School Board Looks at Neal Site; New Eastside Plan Could Change Things

Thursday, February 23, 2017

VOLUME LIV, NUMBER 8 Your Local News Source Since 1963 Serving Dublin, Livermore, Pleasanton, Sunol School Board Looks at Neal Site; New Eastside Plan Could Change Things

By Ron McNicoll said the East Pleasanton Specific Using a 10-acre site it owns on and math) or language immersion, However, that line of thinking Plan (EPSP), which was stopped Vineyard Avenue, the Pleasanton or a K-8 school on the Neal site, it could be upstaged by news that a year ago, was not on the list of School District could relieve could be an alternative to building the trustees did not have at their potential development that the city See Inside Section A some school growth pressure that a school on the North Side, where meeting, a bid to revive a plan for gave him. Section A is filled with would come from future North the district does not have a site, development on the city’s eastside. Although the school board information about arts, people, Side development. The land was trustees said at their Feb. 14 meet- Tthere was no discussion of appeared to be in the dark about entertainment and special events. designated 15 or so years ago for ing. The board liked the idea well any need for a school on the east- the eastside, it’s apparent there There are education stories, a the never-built Neal School, enough to cancel its agenda plans side. Trustees asked consultant is a movement afoot by develop- variety of features, and the arts If the district were to build a to go out for a request for proposals Isaac Johnson about whether his ers and other interested parties to and entertainment and magnet school for STEAM (sci- (RFP) for a consultant who would projections included any possible bulletin board. ence, technology, engineering, art identify sites around town. eastside development. Johnson (See EAST PLEASANTON, page 2)

Council to Discuss Downtown Steering Committee Option At its Feb. 27 meeting, the At a goals workshop, the coun- Livermore City Council will con- cil identified a steering committee sider establishing a Downtown as its preferred public outreach Steering Committee to lead the approach to plan the downtown. planning effort in the downtown. Staff suggests that the initial areas The council will also be asked of focus of the committee would to direct staff to distribute a Re- include downtown parking, circu- quest for Proposals (RFP) for con- lation, and a hotel. Recommenda- sultant teams to facilitate Steering tions could then be brought back to Committee meetings, activities, the city council and the community products, subsequent community through larger community work- workshops, and provide land use shops, which would be focused on and design consultation. (See STEERING, page 4) Zone 7 Connection

Photo - Doug Jorgensen Between storms, rainbows made an appearance in North Livermore. Fees To Rise 7% By Ron McNicoll developers and DSRSD, a water Developers will be paying 7 retailer that functions in both Al- percent more to acquire connection ameda and Contra Costa counties. fees from Zone 7 Water Agency, The Dougherty Valley devel- Livermore Council Directs starting May 1. opers acquired rights to the water The Zone 7 board voted unani- from a Central Valley source after mously at its Feb. 15 meeting to being denied water from EBMUD. Staff to Focus on Priority Areas raise the fee, as recommended by Developers sued EBMUD. The the board’s Finance Committee. court allowed developers to look By Carol Graham bers Steven Spedowfski, Robert tion of a steering committee as its The increase will take the fee from for another water source over the Affordable Housing and Home- Carling, Bob Coomber and Bob preferred public outreach approach the current $25,320 to $27,180. following two years. lessness, Asset Management, Woerner participated. in planning the downtown. Connection fees for Dougherty There was public opposition Disaster Preparedness, the Down- For the downtown, the Council Coomber favored a compre- Valley development will rise 11 in the Valley to the agreement, town, Innovation and Economic directed staff to focus on parking hensive, broad-based approach, percent, from $23,430 to $26,080. but directors on the board at that Development, Long-term Finan- and circulation, a downtown hotel, involving the community at all Dougherty Valley, which is in time voted 6-1 to make the deal. cial Stability, and Public Safety and the continued implementa- levels. Contra Costa County, where Zone Developers purchased an extra 2 and Use of Technology were tion of a series of small projects, Spedowfski asked Rikesh Patel, 7 has no jurisdiction, operates percent from their water suppliers. the top priorities selected by the Livermorium Plaza, Shea Plaza representing Presidio Hotels, for under a separate agreement with They give it to Zone 7 annually, as Livermore City Council following shade improvements, and lighting his preference. Presidio was se- Zone 7. Zone 7 wheels the water compensation to Zone 7 for wheel- a Goals and Priorities Workshop. improvements, as the first steps in lected by the previous city council to Dougherty Valley as part of a ing the water. The priorities, listed alpha- implementing additional improve- to build the hotel in the downtown. three-way agreement established In determining new connection betically, were not ranked. Mayor ments downtown. Patel mentioned the uncertainty about 15 years ago between itself, John Marchand, and councilmem- The Council identified selec- (See ZONE 7, page 5) (See PRIORITIES, page 4) State of the City: Continuation Pleasanton Has Been High Schools Getting the Job Done Recognized

Using the theme, Getting the report to you today that showing as Models Job Done, Pleasanton Mayor Jerry up, working hard and getting the Thorne delivered his State of the job done has given me the chance Del Valle High School in Liver- City message. to stand up here and say to you more and Village High School The Pleasanton Chamber of today that the state of your City is in Pleasanton have been named Commerce hosted the luncheon very, very strong. Man, did we get 2017 Model Continuation Schools on February 22. the job done last year." by the California Department of Thorne began by thanking Accomplishments in 2016 in- Education (CDE). They are two of his fellow councilmembers, the cluded a boost in the economy, the thirty-five continuation schools community and city staff for their which Thorne noted was healthy to be honored out of 452 schools efforts. He also spoke about the thanks to careful planning, strong across the state. city's growing diversity. "I am fiscal management, and a robust For Del Valle High School, the proud to be your Mayor in a city business community. Photo - Doug Jorgensen award comes back to back with the that is defined by its character and He continued, "Last year, voters The Sunol Repertory Theatre's 36th season production, 2014 Model Continuation School its commitment to the members of made clear that the Johnson Drive "Shakespeare Goes to Gravel Gulch . . . or the Villain Drove a Bard honor, as the designation lasts our community, which is increas- Economic Development Zone Bargain," opens March 11. It runs weekends through April 1 at the three years. ingly diverse. We remember we should be used to its maximum Sunol Glen School Theatre, 11601 Main St., Sunol. The play by The announcement of the selec- are a nation of immigrants and that potential, so we will be looking Tim Kelly is directed by John Ruzicka. The story: when a troupe of tions was made by State Superin- tendent Tom Torlakson, on Febru- many of our families came from forward to hearing more about that Shakespearean Actors makes their way to the small mining town somewhere else. We also remem- development this year. ary 16. He stated, “I applaud the ber that irrespective of religion, "Pleasanton is home currently of Gravel Gulch, a mysterious bandit known as Gentleman Dan is dedicated administration and staff or race or country of origin, if to more than 56,000 employees close behind with nefarious plans to fleece everyone. After a local on their work to assist and motivate you show up and work hard with at over 4,000 companies. Roche prospector finds gold, the stakes are raised for the whole town. at-risk students and help them reach us, together for the greater good is building a new 70,000 sq. ft. Admission is $15. All performances start at 8 p.m. For tickets or their full potential. The positive of our community, you will be a campus in Hacienda. There are information, go to www.sunol.net. Pictured are (from left) Soraia and nurturing climate these schools welcome addition." more than 2,000 in-home busi- Bohner (Generosity), Ron Smith Noble Hart), Ashley Ruzicka have created inspires students to do In moving to the talk's theme, nesses. Last year, the issued over (Sunny Day) Robin Spindler (The Dutchess), and Logan March well in their academic work and Thorne declared, "I am pleased to (See STATE OF THE CITY, page 5) (Johnny Lasso). (See SCHOOLS, page 2)

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An ad in and potentially a land swap been called an unprecedent- authorized the district to a local paper advocated for for its headquarters land, ed move, will be sharing two sell $35 million to build it, stating, “Contact your city will be a list of potential park sites with the school an elementary school. The councilmembers now. Let’s sites around the city to be district, at a nominal rent on report noted that by build- take control now, before we delivered by the city staff. a ground lease. Land costs at out, Pleasanton will need lose control.” The list will remain confi- least $3 million per acre in two schools, but none in the The ad referred to a web dential, so that prices for Dublin, as it does in Pleas- next 10 years, said Johnson. page, which urges people potential sites won’t climb, anton. School construction The city has not ap- to sign a form letter to the said Interim Superintendent costs in Dublin are estimated proached the Pleasanton City Council to act. The Micaela Ochoa. at $36 million for an elemen- school district with any offer form letter encourages the Ochoa noted that in Dub- tary school. similar to the Dublin agree- City Council to prioritize lin, the council, in what has In Pleasanton, voters ments, Ochoa stated. planning for the East Side in its 2017 Work Plan.” The council usually sets its History of Planning for East Pleasanton priorities for the fiscal year at a March meeting. In June, 2015, the city city council to ask it to place the urban growth boundary The form letter on the cuncil directed staff (and the the East Pleasanton Specific to accommodate growth. In website says that a new East Pleasanton Task Force) Plan on its priority action list addition, it was pointed out plan, which has been cre- to stop work on the East for the coming year. that the city does not need to ated, “greatly improves upon Pleasanton Specific Plan. The eastside planning zone the area for housing. It the former East Pleasan- The approximately 1,000- began in 2012 with the ap- currently has enough land ton Specific Plan by reduc- acre Plan Area is located gen- pointment of a task force. to meet its regional housing ing density, respecting the erally east of Valley Avenue Last August, the task force needs assessment (RHNA) Photos - Doug Jorgensen Urban Growth Boundary, and Busch Road and north of removed all multi-family numbers through 2022. Blossoms and flowers are starting to appear throughout creating new recreational Stanley Boulevard. housing and reduced the the Tri-Valley, a colorful sign of spring to come. amenities for the commu- The decision by the potential number of units in nity, and funding needed in- council to stop all work on the preferred plan from 1759 frastructure improvements.” the plan and environmental to 1300. Specifics on those topics are documentation was based At one point, the council not listed. on concern about the ongo- had voted to place the mat- Small Business The developer who is ing drought, traffic impacts, ter on the November 2015 promising an improved plan school capacity, and appro- ballot. However, the council Tax Returns is a commercial and mixed- priately metering growth in rescinded its decision to Individual Tax Returns use firm based in Palo Alto the City. Any future decision hold an advisory vote based called Steelwave. to restart the East Pleasanton on a staff report listing a Accounting Services The advocacy website Specific Plan process would cost of between $494,844 includes a 10-minute video happen as part of a regular to $618,555 for the special Tax Planning featuring various proponents city council priority setting election. of the plan. They include session. Issues raised over the Chamber of Commerce While the city has not past several years would be (925) 399-4226 CEO Scott Raty, downtown been actively proceeding, a part of the priority setting conundrumgroup.net business activist Jan Batch- plan based on the last pro- discussion. Among them eller, and Mark Sweeney, posal generated by the city would be the need to move Affordable a commercial real estate has been created. It includes Experienced • Friendly developer. a layout for the entire prop- In further discussions erty, along with a phased regarding he school board’s development plan. The group study of site possibilities, will be taking its plan to the OPEN SAT & SUN 1:00 - 4:00

SCHOOLS (continued from page one) Linda Futral Broker/Realtor also to contribute to their Wagner added, “Del Valle sense of accomplishment, for the comprehensive ser- 124 Sedgefield Ct, San Ramon 925.980.3561 [email protected] communities.” is a place where students pride, and hope for the fu- vices they provide at-risk $978,000 www.lindafutral.com Village High School, are encouraged and nurture.” youth through instructional 5BD/3BA, 2495 sqft, 10,000 sqft lot License #01257605 Pleasanton’s only continua- tured to blossom into their Model Continuation High strategies, flexible schedul- Nicely tucked in quiet court. tion school, opened in 1978. full potential. Many of our Schools were recognized ing, guidance, and counsel- Enjoy this fully upgraded move It is home to approximately students come to us feeling for operating innovative ing. in ready home! 150 students. The school of- left behind in the educational academic programs that help fers a smaller school setting system, but because we are a prepare at-promise students with reduced class sizes for small, alternative school, we for 21st century careers and students needing to recover are able to work with them college. The Model Continu- credits to graduate on time individually and adapt the ation High Schools Recog- or simply seeking an alter- curriculum and environment nition Program is a joint native high school environ- to meet their needs. Del project of the CDE and the ment. Valle High School graduates CCEA. The program honors Village High School young adults with a renewed continuation high schools Principal Dana Chavez commented, “We have powerful instruction going on throughout the campus. We have a low student-to- teacher ratio, which ensures that students can have their unique needs met. When students transfer here, they feel as if they’re getting their needs met academically, socially, and emotionally.” Village High School will retain its designation as a Model Continuation High School for three years. It and Del Valle High will be recognized at the 2017 Cali- Sanie Zehra, MD fornia Continuation Educa- Board Certified In Family Medicine tion Association CCEA State Conference in Fresno on Board Certified In Geriatrics Medicine April 28–30. Del Valle is a fully WASC-accredited high school that provides opportunities for students who Come Experience Patient seek a high school diploma outside of the traditional comprehensive high school Centric Care! model. Students arrive at Del Valle deficient in credits; with the support of the staff and with creative programs Livermore Family Medicine such as the Culinary Acad- emy, students have found success at Del Valle and earn & Geriatrics their diplomas. Kelly Bowers, PhD, Call Now to Make an Appointment: Livermore Superintendent of Schools, stated “This well-deserved honor is a 925-344-4450 tribute to the continued dedi- 1050 Murrieta Blvd, Livermore, CA 94550 cated service by Del Valle staff members on behalf of traditionally underserved students. The validating team came away from the Care for the Whole Family provided visit at Del Valle so impressed with its positive, by our Board Certiﬁed Physicians! caring culture and enriching climate.” Principal Darrel Avilla said, “The Model Contin- Visit us @ uation High School rec- ognition is the result of WWW.LFMGINC.COM professional, caring adults who connect with students through programs and curri- Our physicians are aﬄilated with cula that engage the students Stanford Health Care-ValleyCare Medical Center in learning.” English teacher Susanne February 23, 2017 • The Independent 3 VALLEY ROUNDUP

Higher Ed Bonds Pleasanton police started the pursuit at 2:43 a.m. and Pleasanton, Fremont, Benicia, Fairfield, and Manteca. Ed- For the first time in more than a decade, California voters chased the suspect through San Ramon and Dublin. wards has also been connected to several recovered stolen would have the opportunity to approve higher education The suspect drove onto a dead-end street in the Dublin vehicles in the same jurisdictions. bonds to improve facilities on California State University Meadows apartment complex with a Ford Econoline van LPD Detectives are still attempting to identify hundreds and University of California campuses under legislation in an effort to escape. of other recovered items. These items consist mainly of introduced Thursday by joint authors Sens. Steve Glazer, The suspect abandoned the van and ran from the crash. hand tools, tool belts and bags, power tools, computers, D-Orinda, and Ben Allen, D-Santa Monica. With the assistance of Dublin Police Services a perimeter drywall installation and finishing equipment, air condition- The bill, SB 483, would authorize the statewide sale of was established. A K-9 search was conducted, but the search ing installation and test equipment, and welding supplies. $2 billion in general obligation bonds earmarked for higher was met with negative results. Anyone who may have been a victim of theft consisting of education facilities at CSU and UC campuses. The bonds The suspect is described as a light skinned black male such items, contact Detective Zogaric at (925) 371-4760. would go before voters in the 2018 general election. adult in his late 40’s to early 50’s. During an area search of LPD Case #17-794. The most recent such bond, which provided $1.6 billion the complex, some clothing, most likely discarded by the to improve higher education facilities at CSU and UC, was suspect, was recovered so it is unknown what the suspect is Storm Impacts approved by voters in 2006. All those funds have since currently wearing. Neither the officer, bystanders nor other As of Tuesday afternoon, Palomares Road remained been depleted. The last higher education-specific bond was motorists were injured as a result of this incident. closed to all thru traffic between Palo Verde Road, Castro passed in 1994. The van, described as a white 2002 Ford Econoline, had Valley, and Niles Canyon Road (Highway 84), Fremont, due According to CSU and UC, the two systems have capital been stolen Feb. 2 in Oakland, according to police. to a major mudslide. The roadway is impassable between needs of $7 billion and $10 billion, respectively, for short- Anyone with information that would assist in the in- mile marker 8.6 and mile marker 8.8. Residents may access term and long-term projects. The CSU and UC are able to vestigation is encouraged to contact the Pleasanton Police their homes from either Palo Verde Road or Niles Canyon Department at (925) 931-5100. Road. All other motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians are provide their own funding for some construction programs advised to avoid the area and use alternate routes. through system-wide revenue bonds, though only half of Tesla Road was closed to all thru traffic until further their capital needs would be met. Stolen Items Recovered notice between Cross Road, Livermore, and the San Joaquin SB 483 would require universities or colleges to submit Livermore Police officers questioned and later arrested County line due to a washout in the vicinity of Reuss Road. five-year capital outlay plans that prioritize seismic retrofit- Eddie Edwards after he attempted to sell approximately Tesla Road/Corral Hollow Road remains closed on San ting needed to reduce seismic hazards in buildings identified $20,000 worth of stolen industrial power tools to a local Joaquin County side due to localized flooding. as high priority. contractor. The contractor was suspicious of the unsolicited Alameda County Public Works Agency (ACPWA) crews Spending choices will emerge through recommendations offer, and called the Livermore Police Department. Accord- responded to the following storm-related incidents and the from governing boards for both CSU and UC systems and ing to the Police Department, Edwards could not provide roadways have reopened: will be reviewed in public hearings during the legislative a plausible explanation for how he came to possess the • Collier Canyon Road, Livermore, following mudslide tools, thus creating probable cause to believe the tools were debris removal in the vicinity of mile marker 2.45. process, Glazer said. • Foothill Road, Pleasanton, following mudslide debris “This measure provides important financial backing for stolen. The officers seized the tools and released Edwards pending an additional investigation. The patrol officers later removal in the vicinity of mile marker 6.15. critical upgrades to our libraries and classrooms on college determined the tools were likely stolen from a company • Kilkare Road, Sunol, following removal of multiple campuses,” Glazer added. “I believe voters should be given work truck and trailer in Livermore. mudslides and debris from flooding in the vicinity of mile a chance to continue the proud legacy of supporting our Detectives at the Livermore Police Department took marker 3.5. universities and colleges.” over the case and obtained an arrest warrant for Edwards, • Mines Road, Livermore, following mudslide debris as well as search warrants for Edwards’ residence in Tracy, removal in the vicinity of mile marker 1.37. BART Funds his business in Livermore, and his vehicles. Edwards was • Patterson Pass Road, Livermore, is open to all traffic Assemblywoman Catharine Baker (R-San Ramon) in- arrested without incident. The search warrant yielded evi- following removal of multiple mudslides. dence related to the original stolen power tools, as well as • Stanley Boulevard reopened between Isabel Avenue, troduced AB 1509, a measure that ensures revenues from Livermore, and Bernal Avenue/Valley Avenue, Pleasanton. Measure RR, the BART Infrastructure Bond that that voters stolen property from other crimes throughout the Bay Area. As of 02/17/17, LPD Detectives recovered stolen Flooding has subsided, and the roadway has been cleared approved in November 2016, can only be used to address property belonging to fourteen different victims with an of debris. BART’s infrastructure needs and cannot be diverted to aggregate total value of approximately $65,000. The prop- • Welch Creek Road, Livermore, remains open following backfill operating expenses. mudslide debris removal. “During the Measure RR campaign, BART representa- erty was determined to be stolen from businesses, vehicles, residences, front porches, and mailboxes in Livermore, Visit the Public Works Agency website at www.acpwa. tives promised funds from Measure RR would not, and org for updates. could not be used to backfill BART’s high operating costs. This bill holds BART to that commitment,” said Baker. According to a press release, BART rejected language that would have ensured the Measure’s funds could not be used to backfill operating costs during the drafting of measure RR, and BART officials can redirect the funds previously allocated for capital improvements before Measure RR passed to cover operating costs, something BART promised Bay Area voters it would not do. BART effectively can use Measure RR funds to redirect capital improvements to cover operating costs. As much as $1.2 billion of Measure RR funds - a full one-third of the bond fund - can be used to backfill operating costs. Suspect Sought A suspect in a stolen van rammed a police car, plowed through a fence and went into a creek after a pursuit from Pleasanton to Dublin early Thursday morning, according to police.

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of the market and increasing cording to the white paper. ect with retail, office and paper noted that the intent EDITORIAL costs if there were an ex- Carling stated, "We need restaurant uses, Bankhead of this goal would be to tended time frame before a to train the people for the Theater, cinema, and public acknowledge the need for decision could be made. He EOC we do have. Any new plaza and park improve- continued sound financial Las Positas Service supported a shorter process. facility is at least eighteen ments. practices coupled with the Las Positas College continues to en- Spedowfski amplified his months off." "However, housing in implementation of a com- hance its programs with the launch of a comments made during the Coomber agreed that the Downtown Core has prehensive plan designed workshop, stating, "I agree staff training to deal with a been questioned by some to strengthen and improve new service, College Central Network. with the focus on the park- disaster is a current priority. residents and recent devel- the long-term financial sta- The new service works two ways, first ing garage and hotel first, Also new this period is opment proposals for the bility of the city. The most providing internships and career tips and, but we should not shut the the topic of Public Safety city-owned catalyst sites recent economic downturn second, offering a talent resource for local door on other opportuni- and Use of Technology. This have also generated signifi- began to impact the City of ties for the rest of the site if past year the city council cant community interest," Livermore’s finances in fis- employers. something comes up during approved two new pieces according to the white pa- cal year 2007-08. Over the Students and alumni can post their the process." of technology that are in pers. "It is, therefore, ap- next four years Livermore resumes, search positions, sign up for in- The February 15 session the process of being imple- propriate at this time that the depended upon its reserves ternship alerts and receive career advice was designed to provide mented in Livermore on a Council identify appropriate to maintain service levels direction to city staff about small scale: Automated Li- next steps in the continued and preserve core services. on topics such as job interviews, resume areas of focus that will be cense Plate Readers (ALPR) revitalization of the Down- In order to avoid deplet- writing and more. Employers can search used in determining the and Real-Time Security town. The ultimate intent ing all of the fund balance resumes and post internships and job shad- 2017-2019 budget. Every Cameras. of this goal is to identify a reserves, Livermore began owing positions. two years, the workshop Livermore Police Chief series of public and private underfunding many of its Area businesses and organizations will takes place to identify, dis- Michael Harris noted, improvements in the Down- longer-term needs, such as cuss and prioritize key work "These technologies are a town Core that will further fleet replacement, retiree be able to find qualified employees; stu- programs that will be ad- force multiplier that utilize enhance the downtown and medical trust contributions, dents will have a leg up in moving ahead dressed over the coming staff more efficiently. Dub- meet the needs of the com- and the Capital Improve- in their careers. two-year period. lin, Danville, San Ramon, munity, within the city’s ment Plan. These actions, With its newest program, Las Positas In preparation for the Fremont and Piedmont are financial capacity to develop although not fiscally prudent workshop, an upper-man- covering entrance points and maintain publicly-fund- over any significant length College deserves a top grade as it contin- agement city staff Leader- into their cities. Basically, ed improvements over time." of time, helped see the city ues to do exactly what it should be doing: ship Team identified poten- a lot of crime occurs from The Asset Management through the bad economic providing people skills and opportunities tial strategic issues relevant people coming into the com- white paper identifies public times. to work in the 21st century. to city operations. Staff munity. It's helpful for public infrastructure as a vital com- Although the City of developed these issue areas safety to know when some- ponent in delivering neces- Livermore emerged from the into 13 white papers. one is wanted or in a stolen sary services to the residents recession in relatively good Six of the 13 issues pre- car. (Adding technologies) of Livermore. The Asset shape, Staff states that there sented relate to work pro- doesn't necessarily have Management Program seeks is more work to be done grams under existing goals, to be done all at the same to understand the long-term in order to strengthen and STEERING and seven address new ones. time; it can be evaluated and financial and operational improve the city’s long-term (continued from page one) The existing work programs expanded over time." needs in order to provide the financial stability. A com- involve Asset Management; Roberts added, "The city necessary resources to keep mitment to holding expen- reviewing suggested options could occur in late April or Downtown; Affordable and policymakers recognize these systems operating at ditures, and limiting growth rather than identifying and early May. Housing and Homeless- the long-term importance of the required level of service of staff and new programs evaluating issues from the SCULPTURES ness; Long-Term Financial public safety to make a high and the lowest life-cycle until revenues have grown ground up. Also at its Feb. 27 meet- Stability; Regional Trans- quality of life for those who cost. Though still under to the level of true operating The steering committee, ing, the council will consider portation and Connectivity; live in Livermore. This is development, the initial find- expenditures, is required. as recommended by staff, approval of the acquisition and Water Reliability and reflected in the city's bud- ings of this program indicate Resource information would consist of no more of four sculptures to be in- Sustainability. get. While Livermore is a a need for financial resources estimated within all 13 of than thirteen members. The stalled along First Street in The seven new programs very safe community from that are significantly higher the goals did not provide suggested make-up would the downtown. include Community Ap- the perspective of serious than currently allocated in definitive staffing or dollar be two representatives each In January 2016, the pearance; Community En- crime, there are challenges the city’s budget. To ad- numbers, but offered a sense from the city council and council appropriated gagement; Disaster Pre- that we need to deal with that dress this imbalance, the city of scale to guide Council planning commission, and $120,000 from the Public paredness; Innovation and include statewide legislative council will need to provide in making prioritizations. one representative each from Art Fund for the purchase Economic Development; changes, an increase in po- direction regarding level of Based upon available re- i-GATE, Innovation Tri- and installation of the sculp- Open Space; Public Safety lice calls for service, and an service, funding sources, sources, Staff will develop Valley, the Livermore Val- tures. An additional $31,400 and Use of Technology; increase in property-related development standards, and a draft budget. Council will ley Chamber of Commerce, would pay for lighting of the and Traffic Behavior and crimes." ownership of assets. then allocate resources dur- Enforcement. In many cases, Livermore Commission for sculptures and contingency On the topic of Innova- As for Long Term Fi- ing the budget process tak- these areas are already re- the Arts, Livermore Com- costs. tion and Economic Devel- nancial Stability, the white ing place later this spring. ceiving staff attention, at munity Group, Livermore The city received 161 opment, Stephan Keifer, varying levels of resource Cultural Arts Council, Liver- proposals that were re- who heads the Innovation allocation. Republican Signs Onto Swalwell's more Downtown Inc., Liver- viewed by the Commission and Economic Develop- City Manager Marc Rob- ment, explained that Switch, more Historic Preservation for the Arts. The top 10 Protecting Our Democracy Bill erts stated after the meeting formerly iGATE, wants to Commission, and the Liver- sculptures were referred to a that programs not listed as expand. In the longer term, that can fully examine the more Valley Winegrowers Community Advisory Panel Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA- priorities, won't be ignored. they would like to end up as 15) and Rep. Elijah Cum- circumstances, inform the Association. for review and ranking. "Progress will be made in a partnership on the Liver- mings (MD-07) on Friday public of its findings, and de- The council would select Selected were Sunflower each area." more Valley Open Campus, praised Rep. Walter B. Jones velop a plan to prevent this the representatives from the by Patricia Vader, which Disaster Preparedness located between the Law- (NC-3) for becoming the from ever happening again.” council, planning commis- will be installed on First sion, arts and historic pres- was viewed as having para- rence Livermore National first House Republican to All House Democrats Street at South K Street in mount concern as heavy Laboratory and Sandia Na- cosponsor H.R. 356, the already have cosponsored ervation commissions. The the landscape area between remaining positions would winter storms continue to tional Laboratory. They may Protecting Our Democracy the bill. the street and sidewalk in pummel Northern Califor- also be looking for a site in Act. If approved it would The Protecting Our De- be recommended by the front of Double Barrel Wine selected community groups. nia. The city is currently the downtown. create an independent, bi- mocracy Act would create Bar and First Street Ale updating its Comprehen- Final appointment of all Existing goals and pri- partisan commission to in- a 12-member, bipartisan, House; Ta Da II by Chris sive Emergency Manage- representatives would be orities carried over into the vestigate Russian interfer- independent commission Rench to be installed in the ment Plan and Local Hazard approved by the city council. new period include Asset ence in the 2016 election. empowered to interview wit- grass area at Lizzie Foun- Mitigation Plan, though both nesses, obtain documents, Staff would send out an Management, Downtown, Swalwell commented, tain; Tropic Birds by Steve Staff and Council agree that issue subpoenas, and re- RFP within a few weeks, and Long-Term Financial “Walter Jones deserves cred- Reiman planned for First more must be done. Accord- Stability. ceive public testimony to and with a two to three-week it for being the first House Street at McLeod Street ing to the white papers, the Part of the downtown examine attempts by the response time, could return Republican, but hopefully on the southeast corner in city can improve its disaster white paper discussed com- Russian government or oth- to the Council in April with not the last, to acknowledge the landscape area between readiness by building a ful- pleting the Downtown Spe- that our nation deserves ers to use electronic means a recommendation for coun- the street and the sidewalk ly-functioning Emergency cific Plan, which has been an independent, bipartisan to influence, interfere with, cil selection of a consultant in front of Chantilly Lace Operations Center (EOC), an ongoing city council investigation into Russia’s or undermine trust in last team. It would likely take Salon; and Peace by Lorri increasing staff training goal. Adopted in 2004, ac- hacking of our democracy in year’s U.S. elections. The a few weeks to finalize the Acott to be installed on First and preparedness, and pro- cording to the staff report, last year’s election." Swal- commission would examine consultant contract and pro- Street at Railroad Avenue in moting community disaster the Plan transformed the well, the Ranking Member any similar efforts by any vide time for the consultant the landscape area in front of preparedness. Livermore’s Downtown into a vibrant of the CIA Subcommittee of other foreign governments team to work with staff to the Livermore Cinema near readiness to handle disasters community and regional the House Permanent Select or entities and would issue a prepare materials for an ini- the ticket booth. or major emergencies has destination, with improve- Committee on Intelligence, final report with recommen- tial kickoff meeting, which declined in recent years due ments including the Railroad added, “We expect more dations to Congress and the to staff reductions, turnover Avenue parking structure, will follow in his footsteps President within 18 months and reduced funding, ac- First Street streetscape proj- and demand a commission of enactment.

