajan attended her es (DWR) conducted the and snow, with rain falling water demand in the sum- Natarajan’s appointment goals tied to that. Also, first meeting Dec. 13. The first Phillips Station snow at higher elevations than in mer and fall. survey of 2019. The manual the past. DWR’s manual DWR has conducted lasts for two years, filling Cherrier liked Blackwell’s board’s next meeting took survey recorded 25.5 inches snow surveys, combined manual snow surveys at out Giannini’s term. When longer,13-year residence place Jan. 8. of snow depth and a snow with our electronic snow Phillips Station since 1964, the term expires in 2020, she in Dublin, and her school water equivalent of 9 inches, sensors and emerging tech- recording both depth and would be eligible to run in volunteer work. which is 80 percent of aver- nology, enable successful snow water equivalent. the election in Area 4. Board President Miller age for this location. State- runoff forecasts and water Snow water equivalent is The Dublin district said she preferred Nata- wide, the Sierra snowpack is resource management. the depth of water that theo- switched from at-large rajan, because she em- 67 percent of average. The “About two-thirds of retically would result if the seats to area seats in 2017 phasized connecting with results confirm that despite California’s annual rainfall entire snowpack melted in response to a demand people, both teachers and early winter storms, Sierra occurs December through instantaneously. That mea- letter from an attorney rep- parents, and was active in water content is below av- March. Total precipitation surement allows for a more resenting the Southwest the schools. Kylie Saulovich erage for this time of year. so far this water year, which accurate forecast of spring Voter Registration Educa- Trustee Megan Rouse ESTHETICIAN tion Project (SVREP). The said that since Natarajan is SVREP said it made the relatively new to Dublin, HEAVENLY request after being asked to having lived there for four TREATMENT do so by Latino residents of years, she might be more Keep your skin healthy Dublin. It is more difficult in touch with newer com- and beautiful. for a minority person to be munity residents, and bring Customized skin treatments, facials elected in an at-large elec- in new ideas. Cunningham and waxing. tion, said SVREP. said that Natarajan brings a The board voted 3-1 to fresh face to the board, and 925-321-5876 364 S. Livermore Ave., Livermore appoint Natarajan, Head of with it perhaps something Schedule Online www.heavenlytx.com Finance for a start-up in San Mateo. The only other candidate for the appointment, Gabrielle Blackman, works in the architecture industry, helping institutions with facilities design. Blackman ran for the board in 2016, when the voting was at-large, and three seats were up for election. She finished fourth in a field of five. Incumbents Amy Miller and Dan Cun- ningham were re-elected, John King, Water Resource Engineer of the California Department of Water Resources and newcomer Giannini Snow Survey Section inserts the long aluminum snow depth survey pole into the defeated incumbent Sameer snow for the first DWR snow survey of the 2019 season held at Phillips Station Hakim, who had been ap- in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The survey site is approximately 90 miles east pointed in 2015 to succeed Sean Kenney, who resigned. of Sacramento off Highway 50 in El Dorado County. Photo taken January 3, 2019. The other finalist for the (Ken James - Cal. DWR) 2015 appointment from a field of nine candidates was “The last few years have began October 1, has been runoff. Giannini. shown how variable Cali- below average,” said DWR DWR conducts five snow Board Vice-president fornia’s climate truly is and State Climatologist Michael surveys each winter – near Dan Cherrier cast the lone no vote against Natarajan’s what a profound impact Anderson. “We still have the first of January, Feb- Offers expire 1/17/19. Mention this ad. climate change has on our three wet season months ruary, March, April and appointment, preferring water resources,” said DWR ahead of us, so there’s time May – at Phillips Station in Blackman. He said both Director Karla Nemeth. for the snowpack to build the Sierra Nevada just off candidates were qualified, “California’s significant and improve before it begins Highway 50 near Sierra-at- but Blackman was more in weather variability means to melt, which usually starts Tahoe. The Phillips snow line with his philosophy. He we can go from historic happening around April 1.” course is one of hundreds would like to seat a board drought to record rainfall, On average, the snow- that will be surveyed manu- member who could help with nothing in between. pack supplies about 30 per- ally throughout the winter. Climate change will con- cent of California’s water Manual measurements aug- tinue to exacerbate the ex- needs as it melts in the ment the electronic readings tremes, creating additional spring and early summer. from about 100 snow pil- challenges for maintaining The greater the snowpack lows in the Sierra Nevada water supply reliability and water content, the greater that provide a current snap- the need for innovative the likelihood California’s shot of the water content in solutions.” reservoirs will receive am- the snowpack. LNLL DIRECTOR (Continued from first page) a year before being called to the height of the Cold War,” monuclear weaponry made Washington to head defense Goldstein said. by Brown and his team as research and engineering for Former director Bruce demonstrated in a nuclear the Kennedy Administra- Tarter said that Brown em- test in Nevada in 1955. tion’s Defense Department. bodied characteristics that The explosive power of He continued in that po- typified the dynamic nature the test, code named Linda, sition under Lyndon John- of the early laboratory. was “within a few percent” son and was promoted to In an email, he called of that predicted by Brown Secretary of the Air Force. Brown “brilliant, self-con- a year earlier. The observed He moved back to California fident and very dedicated to agreement with prior calcu- as president of Cal Tech, achieving major technical lations gave the team, and then returned to Washing- results.” the nation, confidence in the ton as Secretary of Defense Tarter’s history of LLNL, design’s reliability. under Jimmy Carter. “The American Lab,” was The design was so “radi- Today’s LLNL director, published last year. cal” that it had the effect Bill Goldstein, described Tom Ramos, another of making “every thermo- Brown as “instrumental in LLNL scientist who has nuclear design up to that establishing our Labora- turned his attention to his- time…obsolete,” according HAS YOUR HOME TAKEN UP tory’s reputation for ‘new tory, also noted Brown’s to Ramos. ideas.’” brilliance in scientific lead- It was one of the key Under Brown’s leader- ership. advances that enabled the SMOKING THIS WINTER? ship, the Livermore Lab Ramos’s book on the young laboratory to make it “developed nuclear weap- Laboratory’s weapons pro- possible for the U.S. to de- ons that were small and gram is expected to be pub- ploy a virtually invulnerable Breathing wood smoke light enough to be placed lished later this year. submarine-based deterrent on submarines, a critical One part of the book will force, Ramos said. turn for this country during focus on advances in ther- is unhealthy.

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EDITORIAL MAILBOX

Addressing Homelessness (Opinions voiced in letters voted on by the Transpor- visitors might have to walk for border control at times Already, the year 2019 is bringing more published in Mailbox are tation Committee, did not a burdensome three blocks when Obama was President focus on the homeless problem. According to a those of the author and do affect height limits along to a restaurant when they but did nothing about it report prepared for Alameda County, the issue not necessarily reflect the bus routes - only along rail overdose on salt, fat, starch except talk. They allowed could be solved by 2023 by increasing spending opinion of The Independent. lines. It should also be said and sugar. more voters to vote than to $333 million annually. The Independent will not that what others rules were Vibrant is grasping at were registered in some The report notes that for every homeless publish anonymous let- proposed on bus routes only straws at a time when the districts. They oppose voter person able to find permanent housing, two ters. All letters are required applied to certain "high state is trying to ban them. ID. They are for “Motor others become homeless every year. to have the names of the quality" bus routes with Please, Vibes, stop the Voter.” I believe it registers The county with its non-profit and private persons submitting them. high levels of service. churlish assertions and go many illegals. 2) Neither the old bill or back to distorting the facts. The most serious thing sector allies spent $106 million in Fiscal Year Abusive letters may be re- jected or edited. Frequent the new bill propose "ban- that the Democrats support 2017-18 on various resources to place people in letter writers may have ning" single family housing. Isabel Connection is sanctuary cities in Cali- permanent housing. If by 2023 approximately publication of their letters It attempted to eliminate Project fornia. They allow all sorts $227 million in additional funds could be raised delayed. Letters should be "apartment bans." Mike Kujacich, of bad things to happen and every year, the total amount could finance suf- sent by email to editmail@ 3) Neither the old bill or Livermore no one gets punished. ficient services, rental assistance and housing compuserve.com) the new bill "mandate" 5 I was reading with inter- acquisition to eliminate homelessness. story buildings in any loca- est and frustration about the Water Consumption Alameda County is not the only government Thoughts and tion. There are still a variety Alameda CTC transporta- Jorge Barrantes entity looking into solutions. San Francisco and Corrections on Transit of other rules and factors tion plan for finishing the While filling up my bath Santa Clara County have passed bond issues to Housing Bill besides height limits that Isabel connection project tap the other day, I realized work on their problems. Berkeley just added a Steven Dunbar, were not touched that affect from Interstates 580 to 680. that it took a while to fill what could be built. parcel tax. There are signs that the Legislature Livermore Funding is now complete up. That is because the tub Thank to the Indepen- 4) The coalition also and the project is slated to needs 40 gallons of water to and Gov. Gavin Newsom want to do more to includes mayors of smaller end homelessness. Dealing with the homeless dent for covering the re- start in early 2021 to add fill up! Forty gallons trans- cities like Santa Rosa and the final two lanes three lates to eight (5 gallon) jugs. problem could save the state money in other gional action that is being taken to address our housing Rohnert Park, sustainable miles from Ruby Hill Drive If we added it up, the categories, such as health care and welfare. problems. transportation groups like to I-680. Bond measures, regular consumption in a Homeless people would become more stabi- Too many people are Transform, and staff from environmental reviews, etc. household of 4 will take lized for job opportunities; they would experi- struggling to keep roofs cities around the bay. It's started in 2014 and probably approximately 1 gallon jug ence a better health environment. It would also over their heads, or they're not just big companies, big before that. Say it finishes of water per day. And now help to eliminate homeless camps, which have driving hours per day and development, and big cities. in 2024, which will mean those 40 gallons translate led to problems. spending no time with their Not all of the language it took 10 years to plan and to a 6 weeks consumption Potential revenue sources cited for county family, or they're moving of the bill is set in stone yet, build two lanes of highway of water for a family of 4. out of state to areas that but I'm looking forward to three miles. The complete The luxury of taking a and city government include parcel taxes, seeing it in the new year. which involve exemptions and a sunset date; emit 5 times as much carbon project will have taken say bath will no longer be considered the norm. Please carving out a segment of the county budget; pollution per person. That's 15 years to add two lanes Volunteer for and in some places four consider. and a one-half of 1% sales tax, which is likely bad news for everyone - bad news for those displaced, Homeless Count lanes maybe 10 miles. to raise the most funds, and may require state bad news for those who are Gloria Gregory, Is it any wonder we can't Transit Densities legislators to raise the county’s taxing limit. trying to help the homeless Executive Director and keep up with our traffic is- Article We urge the county to move forward with we already have, bad news Co-Founder, CityServe of sues. And the longer these Andrew Barker, planning and to involve cities in finding solu- for those commuting, and the Tri-Valley projects take the more it Livermore tions that work for each. It would be money bad news for the planet. Please consider signing costs. This is a great proj- December 27 edition of well spent. The bills that are being up to volunteer to help with ect, I use it all the time. But the Independent on Scott presented are compromises our local homeless popu- the whole thing could have Wiener's bill to allow higher between local residents lation count on Wednes- been completed in several densities near transit con- and councils, citizens who day, January 30th! Home- years not decades with some tained several factual errors. have already been displaced less counts will be done streamlined planning. First, the article incor- from high-priced locales all across our country that rectly referred to the bill and do not have a voice morning. Sign up at www. Illegals as SB 827, which was its Pedrozzi Scholarship in their county or city any cityservetrivalley.org if you Kenneth Nather, designation in the last leg- longer, developers (both can help! CityServe of the Livermore islative session. The current Applications Open for-profit and non-profit), Tri-Valley is the lead agency Yesterday another po- proposal is SB 50. tenant-rights activists, en- for this count (it happens per The Independent also The Pedrozzi Founda- tablished by Mario Pedro- lice officer was killed by vironmentalists, climate HUD requirements nation- falsely stated that "single- tion is accepting applica- zzi, a Livermore business- an illegal alien protected change activists, and the ally every 2 years). This family housing would be tions for scholarships for man, who left his estate as by Sanctuary State Laws. state, which is trying to count helps determine fund- banned" in certain areas undergraduate and graduate a gift to the community. When are Democrats and invest wisely in fiscally and ing to our area for homeless under the bill. This is incor- studies, community college In addition to awarding Never Trumpers going to environmentally sustainable services. rect, as no current owner of and vocational training. scholarships for any field of wake up and protect the infrastructure. It's a tough Please help us meet the a single-family house will Applications are accessed study, scholarships funded U.S.A.? Representatives balance. local volunteer need of 44 be forced to move or to from the Pedrozzi website – by generous community are elected to manage and The new bill does more individuals to help count modify their property under Pedrozzi.org – and are due members will be awarded protect the U.S.A. For the to address areas with lots of on January 30th! Please the bill. March 1, 2019. to students pursuing voca- last twenty or more years jobs and not enough hous- contact our office with any Similarly, the article The Foundation expects tional training or degrees our representatives have ing, regardless of the size of questions. Thank you!! falsely claims that 5-story to award over 100 scholar- in the physical sciences, been out to lunch. individual employers, while buildings will be "mandat- ships in May 2019. Current engineering, or music. If I believe they have al- being careful not to displace Ludicrous Almost ed." In fact, such buildings Livermore Schools seniors the recipient of the Charles lowed 30 to 40 million il- existing renters. It also at- Lutefisk will be permitted but not and all past Livermore Val- Amirkhanian Music Schol- legals to cross our borders tempts to be a bit better at Daryl R Carlson, mandated in certain areas ley Joint Unified School arshipplans to study music and suck off our system. managing the problems in Livermore under SB 50. District graduates are eli- at San Francisco State, the Our budgets for welfare; different cities - LA is dif- I hope the Independent gible to apply to join the school’s department of mu- I’m still laughing at schools; hospitals; legal ferent than the Bay. issues a correction and is growing list of over 1,100 sic will match the $5,000 Vibrant Livermore’s lat- representation; food stamps; However, I wanted to more careful in its reporting Pedrozzi Scholars who have scholarship. est scaled-back ad which prisons etc. have skyrock- clarify a few things that in the future. received $4 million in schol- Applicants are evalu- mourns the loss of some eted. were mentioned. arships since 2008. ated anonymously based illusionary parking spaces, The Democrats don’t 1) SB 827, in the form In addition to applying on responses to short essay shrieking that residents and seem to care. They called for a Pedrozzi Foundation prompts, school and com- Scholarship, the Foundation munity activities, work ex- encourages all high school perience, reference respons- seniors to complete the Free es and academic record. The Application for Federal Stu- 2019 scholarship awards SHORT NOTES dent Aid (FAFSA) or Cali- will be at least $1,000 per fornia Dream Act Applica- year, up to a maximum Plans for Decommissioning BART's Legacy Fleet information about CityServe's local mental health services, tion (CADAA) to access all of 4 years, depending on progress updates on the new Axis Health dental clinic, a federal, state and school aid type of scholarship. A past With a steady flow of new Fleet of the Future trains ar- hearing about the impact (and renaming) of the Tri-Valley for which they are eligible. recipient shared, “I work a riving in 2019, BART is planning what to do with the fleet Career Center, and more. The Foundation’s website minimum wage job. Due to of the past – the “legacy” train cars that have served the The meeting will be held from 1-2:30PM at Amador is also a valuable resource my $4,000 Pedrozzi Schol- Bay Area with many dating to the start of BART in 1972. Recreation Center, 4455 Black Avenue, Pleasanton. for learning why and how to arship, I spent hundreds of There’s lots of public interest in what will happen to the For more information, contact the CityServe office at: apply for financial aid. hours studying instead of old train cars: Could they be donated to museums? Turned [email protected] or (925) 223 - 6947. The Foundation was es- working.” into homeless shelters? Used at tech schools for mobile classrooms? Repurposed into container-cart coffee shops? Or sold off as scrap metal to the highest bidder? Greenlining Institute The BART Board of Directors will get a look at early The Greenlining Institute is now accepting applications plans for the fleet decommissioning at its Thursday, Jan. for 10-week Summer Associate and year-long Fellowship Correction 10 meeting. The decommissioning is a complex process programs. Greenlining is seeking individuals who are ready A story in the Dec. 27 issue of The Independent referred because BART will operate with a mixed fleet of new and to build a just and more inclusive society by becoming to a revival of Sen. Scott Wiener’s bill SB 827 from the old cars for some time. The new and old cars can’t join top leaders on racial equity issues. Nationally recognized, Legislature’s last session. The bill number has been changed together in one train, but there will be full train sets made these two competitive programs are driven by experien- up of new and old running simultaneously for several years. to SB 50. The bill states that local government might have tial learning and train emerging leaders to tap into their to give density bonuses to developers who meet certain personal experiences to fuel their growth as generational changemakers. requirements. Any density bonuses would be available near Assemblywoman Bauer-Kahan to Talk at Library transit and bus corridors, as was true of SB 827. Greenlining seeks to foster a strong network of lead- The story said the bill would mandate 5-story buildings On Sunday, January 13, from 1:30 - 3:30 PM, join ers doing impactful work that strengthens a vision where communities of color thrive. Visit www.greenlining.org/ in transportation corridors, but story heights are not men- Livermore Indivisible members at the Livermore Civic Center Library, Community Rooms A & B, for the group's leadership-academy for application details, or email acad- tioned in the bill. first meeting of 2019. Special guest, newly elected State [email protected] with questions. Assemblywoman Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, will discuss issues of concern to the community and state. Space will be limited. Firefighter Terminated For more information, contact Mary Perner at mary- Recently, Alameda County Firefighter/Paramedic Alan [email protected]. Weeks was terminated by the department. Firefighter Weeks, a resident of Discovery Bay, was a 15-year veteran (INLAND VALLEY PUBLISHING CO.) PUBLISHER: Joan Kinney Seppala of the Alameda County Fire Department. He was placed ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER: David T. Lowell (In Memoriam) CityServe Community Meeting January 15 EDITOR: Janet Armantrout on Administrative Leave approximately 2 ½ years ago. THE INDEPENDENT (USPS 300) is published every Thursday by Inland Valley Publishing Company, 2250 First St., CityServe's meeting will provide an opportunity for all Firefighter Weeks was not advised as to the reason he was Livermore, CA 94550; (925) 447-8700. 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Editorial information may be submitted by [email protected]. needs more effectively. termination lawsuit by attorney Jason Hasley with the law www.independentnews.com The agenda for this meeting will include: updates on office of David Olson. CityServe's Homeless Outreach Team Initiatives, important JANUARY 10, 2019 • The Independent 5

CITY COUNCIL (Continued from first page) BROKER DRE #01793729 message to send to the submit the card and also abstention will be counted listed as abstaining, and community since safety present when the card is as a “yes” vote and the the motion will fail. was one of the topics that read. The purpose of the motion will pass. If there Marchand stated that ranked high in the citizens’ speaker card “is to hold were a tie vote and a mem- as part of being elected PLEASANTON $1,179,950 survey. Roberts mentioned that place”. Presently, the ber chose to abstain before to the council, members 7305 LINWOOD CT. that safety encompassed a cards come to the city any discussion of the mo- are expected to give their 3 beds, 2.5 bath, 2,014 sq ft on a 8,225 sq ft lot. Cindy & Joel lot of different areas, such clerk who numbers them tion and therefore has not opinions and position on Immaculate home with private oasis. Pool with Engel as water, sewers, streets before handing them to participated in the discus- issues, participate in all solar, waterfall, above ground spa, putting green 925.580.5106 and built in BBQ. Must see this one! REALTOR DRE #00961854 & 00612136 and even the police and the mayor. Further, agree- sion, the member will be discussions and vote. fire departments. ment was reached that OPEN SAT & SUN 1 TO 4 PM WWW.THEENGELS.COM Shawn Spano, commu- the speaker cards may be nication consultant, who submitted until an item has previously worked is closed and under con- 7305 Linwood Ct TheIndependent-Ad.indd 1 1/4/2019 1:37:24 PM with Livermore and other sideration by the council. communities concerning Speakers must address the operations, stated that he council as a “body” and observed that Livermore not single out a specific has good effective govern- council member. If the ment, a collaborative his- speaker does not follow tory, tradition and practice this practice, the speaker and values, a very strong may be called out of order, staff from city manager and asked to step aside. and department heads on Alcala discussed ques- down, and most important, tions that concern voting has excellent staff-council by council members. If relationships. That makes there were a conflict of “for a very, very well-run interest by a council mem- city”. ber in regard to an issue He reviewed informa- up for a vote, that member tion told to him about must leave the dais before what motivated and in- any discussion and cannot spired council members vote. If a member abstains and staff to become in- and states that abstention volved in public service, before any discussion of and how they approach the motion, that member their city work, collecting has no vote in the issue. and absorbing information The vote of the remaining as part of the decision- council members deter- making process. All stated mines a pass or fail for that they gathered as much the motion. However, if information as possible there were a tie vote and from various sources be- a member has participated fore a council meeting, in the discussion and then but then waited for the chooses to abstain, the public comment, which many times shaped their decision making. Spano asked whether the Mission and Values statements should be in- corporated in the document itself as a preamble to the council Norms and Values document. All PEOPLEEOPLE WANTANT OPENPEN SPACEPACE council members agreed. P W O S He asked them whether long range thinking and planning should also be included in the new Prin- ciples of Governance. Council member Trish Munro noted that vision and long-range planning fit into how the council acts as policy makers. Roberts will formulate language that addresses this topic and bring it for discussion later. City Attorney Jason Alcala noted that certain workshops, such as those concerning rules and procedures, can be treated as a “special meeting” where council members discuss and make decisions only on those items on the agenda. No action can be taken on projects. At “emergency meetings”, the council can take a final action with a 4-5 vote. If a council member cannot be present at a meeting, the member can call in and ask for a video/telecon- ference. These rules and procedures are already in This is what a continuous, activated Central Park could look like right in the heart of our downtown, place. The carrying of let- benefiting everyone. ters or proxy from an absent council member with that member’s opinion/ impressions is discour- THE CITY COUNCIL WANTS HOUSING. The Livermore Council approved aged, since the council up to 130 units of 3 and 4 story apartments, instead of a linear Central Park residents member does not have the have said they would prefer. In the Community Outreach process, the people ranked benefit of the public com- ments and the other coun- Housing last (#10) in their preferences for the downtown development. Community cil members’ points of Character ranked #2 and and Open Space ranked #3. Ignoring the public, the Council view and deliberation. At 11 pm, the current rules favored more housing. state that the council can continue only on the item being considered, but not Housing should be on the edges of the public open take on any new ones. WE CAN HAVE BOTH. However, if the council space,not blocking it. It is possible to place the required housing so that it will wants to continue on any complement the open space. further agenda items, the council has to approve a motion to do so. Minutes may be approved by an THERE IS TIME FOR A BETTER PLAN. The Community Group is committed absent council member who watched the meeting to a plan with housing that does not dominate the site and a continuous Central Park, a in real time and verifies quality Hotel, less traffic and better parking. If the Council continues to dodge what the that statement. Speaker cards are sup- people want as expressed in the Outreach Process, we will be actively working to give posed to be presented to citizens the plan they want. the mayor in the order of their receipt. The person submitting the card must be present in person to Ad produced by Community Group. For more information, visit us at VibrantLivermore.com JANUARY 10, 2019 • The Independent 6