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(Opinions voiced in let- compuserve.com) hurt by falling branches. It that we are very fortunate falling apart and the Oroville themselves to city land by ters published in Mailbox is LARPD's duty to keep to have these ancient speci- Dam is a perfect example, grabbing lanes for their own are those of the author and Sunset Park Oak - trees and shrubs as safe as mens. Please do what you because we are trying to be parking spaces. do not necessarily reflect Let it Live possible and they do keep can to persuade the LARPD all things to everyone and The few parking spaces at the opinion of The Inde- Ron McKenzie our parks safe. executives and our mayor to that will never happen no Owens Drives cut the lanes pendent. The Independent Livermore Our LARPD park work- let this tree live. matter how much money is to a single lane and cause all will not publish anonymous One of Livermore's most ers are in all of our parks ev- provided and we have to fall kinds of issues for drivers letters. All letters are re- valued landmarks is about ery day caring for all plants, Looking for Answers back on taking care of the at all times of the day. This quired to have the names to be destroyed. A 320-year including trimming trees and Douglas J. Shackley simple basics and when that also resulted in removing the of the persons submitting old valley oak that adorns reporting any that need extra Pleasanton is reached, and only then, right turn from Willow Road them. Abusive letters may Sunset Park has been des- The following has just into Owns Drive and now be rejected or edited. Fre- care. Last December, LAR- increase the circle. The ignated to be cut down. PD had an arborist check been posted to the Yes Cali- money that is being put into a tight right turn, which is quent letter writers may have fornia website. I am hoping blind sighted now. Problems publication of their letters The Livermore Area Parks the Sunset Oak for disease this movement should be and Recreation (LARPD) or any other problem. Their to get a reply, but I also feel used to better the state and are even worse at Gibraltar delayed. Letters should be that others need to know Drive where lanes have been sent by email to editmail@ facilities manager suggests report states, "It was in fair not divide us. that some child might be condition with good form how I feel and I start where While the money to back taken away from both sides and vigor and normal annual I live. this movement may be in the of the road to give the few shot growth." Just like the southern coastal area, why are some on road parking spaces to In order for this large states in 1860, I feel that people in the state wanting to the developers. oak to lose its branches, the Yes, California is making a form the State of Jefferson? When these high-density weather conditions would huge mistake. 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We have the highest taxes When driving through and Gibraltar drive helped we have accidents. www.independentnews.com our beautiful city, we notice and yet our infrastructure is February 23, 2017 • The Independent 5 STATE OF THE CITY Orchids (continued from page one) Topic of 9,700 business licenses and issues requires a regional then you can distort them ing Element and regional much we value and need Meeting witnessed the expansion of approach and a long-term as much as you please.'" He housing numbers of about your partnership and input in Orchids 101 will be the companies already here." view. I’m happy to report stated that California ranks 2,000 houses through 2023." order to do it. This coming Thorne noted that the that we’re in environmental 49th out of the 50 states for He added that the hous- year, we’re going to need topic of the Livermore- Bay Area Council Economic review on the final stretch housing units per capita and ing issue is a challenge and your voice and your partner- Amador Garden Club's Institute reported that the at Pigeon Pass on Highway will need almost 3.5 mil- affordable housing has been ship again because we’ve regular meeting. region’s robust R&D infra- 84 widening. The I-580 lion homes by 2025 to sat- particularly challenging for got some important planning It will be held starting at structure, coupled with its Express Lanes opened with isfy the needs of a growing seniors living on fixed infor the road ahead." 7 p.m. on Thurs., March 9 entrepreneurial streak, has the latest numbers indicat- population. In dollar terms, comes. Last year, Pleasanton These include looking at Alisal School, 1454 Santa not only made this just a ing that travel time along Californians pay $50 bil- broke ground on a new, for ideas for 3 acres of land Rita Rd., Pleasanton. nice place to live, but a vital this 11-mile stretch has im- lion more for housing than affordable senior housing purchased across from the Orchids date back to the economic engine of prog- proved considerably during they can afford. The hous- development at Kottinger library and updating the dinosaur age. They are one ress for the entire Bay Area. peak travel hours with over ing shortage has cost over Gardens, which will provide Downtown Specific Plan of the largest plant families "Because of our proximity to 600,000 recorded trips . $140 billion per year in lost 185 new housing units. that will guide development in the world with one out of two national labs, we have As a result, I-580 has been economic output, according Thorne talked about decisions in the heart of every eight flowering plants a disproportionate share of removed from the list of ten to a McKinsey study. parks and open space, "We downtown for the foresee- being an orchid. Orchid ex- PhDs living in our midst. worst commutes in the Bay Locally, Thorne said that celebrated the grand open- able future. pert, member Ron Stroube, More than 1,100 patents Area." the voter enacted housing ing of the crown jewel "I want to encourage all will present an overview were issued to inventors in The Regional Rail Work- cap of ’96 that was over- of our park system when of you to join the conver- of the popular orchid types Pleasanton in 2016 alone." ing Group was created to turned in the courts has we opened Phase 2 of the sation that will shape our for the home gardener, par- Thorne commented, "So keep the conversation on caused Pleasanton to play Bernal Community Park future. 2016 was a great ticularly Cymbidiums and basically, I’m surrounded by track on the BART to ACE “catch-up” on housing. "We this past summer. With 40 year and together we got a Phalaenopsis, complete with smarty-pants with imagina- project. spent many years and many acres of Oak woodlands, lot done. We are well-posi- PowerPoint slides. He will tion." Housing is one of those resources on this and once meandering walking trails tioned as we head into 2017 also provide some basic Thorne pointed out that issues where everybody has the housing cap was over- and three state-of-the-art to build on our past accom- information on the care and the city spent a considerable a strong opinion and the turned, we faced a backlog synthetic sports fields, the plishments and create our requirements of orchids amount of time on finding “facts” to back it up, Thorne of development, which is Bernal Community Park is future together. We showed such as, light, temperature, fixes for transportation and continued. "I think it was what you see being devel- the grand meadow with the up and got the job done.We humidity, potting media, traffic issues. "Solving our Mark Twain who said you oped now. Out Regional green footprint." are planning for our future re-potting, dividing and transportation and traffic need to 'get the facts first, Housing Needs Assessment Thorne stated, "When I together," he concluded. propagation. numbers are good. We’re look back on the past year, back in compliance. We’ve two things strike me: how ZONE 7 got a state-approved Hous- much we got done and how (continued from page one) fees this year, Zone 7 and its Zone 7 has applied for an consultant, NBS, estimated Urban Rivers grant for up to the costs of future expan- $3 million. It should know in sion projects to build-out in April whether the applica- New listing 2040. The last estimate was tion is successful. Zone 7 395 Knottingham Cir. Livermore Brad Slabaugh completed in 2011. The cost Live Music Every Sunday! ® has already been awarded (indoors if poor weather) Entertainer’s delight in Portola Glen. 5BD/3BA Realtor , CRS, of the projects from now to a $500,000 grant in a River + bonus room “Atherton” model. VIEWS! GRI, SRES, cne, 2040 is estimated to be $900 Parkways program. Gorgeous Grounds Available For Weddings & Events Absolutely stunning kitchen! One bedroom/full RELO certified million. In 2011, the esti- bathroom downstairs. Unique PebbleTech (925) 997-4905 Completion of work on Fine Wines Made From Our Own California pool/spa. RV/boat SYAccess! Must see! mate was $1 billion. Build- [email protected] both Reaches is expected to Certified Organic Grapes Offered at $1,040,000 CalBRE#01347388 ing some of the projects be done in 2019. Zone 7 will Open House Sat & Sun 1-4pm Accord over the past five years has be talking to stakeholders to 1356 S. Livermore Ave, CA | (925) 447-8941 Hours: 12-4:30pm; Closed Wed reduced the remaining cost. seek their input, said Alzona. More info: www.395KnottinghamCircle.com Working with city planning departments, staff determined that Valley build- out in 2040 will have a population of 301,000, with 54,000 units total. By 2040 there will be a 20 percent increase in water demand Valleywide, going up to 54,000 AF then, compared to 45,000 AF in 2013. Demand took a dip to 31,000 AF in 2015, at the height of the drought. Before the approval, Zone 7 held meetings with developers and the retailers, asking for comments. Director Angela Ramirez- Holmes thanked the staff for inviting developers to make sure their questions were answered. She suggested that the staff involve developers sooner in the process so they can dig deeper, and not just respond to the consultant’s report. BOARD APPROVES MEDEIROS, GRANADA ARROYO PROJECTS The board voted unani- mously to approve a contract amendment with consultant Flow West that will cover two Arroyo Mocho flood Chances are you’ve never bought a single product we make, but . . . control projects. Currently, Flow West is under contract for no more than $346,000 for Phase 1 for a design of a natural system of storm wa- We give you a lift ter retention in the Medeiros Parkway Reach, located east of the Holmes Street Bridge on the Arroyo Mocho. We’re Curtis Instruments. The action by the board brought the consultant fee up Located in Livermore, Curtis California was founded as Curtis PMC in 1985. It is one of the world’s largest to $1.5 million by expanding greatly the work the firm controller design centers and is a highly specialized engineering facility focused on the development of will undertake. The money advanced motor speed controllers for electric vehicles of all types, including electric aerial work platforms will also cover Phase 2 of relied on in utility maintenance, construction and warehouse operations. the Medeiros project, going beyond design work to help with meeting CEQA guide- Though we’re global in scale, we have never forgotten our roots as a technical innovator right here in the lines and obtaining permits from regulatory agencies. Tri-Valley. Curtis controllers are internationally recognized for their technical advancement, reliability and The entire Medeiros project performance with millions of units exported to EV OEMs worldwide. As a great will cost $6.6 million. place to work, Curtis California has been consistently ranked as one of the More importantly, the board added the portion of Top Workplaces in the San Francisco Bay area. the Arroyo Mocho west of the Holmes Street bridge in Livermore, called the Grana- Even if you never become a customer, da Reach, near Granada High School. In that project, we want to help you reach new heights. which will cost $6.64 million, a three-foot levee will be built, to keep any waters during a 100-year event from flooding nearby prop- erties. The Granada project will cost $9.66 million. The combined cost of the two projects would be $16.3 million, with some $12.5 million for construc- www.curtisinstruments.com tion costs. The board also approved applying for grants to cover part of the projects’ costs. Facilities Engineering Man- Imagine Yourself At Curtis! Check out our open positions: http://bit.do/CurtisCareers ager Rhett Alzona said that 6 The Independent • February 23, 2017

Lab-Corps experience inspires application of SPORTS NOTES carbon capture technology to untapped industry

(Lawrence Livermore The team's entrepre- capture technology. While to the beer industry. The National Laboratory news neurial lead, Lionel Keene, in Colorado, they visited experience, he said, taught release) an LLNL engineer who Upslope, a craft brewery him to think about how Sometimes a scientific once founded his own soft- that works with Boom science can be practically breakthrough can end up in ware company, suggested Algae, an algae company, applied to the marketplace, the most unexpected places. contacting Coors, and the to capture CO2 for algae the importance of com- Just ask Congwang Ye, a group talked their way into growth, that eventually municating with potential Lawrence Livermore Na- touring the facility, which converts into a green ink customers and how to work tional Laboratory (LLNL) they found had an aging they use in menus and pro- with seasoned mentors to engineer whose work with CO2 reclamation system. motional literature. come up with a plausible carbon capture microcap- "Luck plays a big role The breweries were in- business plan. sule technology, intended in a lot of these things and terested, but they didn't "The point of Lab-Corps Pictured is Granada High School's wrestling team at the for filtering CO2 from frankly, we got lucky," like the idea of a large, is to take lab technology EBAL Varsity Championship power plants, could end up Keene said. "We had a monolithic system. Ye's and think outside the box," solving a big problem for flexible product, so if one group presented a "propane Ye said. "When we get to craft beer makers. thing didn't work out, we tank model," a basic CO2 talk to the real consum- In December, Ye partici- could find somewhere else capturing system using ers, they tell us something pated in the Department of where it might be useful. barrels filled with millions else they care about, and it Energy's Lab-Corps Pilot Sometimes it's just a mat- of microcapsules that could opens your mind to things Program (link is external), ter of talking to the right absorb CO2 from the fer- you wouldn't have thought an intensive eight-week en- person." mentation gas. In theory, of in the lab. You find out trepreneurial boot camp that In meeting with Coors Ye's company -- with a their actual needs, and it teaches scientists and engi- and a local CO2 supplier, working name of MECS makes your proposal more neers the tricks of the trade Ye and Keene learned that (Micro-Encapsulated CO2 powerful. Lab-Corps has for spinning out technology during the fermentation Sorbent) -- would provide helped personally to de- from LLNL to the mar- process, breweries pro- the equipment at no cost velop the skills to talk to ketplace. Part of the Lab- duce about three times the upfront, the brewers would strangers and find informa- Corps curriculum requires amount of CO2 needed for collect CO2 gas from the tion from the conversations. participants to conduct 100 carbonization and packag- fermenters, fill the tanks The experience helped me interviews with prospec- ing. Coors, for example, and MECS would send think about the technology tive customers to discover generates roughly 300 mil- trucks to pick them up. The and how to adapt it for what how to adapt technology to lion pounds of carbon diox- captured CO2 would be people actually want." business. ide per year during the fer- reclaimed at a centralized The Lab-Corps MECS With such a small win- mentation steps, but only hub, sold back to brew- team also includes John dow of time, Ye, the team's needs 80 million pounds, ers at a big discount, and Litynski from the Depart- principal investigator, need- most of which is currently MECS would keep the ment of Energy, who served ed something that could be purchased through suppli- surplus and sell it on the as an observer. Hannah marketed easily. The first ers. Furthermore, typically open commodities market. Farquar and Roger Werne idea was to replace the 80 percent of the cost of The idea could potential- of LLNL's Industrial Part- existing CO2 filters used in purchasing CO2 comes in ly save breweries tens of nerships Office, and Chris- anesthesia machines, which transportation. If brewer- thousands of dollars a year, tine Hartmann, manager of got the team started. One ies could capture and reuse Keene said. the Proposal Development Marco Neves interviewee even offered to CO2 using the microcap- While applying for the Office, provided assistance. place an order right away. sules, Ye thought, they DOE's Technology Com- LLNL has seen six teams However, Ye's industrial could be self-sustaining mercialization Fund, Ye is graduate from the Lab- mentor, Gerry Baranano, two-day NCS Championship tourna- and sell the excess to other shopping the smaller-scale Corps Pilot Program's first Granada Wrestling ment taking place at James Logan High a veteran entrepreneur nearby consumers. carbon capture technology two years The Granada High School Varsity School in Union City beginning Friday, from Tech Futures Group, Wrestling Team took second place as a February 24th. "We want to adapt this around to craft breweries. The research team be- team at the East Bay Athletic League Granada's Junior Varsity wrestling pointed out the limit of technology for capturing He's also in discussions hind the technology in- (EBAL) Championship held on Satur- team arrived prepared to dominate at market size, so they quickly day, February 18th at Amador Valley the East Bay Athletic League (EBAL) CO2 in breweries as a way with UC Davis, which has cludes Joshuah Stolaroff, High School. Granada also had two JV Championship held the day prior. pivoted. to reduce CO2 emissions a pilot-scale winery and Du Nguyen, Sarah Baker, league champs and 4 finalists. These They walked away with two JV league "We avoided spending are marks their program hasn't seen for champs and seven 2nd through 4th to the atmosphere and cut brewery, to install the sys- William Smith, James quite some time and is Granada's high- place finishes. It was a strong finish weeks of time on something their purchase costs by up tem to prove the concept Oakdale, Eric Duoss, Bill est EBAL tournament finish in years. by the up and coming squad. less meaningful because At the Varsity tournament, Grana- Varsity EBAL Results: Team to 75 percent," Ye said. "It works. Ye also believes Bourcier, Chris Spadaccini da had 10 wrestlers earn out right North Score: 187.5 points, 2nd place of his entrepreneurial in- will be more environmen- existing CO2 suppliers and Roger Aines, as well as Coast Section (NCS) Championship 108 Ethan De La Torre 3rd stinct," Ye said. tournament berths. In addition, two 115 Rylan Matheson 5th tally friendly, and not only could be partners, instead collaborators from multiple of their 6th place finishers also earned 122 Jonathan Nguyen 6th After considering sev- will it save on costs, but of competitors. universities and institutions at-large tournament berths. As a result, 128 Majed Moussalli 6th eral applications that might all 12 of Granada's wrestlers who 134 Jordan Bets 5th they also can create rev- "Their trucks need to across the globe. participated at EBAL qualified for the 140 Ahmet Gueye 3rd benefit from reusable mi- enue by selling the excess." come out to deliver CO2 crocapsules that can rap- Ye and Keene realized anyway, and could easily idly absorb CO2, including they would have to start out swap our capture tanks in waste gasification, fertilizer with small producers. They the same trip," Ye said. production and deep-water focused their attention on "Working with us means diving, he didn't have to go microbreweries, which they would have an option far to find the next promis- generally can't afford large to possess commodity, ing lead. Lab-Corps hap- commercial CO2 reclama- be less dependent on the LiveImmediate SaleAuction of Unclaimed Merchandise pened to be held in Golden, tion systems but produce major CO2 distributors will be sold piece by piece at a nominal reserVe Colorado, the home of Co- enough carbon dioxide to and to expand their own ors Brewing Company (link make an impact. During the business." is external) and part of the visits, they were amazed If it hadn't been for Lab- 300 LOTS - FREE ADMISSION Denver metro area, which by pioneering ecosystems Corps, Ye said he never boasts more than 200 mi- that also could benefit from would've thought about crobreweries. a more efficient carbon applying his technology

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12/2011 February 23, 2017 • The Independent 7 SPORTS NOTES

Photo - Doug Jorgensen In Division 1 NCS women's soccer playoffs, Granada High defeated James Logan 2 to 1 in the opening round, but lost to Carondelet 1 to 0 in round two. Foothill High tied Berkeley 1 to 1 with Berkeley advancing to round two. Amador Valley's women's team shutout Heritage 3 to 0 in round 1. They lost to Monte Vista 1 to 0 in the quarterfinals.

Photo - Doug Jorgensen In Division II NCS women's soccer, top seeded Livermore High School shutout Richmond 8 to 0 in round one. A second shutout, 1 to 0, over Tamalpias advanced Livermore to the semi-finals. The match, played Feb. 22 against Bishop O'Dowd, took place after The Independent's deadline. The photo shows action against Tamalpias.

147 Jackson Volkir 4th his sophomore year. At Las Positas, he in July. The organizers are looking 154 Anthony Martinez 2nd scored 25 goals and 7 assists during the for athletes of all ages and different 162 Jack Kilner 1st 2016 season, and was named a Junior events, especially relays. Visit www. 184 Jack Lutz 2nd College All American. ftctrackclub.com or contact Coach 197 Zach Stewart 1st Craig Scheer, a Las Positas Assis- Jorge Quero, jquero@ftctrackclub. 222 Francisco Midkiff 3rd tant Coach and Fusion Premier Head com or (925) 209 7520. JV EBAL Results Coach, connected Marco to Seton Hall. 1st place- Tre Savino and Dylan Krauss FLL Opening Day 2nd place- Edward Vilchis Pleasanton Foothill Little League 3rd place- Zach Armstrong, Rob- Water Polo kicks off 2017 Season With Opening ert Gonzalez, Richard Gonzalez and Day Ceremonies on Sat., March 4 from Moheb Salemi Championships 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. The 2017 Olympic Development Pleasanton little leaguers take the 4th place- Max Gomez and Josh Program (ODP) National Water Polo Collom field for the first time. Watch Pleasan- Championships are headed to the ton VIPs throw out the first pitch and Other GHS participants- Cody Tri-Valley in February and March. Brown, Emerson Toscano, Jacob help the PFLL Tee-ballers sing “Take The Boy's National Championship is me out to the ball game!” Gutke, Jacob Zayas, Iretunde Akin- up first this February 24-26 followed sola, Haiden Rotermund Games will be played following by the Girl's National Championship the ceremony at the Bernal Sports Park. March 10-12. Foothill High School, Food and cool merchandise will Amador Valley High School, Dough- be available. Fusion Soccer erty Valley High School, Las Positas A member of Fusion's Premier College and the Robert Livermore coaching staff, Marco Neves will be Community Center will all serve as attending Seton Hall University in host venues. South Orange, New Jersey in the fall. Full schedules for both events and He will enter Seton Hall as a junior. hotel information are available and Marco is a native of Tracy, and the can be accessed by going to www. Seton Hall scholarship is the payoff usawaterpolo.org/odp/regionals.html. from sustained hard work both in the ODP Mental Skills Coach Brian classroom and on the pitch. Alexander will be giving a presenta- When Marco was ready to enter tion on Friday, February 24 and Friday, high school, he wanted a better educa- March 10. For more information on the tion than Tracy could offer. He applied ODP National Championships, www. for, and received, an academic scholar- usawaterpolo.org ship from Bellarmine College Prep in San Jose. For four years, he commuted daily to San Jose, leaving for school at Youth Track Club 5a and returning home at 10p. As a high FTC Track Club, a USATF (USA school junior, he was named as one of Track and Field) certified club that spe- the top 150 prep players nationally. cializes in youth athletes from ages 7 to Photo - Doug Jorgensen After high school, he played 18, is building a team to compete this Amador Valley High School and Foothill battled to 1 to 1 tie in the opening round of one year at Cal State East Bay, then winter/spring in USATF track meets transferred to Las Positas College for including a meet at the national level Division 1 NCS men's soccer playoffs. Foothill advanced to round two, where they were eliminated 2 to 1 by Berkeley.