Blue skies and a greening valley landscape appear after the rains in a panoramic view from Mendenhall Road in Livermore. (Photo - Doug Jorgensen)

SPORTS NOTES BART Service Changes Start Feb. 11 to Deal With Seismic Retrofits While there will not be ment methods will not be a BART fare increase in available for Early Bird 2019, there will be major Express riders. To allow service changes. riders to continue to pay for A massive seismic ret- parking, BART will offer a rofit of BART’s Transbay pay by app option using a Tube will begin February credit card on the agency’s 11. It will mean changes new official BART app. For systemwide to the start of those who prefer to pay in service and early morning cash, day passes will be parking payment meth- available for advance pur- ods, as well as changes to chase by mail or at BART BART train headways after customer service centers. 9:30pm each weeknight. The cost to park will remain BART has coordinated the same and Clipper can- Over the holidays, the Amador Boys Varsity basketball team hosted Dublin High. The Amador Dons narrowly with local transit agencies not be used to pay for 4 a.m. defeated the Dublin Gaels in a hard-fought game, 65 to 64. Pictured is Amador's Brad Couture working to drive to offer the Early Bird parking. the ball toward the basket and Dublin's Grant Manning going for a rebound. (Photo - Doug Jorgensen) Express Bus service with The February 11 BART 14 lines for riders in the 4 schedule change also in- a.m. hour. Clipper will be cludes changes to Sunday the most convenient way service, requiring a trans- for riders to pay for the fer for some trips on the Early Bird Express bus. Dublin/Pleasanton line. Riders will tag their Clipper For more information, see cards on the bus to pay for www.bart.gov. their trip. The cost of the bus ride will be the same or less than the equivalent trip on BART. Early Bird Express riders who transfer to BART after 5 a.m. to finish or continue their trips will need to tag their Clipper cards again when entering BART. However, riders will not be able to use BART high-value discount value to ride Early Bird Express bus service – they will need to use cash value on their Clipper cards. Because BART stations throughout the entire system won’t open until 5 a.m., current parking pay-

Livermore Girls Softball visit our interactive online calendar Softball Spring 9U/10U evaluations; 12:00 outs. The league will find a team is open to all children Registration Open p.m. - 8U and middle school place for every girl. from third through eighth evaluations. For more information and grade (K-2 with permission Livermore Girls Softball January 19th, Players to register please see http:// from coordinator) who live is a fastpitch softball league with last name beginning livermoregirlssoftball.org. in Livermore or attend St. for girls ages 5-18, no with N-Z: 9:00 a.m. - On Facebook: Livermore Michael. Athletes compete experience necessary. 9U/10U evaluations; 12:00 Girls Softball Association. in running events (50m Player Evaluations will p.m. - 8U and middle school Or by email at info@ to the mile), relays, and be held at Junction Avenue evaluations. livermoregirlssoftball.org. field events (long jump, K-8, located at 298 Junction If your child would like high jump, softball throw, Avenue, Livermore. to play in the older division CYO Spring Signups and shot put). Please see Evaluations for players she will need to attend the the team website at http:// Find your local performances, events, festivals, and more! will be January 12th or the evaluation for her age group The St. Michael CYO www.smisctrack.org for www.independentnews.com 19th. 9U and 10U has been and the one she would like track and field team will hold more information or contact combined. The updated to play in. Please note that signups for the spring season the team coordinator Ann times are below: playing up is not guaranteed on Wednesday, January Rohrer at roaring03@ January 12th, Players and is contingent on space. 23 and Tuesday, January yahoo.com. with last name beginning Lastly, evaluations are 29 at 5:30-8:00 at the St. with A-M: 9:00 a.m. - just that. These are not try Michael large hall. The

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Participants took part in the annual Labyrinth Walk at the First Presbyterian Church in Livermore on New Year's Eve. Unlike mazes, where one can get lost, circular labyrinths are designed to represent the journey to one's center and back into the world again. In celebration of the new year, the labyrinth featured luminarias and music, with hot cider and coffee. (Photo - Doug Jorgensen)

Police Seeking Identity of Pickup Truck Driver On December 21, 2018 did not appear to have legiti- dium length dark hair. The around 8:30 a.m., a pedes- mate business at the estab- male was last seen wearing trian was traveling from the lishment, is not an employee a blue jacket with dark west side to the east side of the business, nor does the colored pants. The suspect of Tom Burnett Lane in a business recognize him. vehicle appears to be a full marked crosswalk when the The pedestrian, whose size, quad cab, 2016-2018, person was hit by a truck identity is not being re- Chevrolet or GMC type turning onto Tom Burnett leased, suffered non-life- pickup truck, dark in color. Lane from Johnson Drive. threatening injuries. The If you witnessed this After an initial investi- Pleasanton Police Depart- collision or can identify gation, surveillance video ment is asking for assistance the pickup driver, please from the area did confirm in identifying the pickup contact the Pleasanton Po- that the driver of a dark truck driver. He is described lice Department at (925) colored, full sized pickup as a Caucasian male, 30 to 931-5100. Refer to case was traveling south on John- 38 years old, 6 feet tall, #18-47962. son Drive and attempted to weighing 200 lbs. with me- make a left turn on to Tom Burnett Lane. The video also shows the driver of the pickup failing to yield to the pedestrian in the middle of the marked crosswalk, resulting in the pickup knocking the pedestrian to Loretta Kaskey, Carol Wahrer and Jon Hart, of the International Order of Odd Fellows, the ground. Livermore Lodge 219 at 2160 First Street, Livermore, traveled to Pasadena to work on The driver of the pickup the Rose Parade IOOF and Rebekah’s float celebrating 200 years of Odd Fellowship stopped at the collision in the United States. Rose Parade floats must be completely covered with 100% scene and provided infor- natural materials. Carol applies yellow clover seed to the panel. Jon and Carol trim mation that was later de- purple statice flowers to be applied with glue. Visit the Odd Fellows on Facebook, termined to be false. After leaving the collision site, “Livermore Odd Fellows Lodge 219.” (Photos - Carol Wahrer) the pickup driver entered a nearby security-controlled business by following an Police are asking anyone who recognizes this individual employee inside. The driver to call them. East Bay Community Energy: Scott Haggerty’s Instrumental Role

About ten years ago, something like this happen.” connections in the area. He was instrumental in extend- the legislature. I hope mov- in 22 years in office is to try Alameda County Supervisor Alameda County served has served on 47 boards and ing BART to Warm Springs, ing forward that legislators to make Alameda County Scott Haggerty was sitting at as the “angel investor” for commissions over the years. among many other things. look for ways to help CCAs a better place. When I talk a board meeting for the Bay EBCE (East Bay Commu- That has included stints as But he says the creation of thrive and not hold them to high school kids in their Area Air Quality Manage- nity Energy), funding the the chair of the board of EBCE is “one of my greatest back.” classes, I tell them I don’t ment District (BAAQMD) planning necessary to get BAAQMD, chair of the accomplishments,” espe- Haggerty points to the worry about them, but about cially for the climate change fact that CCAs reflect their their children’s children. and public health benefits. communities and voters, I have kids and they will “I think back to when I and provide citizens with have my grandkids. I want was a kid in Fremont. The a whole new level of say to leave this world in a shape air quality was horrible,” he about their energy future. so they can have the great recalls. “We’ve done a lot “Community energy has life that I enjoyed.” to clean the air, but there is brought the decision to the still a lot to do. The climate local level,” he says. “You is changing. We see it every- can stop the mayor in your day in wildfires and storms. market and say ‘when are We have to react to this.” you going to buy more re- Haggarty sees climate newable energy?’ It’s an change as an opportunity amazing change. They never as well. had access to the people “As we look at solar making decisions before.” and wind and other ways to “This is the wave of the generate energy, there is a future, this is California,” he whole new economy there,” concludes. “We can show he observes. “Through our the nation how to cut carbon Local Development Busi- and continue to grow the ness Plan, we can train the economy.” next generation of electrical “Everything I’ve done workers, people who can be involved in the sustainable Scott Haggerty spearheaded the creation of EBCE. (Photo courtesy of EBCE) energy economy.” “We have to be careful, because our core mission is when he first heard the con- it off the ground. County Metropolitan Transportation sustainable power at a lower cept of Community Choice staffers Bruce Jensen and Commission (MTC), and as price,” he adds. “But we Aggregation (CCA). Marin Chris Bazar did most of the President of the Association can reinvest in the commu- Live Music Every Sunday! Clean Energy was getting leg work. This helped get the of Bay Area Governments nity and bring a whole new ready to launch, helped buy-in of potential member (ABAG). economy to the Bay Area.” Gorgeous Grounds Available For Weddings & Events along by a planning grant cities. “They saw how great He has spent 22 years on Right now Haggerty is Fine Wines Made From Our Own California from BAAQMD. a CCA could be, and it the Alameda County Board most concerned about a Certified Organic Grapes “The thought of sustain- wasn’t going to cost them of Supervisors, currently seamless launch of service able energy at a reduced to be at the table,” he states. serving his sixth elected to residential customers, RetzlaffVineyards.com price was attractive to me,” “I live with the motto go four-year term. His district and making sure customers Hours: 12-4:30pm; Closed Wed he says now. “So I talked to big or go home,” he com- includes the cities of Liver- accept and trust EBCE. my colleagues on the Board ments. “I wanted to have the more, Dublin, and most of He also worries about the of Supervisors about their entire county move forward Fremont, plus unincorpo- risk of unhelpful policies interest in setting up a CCA, on CCA.” rated areas of East Alameda from the state. and they were willing to go Haggerty took on the County. “I’ve become frustrated along with it. They were all job of recruiting partners, He has had a strong focus about the grip that PG&E very excited about seeing taking advantage of his on transportation issues, and and other utilities have on

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OBITUARIES

Arelia Bernadine Martha Lagomarsino Just married, they moved Marcia’s friends from PEO, Michael W. Butler Soldiers medal for hero- Bauer Morrow A native of Gladwin west, where Ken began his church or the Symphony Nov 1, 1949 - Dec 22, 2018 ism, three time Bronze Star long and successful career Guild, together Ken and recipient for Valor and Brav- March 26, 1925 – Dec 20, County, Michigan, and a as an engineer. After a short Marcia were regarded as It is with a heavy heart ery in the acts of meritorious 2018 Livermore resident for 73 that we have to say goodbye years, she passed away at assignment working on the welcoming, gracious and service, Army Good Con- Davis Dam, Ken accepted a generous hosts. As they pre- to Michael Butler, a resident duct medal, Marksmanship her home on December 21, of Livermore who passed 2018, at the age of 103. She position with Sandia Labo- dicted, their warm Midwest National Defense service ratories, so the Finders relo- roots were right at home in away on December 22,2018 medal, Vietnam service is survived by her son Mark at the age of 69 after a 5 and her daughter Edith Van cated to Albuquerque, New Livermore. medal, Republic of Vietnam Mexico. Ken Finders is sur- year battle with bone cancer. Campaign medal, the Silver Huss. Martha was preceded Mike will be placed to rest in death by her husband Joe In Albuquerque, Ken and vived by his sister, Lois, his Star medal for gallantry in Marcia welcomed two chil- children, Mary, Matt and at the San Joaquin National battle, Special Forces and and by her eight siblings. Cemetery on Feb. 8, 2019 Services will be private. dren to the family, Dale and Anne,four grandchildren, MAC V SOG Military As- Mary Finders. While living Aaron, Beth, Hannah and at 11:30AM in Santa Nella, sistance Command Vietnam in New Mexico, Marcia be- Sam, and one great grand- CA. Studies & Observations. Ken Finders came a fan of Southwestern daughter, Isla, who remem- Mike is survived by his Loving Husband and Father cuisine and Ken explored bers fondly making s’mores loving wife of 24 years, Ken Finders, loving hus- his love of the Old West. with her “Grandpa Dude”. Terry Ann Butler of Liver- band and father, passed They would describe fondly A Message From Mary, more, two step-daughters Arelia Morrow, beloved away late last year. He went how they grew to love the Matt and Anne: "While we and their husbands, Tara wife, mother, and grand- to sleep and passed peace- wide open spaces and the miss our parents terribly, and Jason Wescott and Gil- mother, died peacefully on fully surrounded by the beauty of the desert while we are soothed to know lian and Eric Schuller, two the evening of December familiarity of his home and living in Albuquerque. they are together. And we sons, Eric and Ryan Butler, 20, 2018. Arelia met the loving family. He was 94 Sandia leadership, how- smile thinking that our Mom Mike’s mother Rena John- love of her life, David, in years old. ever, wanted to relocate Ken welcomed Dad with a slice son, brother Terry Butler, high school, and they cel- to their Livermore offices. of pie, cup of coffee and her and sister Sherry Lemberger ebrated their 70th anniver- So in 1959, Ken and Marcia warm smile. Together, we – all from Wisconsin. sary just before his death traveled to Livermore to know they are settling into a Prior to his illness, Mi- in 2014. She was born in assess the potential. After long overdue visit, and their chael’s passion was deer Washington, PA, but lived a full day of house hunt- journey together continues." Mike worked for Law- and elk hunting, and he all over the world as a navy ing in the downtown area, rence Livermore National enjoyed mountain life and wife. She was a resident Ken determined it was “too Laboratory assigned to the RV camping. Mike was a of Pleasanton for 42 years Esperanza R. Lopez Nevada National Security crowded”. He intended to Feb 14,1924 - Jan 1, 2019 devoted papa to his grand- and a member of the John decline the offer to relocate. Test Site for 25+years con- children, Ryan, Rylee, Kaia Knox Presbyterian Church As they were leaving town, Esperanza R. Lopez, ducting nuclear testing and and Tanner. in Dublin. Throughout her they decided to check one 94, formerly of Liver- post shot drilling during Michael Butler was a life, she took great joy in last house on the south end more, living the last 10 the 70’s through the early hero in his own right but he family. She loved nature of Livermore. (Family note: years in Tracy, passed 90’s before returning to was a quiet and ordinary in- and travel, treasuring family the notion that our dad found away peacefully Tuesday California to work at the dividual who found strength trips to the Tetons. While Livermore too crowded m o r n i n g , J a n u a r y 1 , 2 0 1 9 . NIF Facility at the Law- to persevere and endure in she was not in the navy Ken and his lovely wife, back in 1959 continues to Loving mother of Martha rence Livermore National spite of the overwhelming herself, she ran a tight ship Marcia grew up as neighbors amuse us). (Antonio), Liberty (Jorge), Laboratory where he retired obstacles he went through and very efficiently moved in a tiny town in Iowa. They Touring the house on Vickie (Marcos); Ray, Oscar in 2005. during his illness. That is the the household every few were casual friends through Pleasant View Lane, Ken (Joan), and Flavio. Mike Butler was a deco- legacy Mike Butler leaves years when her husband their youth. Ken’s attention and Marcia fell in love with Preceded in death by her rated US Army officer in his family–never stop try- David was reassigned. She turned to Marcia when he re- the views and the acreage. husband (Felix),daughter( the 101st Airborne Rang- ing. Mike is forever in our is survived by her children turned from service in World Indeed, their Midwest roots Velia);brothers and sisters. ers serving in the Vietnam hearts and will truly be and their spouses, Leann and War II. A flight engineer in felt quite at home. They Survived by one sister War. After leaving Officer missed. John Post, and Dan and Liz the U.S. Air Force, Ken was bought the house and lived (Eva), numerous grandchil- Candidate school Mike was Members of the Gustine Morrow; her grandchildren, stationed in the Pacific. Af- there for 59 years. The fam- dren, great-grandchildren, deployed directly to Viet- VFW post 7635 volunteer David Arthur, Grace, Au- ter his service, he returned ily grew to four children nieces, nephews,and family nam. Nearing the end of their time to honor veterans. drey, Thomas, Nathan, and to the states and completed with the addition of Matt members. his Vietnam tour he was In lieu of flowers, donations Erika. She is predeceased by his degree in engineering and Anne. Over the years Callaghan Mortuary is promoted to Captain. Mike can be made on behalf of her husband David Franklin; at the University of Iowa. the Finders brood planted honored to be serving the was a three time recipient of Michael Butler to the VFW her son, David Lee; and her Shortly before graduating, vegetable gardens, raised Lopez family. the Purple Heart, the Army at 145 5th St., Gustine, CA, parents, George and Hazel. he married Marcia, and a horses, cows, sheep, goats An online guestbook is Commendation Medal for 95322–1130. They would be Her ashes will be scattered decades-old journey of love, and other animals. available for condolences consistent acts of heroism or much appreciated. in the Tetons, joining those friendship, unwavering loy- Whether entertaining at www.callaghanmortuary. meritorious service, Army of her beloved husband, at a alty and support began for Ken’s many wonderful com. (Continued on next page) later date. these two. colleagues from Sandia or