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Lifeguard Classes hear more about what may Crime Lab, Coroner’s Of- hike to see what’s blooming, park visitors. Participants Many events are planned The City of Pleasanton’s be a neglected dream of fice, Juvenile Hall, Santa and earn 5 miles toward may call 925-960-2400 for this spring to help the com- Dolores Bengtson Aquatic flight,” said Captain Michael Rita Jail (the fifth largest the “70 Miles for 70 Years more information. munity celebrate this im- Center is offering American Hatfield, Host, a former jail in the nation), and get a Challenge.” Participants portant milestone. Visit the Red Cross courses for those 25-year Airline Captain and taste of officer training at the are likely to find blue dicks, Crab Feed Set high school’s website at interested in gaining certifi- long-time Instructor Pilot. Emergency Vehicle Opera- buttercups, Johnny jump- The Livermore High www.livermorehigh.com, cation as a lifeguard. On February 25, 2017, tions Course (EVOC). ups and more. Learn how to School Alumni Association or the alumni association’s Upon successful comple- at Attitude Aviation's huge Sessions are limited to 25 identify these as well as the (LHSAA) will be holding its website at www.livermore- tion of the Lifeguarding Hangar at Livermore Air- participants on a first-come, new growth of other plants annual Crab Feed on March highalumni.com for more in- course, candidates may ap- port, “Dreams of Flight- first-served basis. Potential that have yet to bloom. Kids 18th at the Robert Livermore formation. Visit the LHS125 ply for employment with the Among the Airplanes” will participants must be at least are welcome, but strollers Community Center from Facebook page too. Dolores Bengtson Aquatic be offered. Attitude Aviation 18 years old and must suc- are not recommended due 6:00 until 10:00 p.m. Center. partners with the Michael cessfully complete a back- to potentially muddy trails Tickets are available Family Beauty Salon Lifeguard, ages 15 and Hatfield RE/MAX Team in ground investigations check, and off-trail excursions. for $55 and can be pur- up: do not need to be on a giving away flying lessons sign waiver forms, and be Canceled if raining heavily; chased online at www.liver- swim team, nor be a com- as part of this event. approved by the Chief of hike will go on if it is only morehighalumni.com. The Call (925) 322-7775 to petitive swimmer to take Police. Felony convictions sprinkling. Alumni Association sup- reserve a seat. This Event is this class; just need to or serious criminal arrests A Plant for Everything ports current LHS students have basic swimming skills. free, but seats are limited. are cause for dismissing an (RSVP) will be held on and staff through the gen- This course combines on- Under 18 must be accompa- erous contributions raised applicant. March 5. Meet Rangers line learning sessions with nied by an adult. Dawn Soles and Doug Sousa through this fundraiser and hands-on practice of first More information at Applications are avail- its annual golf tournament able online at www.dub- at 2 p.m. at the reservable aid, CPR/AED and life- http://tours.tourfactory.com/ picnic area in Sycamore held each May. This year, guarding skills. Note: Class tours/tour.asp?t=1653489 lin.ca.gov/citizensacade- the proceeds from the Crab Eliambrose’s Cuts ! my2017, by e-mail, fax, Grove Park. times do not reflect online A surprising variety of Feed will go to increase the $ learning sessions. An ad- Dublin Police or in person at the Dublin number of Chromebooks at $2 Off 10 Off Police Services (100 Civic plants that have been used COLOR OR ditional $35 non-refundable the school site. HAIRCUTS HIGHLIGHTS Citizens' Academy for everything from food Reg $13 - $20 fee, payable to the Ameri- Plaza, Dublin). To request The LHSAA would like Reg $50 - $90 Dublin Police Servic- an application by e-mail or and medicine to weapons can Red Cross will be due es will begin hosting its to remind everyone that fax, contact Officer Chris- and games grow in our area. $8.99 MILITARY CUTS following the first class 2017 Citizens’ Academy for this year is also the 125th session. tina Blaylock or Officer Join this program to learn a Anniversary Celebration adults who reside or work in little about how plants were (925) 245-0588 Spring Break Session: Sa Dublin. The Academy’s ten- Channing Rhodes at (925) of Livermore High School. 120 S. L St, Livermore 3/25 8:00 – 10:00am andM 833-6690 or (925) 833-6622 used in earlier days. At the week program will be held end of the program, enjoy a – F 4/3-4/7 8:00am-1:00pm on consecutive Wednesdays or via e-mail at christina. (6 classes); Dolores Bengt- [email protected] salad and some other edibles from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. made from items collected in son Aquatic Center Price: or channing.rhodes@dub- The Academy will culminate the park. Participants must $195.00R/$215.00N in a graduation ceremony on lin.ca.gov. The application Register at www.pleas- RSVP by Tuesday, Feb. 28, June 7. deadline is Friday, March by calling 925-960-2400. antonfun.com. Code 64049 The goal of the Citizens’ 10, 2017. For course prerequi- A $4 per person donation Academy is to teach the pub- requested. 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requirements to those established by StopWaste.org. The countywide For Recycling Educationeducation about energy, water, non-government entity, created by air quality, climate change, and voters in the 1990s, is supported by The group was started by Pleas- sustainability. anton resident Jill Buck, founder of a special fee at landfills. Buck explained that she is The new recycling rules, which By Ron McNicoll Go Green Initiative (GGI). GGI, Amador Valley High School always looking for new ways to went into effect for Pleasanton begun in Pleasanton 16 years ago, make GGI more effective. She students are pioneering a new focused initially on the recycling on Jan. 1, require businesses and See Inside Section A model of student awareness and saw a new opportunity when the of paper at school sites. Pleasanton City Council opted (See RECYCLING, page 4) Section A is filled with action concerning waste recycling. Buck led GGI expansion to information about arts, people, Called Local Leaders of the 21st to change the city’s waste-stream entertainment and special events. member groups in 50 states and 73 Century, it may eventually be used There are education stories, a nations. Now GGI also provides as a model for schools throughout 2016 variety of features, and the arts the world. NOVEMBER and entertainment and bulletin board. ISSUE Snowpack Below Average On Tuesday, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) manual snow survey at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada range found a snow water equivalence of 6 inches, which is 5.3 inches less than the average early-January snow water equivalence of 11.3 inches as measured at Phillips since 1964. Snow water equivalence is the depth of water that theoretically would result if the entire snowpack melted instantaneously. That mea- surement is more important than depth in evaluating the status of the snowpack. More telling than a survey at a single location, however, were DWR’s electronic readings from The Independent 105 stations scattered throughout Photo - Doug Jorgensen the Sierra Nevada. Measurements that indicate the water content of the northern Sierra snowpack is 7.2 inches, 68 percent of the is dedicated to giving you, multi-decade average for the date. The central and southern Sierra readings are 7.4 inches (65 percent The First Presbyterian Church in Livermore hosted the annual LabyrinthCELEBRATING Walk. People were invited to walk the courtyard labyrinth as a of average) and 6.6 inches (73 way to welcome the New Year with peace and good intention. percent of average) respectively. our readers, the news and Statewide, the snowpack holds 7.2 inches of water equivalent, or 70 LIFE percent of the January 3 average. Forecasters are predicting a New Laws Include Affordable Housing,ers with more than 3000 customers editorial support to create series of wet cold storms stretching to put in place rules that define into next week that will bolster the districts. SB 1413 introduced by excessive water use, and to enforce snowpack. Water Use, Government TransparencySen. Mark Leno of San Francisco them during drought emergencies, Acting DWR Director Bill Cro- housing where there already is will allow school districts to use development. The law eliminates which would be declared by the yle said above-average precipita- The new year rang with a federal tax credits, as well as local state. a vibrant community. cities’ ability to require additional and state funds to finance leasing More transparency will be re- tion since the start of Water Year variety of new laws in California parking spaces for units less than 2017 in October added signifi- passed by the Legislature last year, the housing. Leno said, “SB 1413 quired of city councils and county one-half mile from public transit, will help school districts directly cantly to storage in 154 reservoirs and signed by Gov. Jerry Brown. and limits fees charged to connect boards of supervisors. They now tracked by the Department. They went into effect Jan. 1 address the housing affordability are required to publicly announce to local water and sewer systems. challenges facing teachers, and Among the new laws are those Also now legal is construction (See NEW LAWS, page 4) with more permissive conditions reduce high turnover rates.” of affordable housing for teachers SB 814 requires water suppli- for building more granny flats and other school district employ- as free-standing units or units in ees on land owned by school Livermore Menorah garages. If you are not yet a subscriber, please take Incident Not Seen The aim is to provide more As a Hate Crime Neither the Livermore Police nor the Alameda County District 2016 IN REVIEW quarters. There were delays with Attorney's office believe items financing, and a requirement that the time to signbe the Livermore Valleyup Chamber a parkingnow lot be paved and traffic to get more on local events, found on a menorah in Livermore Last Four Months Highlightedof Commerce chief executive by of -Electionimprovements installed before constitute a hate crime. Corporation (TVLC), along with ficer and president. Argula most The menorah, located outside of proposed remedies for the viola- Livermore would issue a certificate The last four months of 2016 recently served 16 years in the tions. The school district oversees of occupancy. the Bankhead Theater, was draped office of Alameda County Supervi- Horse racing would be expand- with a barbed wire shaped into a were highlighted by the Novem- TVLC, which manages the K-8 ber election. New city council- sor Scott Haggerty who represents ed in Pleasanton as the Alameda crown of thorns and a white cloth Livermore Valley Charter School District 1 as chief of staff of opera- - sometime between Dec. 26 and members were elected in both and the Livermore Valley Charter County Fairgrounds announced a Dublin and Livermore. All three people,tions. Argula servedand as lead policy new, six-dayplaces race meet and fes in the Tri Valley. 28. The menorah was not dam- Preparatory. Among the concerns staff for infrastructure including aged. The items were removed by mayors and two Pleasanton coun- listed were fiscal, operational and tival that would take place over cilmembers were re-elected. transportation, water supply, and two weekends in September and a passer-by. legal issues, including fiscal mis- flood control as well as policies Police Public Information Of- Pleasanton voters strongly fa- management, audit irregularities, October. related to air quality and economic "Flygirl" by Sherri L. Smith ficer Art Rosas said that the person vored a Costco. The Tri-Valley widespread delinquency in paying Learning Corporation, which development. was announced as the featured who removed the items offered debts, and the action taken by the Pleasanton Partners in Educa- the following description, "The operates two charter schools in Western Association of Schools - book for the Livermore Public Livermore, continued to have tion, a non-profit organization that Library's 11th Livermore Reads barbed wire was in the shape of and Colleges to withhold the prep helps to raise money for school dis a crown as through depicting the issues that led to notice of viola- school’s accreditation. Among Together, the library’s annual com- For new subscription,trict programs, introduced its new respond back today! tions. The election of Donald munity reading program. This crown of thorns on Christ's head - the remedies proposed by the dis- Trump to be the next president, director, Steve McCoy-Thompson. was the first time the library had at the time of the crucifixion. The trict were disassociating the two Livermore Valley Charter raised concerns among the sci selected a young adult (YA) novel white cloth resembled the Shroud schools from TVLC; creating a Preparatory moved into its new of Turin." entific community regarding new independent governing body; for Livermore Reads Together, climate change research. quarters at 3090 Independence The display, part of the Hanuk- and hiring a new permanent CEO Drive. The move came three years (See YEAR END, page 2) kah celebration, was sponsored by . Julie Lassig, director of develop- SEPTEMBER 2016 after an initial announcement that Chabad of the Tri-Valley. Visit onlinement for TVLC, said the notices the school would move to new The Livermore Valley Joint www.independentnewsfree.com Rosas said that Rabbi Raleigh were incomplete and premature. Resnick from Chabad was present Unified School District Board of Dawn Argula was selected to when the items were found. He Trustees sent a notice of viola- tions to the Tri-Valley Learning (See MENORAH, page 4) InsIde Sports ...... 7 Obituaries ...... 9 PET OF THE WEEK MAIN SECTIONCall (925) 243-8014 Start the year strong with Zorro at your side! Like a knight Classifieds...... 10 SECTION A in shining armor, this dashing black and white fellow will Art & Entertainment ...... 8 be your hero all year long. Three-year-old Zorro leads the Editorial ...... 4 Bulletin Board ...... 10 pack, brimming with confidence and ready to demonstrate Mailbox ...... 4 *Subscriptionhis affections with a real hug. 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Memorial Services parents when he started high Street in Pleasanton. for two years in New York everyone with kindness and are scheduled Tuesday, Feb. school—that he was not go- In retirement, he and 28th at 11:00am at St. Mi- Anne went into the antiques before moving to Livermore respect. Most importantly, ing to stay on the farm, but chael’s Church in Liver- go to California. Four of business, and for 11 years in 1970, where he began his he loved his family and al- traveled the western states teaching career at Livermore ways put their best interest more. Reception to follow. his brothers and one sister Memorials may be made were already in Southern doing antique shows for dif- High School. Mr. “G” was before his own. Cliff had ferent promoters. a dedicated teacher special- a tireless work ethic which to ValleyCare Charitable California establishing their Foundation in Memory of Edna Bireley Chance families. Two weeks after They lived in their Vine- izing in English Honors. He kept him in the job market yard Avenue home in Pleas- was proud of his students; he until his early 80s. Cliff Gino Ridolfi, 1111 E. Stan- Edna Bireley Chance was graduation he drove cross- ley Bl. Livermore 94550 country, taking his parents anton for 49 years. In Oc- always encouraged them to was a devoted member of born in Wray, Colorado, in tober 2015, they moved to Callaghan Mortuary is August of 1917. She was with him. When his parents strive to their full potential St. Michael’s Church in returned to the farm in Mis- Stockton to be closer to their while preparing them for Livermore. honored to be serving the the second oldest of 4 chil- children. He enjoyed life Ridolfi family. An online dren of Ruby and William souri six months later, he college. He was nominated Cliff is survived by his remained in Thousand Oaks, in Stockton for 15 months, “Teacher of the Year” sev- wife of 65 years, Faye. Chil- guestbook is available for Bireley. celebrating family birthdays, condolences at www.cal- Edna and family moved CA living with his sister. He eral times by his students. dren Mary Lewis (husband went to work at Camarillo Thanksgiving and Christmas laghanmortuary.com to Livermore arriving at While teaching he met his Fred), Thomas, Betty Von State Hospital, where he was and their very special 60th wife, Valerie, and they were Senden (husband Shawn), the Livermore Train De- trained as a Psych Tech. Two wedding anniversary last pot, her first memory of married on a cruise ship grandchildren Bryan Kel- John “Frank” years later, he enlisted in the October. during Hurricane Andrew in ley, Freddy Lewis, Brooke Mulrooney Livermore in 1929 Their Air Force. He is survived by his family immediately joined 1992. They created a blend- Way and three great grand- Sept 9, 1933 – Feb. 16, 2017 After basic training in wife Anne (Cooper) Pruett, ed family: Chris Gutierrez children, Kelsey, Evan and Resident of Livermore Asbury Methodist Church Cheyenne, WY. he was sta- of Stockton; son Gregory (Shannon), Carrie Gutierrez, Taylor. Frank Mulrooney passed at the I Street downtown tioned at Parks Air Force Farrel Pruett (Jamie), of away peacefully with his church. Edna met Eldred Base in Dublin, where he and Keri Sullivan (Luis) and Stockton; daughter Lisa three grandchildren Ariana, family by his side. He was Chance at Asbury and they served as a Psych Tech at Anne Richardson (Dan), of Gino Ridolfi born on September 9, 1933 were married June 11, 1938. Park’s 1,000-bed hospital. Gage, and Ixchel. May 7, 1934-Feb. 18, 2017 Rio Vista; grandson Spencer Jerry retired from Liver- in Ireland. Frank came to San Livermore's population was In October 1956, he took a Richardson (Christine), of A long-time Livermore more High School in 2001 resident, Gino Ridolfi, Francisco from Ireland in the 2500 at the time of the fam- leave to drive cross country Anaheim; grandson Tyler early 1950’s and worked as alone to Missouri where he and enjoyed traveling with passed away unexpectedly ily establishing residentcy. Pruett and granddaughter a construction worker. Frank She often said leav- married Anne Cooper on family and friends both lo- February 18th in Pleasanton, Madeline Pruett, both of cally and around the world. met his wife Betty in San ing the snow in Colorado Oct. 14,1956. Stockton; sister Geraldine at the age of 82, surrounded They made their home His most recent trips were by his adoring family. Francisco and was married and seeing the California (Pruett) Ridenhower, of Mt. in 1961. They were mar- flowers and green hills and in Pleasanton and after his to Tuscany, Belgium, and Gino discharge from active duty Vernon, IL; and 3 genera- South America. He was an ried 50 California oranges was a tions of nieces and nephews was he began his college career avid fan of the Warriors, born years. wonderful first expxerience. along with many loving Dur- She attended Fifth Street at San Jose State, graduating the Forty-Niners, and the May with a bachelor of science friends. Raiders. As a young man ing the School and graduated from He was preceded in death 7,1934 in nursing in 1962. He was he played all sports, spe- in Piob- summer Livermore High School. one of the first two males by his parents, Oscar E. and of 1969, Recently the Alumni Com- cializing in basketball and bico, It- to graduate from San Jose Myrtle Ethel (Braddy) Pru- baseball. He later became a Frank mittee recognized her at this ett, his sister Gladys (Pruett) aly. He State’s School of Nursing. dedicated golfer. Rumor has spent his moved year's homecoming as hon- During his four years at Young Hill, his 6 brothers, it he was able to “clean you child- with his orary homecoming queen. San Jose State, Lisa Anne Hurshel, Clell, Emmett, family She worked in Livermore as was born, Feb. 22, 1959 and out” playing cards before hood in Curtis, George and Dal- you realized what happened. to Liver- a florist and at the Creamery Gregory Farrel came into las Raymond “Bud” Pruett Rome He took great pleasure in Italy. more as a young woman. the world on Dec. 22, 1961. and their wives, along with where During WWII, she and It was also at this time that his mastery of poker, Texas He immigrated with his several nieces and nephews. hold-em, and Blackjack. he raised her husband worked in the he was commissioned as Interment will be Mon- family to America in 1954. Jerry had a very loving and After settling in Livermore, his six Richmond Shipyards until a 1st lieutenant in the Air day, March 6, 2017 at children. He purchased a Force Reserves. He spent generous heart. He will be he met his beautiful bride, he joined the Air Force as 2:30p.m. at the Sacramento home that year and kept a Bomber B 24 pilot. Janet the next 27 years serving missed by his family, his Angelina Bacchetti, in 1956. Valley National Cemetery, many friends, and his ex- himself busy remodeling the was born while Eldred was weekends and one month of 5810 Midway Road, Dixon, They wed in April of 1958. active duty yearly at David tended family both in the Professionally, Gino entered house. Frank loved working in Italy. Community ser- CA with full military rites and was a good provider for vice was always important Grant Hospital, Travis Air U.S. and the P.I. into the construction trades Force Base, in Fairfield. He and Rev. Dan White offici- There will be a "Cel- his family. He began work- to her and she spent over 32 ating. A Celebration of Life and had a very success- eventually became Chief ebration of Life" on March ful career as a Plastering ing for the Livermore School years as a member of Valley- will follow at The Atrium, District in 1972 and loved Care Memorial Auxiliary as Nurse. During those years, 4th 1:30-4:00pm at Beeb's Contractor and was loved he decided to go back to San Hampton Inn & Suites, 800 his job. He had a very strong a cashier in the thrift shop. located at Las Positas Golf by many of his clients and Jose State and get his Mas- Mason Street, Vacaville, CA Course 915 Clubhouse work ethic that was instilled She always felt that the birth 95688. employees. Gino and Angie ter’s Degree in Public Health Drive Livermore, California. had three surviving children, into his own children. Frank of her two chldren, Janet Nursing, which he received Contributions in Far- had 12 grandchildren who during the war and 6 years rel’s memory may be made Christine, Michael and Mi- in 1972. He retired from the chelle. His greatest love he loved very much and later Tom and the return Air Force in 1990 with the to Shepherd’s Gate, 1660 Clifford Bates enjoyed spending time with home of her husband after rank of Colonel. In 1989, Portola Avenue, Livermore, Clifford Bates passed was spending time with his children, grandchildren and them. the war, the most memo- he retired from Agnews De- CA 94551. away peacefully surrounded He was preceded in rable events of her life. velopment Center. by his loving family on Feb- great grandchildren. They were all blessed death by his wife Betty and She is survived by Tom Farrel was a proud, loyal ruary 11, 2017. son Anthony “Tony," his Joan Hartman Cliff was born in 1928 in with a zestful, joyous Italian Chance and Janet Buckley, and loving husband, fa- Joan Hartman, a long parents, Michael and Mar- her two children, and their ther, grandfather, uncle and Oakland CA. When he was family. Gino was an avid time resident of Livermore, gardener, a ringer in Bocce garet, his sister, Margaret spouses in Livermore, six friend. He had never known 12 years old, he and his fam- Kissinger and brothers, Mi- his own grandparents, who passed away February 19, ily moved to Castro Valley and a man with a big heart, grandchildren and eleven 2017 at the age of 92 in chael, Thomas and Patrick great grandchildren. had died before he was born. CA. who was always ready to He loved being “BACA” to Tacoma, WA. help a friend or organize a Mulrooney. He is survived Services are at Asbury After by his children and their Spencer, Tyler and Maddie Joan serving Bocce tournament. United Methodist Church was born spouses: Joanne and Jacques in Livermore at l;00 Friday, (as well as their friends, who in the He is preceeded in death also called him BACA, the in Port- by his wife of 42 years, Souvercaze, John and Pam Feb 24th, reception to fol- Ma- Mulrooney, Tony’s widow name originating from his land, OR rines, Angelina in 1999, his twin low in the Fellowship Hall July 15, Shannon Mulrooney, Marie Donations are suggested first grandchild, Spencer he met sons, Tommy and Bobby, Richardson’s, mispronuncia- 1942. his parents, Domenico and Galut, Frances and Eric to: and Dillard, Patrick and Lisa tion of Grandpa.) She is mar- Adele, brothers Carlo and ValleyCare Charitable He was active in the Mulrooney; as well as his preceded ried the Victor, Sisters Anna Torrice Foundation In memory of Pleasanton Presbyterian in death 12 grandchildren: Chantal Edna Chance for the Val- love of and Rita Malara. Church for 40 years, serving by her husband Richard He is survived by and and Jacqueline Souvercaze, ley Care Auxillary, 111 E. on numerous committees, his life Faye. Hartman and her daughter will be greatly missed by Jonathan Mulrooney, Shawn Stanley Blvd., Livermore, serving as a Deacon and One of his early careers Mulrooney, Meagan, Erin Linda Chism. is that of a union carpen- his 3 children, Christine CA 94550. singing in the choir. For 10 She is survived by daugh- and Paulie Galut, Morgan United Methodist Wom- years, he was the lead guitar- ter, building residential (Manuel) Luna of Granite ters Diana Carey, Tina Hart- Bay, Michael (Erika) Ridolfi and Brennan Dillard, and en in care of Asbury Meth- ist and a singer in HOME- and commercial buildings Josh, Tristen and Patrick man and Heather Hartman; throughout the Bay Area. In of Livermore, and Michelle odist Church, 4743 East COMING, a contemporary grandchildren Patricia Terry, “PJ” Mulrooney. Avenue, Livermore, CA Christian singing group, 1961, Cliff, Faye and family (Eric) Sweet of Livermore, Debbie Metzger, Richard his 11 grandchildren, Manny A Rosary will be held 94550 sponsored by the church. He moved to Pleasanton on a 20 on Thursday, February 23, was a founding member of Chism, Josh Hartman and acre ranch where they be- Luna, Jaclyn (Brett) Leon- Chris Carey. She is also sur- 2017 at 7:00 pm at Cal- James Farrel Pruett the Balloon Platoon, which came poultry ranchers rais- ard, Jacob Luna, Tatum also was sponsored by the vived by 4 great grandchil- Ridolfi, Matthew (Chel- laghan Mortuary, 3833 East July 27, 1934-Feb. 6, 2017 ing 80,000 fryers (chickens) Avenue, Livermore. A mass Long-time Pleasanton resident church and a Cursillista, dren; Stewart Terry, Chris sea) Ridolfi, Sarah Ridolfi, along with sheep and cattle. of Christian burial will be James Farrel Pruett, 82, having made his Cursillo Carey, Hamish Carey and Samantha Ridolfi, Jenni- There wasn’t too much Cliff held on Friday, February 24, passed away surrounded by in 1975. AmeliaAnn Carey. fer (Sam) Meterko, Dani- could not fix or repair from 2017 11:00 am at St. Charles his family at St. Joseph’s Music was an important elle (Jake) Ritchey, Blake farm machinery to carpentry. Borromeo Church, 1315 Lo- Hospital in Stockton, CA. part of his life from the time Gerald D Gutierrez Sweet, and Audrey Sweet, He assisted his children in mitas Ave, Livermore. Far- he learned to play the guitar April 16, 1943 to Feb. 7, 2017 their 4-H projects which his 9 great grandchildren, Livermore, California The family would like rel was and mandolin at the age of 5. many times required the Autumn, Sammy, Caleb, Every member of his family Jerry passed away sur- to give a special Thanks to born on Jade, Oliver, Trent, Elias, played a musical instrument, rounded by family and taming and halter breaking Clarita and Jimmy at J and C a farm Ellis and Cora, his com- except for his mother. friends of wild steers. Cliff enjoyed Home Care in Livermore for near panion Eleanor Grabowski, He prided himself that he at the age his time being a 4-H project taking such good care of our Bloom- his brother Dewey Ridolfi had “perfect pitch," a rare of 73. leader as well. father during his last year. field, and sister Maria DePalma, talent for even some profes- He was In 1983, Cliff, Faye and Callaghan Mortuary is MO to sional musicians. He had family moved to Livermore. and his neighbors of 54 born in years, Margaret and Gilbert honored to be serving the Osca r a beautiful baritone voice the Phil- Cliff started his hobby and and Moomau and Theresa and Mulrooney family. An on- and loved to sing. When ippines passion of growing Giant line guestbook is available Myrtle he had to have 3 surgeries Pumpkins. One of his early Joe Stocking. Pruett (P.I.); Visitation will be 5-7pm for condolences at www. on his hands for Dupitrin’s one of attempts won him 3rd place callaghanmortuary.com on July Contracture, he was devas- Monday, Feb. 27, at Cal- five boys in the Half Moon Bay Pump- 27, tated that he could no longer kin festival. Another of his laghan Mortuary where a 1934. He was the 9th child play his beloved Gibson and one girl. Jerry pumpkins was selected to and the 7th son. He attended guitar. Among his other be on display at Disneyland a one-room school at Acorn talents were oil painting, moved to Califor- during Halloween. Ridge near the farm, where working with stained glass To describe Cliff would he graduated from the 8th nia where he graduated from and refinishing and restor- be that he was a man of grade, after being the only ing furniture, including two St. Patrick’s-St. Joseph's student in his class from grades 6th through 8th. 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By Harry Stoll a bit south to keep it low. Wines on a road less traveled will often On Vasco Road, a small winery with an intimate of Eckert appear. Here are some they are to have: tasting room is opening its large heart to those who Estates, • Cabernet Franc is the daddy of Cabernet Sauvi- enjoy the camaraderie of good wine. The long road to Enoteca 5, gnon (Sauvignon Blanc is the tsarina). Omega Road Winery started in Napa Valley, where Ken Rosa Fierro, • Tempranillo is the everyday wine of Spain; it’s a Henkelman grew up and his love of wine ripened. He and Ehren- black grape that ends up as a full-bodied wine. worked for Mondavi, Christian Brothers, and Grgich berg Cel- • Grenache is the primary varietal in Châteauneuf- Hills Estate wineries. Financial reality sent Ken on a lars—and a du-Pape. Nuf said. long detour with a career in another industry, but the bit north of • Syrah is familiar to wine appreciators and is urge to make wine remained. About 10 years ago, he Nottingham blended with grenache and mourvedre for what we and several friends did some serious winemaking. The Cellars, Americans call GSMs. It has black pepper. friends lost interest, but Ken kept going. His daughter Occasio, • Riesling is a varietal that deserves more attention. Alexandra (after the Russian tsarina) grew up with her Longevity, Sometimes it has a bit of sweetness, sometimes a jet father’s love of wine making, and it’s apparently in her and Wood fuel taste that takes some getting used to but is worth DNA. Family. the trip. Come see how Omega Road renders it. Both father and daughter took viticulture and enol- The grand • Verdelho is a white wine often made into Port in ogy classes at Los Positas College. When Alexandra opening is planned for late May, but they may be open Portugal’s Duoro Valley. It’s a tad sweet but not sticky. married Chris Atterbury the wine at the reception was earlier. Check with them (contact information below). • Graciano seems to be saying, Thank you,” and co-created by the father and daughter. They are busy converting the small office space into an you’ll thank this aromatic full-bodied red wine with Their first try at establishing a bona fide winery was intimate tasting room. Many napkins will be used up flavors of an open Ocean Spray cranberry can and a on Omega Road in San Ramon. The building wasn’t drawing up plans. A formal frame may appear surround bling of bing cherries. It is widely grown in the Rioja up to it but they loved the name. The stylized omega the large circuit breaker box and the even larger fire area of Spain. It’s excellent paired with Lisa Graciano’s character, which is on the current winery on Vasco alarm and control box. Perhaps a huge omega character Gamelan music. Road, may have emerged from one of their planning-on- will surround one or both of them On the day of the interview at Omega Road Winery, a-napkin sessions, during which, says Alexandra, were Omega Road Winery takes wine making very seri- Ken was the Chief Driveway Sweeper. Later he came usually with “… a glass of wine in hand.” That may ac- ously, but has a lighthearted way of presenting their in with a glass of red wine for Alexandra to try. She count for the color of their logo. A good bet is they were wine. What defines them is making wine tasting, and expertly, but with no fancy moves, swirled, sniffed, and drinking graciano. pairing with food fun and not a noble undertaking with tasted, then nodded. “I added a bit of Cabernet Franc,” Anybody who has tried to get the various permits all the folderol. Just clink glasses with friends and said Ken. It’s probable they will also make a Rhône needed to produce and sell wine, or operate a tasting make notes on the napkins that surely will be on the blend, and you’ll sing, “Heaven, I’m in heaven.” room can appreciate their wading through the federal, tasting bar. There will be an occasional catered dinner. Keep checking with them for an opening date. state, and county regulations to get everything up to White tablecloths among the wine barrels. Here’s their information: 22135 South Vasco Road, snuff. Production is now 700-900 barrels and they intend 925.586.0156, [email protected] So here they are, joining several other industrialistas;