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There are that the state Department of the 5 percent shrunk to a education stories, a variety Water Resources (DWR) zero allotment prediction Measure BB of features, and the arts and begins to look at prospects entertainment and bulletin Received More board. Valley Support Than Measure New Council 2 Years Ago Ready to Although only a handful of precincts in the Valley Begin Work supported Measure BB with Pleasanton said farewell a two-thirds passing vote, to one councilmember, the tally was enough here Cheryl Cook-Kallio, and and west of the hills so that welcomed a new one, Arne it passed. Olson. In addition, oaths of Measure BB will extend office were administered a current one-half cent sales to Mayor Jerry Thorne and tax and add another one- Councilmember Kathy Na- half cent to it until 2045, rum, who were re-elected in when it will sunset. Funds November. raised will be devoted to Cheryl Cook-Kallio had a variety of transportation difficulty choking back tears projects, including local as she talked about her 8 streets, highways, transit, years in office. “I’ve learned bicycle and pedestrian trails so much about the quality of and lanes. It will make a this community while serv- $400 million contribution to ing on the council.” At the the Livermore BART exten- end of the day, she said that sion, which has a full cost she knew that her actions estimated from $800 million were right, although they to $1.2 billion. may not have been popular The $8 billion transpor- or expedient. Photo - Doug Jorgensen tation measure won with Cook-Kallio said that as 240,557 votes, 70.7 percent a councilmember you hear of the total vote. Opponents praise from some members cast 99,417 votes. Two years of the community and harsh ago, a largely similar trans- criticism from others. I re- portation issue, Measure B1, alized that it was about the A rare sight in recent years was photographed in front of the Bankhead Theater. Students and teachers waiting carried only one small area issues, although some of the for the theater to open huddled under umbrellas. Some of the students took the opportunity to splash around in in the Valley, a part of East remarks are hard to hear. puddles. Dublin near Interstate 580. She noted, “Democracy Measure B1 came close (See PLEASANTON, page 4) to passing, but failed with 66.53 percent "yes" votes, Dublin Thanks Dublin OKs Housing Element, but Will Let just short of the needed will move into Dublin. 66.67 percent. Sbranti, Will There was some discussion about whether the letters An on-line map on the State Know About School Fundsshould go to the Disconnect state Department of Housing and Com- Alameda County Registrar's Appoint New Dublin will tell state government what it views as a dis- munity Development (HCD), which approves housing ele- connect between state-assigned Regional Housing Needs ments, or to elected representatives. A list of recipients was web site shows that this year Councilmember Allocation (RHNA) numbers and the lack of state money still being determined this week, said city public information an overwhelming number Dublin said goodbye to to build schools for the children who will crowd Dublin officer Lori Taylor. of precincts in Berkeley Mayor Tim Sbranti, hello to schools. Councilmembers first suggested a letter to HCD enclosed (See MEASURE BB, page 4) new Mayor David Haubert, The council, at its meeting Nov. 18, voted 4-0, with with the council-approved housing element. However, (See HOUSING, page 4) and decided to fill Haubert's Kevin Hart absent, to approve the city's general plan hous- the council consensus noted that that approach in the past vacated City Council seat Giving ing element for 2015-22. The vote included sending a letter with a special appointment to state officials to point out the conflict between the state's DECEMBER 2014 by Jan. 30, 2015. An application was requirement for more housing, without providing more Art | Wine | Entertainment placed Wednesday on the funding to build schools to educate the new people who city's web site, with a deadline of Dec. 10 set for sub- mission of applications. Applicants all will be inter- viewed publicly at a council meeting Dec. 16. The final- ists would participate in a Livermorein Washington, Nurse D.C., plan In East Africa second round of interviews, disaster sheltering, taught perhaps at the same meet- By Jeff Garberson South Sudan is now home English in South America 1 ing, or a continued meeting and tended sick and injured several days later. for a Livermore nurse who In going for appointment, patients in Haiti. joined Doctors Without Bor- This year, she studied instead of a special election ders to help deal with health infectious diseases with the in June, the council saved challenges in one of the London School of Hygiene the city from $91,000 to world’s newest and poorest and Tropical Medicine and $345,000, depending on countries. whether the election would Melissa Arons, 32, grew traveled to Thailand to complete a thesis project on HIV have been consolidated with up in Livermore, where she other elections in Alameda care. If youplayed soccer arefor seven years Thus notqualified, she re- yet a subscriber, County in June. with the Al Caffodio touring Supervisor Scott Hag- ceived her assignment from team. She graduated from Doctors Without Borders gerty swore in Haubert Livermore High School in as mayor, as well as re- and flew last month to South 2000. College education elected Councilmembers Sudan in eastern Africa, cre- included UC-Santa Cruz, Don Biddle and Abe Gup- ated just three years ago after where she earned a degree ta. After Haubert took the two decades of civil war. pleaseoath, he nominated Gupta takein politics in 2004, and then theDoctors Without Bor- time to sign up now! George Mason University in as vice-mayor, to succeed ders is better known inter- Virginia, where she added a Biddle,who served two one- nationally as MSF for its bachelor of science degree year terms. Gupta received French name, Medecins unanimous approval. in nursing four years later. 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Charles (Chuck) J. and Thorin). Elaine is also more, Ms. Gee was present- condolences at www.cal- death by her father Edward the stepson of a Navy man, Frydendal survived by her three sis- ed with numerous awards at laghanmortuary.com. Joseph Azevada and mother Harold V. Smith, eventually ters-in-law, several beloved the Alameda County Fair for Mary Dolores Azevada. settling in Alameda, Cali- Mar 10, 1958 - Dec 24, 2018 cousins, and numerous niec- her knitting skills, and began Laureen Frasher Mary is survived by her fornia after stops in Seattle, Charles (Chuck) J. Fry- es and nephew. teaching Chinese cook- husband Corey, and their Dallas, Alameda (twice), dendal, 60, of Livermore, Elaine leaves a strong ing through the Livermore Woodruff three sons Ryan, Gary, and Memphis, San Diego, and passed away peacefully on legacy as a compassionate Symphony Guild and the Jul 2, 1932 - Nov 24, 2018 Scott of Livermore; her Pearl Harbor, Honolulu. Christmas Eve with his fam- and caring person, dedicated Livermore Area Parks and Laureen Frasher Wood- brother Edward Azevada of He graduated from Al- ily at home in Livermore. to her family, friends and Recreation District. It was ruff of Pleasanton passed Fremont; and her sister Edna ameda High School in 1953, any community of which through her years of teach- away peacefully at Stanford Waller of Livermore. she was part of. She loved ing widely popular Chinese Valley Care Medical Center A celebration of life will telling stories about her cooking classes that led to on November 24, 2018. Lau- be held on March 17, 2019. youth, including her time as the opening of Bazaar Can- reen was born to Lawrence The location will be deter- a camp counselor, summers ton which helped introduce and Irene Frasher on July 2, mined at a later date. spent on the Santa Monica Asian food and culture to 1932 in Lindsay, California. In lieu of flowers she beaches, and her annual par- Livermore Valley residents. She attended schools in would appreciate donations ticipation in creating Rose While at Bazaar Canton, Lindsay and graduated from made to the SPCA or Cha- Bowl floats for Pasadena’s she also helped Vietnamese the University of California peta Family Racing fund, Rose Parade. An avid vol- refugee families settle in the in June, 1953 with a degree to support the 2019 racing unteer, she participated in Livermore area. in political science. She met season that she was looking organizations like the Girl Ms. Gee also became an her husband, Wayne, while forward to so much. Scouts, Pleasanton Softball, accomplished and award- attending the University. Callaghan Mortuary is A viewing will be held Job’s Daughters, and as a winning artist painting tra- Laureen and Wayne honored to be serving the at 2pm, with the Rosary fol- “baby holder” in the NICU ditional Chinese watercolors made their home in Liver- Chapeta family. An online became a U.S. Citizen in lowing at 3pm, Friday, Janu- of Children’s Hospital, Oak- which became her passion more, California. They were guestbook is available for 1955, graduated from City ary 4 at Callaghan Mortuary, land. for many decades. She was married for over 60 years condolences at www.cal- College San Francisco in 3833 East Ave., Livermore. Elaine had many devoted an active member of the and during that time enjoyed laghanmortuary.com. 1956, attended University of Funeral services will be and dear friends. Her door Livermore Art Association square dancing, backpack- California Berkley in 1956 held from 4-5pm, Friday, was always open, coffee was and the Alameda Art As- ing in the Sierras and world William “Bill” K. and 1957 and graduated January 4, at Callaghan always on, and a supportive sociation. travel. In their retirement San Francisco State College Mortuary on 3833 East Ave. shoulder and listening ear After retiring in 1988, Laureen and Wayne were Blevins in 1959. Livermore, with a minister awaited all who entered. Ms. Gee and her husband active in the San Francisco Nov 8, 1946 - Dec 22, 2018 He was an intelligent, from St. Michael Church Known for her famous spa- moved to Alameda in 1989 Ballet volunteer organiza- William “Bill” K. brave and thoughtful man, officiating. Arrangements ghetti dinners, the Erven where she traveled the world tion, BRAVO. Blevins, a resident of Liver- having survived open heart are by Callaghan Mortuary. table was often full of fam- and became a prolific and Throughout her life Lau- more from the mid-1990s surgery at age 26, a suc- He will be laid to rest in ily, friends and neighbors successful Chinese water- reen was an avid reader, until 2011, passed away cessful career in personnel Memory Gardens 3873 East sharing a meal and great color artist. gourmet cook, gardener and on Saturday, December 22, management, exercising Ave. Livermore. conversation. Ms. Gee leaves behind flower arranger. She enjoyed 2018, in Columbus, Ohio, regularly, eating well and Chuck was born in Liver- Elaine’s true passion was five children, Marilyn Jardin volunteering for the Sierra near his home in Picker- enjoying his many friend- more on March 10, 1958 to teaching and working with (Stephen) of Princeton, NJ, Club and the Livermore Li- ington. ships and extensive family. Cornelius (Connie) Alwin children, especially those David Gee (Julie) of Ya- brary. Bill was born on Novem- He married Barbara Ann Frydendal, November 28th, with special needs. Her kima, WA, Delbert Gee (Do- She was preceded in ber 8, 1946, in Middletown, Bruce in March 1962 in 1929, and Margaret (Peggy) patient and loving approach ris) of Alameda, Dennis Gee death by her beloved hus- California, had three chil- Elizabeth Frydendal, Sep- enriched the lives of the (Cheryl) of Alameda, and band, Wayne, in 2011. Since dren together, lived in vari- tember 2, 1930. He went to children she taught as well Melissa Gee of Emeryville, that time she has made her ous cities within California, St. Michael Catholic School as their families. After her plus eight grandchildren, home at Stoneridge Creek in Connecticut, Virginia and and later graduated from illustrious 32 years with Michael Jardin (Ada) of Pleasanton. divorced in 1983. After Livermore High School in the Livermore and Pleas- Palos Verdes Estates, CA, Laureen is survived by moving back to California, 1976. He married Corraine anton School Districts, she Emily Stroncone (Adam) her husband’s niece, Linda he met and married Chris- (Corie) Lee Frydendal on couldn’t go anywhere in the of White Plains, NY, Daniel Bond and nephews Michael tine Mary Thompson in August 27, 1992 in Tahoe. Tri-Valley without someone Gee of Nashville Knoxville, and Paul Hammons and September 1989 in Liver- He worked as a Grocery coming over to talk to “Mrs. TN, Christopher Gee of Carlton and Kevin Wood- more and lived a happy and Clerk for Lucky and Alb- Erven” to reminisce about Berkeley, CA, Denise Gee ruff and her cousins, Wan- wonderful life for many ertson’s for 38 years until old school days or the ways of San Diego, CA, Debbie da English, Celia Dudley, years together. he eventually retired. she impacted/changed their Gee of San Diego, CA, George Webb and Sharon All of his life he loved Chuck loved to race cars lives. Jason Gee of Davis, CA, Ball. his family, enjoyed swim- in his late twenties. He was As a 53-year member of and Katie Gee of Alam- Ohio, to the late William and ming, yoga, pilates, tai chi, an outdoorsman that loved P.E.O., a philanthropic edu- eda, CA, and three great- Mary Ann Chapeta Della Jean (Baker) Blevins. cooking, watching and fol- to camp with family and cational organization pro- grandchildren, Nicholas and lowing sports, and being April 7, 1958 - Dec 30, 2018 He worked more than 40 friends, hunt, ride his three- moting educational oppor- Emma Jardin, and Aiden years as a recognized tri- outdoors. He became the wheeler and take his boat tunities for women, Elaine Stroncone. Mary Ann Chapeta of tium specialist with the children’s supervisor for out with his children. He helped many young women A Celebration of Life for Livermore passed away U.S. Department of Energy bible study fellowship and also loved being a grandfa- receive grants, scholarships Ms. Gee will be held at the December 30, 2018 at the at Mound Lab in Ohio, and an active member of Cedar ther to his only grandchild, and loans. Buena Vista United Meth- young age of 60. at Lawrence Livermore Na- Grove Community Church Ryder. A celebration of Elaine’s odist Church, 2311 Buena tional Laboratory in Liver- in Livermore. Chuck is preceded in wonderful life will be held Vista Avenue, Alameda, more. He took pride in his Don is survived by his death by his father Cornelius on Saturday, January 26, CA on January 19, 2019 at work, retiring from LLNL. loving wife, Christine, his Frydendal and older brother 2019, at noon at the Lyn- 2:00pm. Contributions in He also had a side roofing sons, Brian Donald Bird and Richard Frydendal. newood United Methodist memory of Amy Gee may business for a number of wife Virginia of Centreville, Chuck is survived by Church, 4444 Black Avenue, be made to the American years. VA; Bruce Caddens Bird his wife Corie Frydendal, Pleasanton. A reception will Cancer Society at www. He was an athlete for and wife Kristine of Ber- his children Rachelle and follow. cancer.org and to Alameda the majority of his life. He thoud, CO and his daughter, Charles (Hunter) Frydendal, To honor Elaine’s pas- Meals on Wheels at www. played basketball, softball, Rebecca Ann Tarantino of his older sister Linda Olson, sion for education, a schol- alamedamealsonwheels.org, and tennis, and competed in Pleasanton; his twin-brother, older brother Paul Fryden- arship fund is being cre- where Ms. Gee volunteered triathlons and marathons – David Bird of Sacramento; dal and younger brother ated in her name. In lieu of her time and energy to assist often the first runner in, and his grandchildren, Nicolas Mark Frydendal, his mother flowers, donations to the the elderly. on the winning triathlon and Davis, Nathan Davis, Nata- Peggy Frydendal, and his “Elaine Erven Scholarship Mary was born in San tennis teams. He remained lie Tarantino, and Rachel grandson Ryder Frydendal- Fund” can be sent c/o Nanci Mark A. Jackson Jose on April 7, 1958 to an active hiker and walker Bird; his step-children Kate Edward Joseph Azevada Woods. Erven-Collins, 1398 Bene- Mark A. Jackson passed for many years, enjoying Komatz and husband Da- and Mary Dolores (Rocha) The family of Chuck dict Drive, San Leandro, away unexpectedly in Wal- taking friends to hike up vid, Samantha Beasley and Azevada. Mary graduated wishes to extend our sincere CA 94577. nut Creek on December 27, Half Dome in Yosemite husband Tom, and his many from Mission San Jose High thanks to Hope Hospice and 2018 at the age of 58. He or walking by the beach step-grandchildren Sam, School in Fremont in 1976. Father Carl from St. Michael is survived by his loving in Pacific Grove. He had Rex, Elizabeth, Paul, Luke, Amy Gee She married Corey Dean Church. wife, Rebecca, two children, a passion for cars, owning Derek, Nathan, Nicole, Jus- Livermore Resident Chapeta July 20, 1985 in Callaghan Mortuary is Sean and Jessica, dedicated easily more than 100 during tin and Megan. Myers, CA. honored to be serving the 1964-1988 Mother, Thelma, two Broth- his life, and was known for A Celebration of Life She worked as an admin- Frydendal family. An online Amy Gee passed away at ers John & David. Mark was helping friends find the per- service will be held at 1:00 istrator at Lawrence Liver- guestbook is available for the age of 88 on December born in London, Ontario, fect car. He enjoyed reading p.m. Saturday, January 19, more National Laboratory condolences at www.cal- 1, 2018, in Alameda, Cali- Canada, but Fremont, CA westerns, and his favorite 2019, at Cedar Grove Com- for over 20 years. laghanmortuary.com. fornia from ovarian cancer. was his home for most of movie was “Butch Cassidy munity Church in Liver- Mary and Corey shared a She lived in Livermore from his life. He graduated from and the Sundance Kid.” He more with Pastor Keith In Memory of 1964 to 1988 and for 17 Irvington High School in love that was unsurpassed. also liked to cook for family Cromie officiating. The Elaine Erven years she was the owner and 1978 and began his first They were devoted to one and friends. family will receive friends another and had three beau- at a reception following Aug 13, 1940 - Nov 17,2018 manager of Bazaar Canton, business, Jackson Floors Bill was always known a popular Asian food and tiful sons: Ryan Corey, Gary for putting others first and the service, in the church’s (Margaret) Elaine Erven with this Father Kenn and gift store located on Sec- Brother Peter, both of whom Dean, and Scott Edward for helping out with tasks lobby. In lieu of flowers, passed away surrounded by ond Street in Livermore. Chapeta. Mary was a loving large and small. He was a donations to Bible Study family on Saturday, Novem- preceded him in death. After having a successful run in mother who was dedicated literacy tutor volunteer at Fellowship are appreciated. ber 17, 2018, following her to supporting her children the Livermore Library, and courageous battle with sev- the carpet industry Mark decided to try his hand in in all aspects of life. She he volunteered to help with eral long-term health issues. loved cheering her three bottling wine at Thomas Marilyn Foscalina Born on August 13, real estate, the job and passion that he spent the rest of sons on at all their sport- Coyne Winery in Liver- Jan 20, 1944 - Jan 6, 2019 1940, and raised in southern ing events including: base- more. California, Elaine moved his 30+ years doing. Marilyn F. Foscalina, a During his career, Mark ball, basketball, football, He is survived by those throughout the country, liv- lacrosse, track, wrestling 4th generation Livermore was on the management who loved him: his wife, ing in multiple states as she and especially racing. Mary Valley native, died Sunday, team for two of the largest Gail Blevins; his son, Ken and her husband, Wayne Er- loved the sport so much January 6, surrounded by offices in the Bay Area and (Karen) Blevins; his daugh- ven, moved 21 times during that she decided to buy out family. helped hundreds of families ter, Lea Blevins; his sis- his decorated service with a family owned sprint car attain their goal of home- ter, June (Mike) Haddix; the US Navy. They settled team recently and become ownership. Above all else, his granddaughter, Brittani in Pleasanton in 1976 and an owner herself. Mark loved life and always (Derek) Kline; and his for- quickly began building deep Mary enjoyed her mo- put his family first. A funeral mer wife, Donna Blevins. roots in the community. Amy Sung Gee was born ments of relaxation, spend- An open house will be held Widowed after 52 years service is scheduled for in Shanghai, China and Friday, January 11 at 11:00 ing time with her friends, in Bill’s honor at 2 p.m. of marriage, Wayne was and caring for her family. immigrated to the US in am at Callaghan Mortuary Sunday, January 20, at the surely the first to greet her She loved to share stories 1949 to escape the postwar in Livermore. Blevins home in Livermore. in heaven. turmoil in China. Upon her of her adventures travel- For details, email 1divamo- Her parents, sister and arrival, she married Stanley ing with Corey, going to [email protected]. brother were also waiting Gee, her husband for the different race tracks, and to welcome her to heaven. next 62 years. They lived meeting new people. Mary Elaine is survived by in Oakland and Hayward was passionate about all her Donald Caddens Bird the “Erven Army,” which before moving to Liver- animals, especially her cat Jan 22, 1935 - Jan 3, 2019 includes her children: Nanci Leo. She was a positive and She was born on Janu- more. Mr. Gee retired from Donald Caddens Bird ary 20, 1944 at St. Paul’s Erven-Collins (Gary), Karen the Lawrence Livermore selfless person with an in- Mullenax, Joy Erven, James credible outlook on life. She passed away, Thursday eve- Hospital to parents Jack and National Laboratory in 1978 ning, January 3, 2019 at Betty McCormick. Marilyn (Janice) Erven and Wendy after a long career as a me- put others before herself and Erven (Scott Andersen). She gave unconditional love. his home with his family. attended St. Michael Catho- chanical design draftsman. He was born in Victoria, lic School in Livermore is also survived by seven They had five children and Mary is truly an irreplace- grandchildren (Arielle, Gun- able wife, mother, sister and British Columbia on January and graduated from there Ms. Gee began her career as Callaghan Mortuary is ner, Jesse, Jake, Annalise, friend to us all. Her wonder- 22, 1935 to the late Ernest in 1958. Following that, a successful licensed beauti- honored to be serving the Shaely and Sophie) and ful spirit and beautiful heart David Nelson Bird and Min- she attended Livermore cian in Hayward until 1964. Jackson family. An online four great grandchildren will be deeply missed. nie Francis Cobley Smith. While residing in Liver- guestbook is available for (Continued on next page) (Charlotte, Branson, Beau Mary is preceded in He moved extensively as 10 The Independent • JANUARY 10, 2019