LEGAL NOTICES January 4, 2022. listed above on December name listed above. Signature of Registrant(s) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Heather R. Abidi, 8332 :s/: Heather R. Abidi The Independent Legal No. 30, 2016. Signature of Registrant(s) :s/: Thomas Simone, Presi- NAME STATEMENT Creekside Dr, Dublin, CA This statement was filed with FOR INFORMATION 4061. Published February 2, Signature of Registrants: :s/: Gregg W. Nuti dent FILE NO. 527356 94568 the County Clerk of Alameda ON PLACING LEGAL 9, 16, 23, 2017. /s/: Kristen Hayes Kuse, This statement was filed with This statement was filed with The following person(s) do- This business is conducted on February 7, 2017. Expires NOTICES IN FICTITIOUS BUSINESS President the County Clerk of Alameda the County Clerk of Alameda ing business as: Heather’s by an Individual February 7, 2022. THE INDEPENDENT NAME STATEMENT This statement was filed with on January 30, 2017. Expires on January 17, 2017. Expires Resume and Consulting The registrant has not yet The Independent Legal No. Call 925-243-8000 FILE NO. 526754 the County Clerk of Alameda January 30, 2022. January 17, 2022. Service, 8332 Creekside Dr, begun to transact business 4075. Published February on January 30, 2017. Expires The Independent Legal No. using the fictitious business FICTITIOUS BUSINESS The following person(s) do- The Independent Legal No. Dublin, CA 94568, is hereby 16, 23, March 2, 9, 2017. January 30, 2022. 4069. Published February 9, name listed above. NAME STATEMENT ing business as: Collectibles 4073. Published February registered by the following The Independent Legal No. 16, 23, March 2, 2017. Signature of Registrant(s) FILE NO. 526638 Unlimited, 2774 Livermore 16, 23, March 2, 9, 2017. owner(s): 4065. Published February 2, The following person(s) doing Outlets Drive, Livermore, CA FICTITIOUS BUSINESS 9, 16, 23, 2017. business as: Tino’s Tacos & 94551, is hereby registered NAME STATEMENT More, 4587 Shawnee Way, by the following owner(s): FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FILE NO. 527296 Pleasanton, CA 94588, is Mansoor Ahmed Shaikh, NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) do- hereby registered by the fol- 2710 Reddington Way, Brent- FILE NO. 527006 ing business as: Fuel Curve, lowing owner(s): wood, CA 94513 The following person(s) do- 1071 Serpentine Lane, Professionals Choice 1)Marcela Y. Baca 2)Fortino This business is conducted ing business as: Histo-Tec Pleasanton, CA 94566, is Sanchez, 4587 Shawnee by an Individual Laboratory, 2829 Depot Rd, hereby registered by the Way, Pleasanton, CA 94588 The registrant has not yet Suite 4, Hayward, CA 94545, following owner(s): Real Estate Directory This business is conducted begun to transact business is hereby registered by the Goodguy Enterprises, Inc., Local guide to the Valley’s Leading by Married couple using the fictitious business following owner(s): 1071 Serpentine Lane, The registrant has not yet name listed above. Histo-Tec Laboratory, Inc., Pleasanton, CA 94566 Real Estate Professionals & Services begun to transact business Signature of Registrant(s) 2829 Depot Rd, Suite 4, This business is conducted using the fictitious business :s/: Mansoor A. Shaikh Hayward, CA 94545 by a Corporation Livermore’s Top Producing name listed above. This statement was filed with This business is conducted The registrant began to trans- Ivy Signature of Registrant(s) the County Clerk of Alameda by a Corporation act business under the ficti- Real EstateTop Producing Agent 2012Livermore :s/: Marcela Y. Baca on January 23, 2017. Expires The registrant began to tious business name(s) listed Realtor since 1999 This statement was filed with January 23, 2022. transact business under the above on February 1, 2017. www.IvyLoGerfo.com the County Clerk of Alameda The Independent Legal No. fictitious business name(s) Signature of Registrants: www.IvyLoGerfo.com on January 19, 2017. Expires 4062. Published February listed above on December /s/: Andrew Ebel, Secretary (925)925 998-5312 998-5312 29, 2016. This statement was filed with CalBRE#01267853 January 19, 2022. 2, 9, 16, 23, 2017. The Independent Legal No. Signature of Registrants: the County Clerk of Alameda FICTITIOUS BUSINESS BRE #01267853 Ivy 4058. Published February NAME STATEMENT /s/: Steve Avolicino, Presi- on February 6, 2017. Expires 2, 9, 16, 23, 2017. FILE NO. 526919 dent February 6, 2022. This statement was filed with The Independent Legal No. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS The following person(s) doing the County Clerk of Alameda 4070. Published February 9, Sandee Utterback NAME STATEMENT business as: Care Education, on January 30, 2017. Expires 16, 23, March 2, 2017. (925) 487-0524 FILE NO. 526783 3144 San Gabriel Way, Union CalBRE#00855150 January 30, 2022. Cindy Williams Gene Williams The following person(s) doing City, CA 94587, is hereby FICTITIOUS BUSINESS REALTOR®, CRS & GRI REALTOR® The Independent Legal No. WWW.SANDEEU.COM business as: Mimi’s Nail Spa, registered by the following NAME STATEMENT (925) 918-2045 (510) 390-0325 4066. Published February 2, Specializing in 7114 Dublin Blvd, Dublin, CA owner(s): FILE NO. 526814 www.WilliamsReGroup.com Livermore’s 9, 16, 23, 2017. The following person(s) doing 94568, is hereby registered Lucia Alviar, 849 E. Stanley Over Two Decades of Experience! Finest Homes by the following owner(s): Blvd #312, Livermore, CA FICTITIOUS BUSINESS business as: Dollar Drain Mai Nguyen, 418 Persimmon 94550 NAME STATEMENT and Rooter, 480 Preston FILE NO. 526854 Gail Henderson Common Unit 12, Livermore, This business is conducted Court Suite E, Livermore, CA Broker Associate, MPA SABRINA BASCOM CA 94551 by an Individual The following person(s) doing 94551, is hereby registered Commercial • Residential This business is conducted The registrant has not yet business as: W.I.T. Fitness by the following owner(s): (925) 337-0194 (925) 980-5648 [email protected] by an Individual begun to transact business and Barbell, 5039 Preston Dollar Plumbing, Inc., 1004 www.gailhenderson.com The registrant began to trans- using the fictitious business Ave., Livermore, CA 94551, El Caminito, Livermore, CA Cal BRE#01848451 act business under the ficti- name listed above. is hereby registered by the 94550 Cal BRE 101 E. Vineyard Ave tious business name(s) listed Signature of Registrant(s) following owner(s): This business is conducted #01709171 #103, Livermore, CA above on January 1, 2017. :s/: Lucia Alviar Darrell Ray Lutz, 1851 Peary by a Corporation Signature of Registrants: This statement was filed with Way, Livermore, CA 94550 The registrant began to trans- DONNA SUSAN /s/: Mai Nguyen the County Clerk of Alameda This business is conducted act business under the ficti- PREFERRED BROKERS GARRISON SCHALL This statement was filed with on January 27, 2017. Expires by an Individual tious business name(s) listed 925.980.0273 925.519.8226 Wanda Thompson CA BRE Lic. # 01395362, 01735040, 01964566 the County Clerk of Alameda January 27, 2022. The registrant has not yet above on January 24, 2017. Search Tri-Valley Homes for Sale at on January 24, 2017. Expires The Independent Legal No. begun to transact business Signature of Registrants: 925.858.9128 FabulousProperties.net January 24, 2022. 4063. Published February using the fictitious business /s/: Al M. Jerusalem The Independent Legal No. 2, 9, 16, 23, 2017. name listed above. This statement was filed with 411 So L St, Suite E, Livermore 4059. Published February 2, STATEMENT OF Signature of Registrant(s) the County Clerk of Alameda BRE#00983781 / NMLS#244633 9, 16, 23, 2017. ABANDONMENT :s/: Darrell Lutz on January 24, 2017. Expires FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS This statement was filed with January 24, 2022. the County Clerk of Alameda The Independent Legal No. Brett D. Caires Team Evans NAME STATEMENT NAME Working harder for you since 1987 Excellence in Real Estate FILE NO. 526650 FILE NO. 499054-56 on January 25, 2017. Expires 4071. Published February 9, January 25, 2022. 16, 23, March 2, 2017. The following person(s) doing The following person(s) has Craig & Rebecca Evans The Independent Legal No. CalBRE #01971528 | #01498025 business as: Dublin Employ- (have) abandoned the use FICTITIOUS BUSINESS 4067. Published February ment Enterprise, 8061 Pep- of the Fictitious Business NAME STATEMENT 925.449.5888 TeamEvansRealEstate.com 2, 9, 16, 23, 2017. pertree Road, Dublin, CA Name: 1)Integrated Gen- FILE NO. 526817 [email protected] 94568, is hereby registered eral Counsel 2)Integrated FICTITIOUS BUSINESS The following person(s) doing LIC#00958328 925.784.2870 by the following owner(s): General Counsel Services NAME STATEMENT business as: Fix Fitness LLC, Jack F. Delaney, 8061 Pep- 3)Integrated Legal Counsel, FILE NO. 527068 795 Daisyfield Drive, Liver- Cindy Greci Dominic Greci DENNIS SERRAO pertree Road, Dublin, CA 4900 Hopyard Road, Suite The following person(s) doing more, CA 94551, is hereby (925) 784-1243 (925) 525-0864 Broker Associate /REALTOR business as: Castro Brothers registered by the following 94568 100, Pleasanton, CA 94588. GRI GRI Serving Livermore & Tri-Valley since 1999 This business is conducted The Fictitious Business Name Mechanic, 208 North I Street owner(s): [email protected] by an Individual Statement being abandoned - C, Livermore, CA 94551, Fix Fitness LLC, 795 Daisy- TriValleyHomeSellers.com The registrant has not yet was filed on 12/10/2014 in the is hereby registered by the field Drive, Livermore, CA BRE#01323804 BRE#01707140 begun to transact business County of Alameda. following owner(s): 94551 (925) 876-3756 using the fictitious business The full name of Registrant: Luis F. Castro, 898 Herman This business is conducted www.GreciGroup.com Cal BRE#01251442 name listed above. Kristen Hayes Kuse, Esq., Ave #204, Livermore, CA by a Limited liability company Signature of Registrant(s) 938 Montevino Drive, Pleas- 94551 The registrant has not yet KRISTY PEIXOTO Linda Newton :s/: Jack Delaney anton, CA 94588 This business is conducted begun to transact business AND COMPANY REALTOR®, GRI, SRES This statement was filed with Signature of Registrant: by an Individual using the fictitious business Estates, Ranches & Land Realtors (925) 216-2015 the County Clerk of Alameda /s/: Kristen Hayes Kuse, Esq. The registrant has not yet name listed above. (925) 251-2536 [email protected] on January 19, 2017. Expires This statement was filed with begun to transact business Signature of Registrant(s) BHGHome.com/LindaNewton [email protected] CalBRE# 01312631 January 19, 2022. the County Clerk of Alameda using the fictitious business :s/: Chris Winter, President/ Estatesandranches.com The Independent Legal No. on January 30, 2017. Expires name listed above. Manager 4060. Published February January 30, 2022. Signature of Registrant(s) This statement was filed with CalBRE #01256255 2, 9, 16, 23, 2017. The Independent Legal No. :s/: Luis F. Castro the County Clerk of Alameda Mortgage Banking FICTITIOUS BUSINESS 4064. Published February 2, This statement was filed with on January 24, 2017. Expires 275 S K Street NAME STATEMENT 9, 16, 23, 2017. the County Clerk of Alameda January 24, 2022. Livermore, CA 94550 on January 31, 2017. Expires The Independent Legal No. Michelle Elliott RESERVED FOR YOU AD. FILE NO. 526048 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Mortgage Banker The following person(s) do- NAME STATEMENT January 31, 2022. 4072. Published February 925-212-6907 | Fax: 866-378-1616 FOR INFORMATION, ing business as: Claudine’s, FILE NO. 527002-527004 The Independent Legal No. 16, 23, March 2, 9, 2017. 4068. Published February 9, [email protected] 209 McLeod Street, Liver- The following person(s) doing FICTITIOUS BUSINESS CALL (925) 243-8000. 16, 23, March 2, 2017. homeloans.chase.com/michelle.d.elliott more, CA 94550, is hereby business as: 1)Integrated NAME STATEMENT NMLS ID: 694685 registered by the following General Counsel 2)Integrat- FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FILE NO. 526501 owner(s): ed General Counsel Services NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) doing Claudine DeCarlisle, 209 3)Integrated Legal Counsel, FILE NO. 526996 business as: Papi Wines, Marina Guevorkian McLeod Street, Livermore, 4900 Hopyard Road, Suite The following person(s) doing 6383 Las Positas Rd, Liver- REALTOR, e-PRO CA 94550 100, Pleasanton, CA 94588, business as: Envision Enter- more, CA 94551, is hereby FIVE STAR Real Estate Agent Reward This business is conducted is hereby registered by the prise, 1141 Catalina Drive, registered by the following 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 by an Individual following owner(s): Ste. 149, Livermore, CA owner(s): (925) 640-8824 The registrant began to trans- Integrated General Counsel, 94550, is hereby registered T & Beer, Inc., 55 Old Turn- SellingLivermore.com act business under the ficti- P.C., 4900 Hopyard Road, by the following owner(s): pike Rd, Suite #408, Nanuet, tious business name(s) listed Suite 100, Pleasanton, CA Gregg W. Nuti, 1403 Cheryl NY 10954 CalBRE #01390611 above on February 2000. 94588 Drive, Livermore, CA 94550 This business is conducted Signature of Registrants: This business is conducted This business is conducted by a Corporation /s/: Claudine DeCarlisle by a Corporation by an Individual The registrant has not yet To Place Your Ad, Call Your Account This statement was filed with The registrant began to The registrant has not yet begun to transact business the County Clerk of Alameda transact business under the begun to transact business using the fictitious business Representative At (925) 243-8001 on January 4, 2017. Expires fictitious business name(s) using the fictitious business name listed above. February 23, 2017 • The Independent 11