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High School where she was She was a longtime resident in everything his teachers 1954, David accepted a job Hospice or the Alzheimer’s Yosemite Conservatory at student body secretary, and of Livermore and a retiree could give him in the little at the Livermore Radiation Association. www.yosemiteconservancy. graduated in 1962. from Lawrence Livermore two room schoolhouse in Laboratory (later known as org/gift-memory or Corner- Marilyn met her hus- National Laboratory. She the small company town the Lawrence Livermore Deborah Anne stone Fellowship Church band, Charles Foscalina, at took great pride in the divi- and it wasn’t long before he National Laboratory). He Knott Walker at https://pushpay.com/g/ a Teen Canteen Dance in sions that she worked within skipped ahead one grade. began in the high speed pho- cornerstoneweb. January of 1959 and the two at LLNL and had a great When school was out, he tography group of B Divi- Dec 20, 1948 - Dec 31, 2018 The family would like were never separated again, love of music, dancing, food would entertain himself rid- sion, but soon advanced into Deborah Anne Knott to thank everyone for the marrying on November and the thrill of shopping. ing his bike around the rock a leadership role in the lab’s Walker, 70, of Pleasanton, outpouring of love, prayers, 10, 1962 at St. Michaels piles, left by the dredges, nuclear testing program and returned home to the loving condolences and stories. It is Church in Livermore. Dur- chasing jackrabbits and of spent a lot of time at the arms of her Heavenly Father evident how deeply Debo- ing their marriage, they had course reading whatever Nevada Test Site. on Monday, December 31, rah has affected the lives of the pleasure of having four he could get his hands on. On the home front, David 2018. those she loved, mentored, great kids, Cindy Gallagher He picked berries and sold and Bernice helped to found taught and inspired. You (Steve), Debra Rose (Mark), them to earn some spend- Cask and Mask, an amateur have all helped us to remem- Mike Foscalina (Kris), and ing money. He learned to theater group in 1955. Da- ber the joyful times during Lori Porter (David). The play the violin and played vid was active in the Junior this very difficult one. loves of her life were her with 1000 other youngsters Chamber of Commerce. For God so loved the grandchildren; Danielle at the World’s Fair in San He also loved the outdoors, world that he gave his only Bermingham (Colton), Sean Francisco in 1939. which had been apparent Son, that whoever believes in Gallagher (Monica), Carly David went to high since he was a young man, him shall not perish but have Rose, Kaitlyn Rose, Jake school in Marysville, where when he climbed Mt. Whit- everlasting life. John 3:16 Foscalina, Dominic Fosca- his interest in science flour- ney and scrambled up the lina, Luke Foscalina, Ashley She leaves behind: ished. There he was the cables of Half Dome. As Joshua Alexander Porter, Joe Porter and her daughter (Victoria Byrne), editor of the school year- a newlywed, he took his great-grandchildren Case, son (Daniel Burke), sister book. He also worked on young bride backpacking Atkinson Rhett and Duke Berming- (Esther Luevano), broth- the school paper and went and as a father, he took the Deborah was born to Nov 29, 1992 - Dec 25, 2018 ham. ers (Carlos, David, and so far as to hitchhike the family on countless camp- Norman and Adele Nowicki Joshua (Josh) Alexander Besides being the great- John Luevano), grandchil- 425 miles to Pasadena to ing trips throughout the on December 20, 1948 in Atkinson, age 26, departed est wife and mother, she dren, nieces, nephews, and interview some of the staff western US and Canada. San Francisco, California. this life unexpectedly on loved coaching soccer. She friends. She was preceded in at the California Institute of He was always there to She graduated from Mi- December 25, 2018, in Hay- was the Varsity Girls Soccer death by her parents (Jesse Technology for an article. enlighten minds and had the ramonte High School of ward, California. Born min- coach at Livermore High for and Hope Luevano) and He was so impressed with ability to make complex is- Orinda in 1966 and received utes after his twin brother, seven years and spent count- former spouse (William C. the campus that he decided sues accessible - whether he Bachelor of Arts degrees in George III on November less years coaching for the Burke Jr.). that was where he wanted to was explaining the effects of English and Art from the 29, 1992 to Michelle Rene’ Livermore Soccer Club. She A funeral service will go after high school. a nuclear explosion to the San Francisco State Uni- Martin and George Henry was also the assistant soft- be held on Friday, January staid minds of military brass versity in 1971. She earned Atkinson, Jr., in Oakland ball coach at LHS where her 18th, 11:00am, at Callaghan or as a project leader in his her teaching credential from California, he attended el- husband was coach and she Mortuary, 3833 East Ave., kid’s 4-H group. He loved California State East Bay ementary schools in Califor- was the conscience of the Livermore, with a committal to see minds grow, initiating shortly after. She married nia’s Central Valley. team for 17 years. She also service immediately follow- countless trips to museums, Ronald Knott in 1969, and A 2011 graduate of thought she was a World ing (approximately 12:15 historical sites and yearly they lived together in Liver- Granada High School in Champion Ping Pong player p.m.) at Roselawn Cemetery vacations to the Oregon more, where together they Livermore, Josh was an out- and was very competitive in located at 1240 N. Liver- Shakespeare Festival. raised two children. Debo- standing athlete, excelling everything she did. more Ave., Livermore. Do- In 1973, he took a tem- rah married David Walker in track and field, and foot- One of her greatest pas- nations may be made to the porary leave of absence on October 7, 2005. They ball. Football scholarships sions was decorating the UCSF Sarcoidosis Research from the Lab in Livermore lived happily and actively to Notre Dame and Azusa Livestock Showring at the Program or the American to move to the Washing- in Pleasanton for 13 years. Pacific Universities, where Alameda County Fair where Diabetes Association. ton D.C. area and head the She leaves as her legacy he performed as cornerback, trailer loads of decorations Defense Nuclear Agency’s her two cherished children: enabled a B.S. in communi- would be hauled down for Dr. David Charles At Cal Tech, he studied tunnel testing section. While Adam Knott (Tiffany) and cations and completion of her. She loved 4-H and FFA Oakley physics, made some great the new position kept him Jessica Knott Profumo post-graduate studies. activities and was very sup- life-long friends, performed very busy he still managed (Mickey) and beloved five July 4, 1929 - Sept 21, 2018 Most proud of complet- portive of them. She could some crazy pranks, and each to find time to explore the grandchildren: Olivia, Mi- ing his bachelor’s in three gather a bunch kids in a A Celebration of life summer he’d hitchhike back east coast with the family. chael, Adrian, Elijah, and and one-half years, Josh heartbeat and con them into service will be held for to Hammonton and work In 1977, David returned Callie. She also leaves to returned to his beloved Cali- helping her do just about Dr. David C. Oakley on at the peach cannery. To to LLNL to lead numer- cherish her memory one fornia and pursued a career anything. January 12 at Alden Lane make ends meet during the ous weapons tests with L sister, Claudia Nowicki in sales, ascending the cor- With everything she was nursery in Livermore from school year, David waited Division. In 1991, with the Ellis (Jim). Her family will porate ladder through his involved with she was also 2-4 p.m. David passed away tables in the dorm cafeteria moratorium on nuclear test- remember her as a vibrant exceptional interpersonal a passionate quilter, making on September 21, 2018 after and had a paper route. He ing looming he took an early and dynamic woman with skills. quilts for the entire family, an extended battle with Al- convinced all his customers retirement. However, he did a strong relationship to the Recently predeceased not quite finishing the one zheimer’s. He is survived by to save their newspapers and not rest on his laurels. He Lord. by his mother, Josh is sur- for her youngest grand- his wife Bernice; children when there were enough, he was active in the Volunteer Deborah served the Lord vived by his father, George daughter, Ashley. Renee, Charles and Craig; collected them and with his Bureau and SIRS (Sons in through a long and dedi- Atkinson, Jr. (Denise Fee), All in all she was quite as well as four grandchil- pals stuffed another buddy’s Retirement), he worked on cated career in education as siblings, twin George At- the woman and will be dren and four great grand- dorm room full of the wad- the advisory committee for both a teacher and adminis- kinson III (Diana), Julius missed greatly by everyone children. ded up newspapers. Las Positas College and was trator. She began teaching in Martin, Michelle Atkinson, who knew her, especially David was born on July On March 1, 1952, he active with the Cal Tech public education before be- Jerry Wright (Nidia), Craig her husband of 56 years. 4, 1929 and was very proud met Bernice Reeder, who Alumni association. Most coming the Principal of Our Atkinson, Deshell Hippard, A Visitation will be held of his California heritage. was attending Pasadena of all he was active with Saviors Lutheran School in Angela Atkinson, Maya At- at Callaghan Mortuary in His grandfather had sailed Junior College, at a dance. the Livermore Amador Val- Livermore in 1981. She then kinson, Brittany Atkinson, Livermore on January 10th around Cape Horn in 1849 He thought she was fun to ley Garden Club. As one of found her calling in teaching Morgann Schlesser, and from 5-7, with a Rosary during the gold rush and dance with and asked if he the founding members and high school at Valley Chris- Alivia Duffus (Clifton); service at 7:00 p.m. Funeral managed to parley his gold could give her a ride home. as President for 2 years, he tian in Dublin. Deborah grandmother, Alicia Hugg services will be on January claim into several thou- Although she declined, she helped to design the Sensory has spent the last five years Cutting (Cecil); great aunt 11 at St. Michael Church at sand acres of farmland near did give him her number. Garden at Pleasanton’s Se- sharing her gift of teach- Carol Bowie, aunts Pamela 10:00 a.m. with a reception Wheatland, just south of Being good with numbers he nior Center and spearheaded ing at Fremont Christian Brown, Julia Barnes, Mia to follow at the Veterans Marysville and Yuba City. had no trouble remembering the Daffodil Valley Proj- School. Among her favorite Terry-Samuels (Byron), Hall in Livermore. David’s father “Charlie” it; unfortunately he wasn’t ect in 1994, which planted subjects to teach were AP Amber Moncrief, and a In lieu of flowers, if you was a foreman operating as good with names. It took 100,000 daffodils through- art, English, and humanities. host of nieces, nephews and wish please make a dona- massive gold dredges and real dedication and interest out the Livermore Amador She found life’s connections cousins. tion to either the Junior David grew up in the com- to find her name by looking Valley. fascinating and compelling A Celebration of Life, Livestock Auction Boosters, pany town of Hammonton at through the phone book David’s extensive knowl- to share with her students. under the direction of Cal- PO Box 3176, Livermore, the base of the foothills east until he found her number. edge and intellect helped to A celebration of life is laghan Mortuary, will be CA 94551 or the American of Marysville. On their fourth date, they both mask and postpone scheduled for Saturday, Jan- held on January 14, 2019, Cancer Society. David and his father de- agreed they didn’t want to some of the mental dif- uary 12, 2018, at 10:30 a.m. at Cornerstone Fellowship, veloped a strong bond after get serious. In spite of that ficulties associated with at Cornerstone Fellowship 348 North Canyons Park- Rachel Luevano Burke his mother passed away in mutual declaration, they Alzheimer’s, unfortunately Church Family Venue, 348 way, Livermore, CA. View- 1931. While Charlie often Feb 15, 1943 – Dec 31, 2018 got engaged on Memorial it was only a delaying ac- North Canyons Parkway in ing will be from 11:00 a.m. worked long hours, neigh- Day and were married on tion. He finally succumbed Livermore. A reception with to 12:30 p.m., followed by Although Rachel had bors and family were there July 19. to some of the physical com- refreshments will follow. services at 1:00 p.m. Inter- endured many health chal- to lend a hand. David always While David worked on plications of the disease on Steve and Andrew Madsen ment is private. lenges in her life, she passed had a passion for learning his Doctoral Thesis, Bernice September 21st 2018. will officiate the ceremony. away suddenly on Decem- and became an avid reader made ends meet working at In lieu of flowers, dona- The family requests that ber 31, 2018 in Antioch, CA. at an early age. He soaked the phone company. Then in tions may be made to Hope donations be made to The

Livermore CA 94550, is here- name(s) listed above: N/A 27, 2018 & January 3, 10, 17, Case No. RP18918209 person files an objection to the rights as a creditor. You may LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS by registered by the following Signature of Registrants: 2019. To all heirs, beneficiaries, petition and shows good cause want to consult with an attor- NAME STATEMENT owner(s): /s/: Belkys Bravo, Owner. This FICTITIOUS BUSINESS creditors, contingent credi- why the court should not grant ney knowledgeable in Califor- FOR INFORMATION FILE NO. 552953-552954 E & B Posada, Inc., 988 Murrie- statement was filed with the NAME STATEMENT tors, and persons who may the authority. A hearing on the nia Law. You may examine the PLACING The following person(s) doing ta Blvd, Livermore CA 94550. County Clerk of Alameda on FILE NO. 553236 otherwise be interested in petition will be held in this court file kept by the court. If you are LEGAL NOTICES business as: 1:Alvarez Motor This business is conducted November 16, 2018. Expires The following person(s) doing the will or estate, or both, of: as follows: Date: 02/05/2019 a person interested in the es- Call 925-243-8000 Sports Inc. 2: Alvarez Motor by a corporation. The date on November 16, 2023. business as: Palomares Con- ROGELIO S. BELENA a.k.a. TIME: 9:31 AM Dept 201. tate, you may file with the court Sports. 354 Preston Ct, Liver- which the registrant first com- The Independent Legal No. struction, 145 Elvira St. Liver- ROGER S. BELENA and as at: SUPERIOR COURT OF a Request for Special Notice FICTITIOUS BUSINESS more CA 94551, is hereby menced to transact business 4446. Published December more CA 94550, is hereby ROGELIO BUGAY BELENA. CALIFORNIA County of Alam- (Form DE-154) of the filing of NAME STATEMENT registered by the following under the fictitious business 20, 27, 2018 & January 3, 10, registered by the following eda 2120 Martin Luther King, an inventory and appraisal of FILE NO. 552899 owner(s): name(s) listed above: N/A 2019. owner(s): A Petition for Probate has been Jr. Way Berkeley, CA 94704 estate assets or of any petition The following person(s) doing Alvarez Motor Sports, Inc. 353 Signature of Registrants: FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Rodney Burnsides 145 Elvira filed by: JUANITA L. BELENA Berkeley Courthouse / Probate or account as provided in Pro- business as: Downtown Real North I St Apt#5, Livermore, /s/: Blanca Posada, Secretary. NAME STATEMENT St. Livermore CA 94550. in the Superior Court of Cali- Division If you object to the bate Code section 1250. A Re- Estate and Renovations. 849 CA 94551 This statement was filed with FILE NO. 552934 This business is conducted fornia, County of ALAMEDA. granting of the petition, you quest for Special Notice form is E Stanley Blvd #300 Livermore This business is conducted the County Clerk of Alameda The following person(s) doing by an individual. The date on The Petition for Probate re- should appear at the hearing available from the court clerk. CA 94550, is hereby regis- by a Corporation. The date on on December 17, 2018. Expires business as: Edify Ventures which the registrant first com- quests that: JUANITA L. and state your objections or tered by the following owner(s): which the registrant first com- December 17, 2023. 2668 Mc Larren Court, Liver- menced to transact business BELENA be appointed as per- file written objections with the (X) Attorney for Petitioner: Livermore Valley Real Estate, menced to transact business The Independent Legal No. more CA 94550, is hereby under the fictitious business sonal representative to admin- court before the hearing. Your THOMAS W. CAIN, 1700 N. 2154 6th St, Livermore, CA under the fictitious business 4447. Published December 20, registered by the following name(s) listed above: N/A ister the estate of the decedent. appearance may be in person BROADWAY, SUITE 403, 94550; name(s) listed above: N/A 27, 2018 & January 3, 10, 2019. owner(s): Signature of Registrants: or by your attorney. If you are a WALNUT CREEK, CA 94596, This business is conducted by Signature of Registrants: Bulent Erbilgin, 2668 Mc Larren /s/: Rodney Burnsides, Owner ( X ) The petition requests full creditor or a contingent creditor (925)-937-4070. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS a Corporation. /s/: Daniel Alvarez Alaya, CEO/ Court, Livermore CA 94550. This statement was filed with authority to administer the of the decedent, you must file NAME STATEMENT The date on which the regis- President This statement was This business is conducted the County Clerk of Alameda estate under the Independent your claim with the court and The Independent Legal No. FILE NO. 552250 trant first commenced to trans- filed with the County Clerk of by an individual. The date on on December 18, 2018. Expires Administration of Estates Act. mail a copy to the personal rep- 4451. Published January 3, The following person(s) doing act business under the fictitious Alameda on December 11, which the registrant first com- December 18, 2023. (This authority will allow the resentative appointed by the 10 & 17, 2019 business as: BYBG Rep 1087 business name(s) listed above: 2018. Expires December 11, menced to transact business The Independent Legal No. personal representative to take court within the later of either Murrieta Blvd #240, Livermore N/A 2023. under the fictitious business 4450. Published January 3, 10, many actions without obtaining (1) four months from the date FICTITIOUS BUSINESS CA 94550, is hereby registered Signature of Registrants: The Independent Legal No. name(s) listed above: Decem- 17, 24, 2019. court approval. Before taking of first issuance of letters to a NAME STATEMENT by the following owner(s): /s/: Jay Frost, President. 4445. Published December 20, ber 11, 2018. certain very important actions, general personal representa- FILE NO. 553016 Belkys Bravo, 1087 Mur- This statement was filed with 27, 2018 & January 3, 10, 2019. Signature of Registrants: NOTICE OF PETITION however, the personal repre- tive, as defined in section 58(b) The following person(s) doing rieta Blvd #240, Livermore CA the County Clerk of Alameda /s/: Bulent Erbilgin, Owner. This TO ADMINISTER sentative will be required to of the California Probate Code, business as: Cogent Commu- 94550. on December 10, 2018. Ex- FICTITIOUS BUSINESS statement was filed with the ESTATE OF: give notice to interested per- or (2) 60 days from the mailing nications 1733 Elm St, Liver- This business is conducted pires December 10, 2023. NAME STATEMENT County Clerk of Alameda on ROGELIO S. BELENA sons unless they have waived or personal delivery to you of a more CA 94551, is hereby by an individual. The date on The Independent Legal No. FILE NO. 553174 December 11, 2018. Expires a.k.a. notice or consented to the pro- notice under section 9052 of registered by the following which the registrant first com- 4444. Published December The following person(s) do- December 11, 2023. ROGER S. BELENA posed action.) The independent the California Probate Code. owner(s): menced to transact business 20, 27, 2018 & January 3, 10, ing business as: Posada on The Independent Legal No. and as administration authority will be Other California statutes and Michelle Dawson, 1733 Elm under the fictitious business 2019. Wheels, 988 Murrieta Blvd, 4448. Published December ROGELIO BUGAY BELENA granted unless an interested legal authority may affect your Street, Livermore CA 94551. JANUARY 10, 2019 • The Independent 11

This business is conducted business as: Skills B4 Drills Signature of Registrants: FERAL CAT FOUNDATION TO PLACE REAL ESTATE Re: Legal Notice for by an individual. The date on AKA “ SBD” 1948 Railroad Ave, /s/: Annette Mifsud, Owner This ANIMALS Cat & kitten adoptions now at CLASSIFIED AD Classified Ads 168)LAND FOR SALE which the registrant first com- Unit 102, Livermore, CA 94550, statement was filed with the the new Livermore Petco on Call (925)243-8000 The Federal Fair Housing Act, menced to transact business is hereby registered by the fol- County Clerk of Alameda on 2) CATS/ DOGS Saturdays from 10:00AM to 170)LAND FOR RENT Title VII of the Civil Rights Act under the fictitious business lowing owner(s): January 3, 2019. Expires Janu- 2:30PM. We have many ador- of 1964, and state law prohibit MERCHANDISE name(s) listed above: N/A Jessie M. McGaffie, 1948, Rail- ary 3, 2024. ADOPT A DOG OR CAT, able, tame kittens that have 157)OFFICE/HOUSE/CONDO/ advertisements for housing and Signature of Registrants: road Ave, Unit 102, Livermore, The Independent Legal No. for adoption information con- been tested for FIV & FELV, DUPLEX/APT RENTAL employment that contain any tact Valley Humane Society at 114) FOR SALE /s/: Michelle Dawson, Owner, CA 94550. 4455. Published January10, altered & vaccinated. We also 165)HOUSE/ROOMS/RENT- preference, limitation or dis- Founder. This statement was This business is conducted 17, 24, 31, 2019. (925)426-8656 have adult cats & ranch cats for crimination based on protected 115)ESTATE/ GARAGE/ YARD ALS TO SHARE filed with the County Clerk of by an individual. The date on adoption. classes, including race, color, SALES Alameda on December 12, which the registrant first com- 160)BOAT / RV RENTAL religion, sex, handicap, familial FICTITIOUS BUSINESS 2018. Expires December 12, menced to transact business EMPLOYMENT SPACE status or national origin. IVPC NAME STATEMENT 118) FREE SECTION 2023. under the fictitious business does not knowingly accept any FILE NO. 553492 Free Pine & Oak Wood Inland Valley Publishing Co. The Independent Legal No. name(s) listed above: N/A Help Wanted advertisements that are in vio- The following person(s) doing You cut & haul it Client Code:04126-00001 4452. Published January10, Signature of Registrants: Memory Gardens lation of the law. business as: Mathema Tutorial, Cemetery Lots of Pine cones, too 17, 24, 31, 2019. /s/: Jessie M. McGaffie, CEO. 1465 Hansen Rd Livermore CA Full Time Position Please call This statement was filed with 94550, is hereby registered by (408)897-3156 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS the County Clerk of Alameda Adopt a new best friend Yard Duties & Burials the following owner(s): NAME STATEMENT December 27, 2018. Expires TVAR CALL Ananth Sethuraman, 1465 127) LOST/ FOUND FILE NO. 553561 December 27, 2023. Tri-Valley Animal Hansen Rd Livermore CA 925-447-8417 The following person(s) doing The Independent Legal No. Rescue 94550, Shahini Ananth, 1465 NOTICES / business as: Proactive Marble 4454. Published January10, 65) HELP WANTED Hansen Rd Livermore CA ANNOUNCEMENTS and Granite 1226 Elm St, Liver- 17, 24, 31, 2019. Our current weekly adoption 94550, Vidya Ananth 1465 more CA 94551, is hereby events include: HOUSE CLEANER 155) NOTICES Hansen Rd Livermore CA NEEDED registered by the following FICTITIOUS BUSINESS “NOTICE TO READERS: Cali- 94550. $600/Weekly owner(s): NAME STATEMENT Saturdays - Dogs & Puppies at fornia law requires that contrac- Cable Installers Wanted! This business is conducted by Charlie Valentino Camarillo, FILE NO. 553613 Farmer’s Market in Pleasanton. Working Days: tors taking jobs that total $500 a Joint Venture. The date on Monday and Friday Immediate openings for Cable Installers 1226 Elm Street, Livermore CA The following person(s) doing The location is Delucchi Park, or more (labor and/or materials) which the registrant first com- Time Schedule: 8AM - 3PM 94551. business as: Cookie Express, 4501 First St. Hours: 10:00am be licensed by the Contractors menced to transact business Email: No experience necessary, we will train. This business is conducted 2182 Buena Vista Ave, Liver- to 1:00pm. State License Board. State law under the fictitious business jenniferbenny18888@ by an individual. The date on more CA 94550, is hereby Saturdays & Sundays - Kittens also requires that contractors name(s) listed above: 12/17/18 outlook.com $5,000 Bonus for experienced techs which the registrant first com- registered by the following at Dublin PetSmart, 6960 Ama- include their license numbers Signature of Registrants: menced to transact business owner(s): dor Plaza Rd. Hours: 11am to on all advertising. Check your $2,500 Bonus for no experience /s/: Ananth Sethuraman, Gen- 57) SERVICES under the fictitious business Charlie Annette Mifsud, 2182 3pm. contractor’s status at www. eral Partner. This statement Benefits - Health, Dental, Vision, 401K name(s) listed above: N/A Buena Vista Ave, Livermore Visit our website, WWW.TVAR. cslb.ca.gov or (800)321-CSLB was filed with the County Clerk BE WARY of out of area com- Signature of Registrants: CA 94550. ORG, to see adoptable ani- (2752). Unlicensed persons Company vehicle with gas card provided of Alameda on December 28, panies. Check with the local /s/: Charlie Valentino Camarillo, This business is conducted mals, volunteer opportunities, taking jobs less than $500 must 2018. Expires December 28, Better Business Bureau before Bring current DMW report to interview. Owner This statement was filed by an individual. The date on and how to donate. state in their advertisements 2023. you send money or fees. Read with the County Clerk of Alame- which the registrant first com- that they are not licensed by Call (916) 215-9309 to apply. The Independent Legal No. and understand any contracts da on January 2, 2019. Expires menced to transact business Follow TRI-VALLEY ANIMAL the Contractors State License 4457. Published January10, before you sign. Shop around Open Interviews Mon-Fri 9am-3pm January 2, 2024. under the fictitious business RESCUE on Facebook, Twit- Board.” 17, 24, 31, 2019. for rates. The Independent Legal No. name(s) listed above: 12/24/13 ter, and Instagram. 1920 Mark Ct. #190, Concord, CA 4453. Published January10, 17, 24, 31, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 553306 LIVERMORE AREA RECREATION THE ADDRESS IS THE TRI-VALLEY The following person(s) doing business as: Collins Equestrian AND PARK DISTRICT 2 col x 3” Classifieds 6969 Collier Canyon, Liver- THE EXPERIENCE IS ALAIN PINEL more CA 94551, is hereby JUN-15-2017 registered by the following LIVERMORE – The Livermore Area Recreation and Park District owner(s): (LARPD) Board of Directors is seeking applicants to serve on the IndIcate correctIons or aPProVaL VIa eMaIL Jennifer (Jenn) Collins, 2934 Personnel Commission. Ford St. # 14, Oakland, CA CHERIE DOYLE LESLIE FAUGHT The Independent is not responsible for any mistakes not 94601. LARPD is accepting applications through 5 p.m. Thursday, January 31, 925.580.2552• OK as is 925.784.7979 This business is conducted for a volunteer position on the Commission. Personnel identified by client. Computer screen and print quality by an individual. The date on [email protected]• OK with changes [email protected] may have variations in text, color and photo. Accuracy which the registrant first com- Commissioners are appointed by the Board to four-year terms. menced to transact business cdoyle.apr.com lesliefaught.comof color reproduction from digital files is not guaranteed. under the fictitious business The Commission is a volunteer body that monitors and advises the License # 01950716• Make changes License #We 01027778 accept no responsibility for color variations, between name(s) listed above: N/A Board on the District’s personnel policies, approves the eligibility and return for approval submitted images and final ads, due to printing process. Signature of Registrants: list for the hiring of full-time staff, hears appeals of disciplinary /s/: Jennifer (Jenn) Collins, actions and makes recommendations to the Board of Directors on LINDA FUTRAL KAT GASKINS Owner This statement was filed matters of personnel administration. The Commission meets as 2250 First St Livermore, CA 94550 with the County Clerk of Alame- needed, but normally not more than once per month. 925.980.3561 925.963.7940

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Musical Exploration of “The Life and Times of Django Reinhardt” Set

Django Shredders, jazz in Reinhardt led them to Island and in Balboa Park, guitarists Alex Ciavarelli develop this fascinating as well as at the Kyoto and Rudy Marquez, will program which shares Prize Gala. Originally eager bring their energy and a their joy in his music, as to become a rock and roll guitar virtuosity to the well as some of the history musician, Marquez instead Bothwell Arts Center to behind it. Together the two ended up studying classi- perform “The Life and have toured the Southwest, cal guitar before discover- Times of Django Rein- including performances at ing his passion for jazz. hardt” on January 19, 2019. Django Vegas and at the He played in a gypsy jazz Regarded as one of the San Diego Gypsy Jazz Fes- group at SDSU called Hot most influential musicians tival. This month they have Bananas and also performs of the 20th century, Belgian a nine-concert residency with a jazz organ trio. jazz guitarist Reinhardt at the Sonoma County Ciavarelli and Marquez has inspired songwriters Libraries, where they will have been performing as and performers worldwide present a version of “The Django Shredders since for decades. In a compel- Life and Times of Django 2017 and will demonstrate ling exploration of the late Reinhardt” tailored espe- their remarkable ability to master’s legendary music as cially for families. While in capture the gypsy jazz style well as the music of those Northern California, they in their intimate tribute he influenced, Ciaverelli will also appear as part of to Django Reinhart at the and Marquez trace the story the “Center on the Go” Bothwell. Tickets for the of the rise of the “gypsy concert series at the Grass single performance on Sat- jazz” style and sound Rein- Valley Center. urday, January 19th are just hardt established. Ciavarelli performs solo $20 each. San Diego natives, and with his band through- The performance by Marquez and Ciavarelli out Southern California at Django Shredders is the met while undergraduates various clubs and venues. first in the new Bothwell in the jazz studies program He has been a featured Presents series, intimate at San Diego State Univer- guest artist at Concerts Alex Ciavarelli and Rudy Marquez sity. Their mutual interest in the Park on Coronado (continued on page 3) Branford Marsalis Quartet Brings Their Expressive Jazz Style Legendary Branford Marsalis grew up in the Marsalis Quartet has long Marsalis Quartet brings rich musical environment been recognized as the their expressive jazz style of New Orleans, the son of standard to which other to the Bankhead Theater on famed pianist and educator ensembles of its kind must January 21 for a 7:30 p.m. Ellis Marsalis and the old- be measured. They deliver concert. est of his three jazz-playing a deep book of original mu- From his early acclaim siblings. He formed his sic, replete with expressive as a saxophonist, Bran- own quartet in 1986 and has melodies and provocative ford Marsalis has stayed taken guest turns with such forms, as well as unrivaled the course, bringing new giants of the jazz world as spirit in both live and re- energy and new audiences Miles Davis, Dizzy Gil- corded performances. to the world of jazz. Over lespie, Herbie Hancock and Very few tickets remain the years, he has refined Sonny Rollins. Among his for the January 21st per- and expanded his talents many credits, Marsalis has formance at the Bankhead. and his horizons as a musi- composed for Broadway, The $20 regular ticket level cian, composer, bandleader toured with Sting, served as is already sold out, although and educator, becoming a musical director for The To- discounted tickets for twenty-first century main- night Show with Jay Leno, students and active military stay of artistic excellence. and appeared on numerous personnel are still available Called by the Associated other television and radio at that price. Remaining Press, “One of the most programs. He is a frequent seats start at $50. cohesive, intense small jazz soloist in jazz performance The Bankhead Theater ensembles on the scene to- and, increasingly, in the is located at 2400 First day,” the Branford Marsalis classical universe as well. Street in downtown Liver- Quartet will perform at the Known for telepathic more. Tickets are available Bankhead Theater for one communication among its at the box office online at The Branford Marsalis Quartet (from left) includes Joey Calderazzo, piano; Eric Revis, night only on January 21, uncommonly consistent www.lvpac.org or by call- bass; Branford Marsalis, saxophones; and Justin Faulkner, drums. Photo - Eric Ryan Anderson. 2019. personnel, the Branford ing 373-6800. JANUARY 10, 2019 • The Independent 3 Legendary Singer-Songwriter to Perform Her Hit Songs

Grammy Award-winning is Just Around the Corner,” ticket level is already sold singer-songwriter Melissa and “Smile.” “The Fellas” out, discounted tickets for Manchester, who has been which was released in 2017, students and active military delivering heartfelt hit came 25 years after her personnel are still avail- songs to audiences for de- album “Tribute” honoring able at that price. Remain- cades, will bring cuts from the great female singers she ing seats are just $40. across her broad catalog admired. Manchester will The Bankhead Theater is to the Bankhead stage on bring her style to music located at 2400 First St. in January 18, 2019 at 8 p.m. across a range of genres, downtown Livermore. Tick- She first soared to stardom from pop and rock to ets are available at the bo in 1975 with her hit single Broadway and jazz. office online at www.lvpac. “Midnight Blue” and went While the $20 regular org or by calling 373-6800. on to win the 1982 Best Female Vocalist Grammy Award for her disco- inspired “You Should Hear How She Talks About You.” Manchester has always brought her own experience and truth to each song, from Tri-Valley repertory Theatre early hits such as “Through the Eyes of Love,” “Don’t Cry Out Loud” and “Just You and I,” to her most recent single, “A Better Rainbow,” released last fall. Along the way Manchester has collaborated with a who’s who of artists includ- jAn 12 — jAn 27 ing Bette Midler, Barbra rated Pg-13 Streisand, Roberta Flack, Kathy Mattea, Johnny Mathis and Kenny Loggins, MeLISSA with whom she co-wrote MAnCheSTer the radio classic, “When- ever I Call You Friend.” grammy Award Born in New York, winner Manchester grew up on Fri jAn 18 at 8pm the Upper West Side in an artistically inclined fam- Melissa Manchester ily. She attended New York University and started her DjAngo career on the songwriting ShreDDerS staff for a music company. her own recording contract. Since her first album in career. She has called the On the jingle circuit, she She has appeared on stage, 1973, Manchester has re- album a “love letter” to The Life met Barry Manilow whose film and television. In addi- leased more than 20 more, Frank Sinatra, Mel Torme, and Times of introduction to Bette Midler tion to writing the popular including her most recent Nat King Cole, Tony Django reinhardt led to her performing as one songs, she has also com- “The Fellas” a tribute to the Bennett and more, with of Midler’s back-up singers posed for film scores and male singers and songwrit- renditions of such favorites Sat jAn 19 at 8pm musicals. ers who influenced her as “Night and Day,” “Love and dancers, before signing AT The BoThweLL

LIFE AND TIMES Celebrate Sat jAn 12 (continued from page 2) AFrICAn 10am - 2pm concerts designed to high- share with the community to a smaller, more casual added. AMerICAn Bankhead light exciting new artists, unique and affordable per- venue. While the Bothwell Tickets are available herITAge Theater as well as more established forming arts experiences, in has welcomed groups such online at www.lvpac.org, Kwanzaa, Dancing, Lobby small groups. Scott Keni- addition to what is already as Gabe Duffin and his by calling 373-6800 or at Drumming, Crafts, son, Executive Director of presented at the Bankhead Pog Mo Thoin band for the Bankhead Theater box Safari Booth & More Free eVenT Livermore Valley Perform- Theater. “We often come years, we now hope to build office, 2400 Frst Street, ing Arts Center, sees the across talented artists and on those shows with this Livermore. 925.373.6800 • LVPAC.org series as an opportunity to events that are best suited expanded series,” Kenison 2400 First Street, Downtown Livermore 4 The Independent • JANUARY 10, 2019 PAL Artwork on Display at Museum Pleasanton’s Museum works by members of the take place on Sunday, Janu- Tuesday through Saturday on Main and the Pleasan- Pleasanton Art League, this ary 13 from 2-4 PM. and 1-4 Sunday. For more ton Art League opened the year’s version of Imagina- Pleasanton’s Museum information, check the twelfth annual showcase of tion Expressed promises to on Main is located at 603 Museum’s website at www. the Valley’s artistic talents engage the eye, the mind Main Street in downtown museumonmain.org, or call with Imagination Expressed and the soul with a wide Pleasanton. Hours are 10-4 925/462-2766. 2019. variety of distinctive view- Featuring paintings, points and styles. Many drawings, photography, of these works will be ceramics, jewelry, and other available for purchase; the Museum receives 10% of the proceeds from sales. Kolln Hardware Building by Charlotte Severin. In support of the exhibit, Art League members will appear at the Museum to demonstrate their methods and conduct family art classes during the show’s run. Artists, dates and times will be announced on the Museum’s website and Facebook page; past participants have included George and Linda Garbarino, Beth Okurowski, Charlotte Sev- erin and Eugenia Zobel. By Steven Barkkarie An opening reception By Beverly Patterson with light refreshments will

Great Horned Owl by Chris Bourg By Linda Garbarino By Barbara Blissert Winter Weeds: Topic of January 10 Garden Club Meeting

Livermore-Amador Valley Garden Club’s January 10 (Salad, anyone?) which will be held Saturday, April 6, 2019, at Amador meeting will focus on winter weeds and what to do about The garden club meets the second Thursday of each Valley High School. them. The meeting will be held in the multi-purpose room month, September through May, at Alisal School. Meet- Club members also volunteer their time and talents of Alisal Elementary School, 1454 Santa Rita Road, in ings start at 7:00 p.m., and visitors are welcome. to maintain the Sensory Garden in Pleasanton, and the Pleasanton, starting at 7:00 p.m.. In addition to the evening meetings, the garden club Hansen Park Rose Garden in Livermore. They help raise Guest speaker will be Bethallyn Black, associate has luncheon meetings on the fourth Mondays. Other food for neighbors in need at Eden Garden, located in professor of horticulture at Diablo Valley Community interest groups that meet separately include: seed shar- Livermore. College. Black will share slides and information about ing, floral design, and edible plant gardening. Members For further information about the club and its activities, the old and new winter weeds, plus how to manage them. already are planning for their popular annual Plant Sale, visit www.lavgc.org .

JANUARY 10, 2019 • The Independent 5 Multicultural Performance to Celebrate the New Year

The Pleasanton Public Festivities are Sunday, at this family-friendly event Library presents its third January 13, 2019, 2 – 3 cultural songs and dances annual New Year Celebra- p.m. will be performed along tion with Traditions of To celebrate Pleasan- with library displays and Many Cultures. It will ton’s vibrant and growing activities. feature short performances diversity and highlight the Admission is free. For by diverse area groups and Library’s commitment to more information, contact individuals at Amador The- offering books and materi- Yu Tao, Senior Librarian at ater, 1155 Santa Rita Road, als in multiple languages, 925-931-3410. Pleasanton.

Jet Set

Jazz Dance Company to Perform For tickets, visit: 'Come Fly with Me' Livermore School Of Dance Jazz Company presents Come Fly With Me, directed by Liz Roberts. This is a dance performance that takes the audience on a virtual trip around the world, through music and dance. Show times are 2:30 and 7:30 pm at the Bankhead Theater on Saturday, February 2, 2019. The performance setting starts at an airport and then proceeds to fly to many destina- tions on the globe such as New York, Rio de Janeiro, London, India, Singapore, and more. A variety of dance styles will be performed including Jazz, Musical Theater, Hip Hop, Modern, Contemporary Lyrical, and Tap. There will also be a diversified selection of music played from the old classics to new contemporary songs of today. WHITNEY: Tickets are available now at www.lvpac.org. by calling 373-6800 or at the box of- Chicago: The Tribute “One Moment in Time” fice, 2400 First Street, Livermore. January 11-12 • 8pm Starring Dee Dee Simon Classic Sound, Powerful Horns February 16-17 & Rich Vocals! Award-Winning Tribute to the Legend

CREATURES OF IMPULSE: Improv Face-Off Banda Magda February 20-23 February 24 • 7pm Get back in the ring for this Latin rhythms with jazz improv local improv team showdown!

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Entries Being Accepted for Art Show at Alviso Adobe Community Park Benefit for Paws in Need Attend a tasty crab feast tributions from the com- Entries are being accepted for the Pleasanton Art League (PAL) annual art show and and help save the life of a munity to provide financial sale at the Alviso Adobe Community Park in Pleasanton. lovable local pet, and help assistance for veterinary Pleasanton's Alviso Adobe Community Park is a unique site that tells the story of prevent animal overpopula- medical needs in the Tri- California from its earliest human history. This fully restored interpretative park reveals tion by attending the Paws Valley area. the history of the Amador Valley, offering a rare glimpse of times past - from its Native In Need Crab Feed fund- Dinner tickets are just American beginnings to the days of Spanish Ranchos managing herds of cattle on the raiser on Saturday, Febru- $60 per person when original 12,000 acre Rancho Santa Rita, through a period in the early to mid-20th cen- ary 2nd, 2019. The event purchased by January 19th, tury when it was a popular dairy and finally its present as a community park.” includes dinner, games, and $70 thereafter. Paws This is an open show. All categories of hung artwork and photographs will be judged raffle baskets and auction In Need Crab Feed tickets together. There may be up to 100 pieces of art to be judged for monetary prizes. items from 6-10 pm at the are expected to sell out The restored milking building will serve as the art galley. Shrine Event Center, 170 tunities for lucky attendees early, so buy yours today! to win fabulous auction The show itself hill be on display March 1, 2, 3 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Lindbergh Ave., Livermore. Tickets are available online The menu includes clam items along with raffle at www.Paws-In-Need. Registration deadline is Feb. 23, 2019. Refer to the prospectus and registration form chowder, fresh cracked prizes. A limited number of org, or by mailing checks at the PAL website: www.pal-art.com Dungeness crab, pasta, Premier tables of 8 are also to Paws In Need, P.O. Box Caesar salad, bread, dessert, available. 3436, San Ramon, CA and coffee or tea. A no-host All proceeds will benefit 94583. Please contact event bar offering beer, wine, local animals. The Spay/ coordinator Lisa Williams Cosmos and nonalcoholic Neuter and Urgent Care at 925-216-1621 or lisawil- Tri-Valley Haven Thrift Store and beverages will be available. programs rely solely on [email protected]. Food Pantry Volunteers Needed There will be many oppor- public donations and con- For over 40 years, Tri-Valley Haven has honored its mission of contributing towards a healthier and safer community by remaining a loyal provider of safety-net services for the Livermore, Dublin and Pleasanton communities. The Haven’s ongoing work in the community has been supported by the help of dedicated volunteers. In order to continue EBRPD to Host Youth Job Fairs providing food, shelter, and social service programs, The Haven is seeking regular volunteers at our Thrift Store and Food Pantry. For the 5th consecutive looking to enter the work- and ten visitor centers. The The Thrift Store, located at 116 North L Street in Livermore, is seeking volunteers year, the East Bay Regional force, whether at the Park Youth Job Fairs are key on Thursday afternoons and weekends to sort donations, stock merchandise and provide Park District will host two District or elsewhere. to filling seasonal sum- customer service. Youth Job Fairs, designed “The Park District’s mer positions, especially The Haven’s food pantry is seeking drivers to do food pick-ups from local vendors on to raise awareness of Annual Youth Job Fairs Recreation Leaders and Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. In addition, the food pantry, located at 418 Junction employment opportunities are an important way for Lifeguards. Ave in Livermore, is in need of volunteers to help stock shelves, rotate food and assem- for youth in the East Bay. the District to engage with “The Park District is ble food bags (shifts are flexible). The fairs are scheduled in local youth looking for interested in attracting Volunteer applications can be found at www.trivalleyhaven.org under the Volunteer Oakley on Saturday, Janu- jobs,” said East Bay Re- qualified and energetic job tab. Contact Fatima at 925-667-2711 or [email protected] for more informa- ary 26, 2019, and in Union gional Park District Ward candidates who care about tion. City on Saturday, February 5 Director Ayn Wieskamp. parks, nature learning, and 2, 2019. Both events offer “The Park District works enjoy outdoor recreation,” attendees an opportunity very hard to ensure youth said East Bay Regional to learn about the specific in the district are aware of Park District Chief Hu- Volunteers Sought for Tri-Valley Haven Park District jobs avail- the jobs the District has to man Resources Officer Kip able and interact with offer.” Walsh. “The Youth Job Tri-Valley Haven, a non-profit agency, has provided shelter and counseling for survi- current employees to get “These events are great Fairs are a great way for vors of domestic violence and sexual assault in the Tri-Valley area. The Haven is look- insight into what it’s like to for area youth looking for the Park District to connect ing for dedicated volunteers who are interested in training to become domestic violence work for the Park District. full-time work or seasonal directly with interested job and sexual assault advocates, legal advocates or crisis line operators. Highlighted 2019 positions jobs,” added Wieskamp. candidates.” Approved by the State of California, Tri-Valley Haven’s Domestic Violence and include: Interpretive Stu- 2018’s youth job fairs 2019 Youth Job Fair Sexual Assault Training is considered a premier course of instruction in the field of dent Aides, Public Safety were the biggest so far. Details: Saturday, January counseling. Student Aides, Recreation Over 500 attendees learned 26, 2019 Big Break Visitor The Haven’s next 70-hour volunteer training course will begin on January 29, 2019. Leaders, Lifeguards, Gate about working for the Center, 10 a.m. to noon, 69 Classes will be held every Tuesday and Thursday evening from 6:30-10:15pm for 12 Attendants, Park Services District and the positions Big Break Road, Oakley, weeks at The Haven’s Community Building in Livermore. Volunteers who successfully Attendants, Student Labor- available. The East Bay Re- CA 94561; Saturday, complete the training will be certified and required to volunteer one shift per month for a ers, Field Interns, Interns, gional Park District is the February 2, 2019, Rug- year. and Volunteers. largest employer of youth gieri Senior Center, 10 a.m. Candidates must be at least 18 years of age, participate in a pre-training interview, and The Youth Job Fairs also in the East Bay, hiring to noon. 33997 Alvarado- pay a $240 training fee ($100 of original fee refunded after a yearlong volunteer commit- include general information over 400 Bay Area youth Niles Road, Union City, CA ment of one shift per month with The Haven.) sessions on resume writing, each year to work in the 94587. (In partnership with Applications and advocacy descriptions can be found at trivalleyhaven.org. Contact application submittal, and District's 73 regional parks City of Union City). Fatima at 925-667-2711 or [email protected] to schedule an interview. job interviewing for youth