CSLB (2752). Unlicensed FICTITIOUS BUSINESS TO PLACE persons taking jobs less NAME STATEMENT CLASSIFIED AD than $500 must state in their FILE NO. 527176 Call (925)243-8000 advertisements that they are The following person(s) doing MERCHANDISE not licensed by the Contrac- business as: Diablo Timing, tors State License Board.” 1647 Alviso Place, Liver- 118) FREE SECTION more, CA 94551, is hereby Free Pine & Oak Wood REAL ESTATE registered by the following You cut & haul it Inland Valley owner(s): Lots of Pine cones, too Publishing Co. Cable Installers Wanted! 1)Shannon James Sos 2) Please call Client Code:04126-00001 Immediate openings for Cable Installers Melissa Ann Sos, 1647 Alviso (408)897-3156 Re: Legal Notice for Place, Livermore, CA 94551 Classified Ads No experience necessary, we will train. This business is conducted ANNOUNCEMENTS The Federal Fair Housing by Married Couple Act, Title VII of the Civil $500 Bonus for no experience The registrant began to trans- 155) NOTICES Rights Act of 1964, and state $2500 Bonus with sufficient experience act business under the ficti- “NOTICE TO READERS: law prohibit advertisements tious business name(s) listed California law requires that for housing and employment Benefits - Health, Dental, Vision, 401K Real Estate Sales, above on January 1, 2017. contractors taking jobs that that contain any preference, Company vehicle with gas card provided Signature of Registrants: total $500 or more (labor limitation or discrimination /s/: Shannon James Sos and/or materials) be licensed based on protected classes, Bring current DMW report to interview. Ownership Impacts This statement was filed with by the Contractors State including race, color, religion, Call (916) 215-9309 to apply. the County Clerk of Alameda License Board. State law sex, handicap, familial status on February 2, 2017. Expires also requires that contractors or national origin. IVPC does Open Interviews Mon-Fri 9am-3pm Your Taxes February 2, 2022. include their license numbers not knowingly accept any 1920 Mark Ct. #190, Concord, CA By Cher Wollard The Independent Legal No. on all advertising. Check your advertisements that are in If you bought or sold real estate this year, you could be af- 4076. Published February 16, contractor’s status at www. violation of the law. fected by various types of taxes – as well as tax advantages. If 23, March 2, 9, 2017. cslb.ca.gov or (800)321- you already own real estate, you almost certainly are entitled to FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT e certain tax advantages. FILE NO. 526855 There are direct write-offs related to making mortgage pay- The following person(s) do- ments and paying property taxes, which may lower your level ing business as: Golightly of taxable income. They could even push you into a lower tax Interpreting Services, 3987 Payne Road, Pleasanton, CA bracket. Rules about leasing, “flipping” or short sales could also 94588, is hereby registered come in to play. by the following owner(s): Every taxpayer's financial situation is different, so please con- Emily Tuckerman Furr, 3987 Daniel Alpher sult with a tax professional regarding your individual tax liability. Payne Road, Pleasanton, Sally Blaze ® ® CA 94588 REALTOR REALTOR As you prepare your tax returns this year, consider the main This business is conducted 925.548.6500 925.998.1284 deductions associated with homeownership: by an Individual [email protected] [email protected] 1. Mortgage interest paid on your loan. This is the big one. The registrant has not yet daniel.apr.com sblaze.apr.com begun to transact business Most married couples filing jointly can deduct interest on up to using the fictitious business $1 million in mortgage debt on their primary residence and/or name listed above. on a second home, such as vacation property. For individuals, Signature of Registrants: Lynn Borley the limit is $500,000. /s/: Emily Furr Tracey Esling ® ® This statement was filed with REALTOR REALTOR Interest paid on a refinance loan, home equity loan or home the County Clerk of Alameda 925.487.3371 925.366.8275 equity line of credit is tax-deductible as well, although there are on January 25, 2017. Expires [email protected] [email protected] restrictions if you raise your mortgage debt beyond the property's January 25, 2022. lynnb.apr.com tesling.apr.com The Independent Legal No. fair market value. 4077. Published February 23, 2. Property taxes. The taxes you pay to the county based on the March 2, 9, 16, 2017. purchase price of your home may be deducted on your tax returns. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Leslie Faught Alain Pinel Realtors is Pleased Linda Futral 3. Mortgage insurance, sometimes called MI or PMI. This is to Announce Our Association NAME STATEMENT ® with Tracey Esling not the same as homeowner’s insurance, which is a policy you REALTOR in Our Pleasanton Office Broker/Realtor FILE NO. 527611-12 Experience The Difference 925.784.7979 Tracey Esling 925.366.8275 925.980.3561 take out to cover your home in case of fire, flood or other disaster. The following person(s) doing tesling.apr.com business as: 1) Hot Country [email protected] [email protected] Mortgage insurance instead covers the lender, and is usually re- Live 2) hotcountrylive.com, LeslieFaught.com LindaFutral.com quired on loans for more than 80 percent of the value of the home. 2219 First St, Suite C, Liver- A lot of Californians, however, will not be able to take advan- more, CA 94550, is hereby registered by the following tage of this tax credit as it is phased out by 10 percent for each owner(s): Dan Gamache Kat Gaskins $1,000 by which your adjusted gross income tops $100,000 for Bryan Thomas Fagundes, REALTOR® REALTOR® married couples or $50,000 for single people or married people 1713 Mill Springs Common filing separately. 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54th Annual First Ever Innovation Fair Coin Show March 5, 2017 Planned in Livermore in April 10am - 5pm The first ever Livermore 3D printing, telepresence, history of science and tech- nects Bay Area founders, free admission Innovation Fair will be held drones, remotely operated nology, rooted for decades in investors, executives and free appraisals in downtown Livermore vehicles (ROV), wood shop, the work of Lawrence Liver- technology developers with on Saturday April 8, 2017. virtual reality and more. more National Laboratories the life sciences community elk’s lodge This is a joint project led by More than 12,500 stu- and Sandia National Labora- in the East Bay. Visit igatei- Livermore Valley Perform- dents in the Livermore tories. The Tri-Valley area is hub.org 940 Larkspur Drive, Livermore ing Arts Center (LVPAC), school district, spanning now increasingly becoming Livermore Valley Educa- every grade from K-12, have a hub for the next generation tion Foundation (LVEF), been invited as well as their of research labs, start-ups local tech-focused non-profit families, friends and other and corporations. LVPAC, iGate and the Livermore community members. The LVEF, LVJUSD and iGate Valley Joint Unified School event is a unique opportunity hope to make the Innovation District. Titled “By Earth, to pull together these inno- Fair an annual event, sharing By Water, By Air,” the free vations in a single venue to with young people and the event has been designed to reach a broad audience. entire community how the energize Livermore students’ LVPAC’s Education latest STEAM developments connection with the science, Program Manager Kiran will impact their future. technology, engineering, Guleria, who also serves Livermore Valley Per- arts and math (STEAM) on the board of LVEF, has forming Arts Center offers disciplines. been involved in planning wide-ranging programs that The event will be held on the event since it was first provide access to the arts for the Bankhead Theater plaza conceived last year and the Tri-Valley community at 2400 First Street from is excited to see it come and beyond. In addition to 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. with together. “Everyone who welcoming diverse artists the support of key spon- attends will have an oppor- from every musical genre, sors, Lawrence Livermore tunity to see how STEAM theater, comedy and dance National Security LLC and developments interconnect through its LVPAC Pres- LAM Research. in our world,” said Guleria. ents series, the Bankhead The fair’s theme, “By “These innovations will play Theater, together with the Earth, By Water, By Air,” a role in every aspect of our Bothwell Arts Center, serves links the five STEAM disci- lives, impacting fields as as home to nine resident plines and will be expressed diverse as manufacturing, performing arts companies in scientific displays, visual medicine, product design, and over 40 studio artists art, and technology experi- and entertainment.” The and cultural arts instructors. ments. The family-friendly displays and presentations Visit lvpac.org event has been designed are scaled so attendees of Livermore Valley Educa- as equal parts science fair, all ages can interact and tion Foundation is dedicated high-tech exhibition, art learn. “I hope that everyone to addressing contemporary show and community carni- will experience a sense of funding challenges in Liver- val. Throughout the Innova- wonder and excitement as more public education. They tion Fair, hands-on experi- they explore the latest in- provide a central community ences for all ages will be novations,” she added. resource focused on sustain- offered in rocketry, robotics, Livermore has a long ing excellence in education for all students across the city of Livermore, supporting programs for children, teens and teachers through Kepler, Don’t Give Up On donations, school block grants, matching grants, The Hunt for Exomoons scholarships, teacher awards and more. Visit: livermo- The Kepler spacecraft has been prolific in its search revalleyeducationfound. for planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets, wordpress.com discovering thousands since its launch in 2009. The hunt Livermore Valley Joint FREE ADMISSION for moons orbiting these exoplanets, or exomoons, is vastly Unified School District more challenging. While no exomoons have been found to serves more than 12,500 date, a new study shows that the search is not futile. students throughout Liver- Researchers have demonstrated for the first time that it more with eight elementary is possible for a planetary collision to form a moon large schools, two K-8 schools, enough for Kepler to detect. Lawrence Livermore National three middle schools, two Laboratory physicist Megan Bruck Syal and Amy Barr of comprehensive high schools the Planetary Science Institute conducted a series of around and two alternative schools. 30 simulations to explore how various factors affect moon Visit livermoreschools.com creation. In the end, they were able to narrow in on a set iGate is a non-profit orga- of conditions that would create satellites much larger than nization dedicated to build- the Earth’s moon. The study – “Formation of massive rocky ing a thriving startup com- exomoons by giant impact” – will appear in the May issue munity in the Tri-Valley. The of the Royal Astronomical Society’s Monthly Notices. Switch is an incubator and “We weren’t modeling something that's been observed,” co-working shared space Syal said. “This problem was more abstract, more theoreti- for startups, entrepreneurs cal. It took a while, but once we were able to generate these and creative enterprises lo- massive moons, we were pretty excited.” cated on Second Street in The thinking on the creation of Earth’s moon is that a downtown Livermore. iGate planetoid the size of Mars collided with a smaller proto- also produces the NextTech Earth about 4.5 billion years ago, ejecting significant debris Speaker Series which con- into orbit that consolidated into a disk and eventually the moon. The result was a satellite that is about 1.2 percent of Earth’s mass. In order for an exomoon to be large enough for Kepler to detect with existing transit techniques, it would need to be at least 10 percent the size of the Earth, according to detection criteria from the “Hunt for Exomoons with Kepler” project. Previous research on the Earth’s moon considered factors like the angle of impact and relative masses of colliding bodies. As the impact angle becomes more oblique, more material is injected into orbit. Similarly, as the two bodies approach equal size, the disk mass increases. This study found that a third factor, impact velocity, also plays a crucial role in determining how large a moon an impact can create. “Prior research has focused on a fairly narrow set of conditions, favorable to forming Earth’s moon,” Syal said. “This is the first study to consider a much wider array of impact scenarios, exploring the full range of what may be possible in other planetary systems. There is a lot of uncharted territory.” Once impact velocity surpasses a certain threshold, the simulations show a precipitous drop in the amount of mass the disk can retain. By adjusting these three variables, Syal and Barr demonstrated a set of scenarios that would result in the creation of massive moons: A collision between like- sized objects that are 2 to 7 Earth masses, at an oblique impact angle, and velocity near escape speed can launch into orbit enough mass to create a satellite large enough to be detected in Kepler transit data. In the future, if exomoons are successfully observed, results from this study can be used to constrain their individual formation histories.

Donate Your Vehicle to Tri-Valley Conservancy Help Preserve Land for Future Generations

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Golden Age of Film Setting for Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro

The golden age of film been traditional. However, Uncle Yu's at the Vine- in the 1940s is the setting of LVO’s new Artistic Direc- yard, followed by a dessert Livermore Valley Opera’s tor and Metropolitan Opera reception in the Bankhead (LVO) second grand opera singer Erie Mills was look- Theater. The welcome re- production of its 25th Anni- ing for a new staging. ception begins at 4 pm and versary season when it pres- “I thought it was time dinner seating at 4:30 pm ents Mozart’s The Marriage for us to see it done in a at Uncle Yu's, conveniently of Figaro with a unique and different, yet meaningful located one-half block from compelling stage direction way. This production will the theater. Guests will by Brian Luedloff. be interesting for those who have a chance to meet the 'Your Move' by Susan Else The Marriage of Figaro know Figaro, as well as Stage Director Brian Luedl- (Le Nozze di Figaro) by for those who have never off and LVO’s Music Direc- Mozart will be performed Brian Luedloff seen the opera. We have tor Alexander Katsman who March 11, 7:30 p.m., March a fabulous cast featuring will share their vision of National Quilt Show 12, 2 p.m.; March 18, 7:30 baritone Bernardo Bermu- the opera. The wine for the p.m. and March 19, 2 p.m. dez (Count Almaviva), so- event is sponsored by Eagle at the Bankhead Theater in prano Lacy Sauter (Count- Ridge Vineyard. Guests will Next Exhibit at downtown Livermore. ess Almaviva), soprano have a chance to win two Opening Night Gala Christie Conover (Susanna) tickets for “A Day on the celebration dinner March and baritone Efrain Solis Bay” aboard Hornblower Harrington Gallery 11 at Uncle Yu’s at the (Figaro), and I trust Brian Yacht for Opening Day on Vineyard, 4 pm. (separate and our Music Director the Bay. The underwriter “On The Fringe,” a National Travelling Exhibit ticket purchase required.) Alexander Katsman to give for the gala is Caratti Jewel- The Marriage of Figaro our audiences an experience ers owner Colin Bennet, sponsored by Studio Art Quilt Associates and the is a timeless comedy with they will not forget. It has Livermore jeweler for over Texas Quilt Museum in La Grange, Texas, will be its bubbling overture and the potential to be the La La 65 years. the next major exhibition at the Harrington Gallery brilliant arias composed by Land of opera!” Gala Tickets are $90, at the Firehouse Arts Center in Pleasanton. It opens Mozart at the height of his Bernardo Bermudez LVO will be adding and are available through March 9 and runs through April 15, 2017. genius, the result is a witty period décor and other Bankhead Theater box Comprised of twenty-one large-scale art “quilts,” yet profound tale of love, “Film stars of the gold- surprises to complete the office. including several prize-winning 3-D works, the show betrayal, and forgiveness. en age of Hollywood are audiences’ experience, in- • Pre-opera talk… is juried by Dr. Sandra Sider, who is Curator for the It tells how the servants, Fi- the closest thing we have cluding encouraging guests Included in the ticket price Texas Quilt Museum and a New York contemporary garo and Susanna, cleverly to royalty and aristocracy,” to come to a performance in are pre-opera talks held one quilt artist specializing in cyanotype. A small recent outwit their master, Count 1940s attire. hour prior to curtain time. explains Luedloff. “A film piece by Sider will be on display as well. Almaviva, from seducing stage setting will allow us “We think it would be LVO’s traditional artist’s re- Susanna. Through their to reveal some of Figaro’s fun for guests to join the ception is held in the lobby A free opening reception will be held on Saturday, manipulations, the Count’s scenes in a traditional way LVO volunteers and board immediately following each March 11, from 1:00-3:00 p.m. in the Harrington love for his Countess is with period costumes (those members in dressing in performance. Gallery. Light refreshments will be served. Guests restored. Adding to the scenes being filmed) and 1940’s theme attire,” adds • Free Student Dress- are welcome to come explore the exhibit, and ask fun is an old man seeking in a more immediate way Mills. “From zoot suits and Rehearsal Night March questions and chat with the juror and SAQA member revenge, a scheming maid, in the behind-the-scenes fedora hats for men, draped 9: Students are invited to at- artists. At 2:00 p.m., Sider will give a talk on some a drunken gardener, and an elements of the story (the gowns or jitter-bug swing tend the final dress rehears- of the works. (Please note, the gallery will not open amorous teenager. actor playing the Count dresses for women, classic al of the opera on Thursday, until 1:00 p.m. on March 11.) Stage director Brian Lu- imposing himself on the Hollywood starlet looks to March 9 at the Bankhead Harrington Gallery Director Julie Finegan notes edloff returns to Livermore World War II uniforms, the Theater. Admission is free actress playing Susanna). that the pieces were created using many different to stage his third opera with And all without losing a scene will be set not only to students with ID. Ad- LVO (previously staged La bit of the delicious human- on stage but in the seats mission for adults accompa- surface design techniques, such as photography, Traviata and Madama But- ity and humor that Mozart, too.” nying their student is $10. painting, dyeing, stitch resist, screen printing and terfly). He is co-producing [librettist] daPonte and Special Events School teachers are also more, employed in distinctive and innovative ways. his creative vision of Figaro [playwright] Beaumarchais • Opening Night Gala, free with ID. The Free Stu- The more sculptural pieces include a complete with its 1940s film stars play intended!” March 11, at Uncle’s Yu’s dent Night is part of LVO’s 48”x48” textile sculpture chess set titled “Your portraying Mozart’s char- LVO’s two previous at the Vineyards: Gala education outreach efforts (continued on page 2) acters. productions of Figaro have ticket includes dinner at (continued on page 4) 2 The Independent • February 23, 2017

Zeppelin USA to Make Stop at Firehouse

Zeppelin USA (ZUSA) kicked off 2017 with its new full-blown, state-of- the-art concert production, “and the fans went wild,” as several reviewers noted. ZUSA has announced a concert stop in the Tri-Val- ley at Pleasanton’s Fire- house Arts Center Theater, with two shows: Saturday, March 4, at 8:00 p.m., and Sunday, March 5, at 7:30 p.m. Reserved seating tickets are $28-$38. Tickets can be ZUSA to perform purchased online at www. firehousearts.org, by calling ert Plant’ wig, the dragon ing to stand on the integrity band is: Brody Dolyniuk 925-931-4848, and in per- suit a la Jimmy Page, and of the music performance, (lead vocal, harmonica, Celestial Highway by Ann Grundler son at the Box Office, 4444 so on… as so many other they are “intense about get- guitar), Steve Zukowsky Railroad Avenue, Pleasan- Zep tributes have done,” ting the right tones, vocal (guitars, theremin), Jona- ton. Box Office hours are notes their publicity. “But inflections, mix, etc.” than Gilcrest (bass guitar, QUILTS Wednesday - Friday 12:00 (continued from front page) we knew that in order to The members of ZUSA keyboards, mandolin, noon-6:00pm and Satur- set ourselves apart from are veteran musicians vocals), and Patrick Leon Move,” created by Susan Else. “Definitely not a tradi- days 10:00am-4:00pm, the pack we had to choose who've performed for tens (drums, percussion, vocals). tional quilt show: no patterns involved here,” declares and two hours prior to the a different path.” Choos- of thousands of people. The Finegan. performance if not sold out. Founded in 1989 as a non-profit organization, SAQA’s Note: at this writing Satur- mission is to promote the art quilt through education, day is almost sold out, with exhibitions, professional development, documentation limited seat selection still Poetry at Ravenswood to Feature and publications. SAQA defines an art quilt as "a creative available for the Sunday visual work that is layered and stitched or that references performance. Poet D.A. Powell As Guest Reader this form of stitched layered structure." Stairway to Heaven, Now with over 3,400 members, SAQA is artists, teach- Whole Lotta Love, Kash- Poetry at Ravenswood genheim Foundation and ers, collectors, gallery owners, and museum curators, mir, and Black Dog top the Historic Site will take place the National Endowment plus a dedicated core of volunteers and staff at both the set lists, along with deeper on Sunday, March 5. The for the Arts. national and regional level. Included in this exhibition are cuts for the more diehard series is presented by the Critic Stephen Burt, members from the Northern California/Northern Nevada fans. Shedding the typical City of Livermore and Poet writing in the New York Region. Laureate Kevin Gunn. Times, said of D. A. Powell, This is group's 2nd show at the Firehouse Arts Center, wigs and costumes, Zep- pelin USA says their focus Poet D.A. Powell will be “No accessible poet of his the first being STRATA, the juried exhibit that was pre- featured. The event takes generation is half as origi- sented November-December 2015. is on recreating the iconic Zeppelin trademark sound, place from 2 to 4 p.m. with nal, and no poet as original The Harrington Gallery is located inside the Firehouse the featured reading starting is this accessible.” Arts Center, 4444 Railroad Avenue, Pleasanton. Gallery staying true to the music and spirit of the iconic at 2 p.m. An open mic fol- A former Briggs-Cope- hours are Wednesday through Saturday, 12:00-5:00 p.m., lows after a short break. land Lecturer in Poetry at Saturday 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., and one hour before most group. “We could have eas- Powell is the author of Harvard University, Powell performances and during intermissions. Admission for ily donned the blonde ‘Rob- this exhibit is free; donations are gratefully accepted. five collections, includ- has taught at Stanford, ing Useless Landscape, or Columbia, University of A Guide for Boys, which Iowa’s Iowa Writers’ Work- Coin Club Annual Show Set for March 5 received the National Book shop and Davidson College. D.A. Powell Photo - Matt The Livermore Valley Coin Club will hold its 54th Annual Show March 5th, 2017 at Critics Circle Award in po- He teaches at University of Valentine the Livermore/Pleasanton Elks Lodge, 940 Larkspur Drive in Livermore. etry. His honors include the San Francisco and lives in Show hours are 10am to 5pm. It will feature about 30 dealers, displays and informa- Kingsley Tufts Prize in Po- San Francisco. David Leavitt. tion booth. Admission, parking and coin appraisals are free. Catered lunch service will etry and an Arts & Letters Powell’s most recent Admission is $5. Light be available. Wooden nickels will be given away to commemorate the show. An hourly Award in Literature from book, Repast: Tea, Lunch & refreshments will be served. drawing will take place for a US Silver Eagle bullion coin. Coins will be given out to the the American Academy of Cocktails, is a reissue of his Ravenswood is located kids. Arts & Letters, as well as first three collections with at 2657 Arroyo Road in For more information, call Steve Kramer at (925) 980-9307. fellowships from the Gug- an introduction by novelist Livermore. February 23, 2017 • The Independent 3 Showcase of Magic Includes Comedy, Illusions and Sleight of Hand Called “a must for magic buffs of all ages” by The skillfully mixed with flash, laser lights and live animals. Los Angeles Times, the 61st anniversary edition of “It’s For almost 20 years, he has worked to solve the inexhaust- Magic!” will deliver an all new show of magic, mystery Henrik Bothe ible question, “Do you believe in magic?” by embracing and illusion when it comes to the Bankhead Theater in the apparel and apparatus of the stereotypical magician in March. his own unique and modern way. This showcase of magical arts incorporates comedy, • Chris Blackmore, an award-winning comedian and sleight of hand, and stage illusions. These award-winning magician, has been a featured entertainer at Disneyworld magicians have all been featured at the exclusive Holly- Parks in Florida. In addition to performing worldwide, he wood club, The Magic Castle, as well as in shows around has been headlining the show at Warren and Annabelle’s the world. Making its fourth return to the Bankhead Magic Club in Maui, Hawaii, for more than eight years. Theater, “It’s Magic!” will offer a single performance on Fast paced and funny, Blackmore is considered the quick- Saturday evening, March 4, 2017 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are est wit in magic. $35-$60 for adults, $16 for students and active military. • A native of Denmark, Henrik Bothe became mesmer- Developed in Los Angeles in the mid-1950s, the origi- ized by the plate spinning acts he saw on the Ed Sullivan nal “It’s Magic!” variety show ran for nearly 30 years, (continued on page 9) sparking interest in the magical arts with its engaging mix of magic, illusions and stage entertainment. In the mid- 1990s, a renewed interest in family-friendly magic shows led to a collaboration between Larsen and producer Terry Hill to recreate an all new “It’s Magic!” show. Featuring an ever-changing roster of world-class masters in the magical arts, each year the show offers audiences of all ages the opportunity to experience the wonder and suspense of the very best in magic and illusion. CLASSIC ALBUMS The 2017 “It’s Magic!” show will feature a variety of • Dubbed “The Lord of Illusions,” Dan Birch’s high- performers: tech magic style has been shaped by his dramatic looks, LIVE Performs Fleetwood mac’s “rumors“ album Jazz All Stars to Perform in Concert note-for-note, cut-for-cut The East Bay Jazz High a competitive audition Sponsored by Liver- invaluable opportunity for Fri 8pm School All-Stars Band will process. The All Stars will more Valley Performing real-world performance ex- Feb 24 perform at the Bothwell perform in two configura- Arts Center’s educational perience as jazz musicians Arts Center in Livermore tions, the Big Band and outreach program, East Bay outside a school setting and on Saturday evening, March the smaller Jazz Combo, Jazz is the brainchild of fosters appreciation for jazz 11, 2017. 7 to 9 p.m. with a short break between local trombonist, composer music as an art form within The group is made up of musical sets. Guests will and teacher Spencer Suss- the community. more than 20 exceptionally be free to either mingle or man. Now in its second The Bothwell Arts Cen- talented high school musi- sit during the performance, year, the East Bay Jazz ter islocated at 2466 Eighth cians from throughout the and refreshments will be High School All Stars Band St., Livermore. Tickets are East Bay, selected through available for purchase. provides students with an $15 adults, $10 students. They can be purchased at Global Symphonic www.bankheadtheater.org Gems It’s Magic! Performing at the Bankhead Gala. or by calling 373-6800. thriLLing new ShOw PACiFiC ChAmber OF mAgiC & myStery After auditions each fall, OrCheStrA the All Stars rehearse sev- Sat mAr 4 8pm Sun Feb 26 2pm eral hours each week and perform throughout the Bay Area. Last year, in addition The “Voice of Broadway” to providing the pre-show entertainment for LVPAC’s Brilliance at the Bankhead Betty gala in September, the group performed at the San Buckley Jose Jazz Festival and other Featuring Jazz Pianist venues. For availability Christian Jacob and booking, contact Kiran Guleria, LVPAC’s Educa- Fri mAr 3 8pm tion Program Manager at 925.583.2312 or kguleria@ 925.373.6800 LVPAC.org lvpac.org 2400 First Street, Downtown Livermore 4 The Independent • February 23, 2017 Livermore Valley Opera Yesterday into Today Offers a Free Showcase of By Sarah Bobson Upcoming Opera

The Livermore Valley instrumentalists from the The Barn in Scotts Valley Opera will showcase tal- LVO opera orchestra will ented singers appearing in perform. Frank Johnson Reportedly during the mid-to-late 60s, if you visited of their cars to beg their parents to stop. The Barn, with its the upcoming production will accompany on piano. The Barn in Scotts Valley on a Friday or a Saturday psychedelic murals and light shows, joined the list of cu- of Mozart's opera, The “The singers will pro- riosities that would beckon a different kind of visitor: the evening, you could hear, not the mooing of cows, but the Marriage of Figaro in a vide listeners a taste of the fledgling number of hippies, some of whom were living in raucous sounds of rock music. The Barn, which advertised free OperaLIVE! event in wonderful talent that they many big-name musicians, featured in Tom Wolfe's Merry nearby communes that were springing up. the Tri-Valley. will hear at the Bankhead Pranksters saga The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, was the The Barn, according to information from the Scotts go-to place for the hippie community seeking an evening’s Valley Historical Society, originally operated as the The event will take Theater when The Marriage entertainment. It was, as Wallace Baine wrote in his 2009 Frapwell Dairy Barn from 1914 to 1948. After that, it was place from 7 to 8:30 p.m. of Figaro opens on March Santa Cruz Sentinel article, “the epicenter of the flower- remodeled as a sort of community center/gymnasium/ on Friday, March 3 at the 11,” adds Schmidt. Also, power movement.” A grandiose description perhaps for theater. In the mid-60s, Eric Nord, known as Eric "Big Inklings Coffee & Tea the repertoire from other operas a cow barn standing in a field in a quiet, conservative Daddy" Nord, a Beat Generation-era nightclub owner who Common Room, 530 Main and music theater will be community. founded the hungry i in San Francisco, and a poet, actor, Street, Pleasanton. performed at the outreach There are differences of opinion, or versions shall we and hipster as well, who newspaper columnist Herb Caen “OperaLIVE! events program on March 3. say, as to who actually performed at The Barn and who called the "king of the Beat Generation," converted the are free, public events that A question and answer attended. Here are some of the versions. According to barn into The Barn. But it was a Santa Cruz clinical psy- present opera to the com- period follows immediately several 60s blogs and Scotts Valley residents I’ve talked chologist named Leon Tabory who took over its operation munity so that people who after the performance. “We to, entertainers included Country Joe and the Fish, Janis and later bought it who turned it into the happening place might not otherwise have have presented these popu- Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company, Jeffer- it became for a few short years in the late 60s. the opportunity can expe- lar preview programs in lo- son Airplane, the Grateful Dead, New Riders of the Purple With these stories and pictures buzzing in my brain, I rience the beautiful music cal venues for many years,” Sage, New Delhi River Band, and Led Zeppelin before set off for Scotts Valley. I didn’t expect to find The Barn and drama,” says LVO says Gary Sears, LVO’s they officially formed. There are posters floating around because I learned from news clips and from Jay Top- President Jim Schmidt. Community Outreach online advertising Country Joe, although the print, with its ping of the Scotts Valley Historical Society that it was “We hope that the ex- Manager who coordinates swirly, bulbous, lava-lamp like lettering, is quite hard to torn down in 1991. But I wanted to find the spot where it perience will encourage OperaLIVE! events. “Au- read. There are no posters for attendees like hippie culture once stood, to soak up as best I could a few of the vibes people to seek out opera diences have been thrilled of its bygone days that I hoped might still be blowing in icon Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters. But there are and other live performing to hear professional opera the wind, so to speak. The quiet, pastoral Scotts Valley accounts and pictures of Further, the 1939 school bus with arts.” singers perform up close in the psychedelic designs that Kesey, Neal Cassady, and of the 60s is today an affluent suburb, a springboard to a The performance at these intimate performance other Pranksters rode during their historic cross-country string of smaller communities up and down Highway 9, trek to the 1964 New York World’s Fair. There are ac- the other route to the coast that offers a long, mountainous Inklings Coffee & Tea in spaces.” counts that after they left Kesey’s home in La Honda they drive through pine-scented redwood forests. Pleasanton will feature For more details on stopped off at Scotts Valley and parked Further at The The Barn stood, it seems, at the corner of Granite professional opera singers the full production of The Barn for about a month before proceeding on. There are Creek Road and Santa's Village Drive, just off Highway who will appear in The Marriage of Figaro and the rumors that the Rolling Stones did sound checks at The 17. For some reason, I expected the area still to be a pasto- Marriage of Figaro singing outreach event at Inklings Barn. It is said the album cover photographs for Country ral, remote expanse, but it isn’t. It is now a busy intersec- various selections from on March 3, visit www. Joe’s "Electric Music for the Mind and Body" album, tion (well, busy for the area). A church, a self-storage Mozart's beloved opera. In livermorevalleyopera.com which many consider to be the greatest psychedelic album building, and a small strip shopping center stand where addition to principal sing- and www.inklingscoffee. of all time, were taken at The Barn. cows once munched on grass and hippies later flocked ers from this production, com Why all the uncertainty about The Barn? Perhaps it has in their retreat to the land, hoping to recapture a simpler something to do with the fact that recollections of those time while getting high to the accompaniment of sophisti- haze-filled days more than 50 years ago seem even hazier cated, big-city sounds. The Barn of bygone days housed a OPERA now. As ex-hippies are wont to say about those times, if larger upstairs area that accommodated basketball games (continued from front page) you remember what was going on, you weren’t there. The (hard to imagine) and theater performances and a smaller faded memories and the versions, nevertheless, sparked downstairs area that served as a coffee house. Psychedelic to introduce opera to young 11, opening night. my imagination and my curiosity to dig further. murals and strobe lights enhanced the happening space. As students in hopes that they Tickets are $42-$89 In the 1960s, the Santa Cruz Mountains and the neigh- I stood at that intersection, I tried to imagine the eclectic may one day explore art, adults, students 18 years boring City of Santa Cruz began to wake from its slumber. blues-folk-country-rock sound of Country Joe, or the music and opera. Though and younger $10 off on all The University of California at Santa Cruz opened, along frenzied wailing of Janis, or the starkly different, simple the dress rehearsal includes days, all seating sections. with the Hip Pocket Bookstore and the Catalyst Coffee folksy tunes of The Dead, but the whoosh of the traffic sets, orchestra and some Student ID required. Shop in downtown Santa Cruz, transforming that sleepy and the lack of a grassy plain prevented that. costuming, the rehearsal Performances will be in beach resort into something more interesting, and hip. Much of the reputation of The Barn is wrapped up may stop at any time to the Bankhead Theater, 2400 Highway 17, snaking its way through the mountains and in the persona of Taboury, who, according to Blaine’s make adjustments, yet the First Street in downtown down to the coast, offered a number of offbeat attractions article, “first brought the full-blown hippie aesthetic to the evening provides students Livermore. Tickets may be to ensnare visitors. Santa’s Village, The Mystery Spot, and county.” insight to the making of an purchased at the box office, opera and hear some beauti- online at www.bankhead- Axel Erlandson’s “Tree Circus” (later to become known Part II next month explores how Leon Taboury, a fascinating figure in his own right, transformed The Barn but in ful singing. Full complete theater.org or by calling as The Lost World because of the added 25-foot tall steel performances begin March 373-6800. dinosaurs) beckoned bored children riding in the backseats the process also sowed the seeds of its demise. February 23, 2017 • The Independent 5 New Music Scholarship Available; Deadline Near to Apply

A Livermore couple donated $100,000 to the Pedrozzi President. “This scholarship is an appropriate way for awarded to an applicant pursuing a degree in the physical Foundation to establish and endow the Charles Amirkha- these donors to honor Charles Amirkhanian’s contribu- sciences. nian Music Scholarship. A $5,000 scholarship will be tions to music and his encouragement of talented musi- Pedrozzi Board Treasurer, John Houghton Jr. funded awarded annually to a Livermore graduate pursuing a cians.” a $10,000 undergraduate scholarship to be awarded to music degree. In addition to pursuing a graduate or undergraduate an applicant pursing a degree in a science, technology, The philanthropic and thoughtful anonymous commu- degree in music, eligibility for the Charles Amirkhanian engineering or math. Kathy Coyle and Gary Johnson both nity members said that they are impressed with the Pedro- Music Scholarship is the same as for other Pedrozzi funded community college scholarships, and the Rotary zzi Foundation’s mission of creating a career and college Scholarships – applicants must be a graduate of a Liver- Club of Livermore has continued funding the Ed Rund- bound culture for Livermore students and found a match more Valley Joint Unified School District high school strom Vocational Scholarship. between their passion for music and philanthropic goals. and meet the minimum GPA requirements. Interested “Funding scholarships through the Pedrozzi Founda- They named the scholarship in honor of Charles Amirkha- applicants should complete either the 2017 Undergraduate tion is an impactful way for donors to honor someone nian, a native Californian, composer, percussionist, sound or Graduate Pedrozzi Scholarship application, indicating significant in their lives and invest in Livermore students,” poet and radio producer who co-founded the Other Minds their field of study and sharing why they are planning to shares Kathy Coyle. Music Festival in 1992. As the Festival’s Executive and earn a music degree. Since 2008, the Pedrozzi Foundation has awarded $3.2 Artistic Director, Mr. Amirkhanian is internationally In May, scholarships funded by other generous com- million to 880 graduates of the Livermore Valley Joint recognized for his dedication to the encouragement and munity members will be awarded along with the music Unified School District. propagation of contemporary music in all its forms and scholarship and other Pedrozzi scholarships. Howard All Pedrozzi Scholarship applications are due March 1, audiences of diverse traditions, generation and cultural and Elaine Storms funded a scholarship in honor of Gene 2017. Visit the Pedrozzi Foundation website – Pedrozzi. backgrounds. Mr. Amirkhanian received a B.A. from Hale, the first Pedrozzi Foundation Board President. Mr. org – to apply and learn application details. Applicants Fresno State University and an M.A. from San Francisco Hale was a friend and business partner of Mario Pedro- with specific questions about the Charles Amirkhanian State University. zzi who left his estate to establish the Foundation. The Music Scholarship, may contact the Foundation at 925- “We are honored and grateful to receive this generous $11,000 Gene Hale Undergraduate Scholarship will be 456-3700 or [email protected]. donation,” says Kathy Coyle, Pedrozzi Foundation Board

INTERNATIONAL SEE A FILM. SEE THE WORLD. Our exciting features include: Remember FILM THURSDAY, MARC H 2 , 7:3 0 PM REMEMBER Christopher Plummer and Martin Landau give stellar SERIES performances in this Canadian thriller about mistaken THURSDAY, MARCH 2 identity and revenge. SUNDAY, MARCH 5 THE VINE CINEMA & ALEHOUSE SUNDAY, MARCH 5 A T 7:3 0 PM Fanny’s Journey IN LIVERMORE FANNY’S JOURNEY This French drama follows 13 year-old Fanny who must save the children under her care and bring them to safety in Switzerland.

Purchase tickets by phone at 925.240.3053, online at eastbayjewishﬁ lm.org, and at the door. 6 The Independent • February 23, 2017

Information Session Planned for Pleasanton- Tulancinco Sister City Student Exchange

Pleasanton high school students are invited to take part in an informational session regarding the cultural exchange opportunity offered by the Pleasanton- Tulancingo Sister City Association. Students interested in participating in the cultural exchange must have the equivalent of 2 years of Spanish by the end of the school year. Students will host a student in their homes from June 18 to July 9th and they will be hosted by a family in Tulancingo from July 9th to July 30th. The only cost involved is the airfare. Shown left to right are John Zhou (Christopher Columbus runner up, Amador Valley The Pleasanton/Tu- High School, Pleasanton), Kathleen Cassidy (chapter American History teacher of lancingo Sister City Asso- the year, Castro Valley High School), California Assemblymember Catharine Baker, ciation is a Pleasanton City Students with heart sculpture. Mihika Sharma (Christopher Columbus runner up, Dublin High School, Dublin), Cynthia Chartered organization and Daniels (chapter Regent), Aditi Sriram (American History winner grade 6 at chapter it is a non-profit. Our mis- improved ability to speak merce, 777 Peters Avenue. and district level, Canyon Middle School, Castro Valley), Bill Danko, (American Legion), sion statement is to promote and understand Spanish, Additional information Seiji Yang (American History winner grade 8, Gale Ranch Middle School, San Ramon). goodwill and friendship eyes opened to another cul- is also available on the Alexandra Stassinopoulos (Christopher Columbus winner at chapter and district level, between the communities of ture in a safe and supportive Pleasanton Unified School Dublin High School, Dublin), and Alyssa Grace Matangelo (American History winner Pleasanton and Tulancingo, family environment and a District Peach Jar website grade 7, Mega Mind Christian Academy, Castro Valley). Not shown is Divij Muthu Mexico. The exchange growth in confidence and as well as: www.ptsca.org (American History winner grade 5, John Green Elementary School, Dublin). program has been success- maturity. Student Exchange Direc- fully operating for over 30 Students may attend tor Jorge Victoria can be years. Students come back informational a session on contacted at 925-989-6882, enriched by their experienc- March 2nd from 7 to 8 pm or Sylvia Victoria at 925- DAR Jose Maria Amador Chapter es in many ways including at the Chamber of Com- 462-6723. Holds Student Awards Ceremony Teens Invited to Vote for Favorite Book and Win Prizes at the Livermore Library The José Maria students received recogni- can Revolution, founded Amador Chapter National tion certificates from Con- in 1890 and headquartered Livermore teens in grades 6 through 12 are invited to vote for their favorite book of Society Daughters of the gressman Eric Swalwell, in Washington, D.C., is a last year during the March Madness program at the Livermore Public Library. American Revolution California Assemblymem- lineage-based, non-profit, Librarians have chosen 16 popular young adult novels published in 2016. These based in Pleasanton held bers Catharine Baker and non-political volunteer books will face off against each other in a tournament bracket until one book is chosen its annual Student Award Bill Quirk, and Pleasanton women's service organiza- as the best book of 2016. There will be weekly prize drawings for participants, so teens Ceremony on February Mayor Jerry Thorne. In tion dedicated to promot- are encouraged to come back every week to vote. 11, 2017. The essay con- addition to achievement ing patriotism, preserving Voting begins on March 1, 2017. Votes are tallied and the weekly drawing takes place tests were on "Technolo- certificates from the chapter American history, and every Wednesday starting March 8, 2017. Votes will be accepted at all 3 Livermore li- gy's Impact on the Voyage and district, the students ensuring the nation's strong braries. One vote per person, per week is allowed. The last day to vote is Tuesday, March of Christopher Columbus" were also given cash future by supporting educa- 28, 2017. Votes during the first three weeks will be eligible for $5 gift card prizes. On the and "Celebrating a Cen- awards. District winners' tion. For more informa- fourth week, three grand prize winners will be chosen. Grand prize winners may choose tury: America's National essays were forwarded to tion go to http://josemaria. any available book up to a $15 value. New books will be ordered for the winners, who Parks." be judged at the State DAR californiadar.org or contact will be contacted when their prize is ready for pickup at the library. After reading their es- level. Cindy Daniels at jmadar. For more information, visit the Teen Space page on the library’s website: www.liver- says to the audience, these Daughters of the Ameri- [email protected]. morelibrary.net, or contact Teen Programming Librarian Caitlyn Lung at 925-373-5576.

February 23, 2017 • The Independent 7

LPC Writing Scholarship Available

The Tri-Valley Writers Writers Club (CWC). 22 this year in place of its Club (TVW) is offering one Regular meeting cost regular meeting. Successful $500 scholarship for use at for CWC members is $12, authors, marketing experts, Las Positas College, Liver- non-members, $17. The an agent, an editor and elec- more, during the 2017-2018 meetings are held at the tronic publishing innovators academic year. Students Four Points by Sheraton, will conduct workshops studying English, Journal- 5115 Hopyard Rd., Pleas- on the craft of writing and ism and related subjects anton. Anyone interested in the business of publishing. may apply for the grant. the meetings or CWC may For cost and details, go to "Part of our mission is attend with no obligation to http://www.trivalleywriters. to promote writing through join. Reservations can be org/conferences/confer- education," TVW President made by sending a message ence2017. Patricia Boyle said. "We via e-mail to reservations@ For more information have been supporting Las trivalleywriters.org no later about the CWC Tri-Valley Positas College in various than the Wednesday prior to Branch, contact Patricia ways over the years, and the meeting. Boyle at president@trival- we'd like to strengthen our The Tri-Valley Writers leywriters.org or visit http:// relationship through this will hold an all-day writ- www.trivalleywriters.org. scholarship." ers' conference on April Students may apply for the Tri-Valley Writ- ers Scholarship online by Mardi Gras Theme Winetasting March 13. Visit the Las Photo taken during career hiring event. Positas College Scholar- to Raise Funds for Lioness Club ship website for details at The Livermore Lioness Club will host a Mardi Gras Manufacturing Careers Hiring Event https://laspositascollege. theme twilight wine tasting on Thursday, March 2, from awardspring.com/Home/ 4:30 to 8:00 pm, at Page Mill Winery. ScholarshipDetails/35870. This fundraiser helps support theclub’s scholarship, Draws Job Seekers and Employers For a list of additional community and holiday gift giving programs, while pro- More than 85 job seek- Livermore Valley Joint are offering opportunities college scholarships, visit viding a wine and food tasting experience for attendees. ers and 16 employers and Unified School District, for education and employ- https://laspositascollege. In addition to the wine tasting there will be King Cake, resource providers partici- Alameda County Business ment to our students and awardspring.com/Home/ beignets, finger foods and art and craft vendors. Tickets Scholarships. pated in the Manufacturing Development Group (KRA) community members.” for two raffle baskets including gift certificates for the TVW also invites writers Careers Hiring Event at the on behalf of the Alameda A 30-second video of Livermore Wine Trolley, The Pasta Pelican, paint classes of all genres and experience at Pinot’s Palette and much more add to the fun. Robert Livermore Commu- County Workforce Devel- the event is posted on levels to learn about their nity Center on February 8. opment Board, Livermore the Livermore Office of The wine tasting fee of $10.00 per person is not craft at its monthly meet- required to attend but is donated by Page Mill Winery to The day started with Area Recreation and Parks Innovation and Economic ings. Meetings take place the Livermore Lioness Club as is 10% of all vendor and information sessions by the District (LARPD), the Development Facebook September through June on regular wine sales. No pre-ticket sales are available. Alameda County Work- Livermore Valley Cham- Page at www.facebook. the third Saturday of each The Page Mill Winery is located at 1960 South Liver- force Development Board ber of Commerce, the com/LivermoreOfficeO- month from 2 to 4 p.m. more Avenue, Livermore. For more information about the and local manufacturers Society for Manufacturing fInnovationAndEconom- with check-in at 1:30 p.m. Livermore Lioness Club go to the Facebook page, The Draexlmaier, Solar City, Engineers (SME)-Silicon icDevelopment/ The Tri-Valley Writers Club Livermore Lioness Club or contact Kathleen Anderson at and Lawrence Livermore Valley Chapter, Tri-Valley is a branch of the California 925-443-1909. National Laboratory. The One Stop Career Center information sessions were (with 211), the Tri-Valley followed by interviews by Regional Occupational the participating manu- Program (ROP), and Las Firefighter Career Expo Planned in Livermore facturers and their staffing Positas College. partners. There was also an This event highlights A Firefighter Career Expo is planned for Saturday, with composed of questions and examples tailored to the exhibit of resource provid- the partnerships that exist March 11th, 2017 from 10 am to 1 pm at : 526 Commerce profession and intended to assess candidates ability to ers including the Alameda in Livermore to support Way, Livermore. process information and think critically. County Workforce Devel- business, education, and This is a completely free and family friendly event. • Attend in-depth presentations from speakers to learn opment Board, Las Positas the overall quality of life of Expo participants will have the opportunity to: more about “A Day in the Life of a Firefighter." College, and the Livermore Livermore residents. Philo- • Meet with fire department recruits on site from • Watch videos about life on the front lines. Valley Joint Unified School mena Rambo, representing throughout the state to answer questions, make connec- • View and get hands-on experience with apparatus District, among others. the Livermore Valley Joint tions, and learn how to get hired. displays. Most of the attendees were Unified School District • Try out the Candidate Physical Ability Test (CPAT), • Have any questions answered by working firefighters. from Livermore and the at the event, said “Our which is a test designed to measure candidate’s capabili- For questions, contact James Noon, California Fire- Tri-Valley area. students and community ties in eight job-specific areas. fighter Joint Apprenticeship Committee at jnoonan@cpf. The event was sponsored members are fortunate that • Learn what is expected on the FCTC Written Test, org by: The City of Livermore, these innovative companies which is a comprehensive general knowledge written test For more information, visit fctconline.org

8 The Independent • February 23, 2017 ART & ENTERTAINMENT

ART/PHOTO EXHIBITS Thursday, Friday from 12:00-5:00 a monthly function at the Bothwell appetizers. Limited tickets available Sunday, March 5, 7:30 p.m. Reserved Company, February 24th - March 5th; Livermore Art Association Gallery, p.m.; Saturday 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Arts Center, called “Show & Tell. 4th online at www.nottinghamcellars.com seating tickets $28- $38. Stairway to Friday at 8 pm, Saturdays at 2 pm located in the Carnegie Building, Harrington Gallery at the Firehouse Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. or contact elaine@nottinghamcel- Heaven, Whole Lotta Love, Kashmir, & 8 pm, Sundays at 2 pm. Danville offers art classes, unusual gifts, Arts Center, 4444 Railroad Avenue, at the Bothwell Arts Center, 2466 lars.com or call 925.294.8647. $40 and Black Dog top the set lists, Village Theatre 233 Front Street, painting rentals, art exhibits and Pleasanton. Donations appreciated. Eighth St., Livermore. Artists bring per person, $30 per person Club. along with deeper cuts for diehard Danville. $15-$20 www.brownpaper- information pertaining to the art field, On The Fringe – Studio Art Quilt finished or unfinished work to show Rodrigue Molyneaux Winery, fans. Shedding the typical wigs and tickets.com/event/2601426 2155 Third St., Livermore. The gallery Associates. New installation at and if desired, receive a critique Livermore. Wine release, Sun., Feb. costumes, Zeppelin USA revives Twelfth Night, 2 p.m. Feb. 26, has been open since 1974 and is run the Harrington Gallery, on display from the group. Refreshments are 26. tasting room open 12:30 PM - 5: the music and mystique, keeping Pleasanton Library. San Francisco as a co-op by local artists. Hours are March 9 through April 15, 2017. Free brought by some of the artists, and a pm.. $10 tasting fee. Winter release the focus on recreating the iconic Shakespeare Festival presentation, Wed.-Sun. 11:30-4 p.m. For informa- opening reception will be held on donation of $5.00 is desired although of: 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon, 2013 il Zeppelin trademark sound, backed Q&A follows, as well as Playshop, tion call 449-9927. Saturday, March 11, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. not mandatory. Contact for this event Pavone - a blend of Petit Verdot and by a state-of-the-art laser, lighting, a one hour hands-on experience Members of the Pleasanton Art At 2:00 p.m. during the reception, is D’Anne Miller at danne_miller@ Barbera and our 2013 Bellevue - a and multimedia show. Zeppelin with cast members. 400 Old Bernal League Public Art Circuit are cur- the exhibit’s Juror, Dr. Sandra Sider, att.net, or Linda Ryan at LRyan@ Bordeaux blend. 3053 Marina Ave, USA is Brody Dolyniuk (lead vocal, Avenue, Pleasanton. 931-3400. rently exhibiting art at six businesses will give a talk on the works. 2016 Livermoreperformingarts.org Livermore. harmonica, guitar), Steve Zukowsky Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Ama- in the Pleasanton - Dublin Area. National Traveling Exhibit. 21 large- ACC/Art Critique & Coffee, Discuss and Barrels, Bottles & Brews, March 25th (guitars, theremin), Jonathan Gilcrest dor Valley and Foothill high schools Viewing locations are: Bank of Amer- scale art quilts, including several share work with Professional Artists & 26th, noon to 4:30 p.m. There’s (bass guitar, keyboards, mandolin, Spring Musical, Amador Theater, ica at 337 Main Street, Pleasanton; prize-winning 3-D works (no patterns in sketching, painting, exhibiting and even more to celebrate in wine vocals), and Patrick Leon (drums, 1155 Santa Rita Rd., Pleasanton. Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce at here!). Many different techniques marketing your work. ACC members country. The same quality, attention percussion, vocals).Tickets available Friday, March 10 - Sunday, March 777 Peters Street, Pleasanton; Sall- and unusual materials. Juried by currently working on exhibiting theme and care dedicated to the winemaking at www.firehousearts.org, 925-931- 19, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 PM, man, Yang, & Alameda CPA's at 4900 Dr. Sandra Sider, Curator for the works, under the Inspiration of "The process, similarly can be found in 4848, or at the center Box Office, Sunday at 2 PM. Tickets at www. Hopyard Road, Pleasanton; US Bank Texas Quilt Museum and a New York Artist's Edge /The Edge of Art & Cho- the regions craft brew and artisan 4444 Railroad Avenue, Pleasanton. firehousearts.org. at 749 Main Street, Pleasanton; Ed- contemporary quilt artist specializing sen Pathways." Meets and Critiques spirits. $45 Advance/ $55 Day of East Bay Jazz High School All Stars Shakespeare Goes to Gravel Gulch or ward Jones at 6601 Dublin Boulevard, in cyanotype. Included in this exhibi- Friday mornings in Pleasanton. Event. Tickets and more information: Band to Perform at the Bothwell Arts The Villain Drove a Bard Bargain, Dublin; and The Bagel Street Café tion are members from the Northern [email protected] www.lvwine.org/event/2757/barrels- Center . Saturday, March 11, 2017, every weekend starting March 11 at 6762 Bernal Avenue Pleasanton. California/Northern Nevada Region. Figure Drawing Workshop, every bottles-brews 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. 2466 Eighth Street, and ending April 1st Sunol Repertory If interested in becoming a member Regular gallery hours: Wednesday, Friday 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Artists Livermore. $15 adults, $10 students. Theatre Company presents a classic of the Pleasanton Art League or for Thursday, Friday from 12:00-5:00 bring their own materials and easels. MUSIC/CONCERTS Ticket 925. 373.6800 or online at melodrama at Sunol Glen School information regarding the Public Art p.m.; Saturday 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Open to all artists. Professional artist Retzlaff Estate Winery, Live Music www.lvpac.org Auditorium, 11601 Main Street, at Circuit, call John Trimingham at (510) Harrington Gallery at the Firehouse models (nude). No instructor. Stu- every Sunday. 12:00 - 4:30. 1356 Spencer Day, 8 p.m. March 11. 8:pm. Profits support the liberal arts 877-8154. Arts Center in Pleasanton, 4444 dents under 18 need written parental S. Livermore Ave, Livermore. http:// Firehouse Arts Center, 4444 Railroad program at Sunol Glen School. Over Freeze Frame Photo Exhibition, Railroad Avenue. Donations always permission to attend. Cost $20 per retzlaffvineyards.com Ave., Pleasanton. 931-4848, www. $150,000 has been donated over the beauty of the Tri-Valley will be dis- appreciated. session. Bothwell Arts Center, 2466 Blacksmith Square, music every firehousearts.org. last 35 years. www.sunol.net/srt, played in the Bankhead Theater lobby, Pleasanton Art League Alviso Adobe 8th St., Livermore. Coffee, tea and Saturday 3 to 6 p.m. in the courtyard, Neil Simon’s Last of the Red Hot Lov- 925-449-2693. 2400 First St., Livermore through Feb. Art Show, Fri., March 31 to Sun., refreshments are available. Call or 21 South Livermore Ave., Livermore. ers, 7:30 p.m. March 16. Bankhead Twin Infinity - Intergalactic Nemesis 27. The exhibit is on loan from the April 2, 10 am – 4 pm Old Foothill e-mail Barbara Stanton for more info Chris Bradley's Jazz Band appears Theater, 2400 First St., Livermore. III, 8 p.m. March 17. Bankhead The- Tri-Valley Conservancy. Road, Pleasanton. Pre-registration about the workshop, 925-373-9638 - regularly at: The Castle Rock Restau- www.bankheadtheater.org or 373- ater, 2400 First St., Livermore. www. Imagination Expressed 2017 – Local required by March 20. Reception [email protected]. rant in Livermore/on Portola Avenue-- 6800. bankheadtheater.org or 373-6800. artists show paintings, photography, Sun., April 2, 2 pm-4 pm The show PPL/Pleasanton Poetry League, the 2nd Tuesday each month from Kahulanui – Hawaii’s Kings of Swing, Madagascar Jr., a musical adventure, and sculpture in a variety of styles will be judged by: Peggy Magovern - now meeting the 1st Thursday and 7:30-9:30--Dance floor, full bar, 8 p.m. March 24. Bankhead Theater, March 17-26. Firehouse Arts Center, and media January 11 through March www.pmagovern.com This show is 3rd Wednesday of each month small cover. . 2400 First St., Livermore. www. 4444 Railroad Ave., Pleasanton. 931- 26 at the Museum on Main, 603 Main open to all artists. Entry forms and 7:00 at The Corner Bakery Cafe in Classic Albums Live: Rumours, 8 p.m. bankheadtheater.org or 373-6800. 4848, www.firehousearts.org. Street Pleasanton. www.museumon- prospectus available at: www.pal-art. Pleasanton. Join us as we challenge Feb. 24. Bankhead Theater, 2400 East Bay Marathi Mandal Hindustani Brighton Beach Memoirs, The Neil main.org com or by contacting Chairperson ourselves to poetically relay our First St., Livermore. www.bankhead- Music Concert, March 25, 5 p.m. Simon coming of age play, March California Watercolor Association’s Pat Smith: 925-846-4138 email: thoughts, emotions and experiences theater.org or 373-6800. Dublin High School Center for the 31-April 9, 2017. Fri./Sat. 8 p.m., 47th Annual National Exhibition. [email protected] through poetry. Become a member & Global Symphonic Gems, Pacific Performing Arts, www.ebmm.org Sun. 2 p.m. Las Positas College, 3000 Opening January 14, running through share your work - Contact PoetryOn- Chamber Orchestra, 2 p.m. Feb. 26. Del Valle Fine Arts, Escher Quartet, Campus Hill Dr., Livermore. www. February 25 in the Harrington Gallery MEETINGS/CLASSES [email protected] for more info on Bankhead Theater, 2400 First Street, strings, March 25, 8 p.m. Bankhead laspositascollege.edu at the Firehouse Arts Center in Pleas- Intro/Basic Pour Painting Workshop, Theme Challenges, Membership & Livermore. www.bankheadtheater.org Theater, 2400 First St., Livermore. anton. 75 or so artists from California Sun., March 5, 1 to 3 p.m. learn the Opportunities. or 373-6800. www.bankheadtheater.org or 373- COMEDY and beyond have been accepted by basics; no experience necessary. Kelly Brandeburg in "My Favorite 6800. Free Comedy Show every Thursday this year's judge, nationally acclaimed Special Price of $60 Includes all WINE & SPIRITS Barbra: A Tribute to the Songs of at Sanctuary from 7:30-9 pm in the jurist and watercolor artist Donna Materials. To register, call Way Up Art Cedar Mountain Winery & Port Works, Barbra Streisand." Music direction ON THE STAGE Skylight Room at Sanctuary, 2369 Zagotta. A wide variety of styles and & Frame (925) 443-3322. Workshop Put a Cork in It. February 25th & by John Simon. Firehouse Arts Center FACE-OFF 2017: Creatures of Impulse First St. in Livermore. types of water media are represented. at the Bothwell Arts Center, 2466 8th 26th, 12:00 – 4:00. Bottle Your Own in Pleasanton, Sunday, February 26, at Firehouse Arts Center. A solid menu Regular gallery hours: Wednesday, Street, Livermore. Wine & Port Event. Special “Red at 2:00 p.m. Winner of Broadway of award-winning improv topped with MOVIES Thursday, Friday from 12:00-5:00 Call to Artists: 3rd Annual Celebrate Blend” table wine (Bring your clean World's “Best Solo Performance” of audience participation, laughs, and The Classic Film Series, Pleasanton p.m.; Saturday 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Women! Las Positas College, 2017 & dry 750 ml wine bottle, fill, cork 2015. Full of rare “Barbra” anecdotes prizes. Creatures of Impulse takes Library will feature a range of genres. Harrington Gallery at the Firehouse photographic art competition. March and label it for only $10 per bottle; and stories, alongside selections from the stage in four unique shows full “On the Islands,” themed films will Arts Center in Pleasanton, 4444 is international women's month, so, use our bottle for $11.00). and a port Funny Girl, Yentl, Hello, Dolly! and of scenes, games, and improv high- be shown the first Thursday of each Railroad Avenue. Donations always the show is hung March 1 - 30th in (Bring your clean & dry 375 ml port/ more. Hit numbers include You Don’t jinks. The much-lauded teen improv month through June 2017. 6:30 p.m. appreciated. Exhibit dates: January building 2400. Reception: March 16, wine bottle, fill, cork and label it for Bring Me Flowers, Evergreen, and The troupe hosts visiting improv teams at the Pleasanton Public Library, 400 14 through February 25, 2016. 2017 from 6 - 8 with awards at 7 only $15 per bottle. Use our bottle for Way We Were to name just a few. Re- from around the Bay Area in four Old Bernal Avenue. Free admission. Special Art Exhibit - San Francisco in Room 2420 all on the campus of $16. Bring a 750 ml bottle and fill it served seating tickets $15- $25. Tick- different performances: Thursday, Everyone is welcome to attend. Some artist Paul D. Gibson. February 17 Las Positas College at 3000 Campus for $30. Use our bottle for $31. 10843 ets available at www.firehousearts. Friday, and Saturday February 23, 24, films are mature in content and may through March 18 at Firehouse Arts Hill Drive, Livermore. Parking $2. Reuss Road, Livermore. org, 925-931-4848, or at the center 25, all at 7:30 p.m., plus a matinee not be suitable for children. For more Center’s Harrington Gallery in Pleas- For more detailed guidelines email: Supremacy Release Event, Nottingham Box Office, 4444 Railroad Avenue, on Saturday, February 25, at 2:00 information or assistance, please anton. Vibrant large-scale paintings [email protected] Cellars, 2245-C South Vasco Rd. Feb- Pleasanton if not sold out. p.m. Firehouse Arts Center, 4444 contact the Pleasanton Public Library of tools and other mundane objects, Music Sing-A-Long. Sing familiar tunes ruary 23, 4:30-7 pm. Release of 2013 Betty Buckley, 8 p.m. March 3. Railroad Avenue, Pleasanton. General at (925) 931-3400, extension 4. Visit captured in stunning realistic yet with other folks with piano and guitar Supremacy, our flagship Bordeaux Bankhead Theater, 2400 First St., Admission tickets: $5 students, $10 www.pleasantonlibrary.org for a list of ‘painterly’ still-lifes. The Firehouse accompaniment. The words to the wine. Proprietors, Diane and Jeff Livermore. www.bankheadtheater.org general. Tickets available at the door, films and more information. installation will be located in the songs will be provided. No musical Cranor and winemaker, Collin Cranor or 373-6800. online at www.firehousearts.org, Just Eat It, free screening award- triple-storey Grand Atrium Lobby, training required. Small fee to are looking forward to celebrating this Zeppelin USA - An American Tribute 925-931-4848, or at the Box Office at winning environmental documentary; Hallway, and Mezzanine exhibition L.A.R.P.D.. Mondays at 11:00-12:00. release. Older Supremacy vintages, to Led Zeppelin. Firehouse Arts the center, 4444 Railroad Avenue in hosted by the City of Livermore spaces, and open to the public during Call 373-5700 for L.A.R.P.D.. single varietal wines and the new Center in Pleasanton with 2 shows: Pleasanton. Environmental Services Division. regular gallery hours: Wednesday, Show and Tell, Artists are invited to release will be served along with light Saturday, March 4, 8:00 p.m.; Bye Bye Birdie, I Can Do That Theatre Vine Cinema at 1722 First Street in February 23, 2017 • The Independent 9 ART & ENTERTAINMENT