JANUARY 10, 2019 • The Independent 7 MAKE A DIFFERENCE (continued from front page) tivals (which were sponsored by the Pleasanton Unified School District and included many other organizations in the 1990s). “We used to try to tie in with the national Make A Dif- ference Day, which is held in October, but here in Pleasan- ton that date has long been reserved for the Foothill High School Band Review, so we changed to the date closest to Martin Luther King, Jr, Day, which has become a global service day,” explained W. Ron Sutton, founder of Make A Difference, Today & Always. “Also, we felt that people should make a commitment to community service on more than one day per year. That is why we came up with the ‘50/50 Pledge’ and the slogan, ‘Get Connected, Stay Connected,’” said Sutton. "This is a great way to learn of volunteer opportunities,” said Ken Mano, vice-president of Pleasanton’s Community of Character Coalition. “There will be many non-profits and other groups that serve our community from newborns to young children to our senior population, and even animals. We all need to do our part in helping those who don't have all the advantages and benefits which many of us enjoy." Banner outside the Pleasanton Library welcomes all to the Saturday, January 19 event. The festival helps fund the Juanita Haugen Memorial Scholarships, which are awarded annually to graduating seniors from each of Pleasanton’s three high schools appointments? Comfort dogs and cats awaiting their for- • Stanford Health Care/ValleyCare Auxiliary • Sunflower Hill/Sunflower Gardens through the Community of Character Collaborative. ever homes? Assist a newcomer learning English? Help “We are pleased to host this event,” says Yu Tao, librar- visitors learn about local history? Refresh public garden • Tri-Valley Guide Dog Puppy Raisers ian. “Because a growing number of organizations want to areas? Organize Special Olympics sports events? These • Tri-Valley One-Stop Career Center participate, the city’s Department of Library and Recre- are but a few of the volunteer opportunities that await • Valley Children’s Museum ?? ation will move our information tables into the children’s festival visitors. • Valley Humane Society section of the library, just beyond the community room. Produced by Make A Difference, Today & Always, a Visitors will be encouraged to sign the “50/50 Pledge,” We hope participants will come by to see the volunteer 501©3 non-profit, the festival is co-sponsored by the City which states, “I pledge to spend at least 50 hours in com- opportunities we offer.” of Pleasanton, the Community of Character Coalition, munity service, and to spend 50 more hours with my The festival is free of charge, as is the parking at the Child Care Links, ACCUSPLIT Make A Difference Pro- family in the next year.” They can also sign the historic city library. All are welcome. grams, and Karlsson & Lane Accounting Services.. banner from the very first local Make A Difference Fes- Exhibitors will include the following: • ACCUSPLIT Make A Difference Programs • Alameda County CASA (Court-Appointed Special Advocates) • Alviso Adobe Community Park • Amador Valley Quilters – Quilts of Valor Project • American Association of University Women (AAUW) • American Cancer Society • Asian Pacific Islanders American Public Affairs • Axis Community Health • Child Care Links • City of Pleasanton (Department of Library and Rec- reation) • CityServe of the Tri-Valley • Community of Character Coalition • Go Green Initiative Association • HERS Breast Cancer Foundation • Hooks and Needles • JustServe.org • Livermore-Amador Valley Garden Club • Lynnewood United Methodist Church • Meals On Wheels (Spectrum Community Services) • Museum On Main • Open Heart Kitchen • Pleasanton Cultural Arts Council • Sandra J. Wing Healing Therapies Foundation • Senior Support Programs of the Tri-Valley City library and recreation department staff members explain volunteer opportunities to festival visitors. Their • Special Olympics department is a co-sponsor of the annual festival. 8 The Independent • JANUARY 10, 2019 ART & ENTERTAINMENT

Art League or for information Register at www.pleasantonfun. and sculpture. Home school- 960-1194 or via the website at 7:30-9:30--Dance floor, full bar, regarding the Public Art Circuit, com, Code 8853. Regular gallery ers and high school students www.GalinasMusicStudio.com. small cover. call John Trimingham at (510) hours: Wednesday, Thursday, working on advanced portfolios Beginners are welcome. Bring Chicago: The Tribute. The 877-8154. Friday from 12:00-5:00 p.m.; are welcome. Peggy has been an some music to share with the authentic sound and show, Alamo Danville Artists’ Society Saturday 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. art instructor in the Livermore group. Ukuleles are available including all the powerful horns, will host the opening of Black- Harrington Gallery at the Fire- Valley for many years. Contact for purchase. Small $10 fee to rich vocals, and rocking rhythm hawk Gallery’s new Exhibit ‘Fes- house Arts Center in Pleasanton, her at (925) 443-8755 or email cover meeting costs. section. 2 blow-out shows - tive’. The exhibit will be on view 4444 Railroad Avenue. Dona- [email protected]. Friday, January 11 and Saturday, seven days a week from Friday, tions always appreciated. Figure Drawing Workshop, every WINERIES January 12, 8:00 p.m. at Fire- November 30th to Sunday, Feb- Friday 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Las Positas Vineyards - Sat- house Arts Center in Pleasanton. ruary 10th, 2019. The exhibit is MEETINGS/CLASSES Artists bring their own materials urday, January " Evening in Chicago fused rock, jazz, funk, free and open to the public. The Two Workshops, One Weekend and easels. Open to all artists. the Vineyards " winter concert and soul into the iconic sound Blackhawk Gallery is located at taught by artist Linda Ryan. Professional artist models series at featuring acoustic all their own. Includes hits Sat- 3416 Blackhawk Plaza Circle Workshop in Pour Painting - (nude). No instructor. Students pop singer & songwriter Tammy urday in the Park, Beginnings, If in Danville, California, in the Basics Friday, January 25 6:00- under 18 need written parental Byerly. This concert will be in You Leave Me Now, plus many Blackhawk Plaza. Regular 9:00pm and Saturday, January permission to attend. Cost the event room with wine, beer, more. Reserved seating tickets non-alcoholic beverages dinner are $20.00, $25.00, $30.00; A Winter's Tale, a Bankhead hours are Monday-Saturday 26, 10:30-11:30am. Workshop $20 per session. Bothwell Arts 10am-8pm and Sunday 11am- in Pour Painting - Basics to Center, 2466 8th St., Livermore. option available for purchase ( available at www.firehousearts. Theater Gallery Exhibit will sorry no outside food or bever- org, 925-931-4848, or at the be on view Jan. 10 to March 6pm. Holiday hours: 1/21 Martin Intermediate Saturday, January Coffee, tea and refreshments Luther King Day regular hours 26, 10:30-4:00pm and Sunday, are available. Call or e-mail age permitted ) to purchase center Box Office, 4444 Railroad 5. A reception is set for Imagination Expressed 2019, January 27, 10:30-3:30pm Barbara Stanton for more info tickets, visit our website at Avenue, Pleasanton. www.laspositasvineyards.com Melissa Manchester, Jan. 18, Saturday, Jan 12 from 3 to Pleasanton Art League show at Bothwell Arts Center, 2466 8th about the workshop, 925-373- 5 p.m. Images will depict Weekend of January 12th & 13th 2019, 8 p.m. Bankhead Theater, the Museum on Main. Reception St. Livermore. https://www. 9638 - microangelo@earthlink. featured food pairing flight will 2400 First St., Livermore. www. cold, snow, ice, frost, bare January 13, 2 to 4 p.m. Show eventbrite.com/e/basics-of- net. trees, a warm fire in the be the newest French Cheese's lvpac.org, 373-6800. runs January 8 to February 24 luminous-pour-painting-tickets- Preschool Art classes: Thursday & Wine pairing flight. Tasting Tri-Valley Cultural Jews Presents fireplace, snuggling inside during regular museum hours. 53628358865?aff=efbneb mornings 9:45–10:45. Children Room is open 1130-430pm. - Daniel Cainer in “Gefilte against the cold…this is 603 Main Street Pleasanton. Pleasanton Art League/Liver- aged 3-5 are welcome to For more information, contact Fish and Chips". Daniel Cainer the story of Winter. A Winter’s Tale: Art Exhibit at more Art Association meeting join this class. Classes cover [email protected] is an award-winning song- Image by Danuta Wang the Bankhead Theater Gallery, January 14, 7:30 pm, Cul- drawing, painting, print-making, Rodrigue Molyneaux Winery writer, storyteller and performer. Jan., 10-March 5, art Reception tural Arts Building, 4455 Black sculpture and ceramics. For release of a "Winter White" Jewish-themed, one-man show Sat., January 12, 2019, 3:00 Avenue, Pleasanton: featuring further information, contact January 12th. Visit the winery of unique stories in song is ART/PHOTO EXHIBITS pm - 5:00 pm. 2400 First St., Las Positas Scholarship Winner Thomasin Dewhurst at (925) Saturday and Sunday, 1/12 and smart, funny, timely and only Livermore Art Association Livermore. www.lvpac.org or & Plein Air Setups. Visitors 216-7231 or thomasin_d@ 1/13 for a free taste of this very slightly irreverent. January 19 at Gallery, located in the Carnegie 373-6800. welcome. www.livermoreartas- hotmail.com or visit http://child- special Livermore appellation 7:30pm at the La Quinta Inn & Building, offers art classes, California Watercolor Asso- sociation.org rensartclassesprojects.blogspot. Pinot Blanc. 3053 Marina Ave, Suites in Hayward. This presen- unusual gifts, painting rentals, ciation 49th Annual National Celebrate Women! 2019 Art that com/ Livermore. www.rmwinery.com tation is part of TVCJ's "A World art exhibits and information Exhibition. Opens January 11 Honors Women, is in its 5th Art Classes, For children, Charles R Vineyards, 11th of Jewish Music Conference". pertaining to the art field, 2155 through February 16, 2019 year! This photographic exhibi- teens and adults. Beginner to Annual Cabstravaganza! Tickets can be purchased for Third St., Livermore. The gallery in the Harrington Gallery at tion has two tracks: 1. competi- advanced. Drawing, painting, Saturday, January 26, 2019; this evening by itself ($20.00), has been open since 1974 the Firehouse Arts Center in tion with judging and monetary printmaking, sculpture and 11:30am - 4:30pm Start with a or for the entire weekend confer- and is run as a co-op by local Pleasanton. 74 artists from awards. 2. anyone may submit ceramics taught by highly expe- 2018 barrel tasting, compare the ence here: www.eventbrite. artists. Hours are Wed.-Sun. California and beyond have in this non-judged track. Exhibi- rienced artist and art instructor, aromas and flavors with a nicely com/e/a-world-of-jewish- 11:30-4 p.m. For information been accepted. 25 awards and tion will go up March 1st at Civic Thomasin Dewhurst. Weekday aged 2014. We'll crack open music-tickets-50672074539 call 449-9927. cash prizes. Selection Juror: Iain Center Library, Livermore. Main and weekend classes, Home the 2008 from our cellar, while Django Shredders “The Life and Times of Django Reinhardt” , Members of the Pleasanton Art Stewart; Awards Juror: Karen Requirement: Every image must school classes, Special classes supplies last! Specially selected limited Cabernet vintages will Saturday, January 19, 2019 at League Public Art Circuit are Frey. Wide variety of styles and have one woman/many women during school breaks offered. be available for sale during this 8:00pm. Bothwell Arts Center, currently exhibiting art at five types of water media are as subject matter. Sponsored by: (925) 216-7231 or email represented. RECEPTION: Free Livermore Art Association and [email protected] for annual celebration. 8195 Crane 2466 Eighth Avenue, Livermore. businesses in the area. Viewing Ridge Road, Livermore www. Tickets at www.lvpac.org, call locations are: The Stanford opening reception and awards Pleasanton Art League. For more further info. ceremony will be held Saturday, information and detailed guide- Piano and keyboard lessons, charlesrvineyards.com 925- 925-373-6800, or visit 2400 Health Care Dermatology Clinic, 454-3040 First Street, Livermore. 1133 E. Stanley Blvd. Suite 111, January 12, from 1:00-3:00 lines, please contact: Barbara For children to adult. Beginner p.m. The public is welcome to Reynolds email: barbara.nichols. to early intermediate level. Half- Jake Shimabukuro - Innovative Livermore; Pleasanton Chamber MUSIC/CONCERTS Master of the Ukulele on “The of Commerce at 777 Peters come preview the entire exhibit, [email protected] or call/ hour private classes or small chat with the artists, and enjoy text: 503.449-3861. group classes offered. Twice- Retzlaff Estate Winery, Live Greatest Day” New Album Tour, Street, Pleasanton; Sallman, Music every Sunday. 12:00 - 7:30 p.m. Jan. 29. Bankhead Yang, & Alameda CPA's at 7077 light refreshments. PAINTING The Young Artists’ Studio has yearly recitals. (925) 216-7231 DEMONSTRATIONS: Wednesday openings in its 2018 – 2019 or email thomasin_d@hotmail. 4:30. 1356 S. Livermore Ave, Theater, 2400 First St., Liver- Koll Center Parkway, Suite 183, Livermore. http://retzlaffvine- more. www.bankheadtheater. Pleasanton; The Bagel Street afternoons 1-3:30pm. 1/23 school year art classes. Artist com for further info. David Savellano; 1/30 Sue Peggy Frank offers small group, Ukulele Circle, Meetings held the yards.com org, 373-6800. Café at 6762 Bernal Ave., Pleas- Chris Bradley's Jazz Band ap- John O’Connor, piano. Feb. 9, 8 anton; and The Bagel Street Johnston; 2/6 Ruth Miller, 2/13 individualized instruction in art last Saturday of each month Carolyn Lord YOUNG @ ART: to students ages 7 through high from 12 noon-1 p.m. at Galina’s pears regularly at: The Castle p.m. Del Valle Fine Arts Concert. Café at 4101-A Dublin Blvd., Rock Restaurant in Livermore/ Bankhead Theater, 2400 First Dublin. If interested in becoming “Water+Color=Fun!” class for school. She also works with Music Studio located at 1756 young people ages 5-11. Thurs- adults. Projects include all kinds First St., Livermore. Confirm on Portola Avenue-- the 2nd St., Livermore. www.bankhead- a member of the Pleasanton Tuesday each month from theater.org, 373-6800. day, February 7, 4:30-5:45 p.m. of drawing, painting, printmaking participation by calling (925) JANUARY 10, 2019 • The Independent 9 ART & ENTERTAINMENT

Robert Cray, Legendary Blues headtheater.org or 373-6800. Public Library, 6 p.m. first 7:00 PM. Audition form and sign-up needed to attend this around the world. Learn about Hall of Fame Guitarist, 7:30 Branford Marsalis Quartet, Jan. Thursday of the month with roles: https://www.trivalleyrep. informal gathering. Hosted by teaching music, how to get kids p.m. Feb. 10. Bankhead Theater, 21, 7:30 p.m. Bankhead Theater, host Steve Chiolis. This year's org/shows/smokey-joes-cafe local writer and NaNoWriMo to sing, and the history of differ- 2400 First St., Livermore. www. 2400 First St., Livermore. www. theme is FOG CITY – films about Valley Concert Chorale auditions (National Novel Writing Month) ent types of Jewish music such bankheadtheater.org, 373-6800. bankheadtheater.org, 373-6800. San Francisco. Films are free. January 14 and 21. Arrange participant Sydney Dent. To as Jewish Musical Theater, Jew- A Bowie Celebration, Feb. 12, Pacific Coast Repertory Theatre No registration is required. appointment for a brief 15 learn more about this program ish composers, and Sephardic 7:30 p.m. Bankhead Theater, Mama Mia, Jan. 26, Feb. 10, The films are screened in the minute meeting with Music check the library’s website at and Mizrahi music. Conference 2400 First St., Livermore. www. Firehouse Arts Center, 4444 Pleasanton Library large meeting Director. 925•736•9731; will Livermorelibrary.net or call the runs from January 18 - 20, 2019 bankheadtheater.org, 373-6800. Railroad Ave., Pleasanton. www. room. Everyone is welcome to include a little sight reading, library at 925-373-5500. at the La Quinta Inn in Hayward. The Music of ABBA (Arrival from firehousearts.org or 931-4848. attend. Some films are mature rhythmic exercise and bring a Political Issues Book Club meets Tickets can be purchased for the Sweden), Feb. 14, 7:30 p.m. Role Players Ensemble presents in content and may not be short selection (art song, hymn, the 4th Tuesday of each month, entire weekend or for individual Bankhead Theater, 2400 First Honky by Greg Kalleres; suitable for children. For more My Country Tis of Thee, etc.) and reads books about issues days. For more information: St., Livermore. www.bankhead- directed by Katja Rivera; Artistic information or assistance, in any language. Singers must and trends that are driving cur- http://bit.ly/JWest-2019 theater.org, 373-6800. Director Eric Fraisher Hayes. contact the Pleasanton Public commit to the season with rent affairs in both the national Golden Age of Hollywood Gala Whitney: “One Moment in Time” February 1 – 17, 2019, Fridays Library at (925) 931-3400, Monday evening rehearsals. and international arenas. Topics fundraiser, Saturday, February Saturday, February 16 at 8 p.m. and Saturdays at 8 pm; Sundays extension 4. 400 Old Bernal www.valleyconcertchorale.org that have been covered include 2, 2019 at 6:30pm; $75 each. Sunday, February 17 at 2 p.m. at 2 pm. The Village Theatre, Avenue, Pleasanton. Ghostlight Theatre Ensemble politics, governance, econom- After January 5, 2019, $100 Firehouse Arts Center, 4444 233 Front Street, Danville. www. Top Hat (movie) Wed, February seeking actors to audition for ics, military affairs, history, each Bothwell Arts Center, 2466 Railroad Ave., Pleasanton. www. RolePlayersEnsemble.com or 13, 7:00 pm. Bankhead Theater, their upcoming event, Festival sociology, science, the climate, Eighth Street, Livermore; www. firehousearts.org or 931-4848. call (925) 314-3400. 2400 First St., Livermore. www. 10 – A Treasury of 10-Minute and religion. Contact Rich at lvpac.org or call 925-373-6800 The Choir of Man - The best Student Showcase, Las Positas bankheadtheater.org, 373-6800. Plays. Each play is only 10 872-7923, for further questions Patrick Hunt, Hannibal’s Secret Singing, Dancing, Pub Show College Main Stage, Feb. 8. minutes long, each cast member Weapon, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 7. Ever! 3 p.m. Feb. 17. Bankhead Free. 3000 Campus Hill Dr., New Festival at the Bankhead OPERA is a ‘lead’ with lines, yet the Explores Kwanzaa to Celebrate Rae Dorough Speaker Series. Theater, 2400 First St., Liver- Livermore. http://www.lasposi- actors won’t need to expend more. www.bankheadtheater. tascollege.edu/performingarts/ Livermore Valley Opera’s “Be- African American Heritage on Bankhead Theater, 2400 First hind the Curtain” benefit Janu- extensive effort memorizing their Saturday, January 12, 2019, St., Livermore. www.bankhead- org, 373-6800. index.php part. Actors of all ethnicities Livermore-Amador Symphony, The Clairvoyants, Feb. 24, 3 p.m. ary 20 at 4 p.m. at the Bothwell 10:00 am to 2:00 p.m. Bank- theater.org, 373-6800. are encouraged to audition, and Feb. 23, prelude talk 7 p.m. Bankhead Theater, 2400 First Arts Center, 2466 Eighth St., head Theater Lobby, 2400 First Museum on Main, An Afternoon concert begins, 8 p.m. Rossini: St., Livermore. www.bankhead- Livermore. Tickets are $90 roles are available for a broad Street, Downtown Livermore. or Evening with… Bessie William Tell Overture, Copland: theater.org, 373-6800. per person with tables of eight age range, including teens, Free. Coleman: Tuesday, February Billy the Kid Suite Plus solos by available for purchase as well. adults and senior citizens. The A World of Jewish Music - Tri- 12th, 2pm; Tuesday, February the winners of the 2018–2019 DANCE Tickets can be purchased online plays will all be performed on Valley Cultural Jews will host a 12th, 7pm; Firehouse Arts Cen- Competition for Young Musi- Come Fly with Me, Livermore at www.livermorevalleyopera. a single day – Saturday, March weekend of learning, enjoying, ter. Tickets at www.museumon- cians. Bankhead Theater, 2400 School of Dance presents A com. Seating is limited. 30th, at the Shadow Lakes Event and singing Jewish music from main.org or (925) 462-2766. First St., Livermore. www.bank- dance performance that will take Center in Brentwood. Performers headtheater.org, 373-6800. the audience on a virtual trip AUDITIONS audition for all plays simultane- Banda Magda, Feb. 24, 7 p.m. around the world through music Auditions - Smokey Joes' Cafe - ously, with each play director One-Man Show with 'Gefilte Firehouse Arts Center, 4444 and dance. Feb. 2, 2:30 p.m. the songs of Leiber & Stoller. making his or her own casting Railroad Ave., Pleasanton. www. Bankhead Theater, 2400 First Words & Music by Jerry Leiber & decisions Auditions will be held Fish and Chips' Scheduled firehousearts.org or 931-4848. St., Livermore. www.bankhead- Mike Stoller. Directed and Cho- on January 23rd and 24th, with Natalie MacMaster and Donnell theater.org, 373-6800. reographed by Christina Lazo. callbacks on January 27th. For Award-winning songwriter, storyteller and performer Leahy, Feb. 27, 7:30 p.m. Russian National Ballet “Don Musical Direction by Sierra Dee. full details and to sign-up for Daniel Cainer will present his Jewish-themed one-man Bankhead Theater, 2400 First Quixote” Feb. 8, 8 p.m. Bank- Produced by Kathleen Breedveld. auditions, visit http://ghost- show “Gefilte Fish and Chips” on Saturday, January 19 St., Livermore. www.bankhead- head Theater, 2400 First St., Walk-Ins will be seen as time lightte.org/auditions-festival10. at 7:30 at La Quinta Inn & Suites in Hayward, CA. His theater.org, 373-6800. Livermore. www.bankheadthe- permits. All auditioners must html. For further information, unique stories in song are smart, funny, timely and only ater.org, 373-6800. provide a current headshot/ contact Helen Dixon at helen@ slightly irreverent. His tales about family are told in ghostlightte.org. ON THE STAGE resume and properly marked brilliant rhyme and witty wordplay with great musician- The Great God Brown, Eugene COMEDY sheet music, an accompanist O'Neill play, will be held at the Free Comedy Show every MISCELLANEOUS ship and haunting tunes. The performance is the capstone will be provided. NO A CAPELLA. of the World of Jewish Music weekend to be held at the Museum of the San Ramon Thursday at Sanctuary from Prepare 32 bars of a 1950s- Hagemann Ranch Open House. hotel, and is open to the public. The admission fee for the Valley, 205 Railroad Avenue in 7:30-9 pm in the Skylight Room 1960s pop song. Be prepared Tours of the 140+ year old Danville, on January 12 at 8:00 at Sanctuary, 2369 First St. in to dance! Singing a selection ranch and free, family friendly concert is $20. (Admission is included with registration to pm and January 13 at 2:00 pm. Livermore. from the show is encouraged. seasonal activities. The last the weekend conference.) Seating is limited. Tickets are Free comedy show every Thurs- A dance/movement combina- Sunday of each month, 1-4 PM. To purchase tickets online, http://bit.ly/JWest-2019 and $25 and can be ordered here: day at Rebel Kitchen & Liba- tion will be taught, ladies wear Go to www.livermorehistory.com click on “registration.” Cash or checks will be accepted http://www.eugeneoneill.org/ tions, 2369 First St., Livermore appropriate heels and men for the monthly program. 455 at the door, but to ensure seats, reservations are recom- shop/the-great-god-brown- 730pm. bring a dress shoe comfortable Olivina Ave., Livermore. mended. january-playwrights-theatre/ The Second City, Feb. 15, 8 p.m. for dancing. Auditions will be A Writers Meetup for adults 18 The World of Jewish Music weekend is sponsored by The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Bankhead Theater, 2400 First held at the Tri-Valley Repertory and older meets on the first Tri-Valley Cultural Jews and the International Institute for Tri-Valley Repertory Theatre, Jan. St., Livermore. www.bankhead- Theatre Rehearsal Space located Tuesday of every month, 6:30 Secular Humanistic Judaism. Tri-Valley Cultural Jews is 12, 19, 26 at 8 p.m. and Jan. theater.org, 373-6800. at 1020 Serpentine Lane Suite p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Liver- affiliated with the Congress of Secular Jewish Organiza- 13, 20, 26, 27, 2019 at 2 p.m. 101 in Pleasanton, CA 94566 more Civic Center Library, 1188 tions and serves those whose Jewish identity is based on Bankhead Theater, 2400 First MOVIES on Monday, January 21st and S. Livermore Avenue, Livermore, Street, Livermore. www.bank- culture, heritage and family, rather than on religion. Classic Film Series, Pleasanton Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at CA. There is no charge and no 10 The Independent • JANUARY 10, 2019 BULLETIN BOARD