Livermore on Wednesday, March 1, Toto, notify the producer, Kathleen, The Livermore Valley Coin Club 54th away to commemorate the show, An Evening with Bernardo de Galvez: at Museum on Main during regular 2017 at 7 p.m. More information at [email protected]. Annual Show, March 5th, 2017 at hourly drawing for a US Silver Eagle Tuesday, March 21st, 7 pm. Ed operating hours or by phoning the about the film can be found at www. For more details including casting the Livermore/Pleasanton Elks Lodge, bullion coin and coins will be given Kinney Speakers Series. All events museum at (925) 462-2766. foodwastemovie.com. Staff from information: www.trivalleyrep.org/ 940 Larkspur Drive in Livermore. 10 out to the kids. For more information, are general seating at the Firehouse Dr. Alan Ashworth, Rae Dorough the City of Livermore Environmental shows/the-wizard-of-oz am to 5 pm. The show will feature please call Steve Kramer at (925) Arts Center, 4444 Railroad Avenue, Speaker Series, Cancer Researcher: Services Division will be available about 30 dealers, displays and infor- 980-9307. Pleasanton, CA 94566. Tickets are “Developing New Treatments for afterwards to answer questions. CHORAL mation booth. As always, admission, St. Patrick’s Day Festival, March 18 & $15 General Admission, $10 Seniors Hereditary Cancer and Beyond.” 7:30 To reserve a free ticket, visit www. March Madness with the Masters, parking and coin appraisals are free. 19: Dublin. Everything Irish including (65+) / Students (with valid ID), $7 p.m. March 23. Bankhead Theater, LivermoreRecycles.org or call the City Valley Concert Chorale, 3 p.m., March Catered lunch service will be avail- a parade, arts and crafts, food, enter- Members. Tickets may be purchased 2400 First Street, Livermore. www. of Livermore Recycling Helpline at 19, Trinity Lutheran Church, 1225 able. Wooden nickels will be given tainment, etc. www.dublinstpats.com online at www.museumonmain.org, bankheadtheater.org or 373-6800. 925-960-8015 for more information. Hopyard Rd., Pleasanton. www.val- Lives Worth Living: free documentary leyconcertchorale or 866-4003. series, Firehouse Arts Center: Three part documentary series celebrat- OPERA MAGIC ing diversity and shared humanity. Marriage of Figaro - a timeless com- (continued from page 3) Events are free, however tickets edy with its bubbling overture and show as a child. He came to the US as part of a comedy • Since 1992, Murray Hatfield and Teresa have thrilled are required. March 30, 7 p.m. The brilliant arias composed by Mozart at duo, then expanded to improv theater. He eventually audiences around the world with their fast-paced magic Mask You Live In; April 20, 7 p.m. He the height of his genius – the result returned to his love of plate spinning, incorporating it into and perfectly coordinated state-of-the-art illusions. Known Named Me Malala. 4444 Railroad Av- is a witty yet profound tale of love, his act along with juggling and physical comedy. In addi- internationally for producing and starring in Canada’s enue, Pleasanton. www.firehousearts. betrayal, and forgiveness. It tells how “Magic n Miracles” touring illusion show, they have been org or 931-4848. the servants, Figaro and Susanna, tion to performing, Bothe has taught circus stunts for the International Film Series, Vine cleverly outwit their master, Count past 20 years. named “Magicians of the Year” by the Canadian Associa- Cinema & Alehouse, March 2 and Almaviva, from seducing Susanna. • Danny Cole began to study magic at the age of 10, tion of Magicians. 5: 7:30 PM, the Canadian sensation Through their manipulations, the learning contemporary approaches to sleight of hand. Another family-friendly show arrives March 31st with "Remember" starring Christopher Count’s love for his Countess is Throughout his career he has continued to develop en- percussive dance group Rhythmic Circus’ award-winning Plummer and Martin Landau, will be restored. Adding to the fun is an old tirely new systems of deception and concepts of magic. show “Feet Don’t Fail Me Now!” Tickets for both “It’s shown. Sunday, March 5. Children in man seeking revenge, a scheming Cole won the Lance Burton Teenage Stage Contest in Magic!” and “Feet Don’t Fail Me Now!” are available grades 4 and up can view "Abulele" maid, a drunken gardener, and an now through the Bankhead Theater ticket office at 2400 about a shaggy-haired creature who amorous teenager. Saturday 7:30 Las Vegas as the age of 17 and became involved in the is invisible to everyone except to pm March 11 and 18; Sunday 2:00 Academy of Magic Arts. Among his many awards, he was First Street in Livermore, via phone at (925) 373-6800, or children in need of a friend. It plays pm March 12 and 19; $42 - $89; named Stage Magician of the Year at The Magic Castle in online at www.bankheadtheater.org. at 4:30 PM. The French drama Bankhead theater 2400 First Street, both 2004 and 2005. Fanny’s Journey screens at 7:30 Livermore; 925-373-6800; LVPAC. PM. 1722 First Street in Livermore. org; LivermoreValleyOpera.com For a complete schedule and tickets, go to eastbayjewishfilm.org or call MISCELLANEOUS New Youth Group to Stage Bye Bye Birdie 925.240.3053. Tickets are also avail- Hagemann Ranch Open House. Tours able at the theater one hour prior to of the 140+ year old ranch and free, Ask Contra Costa natives Shayna Ronen and Jarusha more they’ve helped me with that, the more confident I’ve each screening. family friendly seasonal activities. Ariel about their best childhood memories, and they don’t become. I’m more OK being myself." The last Sunday of each month, 1-4 hesitate; the two best friends met and grew up perform- The company’s goal, Ronen said, is not to train profes- DANCE PM. Go to www.livermorehistory.com ing with the Belasco Theater Company in Walnut Creek, sional actors, but to nurture a love of the art and encour- Rhythmic Circus: Feet Don’t Fail Me for the monthly program. 455 Olivina learning the challenges and joys of performing musical age confidence and self-expression. All company members Now, 8 p.m. March 31. Bankhead Ave., Livermore. Theater, 2400 First St., Livermore. “Flygirl,” annual Livermore Reads theater. have speaking parts in all productions, although each must www.bankheadtheater.org or 373- Together (LRT) book. Public Library Now, years later, the two have reunited to bring audition for roles. 6800. will host programs and events based that experience to a new generation of East Bay youth. Ronen, the company’s theatrical producer, and Ariel, its on themes found in the featured They’ve created the nonprofit I Can Do That youth theater artistic director, said they hope the company will serve its AUDITIONS/COMPETITIONS book. Copies of Flygirl and LRT event company, performing “Bye Bye Birdie,” its first major own students and the community at large. Auditions, Las Positas College schedules will be available at all production of "Titanic: The Tony Livermore Public Library locations. production, at Danville’s Village Theatre. The I Can Do It theater company will present “Bye Award Winning Musical" in July. All LRT events are free Unless noted, Students currently range in age from 7 through 16, but Bye Birdie” Feb. 24 through March 5 at the Village Auditions for Titanic are scheduled events are held at the Civic Center Ronen and Ariel hope eventually to include students up to Theatre, 233 Front St. in Danville. Curtain times are 8 March 15-17, 2017 from 7 p.m. to 9 Library on 1188 South Livermore age 18. p.m. Fridays, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. p.m., no appointments are necessary. Avenue, Livermore. Friday, February Morgan Rountree, 15, of Alamo is a company mem- Tickets are $20 for general admission and $15 for children For more details, please visit www. 24, 3:30 pm: Family movie day at laspositascollege.edu/THEA/Audi- the library featuring Disney-Pixar’s ber who’s always loved dramatics but was anxious upon younger than 5 and are available on the group’s website, tions.php. Up (2009, PG). Saturday, February joining the group. “I went there on the verge of tears,” www.brownpapertickets. com/event/2601426. Children Auditions: The Wizard of Oz, Tri-Valley 25, 2 pm: Talk and Q&A with the she recalled. “But the longer I’m with the company the younger than 2 will get in for free. Repertory Theatre. March 13 and award-winning author of Flygirl, 14, 7 p.m. callbacks (by invitation Sherri L. Smith. Sunday, February only) March 18, 11 a.m. Tri-Valley 26, 2 pm: The Swingin’ Blue Stars in Repertory Theatre rehearsal space, concert. 925-373-5500 or visit www. Kids and Animals Focus of Hagemann Ranch 1020 Serpentine Lane, Suite 101, livermorelibrary.net. TRAVEL Pleasanton. Producer: Kathleen Tails at Twilight, gala benefit for the Open House This Sunday Breedveld; Director: Brian Olkowski; Valley Humane Society. March 3 at BUG Choreographer: Kelly Cooper; Vocal the Palm Event Center in Pleasanton. Kids and Animals will in Need will provide in- All activities are free at Director: Sierra Dee. Bring 16-32 $125 per person includes champagne bars of music (in your own key). NO reception, hors d’oeuvres, sit-down be the theme of the Sunday, formation on its programs. the ranch, 455 Olivina Ave., transposing and no Pre-recorded dinner, full no-host bar, dancing, live February 26 at Hagemann Games will be hosted by Livermore. Luxury Travel music or tapes. Download an audition and silent auctions. valleyhumane. Ranch from 1 to 4 p.m. the Odd Fellows of Liver- The event is hosted by (925) 447-4300 form and bring a current picture or org/ Featured will be the Del more. Tours, refreshments the Livermore Heritage headshot. Anyone ages 7 and above. It’s Magic, 8 p.m. March 4. Bankhead In Downtown Livermore ALL roles open, no AEA. Small stipend Theater, 2400 First St., Livermore. Arroyo 4-H Club with ani- and art demonstrations will Guild, www.livermorehis- 2269 Third Street mals to see and pet. Paws be offered. tory.com available to adult cast. If interested www.bankheadtheater.org or 373- travelbuglivermore.com in auditioning your dog for the role of 6800. 10 The Independent • February 23, 2017 Milestones BULLETIN BOARD (Organizations wishing to run notices tion, featuring guest speaker Ray Team Up with Teen Esteem, on March School Alumni Assoc. is having its 5th An- in Bulletin Board, send information to PO Lozano, Wed., March 15, 7 to 8:30 p.m. 18 at the Blackhawk Country Club. The nual Fundraising Crab Feed on Sat. March UNCLE Credit Box 1198, Livermore, CA 94551, in care of Livermore-Pleasanton Elks Lodge #2117. sports-themed event is relaxed with at- 18, 2017 in celebration of the 125th Bulletin Board or email information to ed- The event is co-sponsored by the Elks tendees encouraged to wear the jersey of Anniversary of Livermore High School. 6 - [email protected]. Include name Lodge and the Livermore Valley Joint their favorite team. It includes a cocktail 10 pm at the Robert Livermore Community Union Celebrating of organization, meeting date, time, place Unified School District. Event will take reception, dinner, live and silent auctions. Center. Ticket prices: $55.00/person. See and theme or subject. Phone number and place at the Elks Lodge, 940 Larkspur Dr., Dinner will be served at 7 p.m., preceded www.livermorehighalumni.com for current contact person should also be included. Livermore. by the cocktail reception at 6 p.m. Tickets information or call Ray: 925-548-8817 60th Anniversary Deadline is 5 p.m. Friday.) Cancer Care Support Group for or sponsorships can be reserved at www. Meals on Wheels Volunteers Livermore Valley Coin Club 54th those living with cancer and their caregiv- teenesteem.org/2017auction. Tickets are are needed to deliver fresh meals to UNCLE Credit Union marks a major milestone this Annual Show, March 5th, 2017 at the ers, as well as anyone looking to make a $150 per person. www.teenesteem.org. homebound seniors in Livermore or Pleas- year with its 60th anniversary. Since its inception, the Livermore/Pleasanton Elks Lodge, 940 difference and give back by lending their Dress a Girl Around the World, an anton one day per week, Monday-Friday Larkspur Drive in Livermore. 10 am to support, meets the second and fourth invitation to make simple dresses for girls between 10 am-12 pm. For more informa- organization has remained dedicated to the financial 5 pm. The show will feature about 30 Wednesdays of the month at CrossWinds in third world countries. Next Sew-Fest tion, please call (925)483-1989. well-being of its members while playing an essential role dealers, displays and information booth. Church, 1660 Freisman Rd., Pleasanton, is Sat., March 25, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Learn Scottish country dancing in in successful efforts to strengthen the larger community. As always, admission, parking and coin Break Room 1. All are welcome, regard- at Trinity Lutheran Church, 1225 Hopyard Livermore: lively reels and jigs and grace- appraisals are free. Catered lunch service less of religious affiliation. For more Ave., Pleasanton.. Help is needed sewing, ful strathspeys that are the traditional Founded in 1957 by four employees of the University will be available. Wooden nickels will be information, contact: David Chang, (510) ironing, cutting. Bring sewing machine or social dance of Scotland. Classes are of California Radiation Laboratory at Livermore (now given away to commemorate the show, 502-3541 or [email protected] serger, iron, ironing board, scissors, along Mondays 8:00 to 9:30 pm at the Liver- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), UNCLE was hourly drawing for a US Silver Eagle Livermore Library Board, meeting 7 with helping hands. (Those planning to more Veteran’s Hall, 522 South L Street, originally known as Radiation Laboratory Livermore bullion coin and coins will be given out to p.m. Thurs., March 23 at the Civic Center stay all day should bring a bag lunch.) Livermore. No prior dance experience the kids. For more information, please call Library, 1188 S. Livermore Ave. An agenda Always accepting cheerful cotton fabric required. Call Margaret Ward at (925) Credit Union. Initially, it provided financial services Steve Kramer at (925) 980-9307. will be posted at the library 72 hours prior donations. Those who can’t make the 449-5932 or Sheena MacQueen at (925) for the entire Lab community. In the intervening years, Tri-Valley Organizing Meeting, to the meeting. Sew-Fest but would like to sew, arrange 447-1833 for more information. Youth UNCLE has grown to more than $363 million in assets IBEW 595 Hall (6250 Village Parkway) Ragin Cajun Goes to Trinidad, for kits that can be sews at home. Ques- class (ages 8 and up): contact Sheena first Thursday of the month. Next March 10, 2017, Casa real at Ruby Hill tions? Suzanne Beck, 925-352-8447 or MacQueen (925)447-1833 for info. – offering the benefits of credit union membership to meeting is on March 2nd starting at Winery, Pleasanton. Benefit for Sandra J. [email protected] Rotary Club of Livermore Valley anyone who lives, works, worships or attends school in 6:30PM. Fnd out about projects or bring Wing Healing Therapies Foundation. New ClutterLess (CL) is having a special invites interested individuals to attend its four Northern California counties. one to start. Current projects include live and silent auction items this year. open Speaker Meeting, March 6 in Pleas- morning meeting. Meetings are held every #Fight4OurHealth (defending Affordable Support helps to provide complimentary anton. Lien Addo and Pamela, founders of Tuesday at 7 am in Beeb’s Sports Bar & In addition to five financial centers and a full spectrum Care Act aka ObamaCare), #NoBan- healing therapies to cancer patients who Zen Life Organizing will speak about “How Grill at the Las Positas Golf Course, 915 of online and mobile banking services, UNCLE provides NoWall (SB54&SB31, Sanctuary City/Safe go through chemotherapy. Tickets at www. to Organize and Stay Organized". Zen Life Club House Drive, Livermore. Anyone who members with access to 5,000+ shared branches and Haven), Livermore March for Science, and healingtherapiesfoundation.com. Organizing works to empower and coach would like to give back to the community California Disclose Act (AB14). All the Livermore-Amador Genealogical clients. ClutterLess (CL) is a nonprofit, is invited to meet with club members nearly 30,000 ATMs via the CO-OP Shared Branching activists and first timers are welcome. Society, meeting 7:30 p.m. March 13 will peer-based, self-help, support group for and community leaders who work or Network. Bring snack to share and your water feature speaker Jackie Krebs Reimers. people with difficulty discarding unwanted live in the Livermore area for fun and “Although our primary mission is to provide the bottle. Contact Kyoko at 925-290-7124 for The topic will be Making Your Family possessions. Cluttering is a psycho- fellowship while raising money to help detail.s The meeting is hosted by OFA East History Come to Life. Topics will include logical issue, not an organizing issue. CL local schools and various organizations financial services that our members need to prosper, Bay Central and Tri-Valley Progressives. finding stories about ancestors, pictorial- usually* meets every Monday, except such as Open Heart Kitchen, AXIS Health, our investment in the communities we serve extends far Bingo Bash, Fri., March 10, Italian izing pedigree charts and family pictures, holidays, Rm 7 at 7 pm at The Parkview, Every 15 Minutes, Wheel Chair Founda- beyond this purpose,” said UNCLE Credit Union Board Catholic Federation Branch #285 scrapbooking historic events , suggested 100 Valley Avenue (use main entrance), tion, CAPE, Veterans groups, and many fundraiser, St. Augustine Parish Hall, 900 software, and tips and tricks that will 2nd Floor Activity Room, Pleasanton. more. For more information, go to www. Chairman Chung Bothwell. “Not only does UNCLE E. Angela, Pleasanton. Doors open 6 p.m., make it all easier. Meeting at Congregation RSVP: Volunteer 925-525-3992 or Clut- livermorevalleyrotary.org/ or contact Fred initiate and lead impactful initiatives supporting financial bingo at 6:30 p.m. $10 per bingo packet Beth Emek, 3400 Nevada Ct., Pleasanton. [email protected]. Visit Quarterman at 925-337-5342 or Deb education, but it’s also a significant contributor to impor- (10 games). Pizza, snacks and beverages No charge. Visitors welcome. For ad- www.ClutterLessEastBay.Org, Tacker at 925-447-1135. available. Prizes, raffles, intermission ditional information contact: Kay Speaks, Widowed Men and Women of Del Valle Folk Dancers: beginning tant causes and critical services focused on areas such entertainment. Reservations by March Program Chair, email: program@L-AGS. Northern CA, Feb. 26, 1 p.m. lunch in and experienced dancers are welcome. as community development, human services, innovation 6: Bobbie, 361-7088. Proceeds go to org Livermore, RSVP by Feb. 23 to Ruby, Balkan, Israeli and other world dances, and research, and the arts.” Children's Hospital treatment of Cooley's Bringing Back the Natives Garden 462-9636. easy line and circle dances, no partners Anemia plus other ICF Charities. Tour, Sunday, May 7, 2017, self-guided Grief Workshop - Stepping Stones on required, casual dress. $3 per session UNCLE has also earned distinction among employers Tri-Valley Republican Women tour 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at various locations Your Grief Journey. Join us bi-monthly. St. (first time free). Tuesdays 7:30-9:30 p.m. in the area for fostering a positive and motivating work- Federated dinner meeting on March 9 will throughout Alameda and Contra Costa Elizabeth Seton Church, 4001 Stoneridge at the Bothwell Arts Center (West end), place, and it has excelled at providing opportunities for its feature guest speaker, June Gilliam. Born counties. Twenty-five of these gardens Dr. Pleasanton; second and fourth 2466 8th Street, Livermore. Information: and raised in the largest city of China - have not been on the Tour before. More Thursday evenings at 7:30 pm, Feb. 23. George Pavel (925) 447-8020 or george. employees to find fulfillment in work and in service to the Shanghai, Ms. June Gilliam graduated than fifty garden talks will be offered No pre-registration is necessary. These [email protected] community. The credit union’s commitment to corporate from one of the top universities where throughout the day. Volunteers are needed sessions are open to all, regardless of Square dancing for all ages 8 years responsibility is reflected across all organization levels she became a member of the Communist to spend a morning or afternoon greeting religious affiliation. Call Eleanor Flatley at and up Thursdays from 7:00-8:30pm Party. In 1998 she came to the U.S. hop- tour participants and answering questions 925-846-8708 for more information. at Del Valle High, 2253 5th Street, at UNCLE with donations of time and money to help ing to advance her career. She has been about natives. For more information Social Justice Forum: Film Screen- Livermore. Families and friends welcome. dozens of efforts such as those of the American Cancer involved in public speaking to offer honest and to register for the tour go to www. ing, March 12, noon to 1:30 p.m. "From September classes free to new dancers. Society’s Relay For Life, Children’s Miracle Network insights of China and to raise awareness bringingbackthenatives.net This Day Forward," the story of a love and Questions? Margaret 925-447-6980 or of China’s human rights issues since Armchair Travellers, a monthly a family that survived the most intimate [email protected] Hospital, Tri-Valley Haven, Toys for Tots, The Arts at 2008. She has been working for a Fortune program, will take place at the Livermore of transformations. With her own wedding Italian Catholic Federation, meets Bankhead Theater and Lawrence Livermore National 100 company in Silicon Valley for the Public Library Civic Center on Thursday, just around the corner, filmmaker Sharon 3rd Friday of the month, 6 p.m. St. Laboratory’s HOME Campaign. past 17 years as a business operations March 9th at 1:30 p.m. Frank and Sigrid Shattuck returns home to examine the Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church, 4001 management professional. Meeting begins Rainer will present a slideshow of photos mystery at the heart of her upbringing: Stoneridge Dr., Pleasanton. Anyone who “As we approach our diamond anniversary, we find at 7 p.m. after social time at 6:30 p.m. at and videos from their adventures in How her transgender father Trisha and her loves all things Italian is invited to meet to plenty of reasons to celebrate in the confidence our Beeb’s Sports Bar and Grill Banquet Room Greenland. Adults are invited to this free straight-identified mother Marcia stayed celebrate the Italian heritage with monthly members have placed in us over the past sixty years and (At the Las Positas Golf Course), 915 program on the second Thursday of each together against all odds. From This dinner meetings and holding charitable our history of success made possible through a shared Clubhouse Drive, Livermore Reservations month in the Community Meeting Rooms Day Forward is a moving portrayal of an events. The group supports Children's due by March 7, 2017 . Members: $30.00; of the Civic Center Library, 1188 S. Liver- American family coping with the most in- Hospital research, college scholarships purpose of promoting our mutual financial health,” guests: $35.00 Call Jo Molz: 925-846- more Avenue, Livermore. For additional timate of transformations. View the trailer and other charities. For information, said UNCLE Credit Union President and CEO Harold 6155, 925-367-6155 include all names information please call 925 373-5500. here: https://vimeo.com/164500080. contact Judy Wellbeloved, president, Roundtree. and a phone number or email: rjm911@ Teen Esteem will celebrate more than Unitarian Universalist Church, 1893 N. 462-2487. sbcglobal.net 20 years of serving Tri-Valley students Vasco Rd., Livermore. Tri-Valley Stargazers Astronomy Drug & Substance Abuse Preven- and their families at its annual fundraiser, Crab Feed, The Livermore High Club. Feed your wonder about the Night February 23, 2017 • The Independent 11 BULLETIN BOARD