(Organizations wishing to run notices in contact Ann at [email protected] with $12.00 no crab. Buy a table of 12 Adults The City of Pleasanton Library’s contact Kent (925-243-0211) or Rachel open at 4014 East Ave. Hours will be 9-7 Bulletin Board, send information to PO Box any questions. and get one free $550.00. Advance Sales Literacy Program is searching for patient, (510-501-1411). Monday through Friday, 9-5 Saturday, closed 1198, Livermore, CA 94551, in care of Bulletin Native Daughters of the Golden West, Only; Reservation Deadline Thursday January caring volunteer tutors to help adults practice Tri-Valley Geeks, group of adults who get Sunday. Donations can be left at 4014 East Board or email information to editmail@ (California born Women) is a fraternal and 17,2019' Lodge Office 925-455-8829; 740 and improve their English reading, writing, together for events like board games, movies Ave in the rear of the building, 9:30 AM to 5 compuserve.com. Include name of organiza- patriotic organization founded on the principles Larkspur Drive,Livermore. and conversation skills. Volunteers will work and fan conventions. Meetings every Tuesday PM M-F, 8–2:30pm Sat, closed Sundays & tion, meeting date, time, place and theme or of : Love of Home; Devotion to the Flag; Ven- Dress a Girl Around the World, an one-on-one with students, lead small group at 5:30 for dinner and board games A schedule holidays. subject. Phone number and contact person eration of the Pioneers; Faith in the Existence of invitation to make simple dresses for girls conversation practice, conduct citizenship test of upcoming events can be found on Facebook Italian Catholic Federation, meets 3rd should also be included. Deadline is 5 p.m. God., Angelita Parlor No. 32, Livermore, meet in third world countries. Meetings are once preparation, or lead book clubs. No advance at: Facebook.com/groups/TriValleyGeeks. Text Friday of the month, 6 p.m. St. Elizabeth Seton Friday.) first Monday of the month, 6:30 PM, I.O.O.F a month. The next meeting is January 12, preparation is needed. Find more information Melody Evenson at 925-209-1214 for more Catholic Church, 4001 Stoneridge Dr., Pleas- Hall, 2160 First St., Livermore (easy entrance from 9 am to 3 pm at St. Michael’s Hall, 325 contact the Adult Literacy team literacy@ information. anton. Anyone who loves all things Italian is Amador Valley Quilters general meeting. from back of building) Rec. Sec.: Shelley Buch- Maple St., Livermore. Bring sewing machine or cityofpleasantonca.gov / 925-931-3405. Golden Circle Seniors, meetings invited to meet to celebrate the Italian heritage Sandy Corbin will be the guest speaker at the berger, 925-698-4345- website: NDGW.org serger, iron, ironing board, scissors, along with National Alliance on Mental Illness Mondays at 1:30 p.m. at the Senior Center in with monthly dinner meetings and holding January 12, 2019 Her lecture will focus on Livermore Community Blood Drive: helping hands. (Those planning to stay all day (NAMI) Tri-Valley Connection Support Group, the Robert Livermore Community Center, 4444 charitable events. The group supports Chil- ways to use multiple fabrics to create different Friday, January 18, 12-6:00 p.m., Asbury should bring a bag lunch.) Always accepting meets Wednesdays, 7:15pm - 8:45pm at East Ave. Sewing, knitting and crocheting all dren's Hospital research, college scholarships styles of fresh "scrappy" quilts. She will have United Methodist Church, 4743 East Avenue. cheerful cotton fabric donations. Those who St. Clare’s Episcopal Church, 3350 Hopyard year, saving items for the annual bazaar in and other charities. For information, contact about 30 sample quilts on display. Amador Every single day, Bay Area hospitals need over can’t make the Sew-Fest but would like to sew, Rd., Pleasanton. This group is for anybody November. Ninety-five present of the proceeds Judy Wellbeloved, president, 462-2487. Valley Quilters meet on the second Saturday of 300 units of blood to keep sick and injured arrange for kits that can be sews at home. experiencing a mental illness, for education are donated to local charities. ClutterLess Self Help Support Group the month from 1:30-4:00 PM at Pleasanton patients alive. Please come donate, bring a Questions? Suzanne Beck, 925-352-8447 and support. Visit www.nami-trivalley.org, or Pleasanton Lions Club, dinner meetings (CL) is a non profit,peer based, all volunteer, Middle School, 5001 Case Ave. Pleasanton. friend or family member to the drive and give or [email protected] contact Kelley Thorpe Baker, (714)296-3444. every 2nd and 4th Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. 530 self help in-person support group for people PAWS In Need Crab Feed, Saturday, the gift of life to our friends and neighbors who Moms Demand Action, Livermore - Jan. Livermore Veterans of Foreign Wars Inklings Coffee Shop in the Wardrobe Room, with difficulty discarding unwanted pos- Feb., 2nd, 2019 at 6:00PM at the Aahmes need it. Register at www.redcrossblood.org Meeting at Janie's house, 3440 Vermont Pl., (VFW), Post 7265, seeking returning Veterans Pleasanton. Check website for meeting updates sessions. Meetings at Parkview, 100 Valley Shrine Event Center, 170 Lindbergh Avenue, and use ASBURY925 as the Sponsor Code, or Pleasanton. Tuesday, January 8, 7:00 PM 2019 from foreign conflicts who are interested in pleasantonlionsclub.org. Pleasanton Lions Avenue, (main entrance), 2nd Floor Activity Livermore. Tickets are $60 per person. To call Thomas Petty at 925-980-8164 for more kickoff meeting to learn about our plans for the staying engaged with other Veterans and their Club is a non-profit organization that seeks Room, Pleasanton, every Monday 7 - 8:30 pm order tickets, go to the website http:// information. year and how you can help save lives from gun families. The VFW is one of the strongest to identify needs within the community and (except postal holidays). www.clutterless.org paws-in-need.org/upcoming-events/event. Livermore Rotary Club annual Crab violence in your community. New members Veterans organizations in America but is in work together to fulfill those needs. For more (national) or www.ClutterlessEastBay.org for php?Crab-Feed---Feb-2nd-55. For additional Feed on Friday, February 1, 2019 at 6:00 PM welcome. https://act.everytown.org/event/ serious decline because of lack of member- information or to get involved visit pleasanton- more info. info, please call 925-551-1877. at the Aahmes Shrine Event Center, 170 Lind- moms-demand-action-event ship. Meetings on the first and third Mondays lionsclub.org. All are welcome. Questers is an international organization Tri-Valley Democratic Club, meeting bergh Avenue, Livermore. The event features Tri-Valley Cultural Jews Tu B'Shvat of each month with a light dinner social at Have you been affected by someone's of lovers of antiques, collectibles, and history Sunday, January 13 1:30 to 3:30 in Rm A-B, a crab dinner and dancing to live music by the LARPD Ranger Amy will lead the group on a 6:00pm followed by a business meeting at drinking? Al-Anon and Alateen offer hope and who encourage preservation and restoration Livermore Library, 1188 S. Livermore Ave., Gabe Duffin Band. Tickets are priced at $60 per hike along the Arroyo del Valle. We will look 7:00pm at the Veteran’s Memorial Hall, 522 So. strength for families and friends of problem of historical landmarks. At chapter meetings, Rebecca Bauer-Kahan will discuss how she is person. Call for special $55 pricing for groups for the plants and animals that call this area L. St. (corner of So. L & 5th Street-enter on 5th drinkers. www.AlanonTriValley.org, 925-277- members learn about antiques, share and view fitting in with her new job as Assemblymember of 8-10 people. To order tickets call Debbie home. We are sure to find lots of cool bugs and St.). For more information contact Commander 7661, [email protected]. members' collections, visit historic sites, mu- and answer questions from the attendees. Peck (925) 447-4300. other creatures along the way. We plan to walk Hank Jean: 480-585-8970 or Service Officer Recovery International Support Group seums and antiques shops and help non-profit Crab feed, Pleasanton Lions Club, Scottish country dancing in Livermore. rain or shine so please dress appropriately Ron Gillette: 925-443-4444. meets 1300 S Livermore Avenue, Livermore, organizations with restoration and preservation annual fun February 2, no host bar 5 pm, crab Enjoy the lively reels and jigs and graceful and wear comfortable shoes. Please bring Tri-Valley Haven - Individual Counsel- at 2pm every Sunday except holidays. No work. Chapter meets the 4th Tuesday monthly served 6:30 p.m. Casino night $70 per person strathspeys that are the traditional social a potluck dish to share. We have members ing & Group Therapy Openings, For over RSVP needed. Contact : Ken 510-754-4599 or from September to May. New members are (includes parking), $65 person with purchase dance of Scotland. Make new friends and have that are dairy-free and gluten-free so please forty years, Tri-Valley Haven, a non-profit Barbara 916-335-8836 invited to join the local Amador Chapter. If in- of 16 tickets or more. Tickets or information, fun while you exercise. Join us Mondays 8:00 indicate on an index card your ingredients. agency, has provided shelter and counseling Ethos California, 1010 Murrieta Blvd., terested call President Rickie at 925-292-8123 contact Steve Grimes at (925) 484-3524 or to 10:00 pm at the Livermore Veteran’s Hall, potluck at noon. Sunday, January 27th, 2019, for survivors of sexual assault and domestic Suite B, Livermore. Free and confidential or e-mail [email protected]. Greg Aynesworth at (925) 336-6069 522 South L Street, Livermore. No prior Danes 10:30am – 12:30pm. Sycamore Grove Park violence, and their children in the Tri-Valley. The services related to pregnancy include guidance Tri-Valley Stargazers Astronomy Club. Swim, Bike, Run, Fun with Tri-Valley experience or partner required. We welcome Parking Lot, 1051 Wetmore Rd., Livermore. Haven provides free, professional individual and referrals, baby clothing, and diapers. Call Feed your wonder about the Night Sky and Triathlon Club in 2019 at the Tri-Season Kick new dancers at any time. Call Margaret Ward Free for members and children, $10.00 per and group therapy for survivors of domestic (925) 449-5887 for an appointment. the Cosmos by joining us on the 3rd Friday Off. Saturday, January 26; 9:00am - 10:30am; at (925) 449-5932 or Sheena MacQueen at non-member adult violence, sexual assault, and poverty. For more Meals on Wheels Volunteers are needed of the Month for our club meeting. Unitarian Optional - before the meeting for a run at (925) 784-3662 for more information. Crab feed and live jazz, Fundraiser for information on Tri-Valley Haven’s Support to deliver fresh meals to homebound seniors Universalist Church, 1893 N. Vasco Rd., 7:30am. Meeting at the Sports Basement, Livermore-Amador Genealogical Soci- Veterans Memorial and Pink Sunday Cancer Groups and Individual Counseling, please call: in Livermore or Pleasanton one day per week, Livermore. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. talk starts San Ramon, 1041 Market Pl., San Ramon ety, meets Jan. 14, 7:30 p.m. at Congregation Awareness sponsored by White Crane Winery, (925) 449-5845. Monday-Friday between 10 am-12 p.m.. For at 7:30 p.m.. For more info visit us @ http:// Tri-Season is February through September. Beth Emek, 3400 Nevada Court, Pleasanton. Eight Bridges Brewery and Pink Sunday. Raffle Docents for the Livermore HistoryMo- more information, please call (925)483-1989. www.trivalleystargazers.org/ Learn about TVTC's 2019 programs and Coach Guest speaker will present a program British ticket included with Dinner purchase. And bile. Volunteers interested in Livermore history Rotary Club of Livermore Valley invites Ravenswood Historical Site, 2647 Supported Events, hear from the coaches, Genealogy on the Internet. No Charge - Visitors enjoy Live Jazz with Joey T & Friends. January and/or like working with children (mostly interested individuals to attend its morning Arroyo Road, Livermore, Docents in 1890s sponsors, and other members. RSVP with welcome. For additional information contact: 20, 5 to 8 p.m. Eight Bridges Brewery, 332 3rd graders) are needed. Mission is to teach meeting. Meetings are held every Tuesday at costumes give free guided tours beginning at Coach Liz at [email protected] to attend Julie Liu, Program Chairperson, email: Earhart Way, Livermore. Family style seating, children the history of Livermore and instill in 7 am in Beeb’s Sports Bar & Grill at the Las noon, on the second and fourth Sundays of the the meeting. [email protected] first come first served. Doors and bar opens at them a sense of pride in the city. There will Positas Golf Course, 915 Club House Drive, month. Each tour includes the 1885 Cottage Livermore Lions Club annual Crab Widowed Men and Women of Northern 4:00pm for a fun Meet and Greet. $65.00 per be training. Time commitment could be as Livermore. For more information, go to www. and the 1891 Main House, and the beautifully Feed on Saturday, February 16, 2019, from CA., Jan. 13, 1 p.m. general meeting and person. Includes tax & gratuity. Plus one raffle little as a few days a year. There are usually livermorevalleyrotary.org/ or contact Frank landscaped grounds. For information on the 5:30-8:30pm at the Bothwell Arts Center at birthday lunch in Pleasanton, RSVP by Jan. 10 ticket. For tickets, call Nick at 925-321-5463. have 3 docents at each school. If interested, Vallejo, President of Rotary Club of Livermore Ravenswood Progress League (RPL) or the 2466 Eighth Street in Livermore. At the event to Gloria, 846-8320. Jan. 23, 1 p.m. lunch in Seating is Limited. This is a charity event. call Nancy Mulligan, 925-443-3076 or E-mail Valley, at 925-595-2004 or FVallejo@ volunteer Docent Program, please call the will be a no-host bar, all-you-can-eat crab Dublin, RSVP by Jan. 20 to Marge, 828-5125. No outside food or beverages allowed. If there [email protected]. CalWater.com Docent Coordinator at (925) 443-0238. with a pasta dinner, and dancing to live music. Jan. 27, 1 p.m. lunch in Pleasanton, RSVP by is any crab left over, bags will be sold at the Sing for fun, Music Sing-a-Long, sing Del Valle Folk Dancers: beginning and Sons in Retirement (SIR) is a social There will be lots of raffle items, as well as Jan 24 to Marsha, 830-8483. end of the evening with monies going to the familiar tunes with other folks along with piano experienced dancers are welcome. Balkan, group of retired men who join together to better a variety of silent auction events, activities, Grief support meetings at St. Elizabeth charities. accompaniment. The words of the songs will Israeli and other world dances, easy line enjoy their leisure time. Activities include golf, and items. No outside beverages allowed. Seton, 4001 Stoneridge Drive, Pleasanton, on Wednesday Night Run with Sunrise be provided. No musical experience needed. and circle dances, no partners required, bridge, photography, travel, fishing, biking, wine Monies from this fundraiser are going to local January 10 and 22, February 12 and 28, March Mountain Sports, every Wednesday night (rain Most Mondays, from 11:00-12:00 at the Robert casual dress. $3 per session (first time free). tasting, and technology. The Tri-Valley Branch community projects and the visually and 14 and 28. There are two Tuesday evening or shine) at 6:30PM. Start/End Location: Sun- Livermore Community Center. Small fee. Tuesdays 7:30-9:30 p.m. at the Bothwell Arts serves men living in Pleasanton, Dublin, hearing impaired. Tickets are $50 per person meeting dates, January 22 and February 12. rise Mountain Sports 2184 First Street Liver- Counter Point (Addiction Family Center (West end), 2466 8th Street, Livermore. Livermore, and San Ramon. The group meets and for a table of 6-10, tickets are $45 per Call Eleanor at 846-8708 for more informa- more. The run/walk will start at 6:30PM, but Support Group), Counter Point is a free faith Information: George Pavel (925) 447-8020 or for lunch on the first Thursday of each month person. To order tickets call Ann or Ben at tion. All are welcome regardless of religious come hang with us around 6PM to socialize/ based, Christ centered (Al Anon based) [email protected] at the San Ramon Golf Club, 9430 Fircrest (925) 449-9974. affiliation. warm-up/change. There are a variety of dis- program designed to help individuals with Square Dance Lessons in Livermore, 7 Lane, San Ramon. Please read more about the Citizens' Climate Lobby Tri-Valley Crab feed - Livermore-Pleasanton Elks tances starting at 2 miles and they go up to 9 family members who suffer from alcoholism p.m. at Del Valle High School, 2253 5th Street. Tri-Valley SIR at www.trivalleysir.org and the Chapter Meeting, Jan 15, 6 p.m. Vineyard Lodge # 2117-Saturday January 19, 2019, miles. The most popular is the 3.5 mile course and drug addiction. We meet Monday evenings All ages welcome. Dancing Thursdays weekly Statewide SIR at www.sirinc.org/. For informa- View, 3227 Saratoga Court, Livermore; 6 p.m. Cocktails 6:00pm,Dinner 7:pm; Menu,Fresh (that does have two water fountains along at 7:00 p.m. at Cornerstone Fellowship (348 from 7 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. No partner or tion or to attend a meeting, call Carl Churilo, Potluck dinner, introductions, networking; 7 Crab,Clam Chowder,Pasta meaty tomato its route). Dogs, kids, and people of all paces North Canyons Parkway, Livermore across from special attire needed. For more information call 925-967-8177. p.m. view Monthly Speaker and discuss the sauce,Cole Slaw,French Bread and Dessert. are welcome. More information located on Costco) and Tuesday evenings at 7:00 p.m. at Margaret 925-447-6980 or mmiller1435@ American Legion Post 47 in Livermore is topic; 7:30 p.m. Action Reports, Updates, Steak plate available by advance request only. Sunrise's Facebook Event Page: https://www. St. Michael Elementary School (345 Church gmail.com. looking for veterans in the Livermore area who and Action planning. All are welcome. Please Tickets Adult $50.00 per person; Children facebook.com/events/237597100263100/ Street, Livermore). For further information Shepherd’s Gate New Life Thrift Store, are interested in performing community service JANUARY 10, 2019 • The Independent 11 BULLETIN BOARD for young people and promoting veterans the Tri-Valley meets at 11:00 a.m. on the Service 10:30am. Church of the open mind, Serpentine Lane #300, Pleasanton. Sunday Lynnewood United Methodist Church at service at 9:00 a.m.; Educational Classes for affairs. Interested veterans will meet with 3rd Thursday of every month at Castlewood loving heart and helping hands. All are Liturgy at 10 a.m. For details, go to www. 4444 Black Ave. offers a friendly congregation all ages at 11:00 a.m. visit: www.christchurch- other like-minded veterans for camaraderie Country Club. DBE was founded in 1909 and welcome. Childcare, and religious education stinnocent.net or call Fr. John Karcher at (831) where all are welcome. Worship at 9 or 10:30 trivalley.org or call 925.846.0665. and support of veterans' causes. The American is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization made up for children as well as adults are offered. For 278-1916. a.m. on Sundays with Sunday school for youth GraceWay Church worships at 10 a.m. Legion is the largest federally chartered of women of British or British Commonwealth more information, visit www.uucil.org or call St. Clare’s Episcopal Church, 3350 Hop- and adults at 10:30 a.m. and childcare at both Sundays at 1183 Quarry Lane in Pleasanton. veterans organization that is the veterans heritage and ancestry with a focus on charity 925-447-8747. yard Road, Pleasanton, Services on Sunday, services. Contact Pastor Henry Kim at 846- Services include band-led worship music, lobby and voice to congress. The Livermore and fellowship. Those interested in helping Congregation Beth Emek, Center for 8:00 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. Children’s Sunday 0221, send an email to [email protected] Bible-based messages and Sunday School for American Legion Post 47 meets the second with “the cause," enjoying social activities, Jewish Learning, Prayer and Community in the School & Chapel at 10:15 a.m. All are most or visit www.lynnewood.org. pre-schoolers and elementary through high and fourth Monday of each month at 6:30 and forming long-lasting friendships, contact Tri-Valley. 3400 Nevada Court, Pleasanton. welcome to come and worship with us and to The Church of Jesus Christ of school students. Infant care is provided. www. PM at the Veterans Memorial Building, 522 Edith Caponigro at 925-998-3500 or Jenny Information 931-1055. Rabbi Dr. Laurence enjoy our hospitality. For more information call Latter-day Saints--Livermore Stake: Sunday gracewaylife.org (925) 846-4436. South L Street, Livermore. Enter the building Whitehouse at 925-621-8946 for additional Milder, www.bethemek.org. the church office 925-462-4802. services--1501 Hillcrest Ave: Sycamore Grove Grace Missionary Baptist Church, from the ramp on the 5th Street side. For more information. Tri-Valley Cultural Jews, affiliated with St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church Ward 9:00 am; Windmill Springs Ward 11:00 meets at 1759 Locust St., Livermore. (925) information go to http://www.calegion.org/ or Tri-Valley Triathlon Club (TVTC), the Congress of Secular Jewish Organizations , 678 Enos Way, Livermore, (925) 447-3289. am. 950 Mocho St.,: Valley View Ward 9:00 667-1610. www.gracembc.com. Sunday contact Bill Bergmann at calegion.post47@ Information on programs and memberships, (csjo.org). Information, Rabbi Judith Seid, www.saintbartslivermore.com. Sunday service am; Vineyard Hills Ward 11:00 am; Mocho School, 9:45 am; Sunday Worship, 11 am. gmail.com or (925) 443-2330 or Roy Warner at training philosophies and schedules, and Tri-Valley Cultural Jews, 485-1049 or EastBay- with Rev. Andrew Lobban, Priest-in-Charge, Branch (Spanish) 12:20 p.m.. 8203 Village Relevant and refreshing Bible teaching. Pastor: 925-449-6048. all things TVTC, an all inclusive triathlon/ SecularJews.org. 10:00 am Eucharist with music, childcare and Parkway, Dublin: Tri-Valley Young Single Adult Jeff Barger. Eric's Corner is a free support group for marathon/endurance training program. www. First Church of Christ, Scientist, Liver- Godly Play children education. Ward 1:30 p.m.. Discovery Church of the Nazarene, people who are dealing with a diagnosis of trivalleytriclub.com. more, services 10 a.m. every Sunday. Sunday Little Brown Church, United Church The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- 5862 Las Positas Road, Livermore. Pastor Epilepsy. Everyone is invited to attend these Pleasanton Military Families is a School for students (ages 3-20) is held at 10 of Christ 141 Kilkare Road, Sunol. 10:30 Day Saints: Pleasanton 1st Ward: Sunday at 1 Curtis Lillie, 925 449-5256. Community meetings. Meetings are held at 5725 W. Las Pleasanton based support group for those who a.m. every Sunday. The church and reading a.m. worship. All are welcome here. www. p.m., 6100 Paseo Santa Cruz. Pleasanton 2nd Breakfast (free) served every Sunday at 9:30 Positas Blvd., second floor, Pleasanton. We have a loved one serving in the Military. The room are located at Third and N Streets. The littlebrownchurchofsunol.org 925-862-2580 Ward: Sunday 1 p.m. at 3574 Vineyard Ave. AM. Worship Service, Sundays at 10:45 AM meet from 6:30 -8;00 on the third Thursday of group gathers at 7:00 p.m. on the 2nd Tuesday Reading Room, which is open to the public, Pathway Community Church, 1055 Pleasanton 3rd Ward: Sunday 9:30 a.m., 3574 Gateway Church, 811 Marylin Avenue, each month. For more information please visit of each month to share concerns, fears, and to features books, CDs and magazines for sale. Serpentine Lane, Pleasanton. Contemporary Vineyard Ave. Pleasanton 4th Ward: Sunday Livermore. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School, 11:00 us at ericscorner.org celebrate the joys that are experienced. Three For information, call (925) 447-2946. Worship Service, Sunday, 10:30 am. Children, 9:30 a.m., 6100 Paseo Santa Cruz. Dublin 1st a.m. Worship. For more information visit Assistance League® of Amador Valley times per year, the group collects supplies and Sunset Community Church, 2200 Arroyo youth, adult programs. Biblically based Ward: Sunday 9:30 a.m., 8203 Village Parkway. gatewaylivermore.org or call Larry Trummel at invites all visitors to join this dedicated group sends care packages to the troops. Contact Rd., Livermore. Sunday worship service at 9:30 practical messages, nondenominational. All are Asbury United Methodist Church 4743 449.1444. of volunteers, reaching out to those in need in [email protected] for the location of the a.m. Hispanic service starts at 2 p.m. Nursery welcome. www.pathwaycommunitychurch.org East Avenue, Livermore. A Reconciling Church, Grace Missionary Baptist Church in the Tri-Valley and having fun doing it. Regular next meeting. and children's church provided. A "Night of (925) 322-1222. where all are welcomed. Sunday Worship time Livermore invites members of the community meetings are held on the third Thursday of the Livermore Military Families, a support Worship" first Sunday of each month at 6 p.m. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 486 is at 10:00 a.m. Join children’s and youth to Wednesday evening study, “Discovering the month at 7 p.m. at the Parkview, 100 Valley group for families in Livermore who have a Wednesday night program for all ages at 7 p.m. S. J Street, Livermore. Sunday worship at 9:00 groups for Sunday School during worship Bible.” Currently, the subject is , “The Holy Ave., Pleasanton. For more information, see our loved one serving in the Military, is intended to Information, call 447-6282. am, followed by Bible Study/Sunday School at services and Sunday evening Middle School Spirit and His Work.” The church address is website, www.amadorvalley.assistanceleague. be a safe place for family members to come Holy Cross Lutheran Church Sunday 10:20 am. For more information, visit www. and High School Youth Groups. Children are 1759 Locust Street in Livermore. Wednesday org, e-mail assistanceleagueamadorvalley@ and share their experiences and concerns with Service 9:30 a.m. 1020 Mocho St., Livermore. goodshepherd-livermore.org or call (950) welcome at all services, and we also provide Bible Study begins at 6:30 p.m. www. yahoo.com, or call (925) 461-6401. others who understand what they are going Information, 447-8840. 371-6200. childcare in the nursery. Upcoming event gracembc.com Operation: SAM “Supporting All through. All family members are welcome to Our Savior Lutheran Ministries, 1385 Bethel Family Christian Center, 501 Saturday, January 26 Race Conversations- Celebration Church, 1135 Bluebell Military” is a 501(c)3 non profit military attend meetings. Meetings on the 3rd Thursday S. Livermore Avenue, Livermore. 9 a.m. North P Street, Livermore, Pastors are Don Embracing the New Multicultural Reality Drive, Livermore. 925-455-4250. Sunday support organization based in Livermore. of each month at the Livermore Veterans worship (semiformal); 10:30 a.m. adult Bible & Debra Qualls. Weekly ministries: Sunday Workshop, 9:30-12:00pm. This workshop will Service: 9:45am; children’s programs: S.A.M. has been in operation since January Memorial Building, 522 South L Street from study/Sunday school. For information, call 10 a.m. - Teaching Sessions; Sunday 10:25 be led by Rev. Sun Her Kim & Rev. Dale Weath- 9:45am; Spanish service at 1:00pm; Jr. & Sr. 2004. It is dedicated to the continued morale 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. For more information, 925-447-1246. a.m. - Holy Grounds Fellowship; Sunday erspoon. This workshop will offer a safe and High: Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30pm. For more support of deployed troops. For information or call Tami Jenkins, 925-784-5014 or email Calvary Tri-Valley, Sunday Services at Worship Service 10:45 a.m. - Elementary aged respectful space to engage in conversations information or weekday Bible study and Prayer donations, visit www.operationsam.org, email livermoremilitaryfamilies@yahoo. 243 Scott Street, Livermore, 10:00am. www. children go to Kid’s Church following worship, that leads to listen deeply and share freely. It group schedules, go to www.celebrationcc.org. [email protected] calvarylivermore.org or 925-447-4357. nursery available; Wednesday 7 p.m. - Back will provide tools that help participants become Welcome home. Pleasanton Newcomers Club, open RELIGION Granada Baptist Church, 945 Concan- to the Point Bible Study; all ages; Friday 7 mindful and build common understanding/ B'rit Ahabah Messianic Congrega- to new and established residents of the WINGS (Women in God’s Spirit), a faith non Boulevard, Livermore. Services: Sunday p.m. - Celebrate Recovery; in the dining hall; language, strategy, and build bridges to working tion, worship every Saturday, 11 a.m. at 193 Tri-Valley. Activities include a coffee the first enriching ministry for women of all ages and school – 9:45 a.m.; worship service – 11 a.m. 925-449-4848. together despite the challenging issues of sys- Contractors Ave., Livermore. Congregation and Wednesday of the month, a luncheon on the life stages, meets Thursday mornings, 9:30 – All are welcome. 447-3428. Valley Bible Church, Pleasanton, 7106 temic racism. For more information visit www. Jews and Gentiles. Liturgy presented in both second Wednesday of the month, Bunco, Mah 11:30 am through May 9, 2019 at St. Charles Seventh-day Adventist Church, 243 Johnson Drive, Services at 9:00 and 11:00. asburylive.org or call 925-447-1950. Asbury Hebrew and English. Families are welcome. Jongg, walking/hiking groups, family activities, Borromeo Catholic Church, Borromeo Hall, Scott Street, Livermore. 925-447-5462, 925-227-1301. www.thecrossing.org UMC can also be found on Facebook at “Asbury Blessing of bread and wine (or grape juice) and monthly adult socials. Information, call 1315 Lomitas Avenue, Livermore. The theme services on Saturday: Sabbath school 9:30 Valley Bible Church, Livermore, meets UMC Livermore,” where you can find our most follows each service and all are invited to Oneg, 925-215-8405 or visit www.PleasantonNew- is Reflecting the Light of Christ to the World. a.m., worship 11 a.m. www.livermoresda.org/ at 10:00 am Sunday at 6751 Southfront Road, updated information and worship sermons. All a fellowship meal. comers.com Guest speaker “highlights” include Father All are welcome. Suite 6749, Livermore. Phone 925-227-1301. are welcome. Unity of Tri-Valley, an inclusive spiritual Community Resources for Independent Mark Wiesner, Pastor of St. Charles Borromeo; Faith Chapel Assembly of God, 6656 www.thecrossing.org. John Knox Presbyterian Church, 7421 community for people of all faiths and back- Living (CRIL) offers services to help people Tiffany Hoover – Theatrical Performance on the Alisal St., Pleasanton, Adult Sunday school Cedar Grove Community Church, 2021 Amarillo Rd., Dublin. Sunday worship service at grounds. All are welcome. 7567 Amador Valley with disabilities and supports them to live life of Dorothy Day; Graham Wiseman – Mental 9:15 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Children's College Ave., Livermore. Worship Services 9 9:30 a.m. Sunday school for ages 3-18 during Blvd., Suite 108, Dublin. 10:00 am Sunday independently and participate in their com- Health Advocate for Youth; and others. All are Church (Pre-K-5th grade) 11:15 a.m., Nursery a.m. and 10:45 a.m. www.cedargrove.org or worship. Adult education Sundays at 11:00 service. Rev. Dinah Chapman, Minister. www. munity for as long as they are willing and able Welcome. For a list of presenters or to learn to age 3, Women's Bible study Wednesdays call 447-2351. a.m. Jr. High youth group Sundays 4:00-6:10 trivalleyunity.org. 925.829.2733 to do so. CRIL maintains offices in Hayward, more about WINGS: stcharleslivermore.org/ at 10 a.m., Senior Adult Ministries meet every Chabad of the Tri-Valley, 784 Palomino p.m. High school youth group Sundays 5:50- Asbury United Methodist Church ‘5 Fremont and Livermore to provide information WINGS Questions: Janet Schott 925-373- other month. For ministry information call Dr., Pleasanton. 846-0700. www.jewishtrival- 8:00 p.m. www.jkpcdublin.org (925)828-1846. Love Languages’ 7- week series Workshop and referrals and provide community education 9346 or Phyllis Clearwater 925-337-4299 (925) 846-8650 ley.com. Rabbi Raleigh Resnick. St. Francis of Assisi, 193 Contractors St., beginning Sunday January 27. Class will be at senior centers and affordable housing First Presbyterian Church, 2020 Fifth Trinity Church, 557 Olivina Ave., Well Community Outreach Center Livermore. .Sunday School (all ages) – 8:30 from 11:30-12:30pm in room 4. Childcare complexes to residents of Southern Alameda Street, Livermore. 8:30 a.m. Contemplative Livermore. New Sunday Worship Services & ministry provides meats, canned and dry AM. Communion – 9:30 AM. 925-906-9561 will be provided for children not in choir County. The Tri-Valley office is located at 3311 Service in the Chapel and 10:00 a.m. Tradi- Children’s Ministry times now at 9 a.m & 10:30 goods, toiletries, and school supplies (only stfrancisanglican.church. practice. If you are interested in attending and Pacific Avenue, Livermore 94550 and can tional Service in the Sanctuary and children’s a.m. Small Groups also meet on Sundays, and available prior to the start of the school year). The Center for Spiritual Living Liver- to reserve your spot, contact the church office be reached by phone at (925) 371-1531, by program For more information www.fpcl.us or during the week at various times/locations. Those with an immediate need or who would more Valley is now holding Sunday services at at 925-447-1950 or email office@asburylive. FAX at (925) 373-5034 or by e-mail at abril. 925-447-2078. Trinity Student Ministries (7-12th Grade) meet like to donate nonperishable food items, call the Robert Livermore Community Center, 4444 org. For more information about events visit [email protected]. All services are free. Tri-Valley Bible Church, 2346 Walnut on Sundays at 9 a.m and on Weds. eve. from the office at (925) 479-1414 to begin the East Ave., at 10 a.m. our website at www.asburylive.org or call 925- Livermore Peripheral Neuropathy Sup- St., Livermore, holds Sunday worship at 10 7-9 p.m. Awana meets Sundays from 3:30- process. Wednesday and Friday 10 a.m. - 3 Tri-Valley Church of Christ, gives away 447-1950. Asbury UMC can also be found on port Group meets every fourth Tuesday of the a.m. with Sunday school for all ages at 9 a.m. 5:30PM trinitylivermore.org or 925-447-1848. p.m., and Thursday 4 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Pick clothing and other items every Monday 10-12. Facebook at “Asbury UMC Livermore,” where month at 10 a.m. in the third floor movie room Children's classes during adult worship service. St. Charles Borromeo, 1315 Lomitas up by appointment only. The Outreach Center Donations are also accepted on Mondays you can find our most updated information at Heritage Estates Retirement Community. The AWANA children's program Wednesdays at 6 Ave., Livermore. Meditation groups following will be open every 4th Saturday to distribute between 10-12. 4481 E. Avenue, Livermore. and worship sermons. All are welcome. Asbury address is 900 E. Stanley Blvd., Livermore All p.m. 449-4403 or www.Tri-ValleyBibleChurch. the John Main tradition, every Monday 5:30 bags from Fresh and Easy Market and Sprouts. Christ Church (a nondenominaevangeli- United Methodist Church is located at 4743 are welcome. Contact is Lee Parlett 292-9280. com. p.m. and 7 p.m. For details, contact Claire La This will be on a first come first serve basis cal church formerly meeting in Pleasanton), East Avenue, Livermore. A Reconciling Church, DBE Daughters of the British Empire, Unitarian Universalist Church, 1893 Scola at 447-9800. between 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 2333 Nissen Now meeting at Arroyo Mocho Elementary where all are welcomed. John McLaren’s Roses of Britain Chapter in North Vasco Road, Livermore. Sunday St. Innocent Orthodox Church, 1047 Drive, Livermore. School, 1040 Florence Rd., Livermore. Worship