Sky and the Cosmos by joining us on the assistanceleague.org, e-mail assistance- from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. For more 6656 Alisal St., Pleasanton, Adult Sunday 925-227-1301. www.thecrossing.org ages) – 8:30 AM. Communion – 9:30 AM. 3rd Friday of the Month for our club meet- [email protected], or call information, call Tami Jenkins, 925-784- school 9:15 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Valley Bible Church, Livermore, 925-906-9561 stfrancisanglican.church. ing. Unitarian Universalist Church, 1893 (925) 461-6401. 5014 or email livermoremilitaryfamilies@ Children's Church (Pre-K-5th grade) meets at 10:00 am Sunday at 6751 Center for Spiritual Living N. Vasco Rd., Livermore. Doors open at Operation: SAM “Supporting All yahoo. 11:15 a.m., Nursery to age 3, Women's Southfront Road, Suite 6749, Livermore. Livermore Valley - People from all faith 7:00 p.m. talk starts at 7:30 pm. For more Military” is a 501(c)3 non profit military Bible study Wednesdays at 10 a.m., Phone 925-227-1301. www.thecrossing. traditions, cultures, races and sexual info visit us @ http://www.trivalleystar- support organization based in Livermore. RELIGION Senior Adult Ministries meet every other org. orientations welcome. Sunday service gazers.org/ S.A.M. has been in operation since Janu- First Presbyterian Church, 2020 month. For ministry information call (925) Cedar Grove Community Church, at 10:00 a.m. Youth and teen programs Ravenswood Historical Site, 2647 ary 2004. It is dedicated to the continued Fifth Street, Livermore. 8:30 a.m. Contem- 846-8650 2021 College Ave., Livermore. Worship offered as well. All are welcome. Meeting Arroyo Road, Livermore, Docents in 1890s morale support of deployed troops. For plative Service in the Chapel and 10:00 Trinity Church, 557 Olivina Ave. Services 9 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. www. place 1617 2nd St., 2nd Floor, Livermore. costumes give free guided tours beginning information or donations, visit www. a.m. Traditional Service in the Sanctuary Livermore. Sunday worship at 8:30 and cedargrove.org or call 447-2351. For more information contact revhar- at noon, on the second and fourth Sun- operationsam.org, email operationsam@ and children’s program For more informa- 11:00 a.m., and Sunday School and Bible Chabad of the Tri-Valley, 784 [email protected] or visit us at http:// days of the month. Each tour includes the comcast.net or call 925-443-7620. tion www.fpcl.us or 925-447-2078. study for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Awana is Palomino Dr., Pleasanton. 846-0700. csllvlighthouse.org. 1885 Cottage and the 1891 Main House, Depression and Bipolar Support Tri-Valley Bible Church, 2346 Sunday at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday night www.jewishtrivalley.com. Rabbi Raleigh St. Matthews Baptist Church, 851 and the beautifully landscaped grounds. Alliance (DBSA) Pleasanton, meets Walnut St., Livermore, holds Sunday wor- there is adult Bible study, and youth Resnick. Rincon Ave., Livermore. www, smbclive. For information on the Ravenswood Wednesdays 7:15 to 8:45 p.m. St. Clare's ship at 10 a.m. with Sunday school for all activities at 6:30 p.m. Child care during Well Community Outreach Center com or 443.3686. Dr. Allen S. Turner. Progress League (RPL) or the volunteer Episcopal Church, 3350 Hopyard Rd., ages at 9 a.m. Children's classes during all events. 447-1848, www.trinityliver- ministry provides meats, canned and dry Worship services 8 and 11 a.m., Sunday Docent Program, please call the Docent Pleasanton (not affiliated with the church. adult worship service. AWANA children's more.org goods, toiletries, and school supplies (only family Bible school, 9:30 p.m., Bible study Coordinator at (925) 443-0238. Information at www.dbsalliance.org/ program Wednesdays at 6 p.m. 449-4403 St. Charles Borromeo, 1315 Lomitas available prior to the start of the school and youth ministry, Wednesday 7 p.m. Sons in Retirement (SIR) is a social pleasanton or contact chapter leader, Al or www.Tri-ValleyBibleChurch.com. Ave., Livermore. Meditation groups follow- year). Those with an immediate need or Feed the homeless, Saturday 11 a.m. group of retired men who join together to Pereira, 462-6415. Unitarian Universalist, 1893 N. ing the John Main tradition, every Monday who would like to donate nonperishable Prayer, 6 p.m. weekdays. better enjoy their leisure time. Activities Pleasanton Newcomers Club, open Vasco Rd., Livermore. 10:30 a.m. Sunday 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. For details, contact food items, call the office at (925) 479- Tri-Valley Church of Christ, gives include golf, bridge, photography, travel, to new and established residents of the service. Information 447-8747 or www. Claire La Scola at 447-9800. 1414 to begin the process. Wednesday away clothing and other items every fishing, biking, wine tasting, and technol- Tri-Valley. Activities include a coffee the uucil.org St. Innocent Orthodox Church, and Friday 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., and Thursday Monday 10-12. Donations are also ac- ogy. The Tri-Valley Branch serves men liv- first Wednesday of the month, a luncheon Congregation Beth Emek, Center for 5860 Las Positas Rd., Livermore. Sunday 4 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Pick up by appointment cepted on Mondays between 10-12. 4418 ing in Pleasanton, Dublin, Livermore, and on the second Wednesday of the month, Jewish Learning, Prayer and Community Liturgy at 10 a.m. For details, go to www. only. The Outreach Center will be open E. Avenue, Livermore. San Ramon. The group meets for lunch on Bunco, Mah Jongg, walking/hiking groups, in the Tri-Valley. 3400 Nevada Court, stinnocent.net or call Fr. John Karcher at every 4th Saturday to distribute bags from Christ Church (a nondenominational the first Thursday of each month at the family activities, and monthly adult Pleasanton. Information 931-1055. Rabbi (831) 278-1916. Fresh and Easy Market and Sprouts. This evangelical church formerly meeting San Ramon Golf Club, 9430 Fircrest Lane, socials. Information, call 925-215-8405 Dr. Laurence Milder, www.bethemek.org. St. Clare’s Episcopal Church, 3350 will be on a first come first serve basis in Pleasanton), Now meeting at Arroyo San Ramon. Please read more about the or visit www.PleasantonNewcomers.com Tri-Valley Cultural Jews, affiliated Hopyard Road, Pleasanton, Services between 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 2333 Mocho Elementary School, 1040 Florence Tri-Valley SIR at www.trivalleysir.org and Livermore Peripheral Neuropathy with the Congress of Secular Jewish on Sunday, 8:00 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. Nissen Drive, Livermore. Rd., Livermore. Worship service at 9:00 the Statewide SIR at www.sirinc.org/. For Support Group meets every fourth Organizations (csjo.org). Information, Children’s Sunday School & Chapel at Lynnewood United Methodist a.m.; Educational Classes for all ages information or to attend a meeting, call Tuesday of the month at 10 a.m. in the Rabbi Judith Seid, Tri-Valley Cultural Jews, 10:15 a.m. All are most welcome to come Church, 4444 Black Ave., Pleasanton at 11:00 a.m. visit: www.christchurch- Carl Churilo, 925-967-8177. third floor movie room at Heritage Estates 485-1049 or EastBaySecularJews.org. and worship with us and to enjoy our offers a friendly congregation where all trivalley.org or call 925.846.0665. Sons in Retirement (SIR) is a group Retirement Community. The address First Church of Christ, Scientist, hospitality. For more information call the are welcome, no matter where they are on Unity of Tri-Valley is a welcoming for retired men who seek activities to en- is 900 E. Stanley Blvd., Livermore All Livermore, services 10 a.m. every church office 925-462-4802. their faith journey. Sunday worship is at spiritual community for people of all faiths hance their retirement. Monthly meetings are welcome. Contact is Lee Parlett Sunday. Sunday School for students (ages St. Bartholomew's Episcopal 9:00 and 10:30 a.m. with childcare and and backgrounds. Children's program feature lunch and an interesting speaker. 292-9280. 3-20) is held at 10 a.m. every Sunday. Church , 678 Enos Way, Livermore, (925) Sunday school at 10:30am. First Sundays available. Ongoing groups and activities. Men have the opportunity to learn about DBE Daughters of the British The church and reading room are located 447-3289. www.saintbartslivermore.com. of the month are informal with guitar. Rev. Micah Murdock, minister. 7567 Ama- and join activities such as hiking, bridge, Empire, John McLaren’s Roses of Britain at Third and N Streets. The Reading Room, Service Schedule: 8:00 a.m. Contempla- Children's choir is at 11:40-12:10. "Come dor Valley Blvd., Suite 108, Dublin. 10:00 investment, bowling, bocce ball and wood Chapter in the Tri-Valley meets at 11:00 which is open to the public, features tive Eucharist; 9:15 a.m. Adult Bible Study As You Are" is an informal service every am Sunday service. www.unityoftrivalley. carving. There is also a neat group of guys a.m. on the 3rd Thursday of every month books, CDs and magazines for sale. For (check web-site): 10:20 Sunday School Sunday at 5:30 p.m. Rev. Heather Leslie org. 925.829.2733. to get to know. SIR Branch #121 meets at Castlewood Country Club. DBE was information, call (925) 447-2946. (Godly Play); 10:30: Sung Eucharist with Hammer minister. www.lynnewood.org, GraceWay Church will worship at 10 on the 4th Tuesday of each month at the founded in 1909 and is a nonprofit 501(c) Sunset Community Church, 2200 choir, child care provided. 925 846-0221. a.m. Sundays at Alisal Elementary School, DoubleTree Hotel, Las Flores Road (near (3) organization made up of women of Arroyo Rd., Livermore. Sunday worship Little Brown Church, United Church The Church of Jesus Christ of 1454 Santa Rita Rd. until new home is Bluebell Drive), Livermore, at 11:30. Any British or British Commonwealth heritage service at 9:30 a.m. Hispanic service of Christ 141 Kilkare Road, Sunol. 10:30 Latter-day Saints--Livermore Stake, refurbished and updated. Services include retired man is welcome to drop by to learn and ancestry with a focus on charity and starts at 2 p.m. Nursery and children's a.m. worship. All are welcome here. www. Sunday services--1501 Hillcrest Ave: band-led worship music, as well as choir about your opportunities. For more infor- fellowship. Those interested in helping church provided. A "Night of Worship" littlebrownchurchofsunol.org 925-862- Springtown Ward 9:00 am; 1st Ward anthems. Sunday School for infants, mation check our website: branch121. with “the cause," enjoying social activi- first Sunday of each month at 6 p.m. 2580 11:00 am; 4th Ward 1:00 pm. 950 Mocho preschoolers and elementary through high sirinc2.org or email Neal Cavanaugh at ties, and forming long-lasting friendships, Wednesday night program for all ages at 7 Pathway Community Church, 6533 St.: 3rd Ward 9:00 am; 2nd Ward 11:00 school students. www.gracewayfaith or [email protected] (put “SIR” in contact Edith Caponigro at 925-998-3500 p.m. Information, call 447-6282. Sierra Lane, Dublin. Contemporary Wor- am; Mocho Branch (Spanish) 12:20 pm. 846-4436 for information. the subject line). or Jenny Whitehouse at 925-621-8946 for Holy Cross Lutheran Church Sun- ship Service, Sunday 10:30 am. Children, 8203 Village Parkway, Dublin: Tri-Valley WINGS (Women in God’s Spirit) Eric's Corner is a free support additional information. day Service 9:30 a.m. 1020 Mocho St., youth, adult programs. Biblically based Young Single Adult Ward 1:30 pm. for women of all ages and life stages. group for people who are dealing with a Pleasanton Military Families is a Livermore. Information, 447-8840. practical messages, nondenominational. The Church of Jesus Christ of Meets Thursday mornings, 9:30 – 11:30 diagnosis of Epilepsy. Everyone is invited Pleasanton based support group for those Our Savior Lutheran Ministries, All are welcomed. www.pathwaycom- Latter-Day Saints: Pleasanton 1st Ward: am; through May 11, 2017. St. Charles to attend these meetings. Meetings are who have a loved one serving in the Mili- 1385 S. Livermore Avenue, Livermore. 9 muntiychurch.org (925) 829-4793. Sunday at 1 p.m., 6100 Paseo Santa Cruz. Parish, Borromeo Hall, 1315 Lomitas held at 5725 W. Las Positas Blvd., second tary. The group gathers at 7:00 p.m. on a.m. worship (semiformal); 10:30 a.m. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Pleasanton 2nd Ward: Sunday 1 p.m. at Avenue, Livermore. For WINGS speaker floor, Pleasanton. We meet from 6:30 the 2nd Tuesday of each month to share adult Bible study/Sunday school. For 486 S. J Street, Livermore. Sunday wor- 3574 Vineyard Ave. Pleasanton 3rd Ward: presentations and events: stcharlesliver- -8;00 on the third Thursday of each concerns, fears, and to celebrate the joys information, call 925-447-1246. ship at 9:00 am, followed by Bible Study/ Sunday 9:30 a.m., 3574 Vineyard Ave. more.org, click on “Upcoming Events” month. For more information please visit that are experienced. There is no better Asbury United Methodist Church, Sunday School at 10:20 am. For more Pleasanton 4th Ward: Sunday 9:30 a.m., and “WINGS”. Questions: Donna Leach us at ericscorner.org support than being surrounded by others 4743 East Avenue, Livermore. 9 a.m. information, visit www.goodshepherd- 6100 Paseo Santa Cruz. Dublin 1st Ward: 925-443-6815 or Phyllis Clearwater Pleasanton Lions Club welcomes who know what you are going through. Sunday worship. Information 447-1950. livermore.org or call (950) 371-6200. Sunday 9:30 a.m., 8203 Village Parkway. 925-337-4299. visitors to come experience a great time Three times per year, the group collect Calvary Tri-Valley, Sunday Services Bethel Family Christian Center, 501 John Knox Presbyterian Church, Grace Missionary Baptist Church, while making a difference in our commu- supplies and sends care packages to the at 243 Scott Street, Livermore, 10:00am. North P Street, Livermore, Pastors are 7421 Amarillo Rd., Dublin. Sunday wor- meets at 1759 Locust St., Livermore. nity & beyond. Dinner meetings every 2nd troops. Contact [email protected] www.calvarylivermore.org or 925-447- Don & Debra Qualls. Weekly ministries: ship service at 9:30 a.m. Sunday school (925) 667-1610. www.gracembc.com. & 4th Tuesday of each month at 6:30pm. for the location of the next meeting. 4357. Sunday 10 a.m. - Teaching Sessions; for ages 3-18 during worship. Adult Sunday School, 9:45 am; Sunday Worship, Check the website for meeting location: Livermore Military Families, a Granada Baptist Church, 945 Con- Sunday 10:25 a.m. - Holy Grounds Fel- education Sundays at 11:00 a.m. Jr. High 11 am. Relevant and refreshing Bible Pleasanton. www.pleasantonlionsclub.org support group for families in Livermore cannon Boulevard, Livermore. Services: lowship; Sunday Worship Service 10:45 youth group Sundays 4:00-6:10 p.m. High teaching. Pastor: Jeff Barger. Assistance League® of Amador who have a loved one serving in the Sunday school – 9:45 a.m.; worship a.m. - Elementary aged children go to school youth group Sundays 5:50-8:00 Islam 101 with Mahdy Amine, Valley invites all visitors to join this Military, is intended to be a safe place for service – 11 a.m. All are welcome. Kid’s Church following worship, nursery p.m. www.jkpcdublin.org (925)828-1846. March 4, noon to 3 p.m. informal dedicated group of volunteers, reaching family members to come and share their 447-3428. available; Wednesday 7 p.m. - Back to the Livermore Quakers: Unprogrammed discussion-based workshop, aimed at out to those in need in the Tri-Valley and experiences and concerns with others who Seventh-day Adventist Church, Point Bible Study; all ages; Friday 7 p.m. worship, Sundays at 6 pm, 1886 College individuals who are curious about Islam having fun doing it. Regular meetings are understand what they are going through. 243 Scott Street, Livermore. 925-447- - Celebrate Recovery; in the dining hall; Ave. (United Christian Church). www. and Muslims. Tea and snacks provided. held on the third Thursday of the month All family members are welcome to attend 5462, services on Saturday: Sabbath 925-449-4848. LivermoreQuakers.com Muslim Community Center East Bay, 5724 at 7 p.m. at the Parkview, 100 Valley meetings. Meetings on the 3rd Thursday school 9:30 a.m., worship 11 a.m. www. Valley Bible Church, Pleasanton, St. Francis of Assisi, 193 Contrac- W. Las Positas Blvd., Pleasanton. www. Ave., Pleasanton. For more information, of each month at the Livermore Veterans livermoresda.org/ All are welcome. 7106 Johnson Drive, Services at 9:00 and tors St., Livermore. .Sunday School (all mcceastbay.org see our website, www.amadorvalley. Memorial Building, 522 South L Street Faith Chapel Assembly of God, 11:00. Interpretation for the deaf at 9:00. 12 The Independent • February 23, 2017 LVCP Seniors Are National Milestones Merit Finalists Two seniors at Livermore science. challenging math class. “He Valley Charter Preparatory Both Carter and Audrey got me into AP (advanced (LVCP) have become Na- said that they like LVCP for placement) calculus, just by FALLON MIDDLE SCHOOL tional Merit Scholarship its small classes and close walking over to the other finalists for 2017. attention from teachers. For teacher’s class,” said Carter. BRINGS HOME TROPHIES Audrey Kurz and Carter Carter, extra attention from a LVCP principal Gary Sande were chosen as semi- math teacher revealed what Pogue said, “We are ex- finalists in September, and Carter said was his boredom tremely proud to have Na- moved up to the finalist about math classes as a soph- tional Merit finalists. Both group in February. omore. The teacher came are extremely good go-getter They have received Cer- up with a solution: a more students.” tificates of Merit, and are eligible for the final selection of scholarship winners. The National Merit Scholarship Corporation will announce EDUCATION the winners in spring and Jordan Singh of Pleasanton, is a member of the Class of 2019 summer. and is majoring in Political Science. Marist is dedicated to helping Audrey was proud and students develop the intellect, character, and skills required for excited to hear the news. She enlightened, ethical, and productive lives in the global community of the 21st century. would like to study neurosci- ence at a small college. Corinne Valdix of Pleasanton, is one of almost 30 Dordt College Audrey has been a mem- students who traveled overseas during winter break with AMOR (A ber of the Model U.N. As- Mission OutReach) mission project. Valdix traveled to India. She is a senior majoring in Health and Human Performance with an sociation at LVCP for four emphasis in Exercise Science. She also has minors in Biomedical years, and serves as its presi- Sciences and Psychology. AMOR is part of the colleges growing dent this year. She likes mission to join scholarship and service. Students traveled to one Model U.N., because it offers of four sites including the India, Liberia, Belize, and Tanzania. the variety of representing Justin Edward Gibson of Pleasanton, a senior majoring in civil different nations, depend- engineering, was named to the Dean's List for the fall 2016 semester ing on which conference at Clarkson University. Dean's List students must achieve a minimum the team is attending. At the 3.25 grade-point average and also carry at least 14 credit hours. Model U.N. in Berkeley in Linfield College has released its fall semester Dean’s List. In Fallon Middle School took first place among 35 Bay Area youth teams at the U.S. March, LVCP will be the order to be named to the Dean’s List, students must complete 12 Amateur Team West Scholastic Tournament held Feb. 18. Fallon's A team (pictured, Peruvian delegation. graded credits and have a grade point average of 3.65 or higher. from left - Charles O'Hagin, Rohil Khare, Anish Kasam, and Abhinav Koka) tied for “You meet a lot of dif- Livermore residents Charlotte Smith and Maura Hand are on the list. first with a perfect 5-0 record. Koka, Kasam and Anish Kataria also won 1st or 2nd ferent people, and practice being in front of audiences. Naveen Saxena, a student from Biola University and resident place honors for their strong individual performances. Fallon's B team of Cassius Lai, of Pleasanton, will be in a production of Kurt Weill's Street Scene, Nathan Manesh, Marc Boudames and Andrew Hamel won for best team in their section. We are assigned a country, the biggest production in the Biola Conservatory of Music's history, and get a month in advance from Feb.10-19. Saxena, Music/ Business Administation, is one of to do the research,” said the 140 cast members to present Biola's rendition of Street Scene. Audrey. She is also active in The opera takes place in 1940's New York City on two hot June days on the front steps of a brownstone and offers a fascinating tennis and golf. synthesis of styles. The production fuses the work of playwright Carter wants to major in Elmer Rice, Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes, and electrical engineering. He Weill, to include jazz, blues, American musical theatre and clas- has applied to various uni- sical opera. Members of the cast and crew include students from versities in the eastern United the Conservatory, music and non-music majors, as well as students from Biola's Youth Theatre program and other children from the States and Canada. local La Mirada community. Carter sees majoring in electrical engineering as a Hayley Do of Pleasanton, excelled during the Fall 2016 semester pathway to various fields, at Hofstra University, achieving a GPA of at least 3.5 to earn a spot including computers. He on the Dean's List. is a member of the LVCP Joshua Lundquist of Dublin has been named to the Deans' List robotics team, and says he is at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for the fall semester of the enthused about that practical 2016-17 academic year. application of his interest in Lundquist, a senior Biochemistry major, was named to the Dean's List for the College of Arts and Sciences.