12 The Independent • JANUARY 10, 2019

New Chief Strategy Milestones Officer On the back of the float, another alien lifts a tuba Named off its head. There also will be bubbles coming out of San Ramon Regional the saxophone that an alien Medical Center has ap- plays. Lastly, one of the flow- pointed Pam Yoo as its new ers spins.” Chief Strategy Officer, ef- The concept was selected fective Jan. 7, 2019. from more than 150 ideas As Chief Strategy Of- submitted last spring by ficer, Yoo will focus on the students, local communities, growth and development of alumni and friends of the Cal San Ramon Regional Medi- Poly Rose Float program. cal Center’s network of ser- During the recent Decora- vices to ensure the hospital tions Week in Pasadena, the is meeting the needs of the float was adorned with thou- community and providing sands of colorful blooms — convenient access to high- including 7,000 roses, 7,200 quality care close to home. Gerbera daisies, 3,200 irises “Pam brings with her a and 200 red cabbages as well fresh perspective on strate- as white cushion mums, and gic development and new button mums. energy to enhancing and Awards were announced expanding our healthcare by 2019 Tournament of Ros- delivery,” said Ann Lucena, es President Gerald Freeny CEO of San Ramon Region- about 6 a.m., two hours be- al Medical Center. “We are fore the start of the 5½-mile delighted to have her join parade down Colorado Bou- our executive team.” levard. Prior to her role at San “People are walking by Ramon Regional Medical our float and saying, ‘Oh my Center, Yoo served as the god, it’s a beautiful float,’ Senior Manager of Strategy ” Novell said. “The judges Implementation at the Sut- even complimented our float ter Health System Office Float ‘Far Out Frequencies’ Recognized as during the judging — and where she was the strategic that’s not very common. It’s leader and advisor to senior amazing. We’re so happy California-Grown Certified for the Eighth Year executives in the planning, about it.” execution and monitoring of The schools were also Cal Poly universities’ the Cal Poly float has fea- and honestly, I wouldn’t international audience of large-scale initiatives. She honored for their commit- “Far Out Frequencies,” featured a space-related design. expect anything less from 28 million tune in to watch also served as the Director ment to California’s flower turing a pair of astronauts “It’s the first time we’ve this team.” it on TV. of Neuroscience at UCSF farmers. and a handful of animat- every gotten this award, so On the float, astronauts The 49- by 15-foot entry, Medical Center and the It’s the eighth consecutive ed extraterrestrials on an we’re really excited about Morgan and Sally travel deep which stands more than 16- Program Manager of Neu- year the float has earned the alien planet communicating it,” said Sara Novell of into outer space and land on feet tall, uses animation to roscience at Sutter Medical “California Grown” designa- through music, received the Livermore , a mechanical a distant alien planet. Unable breathe life into this outer Center in Sacramento. tion from the California Cut Extraordinaire Award for the engineering senior who’s to communicate through space close encounter. Yoo earned her Bachelor Flower Commission, which most extraordinary float at president of Cal Poly SLO language, they use musical “The front astronaut of Arts degree in sociology recognizes an entry deco- the 130th Rose Parade® held Rose Float. “This includes all instruments to share their strums a guitar, bobs his head with a minor in political rated with at least 85 percent New Year’s Day. floats in the parade including message of goodwill with and taps his foot,” Novell science, and a Master of of cut flowers and plant ma- The float, designed and those that are over 55 feet a handful of aliens, leading said. “The alien next to that Business Administration, terials from the Golden State. built by teams of students long. to out-of-this-world fun and astronaut mimics the guitar both from the University “This year we have a from Cal Poly and California “I am so excited and just some unexpected good times. strumming motion. All the of California, Davis. She water feature on our float,” State Polytechnic University so proud of my team. We “Far Out Frequencies” aliens have moving ears. On is a Fellow of the Ameri- said Novell, who has been in Pomona, celebrates this did build an extraordinary was among 40 floats in the rock arch, two aliens play can College of Healthcare a member of Rose Float for year’s parade theme, “The float from an extraordi- this year’s parade. Rose with an accordion — one on Executives and also serves five years. “One of the alien Melody of Life,” by paying nary team of students from Parade® officials estimate each end — which moves. on the Graduate School of planet flowers will squirt wa- homage to music as a lan- both campuses. It was just that 700,000 people see the “The back alien will rock Management Alumni As- ter in a laminar-flow fashion guage for all. It is the fourth a culmination of all of our parade in person, while 44 its legs as well as move its sociation Board at the Uni- onto a different location on time in 71 appearances that collaborations, teamwork million Americans and an wrist to shake a tambourine. versity of California, Davis. our float.”