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Remembering Sept. 11 Page 14 Remembering Sept. 11 Page 14 VOL. XX, NUMBER 33 • SEPTEMBER 6, 2019 WWW.PLEASANTONWEEKLY.COM A new voice in Sacramento Assemblywoman Bauer-Kahan reflects on first months in office, goals for year ahead Page 12 5 NEWS Simon proposes 486 apartments on mall property 15 TRI VALLEY LIFE ‘Paint Pleasanton 2019’ 17 SPORTS Foothill football wins first game on new field From the common to the complex, we’re here for you valleycare.com PROUD TO SERVE THE TRI-VALLEY Hospital & Emergency Urgent Care Specialty Clinics Primary Care Page 2 • September 6, 2019 • Pleasanton Weekly TIM TALK BY TIM HUNT Traveling the world using Airbnb 53 Golf Road 83 Silver Oaks Court hen I received a press up and brought them to the farm. release last month tout- Then, after describing the market 5 Bed/3.5 Bath, 4,970 Sq Ft 4 Bed/4.5 Bath, 4,839 Sq Ft ing Airbnb’s explosive they should go to, she handed them W Gorgeous home on one of Magnificent newly constructed growth across the world, my mind the keys to her car with the provision turned immediately to my Pleasanton they return it by a certain time. Castlewood’s most desired streets estate home located minutes from friends Jay and Ofelia Gomez. Ofelia lays the foundation for the featuring a bright and open floor historic downtown Pleasanton. The longtime residents operated trips by using TripAdvisor and its plan that flows into the private Nestled on a 14+-acre oak studded Ofelia’s Kitchen on Hillcrest Avenue reviews and then checking the loca- (north of East Avenue in Livermore) tions on YouTube for the low-budget backyard and is perfect for lot, this amazing home presents a for nearly 20 years before selling the approach. The combination allows entertaining. The downstairs unique opportunity for those business in 2014. Those 20 years her to determine where she wants to bedrooms and living spaces are looking for a property that offers were characterized by six-day weeks go and reserve Airbnb rooms. Once (only closed on Sunday). Her home- she’s completed that, Jay develops a great for hosting guests or multi- the potential for equestrian use or a made soups and sandwiches were spreadsheet with their itinerary and generational living. private vineyard. delightful. She made her own wheat then loads it on a Google Map on his bread — grinding it from organic laptop. It was amazing to see how Offered at $2,125,000 Offered at $3,600,000 kernels — daily. much land they traversed on their Freed of the six-day workweeks, recent and second European trip. they have settled into the new season They love the outdoors so her bias of life with two parts. runs toward beautiful places. She also There’s the nine months from Sep- tries to avoid staying downtown, feel- Gina Piper tember to June when they are com- ing they would spend all of their time mitted two days a week to leading there instead of exploring other parts Bible study fellowship groups. Jay of the city. 925.200.0202 leads a men’s group, while Ofelia On their most recent trip, they leads a women’s group in Spanish. only traveled by plane two times once www.PleasantonRealEstate.com And then, there’s summer when they landed in Greece before taking they hit the road and make full use the flight home from Oslo. Buses and Better Homes & Gardens Tri-Valley Realty / BRE#: 01201349 of the Airbnbs. My bride and I have trains are their favored mode of trans- been blessed to travel fairly widely, portation. Jay reports buses allow but are pikers compared to what Jay him to see the countryside instead of and Ofelia have done in the last few being focused on driving a car. They years. Sitting down with them last reported no language challenges — weekend, Jay said they have taken they speak English and Spanish (they three trips longer than 70 days and were born in Colombia). used Airbnbs exclusively except in In 2018, that wasn’t the case when that rare instance where they had to they traveled through Asia, visiting rely on a hotel. With the same length Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam trip next year, they will have spent a and spending a month in China. Par- emmy nominated “Glee” Star year in Airbnbs. ticularly as they got to the more rural The Airbnb press release noted areas, they need an app to translate. that the company’s listings around the In China, they also found that Matthew Morrison world topped the number of rooms people did not carry cash, everything with the of the biggest seven hotel chains was paid with the WhatsApp. They combined. It reported four million had to download it to do business. Livermore-Amador Symphony check-ins on one Saturday and more They were also surprised how mod- than six million listings worldwide. ern some of the Chinese cities are and That made it easy for the Gomez what a contrast they are to Laos, for Enjoy a dinner reception on the plaza by Wente family to travel and get in touch instance. Jay said it was like driving Family Vineyards, plus sparkling wine, a full bar, with real people. They returned last from Tijuana into San Diego. and a dessert buffet later in the evening. Before month from a 75-day trip that had They’ve also used Airbnb in Hawaii the performance, enter to win exciting raffle them flying from the Bay Area to as well as trips around the East Coast, prizes, and bid on silent and live auction items. Oslo, Norway and then on to Greece. the Mountain West and the Deep From Greece, they went into Tur- South. They connect with local peo- Don’t miss this chance to see Matthew Morrison key, then to Slovenia, Georgia, Mos- ple, watch their budget carefully and in the intimate Bankhead Theater! cow and then onto the Scandinavian celebrate the amazing world God has countries. created. Are there challenges — sure l-H=Ǘ QrǗǗlQǗQraǗe^QHeQae Ofelia remarked, because kitch- — but check out their smiles when Jean King, Priem Family Foundation, ens are available at many Airbnb they talk about their adventures. Q properties, they saved lots of money Editor’s note: Journalist Tim Hunt Lynn and Joan Seppala, The Independent, by cooking for themselves. In many has written columns on the Tri-Valley Beets Hospitality Group, Fremont Bank, The Watkins Family, cases, the owners guided them on community for more than 40 years. Catering by Wente Vineyards, Lance Cavalieri Jewelers, what they should see and where to He grew up in the valley and lives in Bay Area News Group, The Pleasanton Weekly, go. One, who owned a farm about Pleasanton. His “Tim Talk” blog appears Diablo Magazine, Phil and Muriel Dean, Uncle Credit Union, Photo: Brian Bowen Smith 30 minutes from town, picked them twice a week at PleasantonWeekly.com. Stoneridge Creek, Jim Price, Topcon Positioning Group, Supervisor Scott Haggerty, Congressman Eric Swalwell, About the Cover KKIQ, Comcast Spotlight, Visit Tri-Valley, Livermore-Amador Symphony, Assemblywoman Rebecca Bauer-Kahan walks along Main Street in Pleasanton ahead of a sitdown interview with the Weekly at Inklings Coffee & Tea last Livermore Valley Tennis Club, Shea Homes month. Photo by Mike Sedlak. Cover design by Rosanna Kuruppu. Vol. XX, Number 33 ƖƘƔƔǗ'ÀôøĀǗeĀô¬¬ĀƭǗ?ÀĒ¬ôÙäô¬ǗǗǗǗǗǗǗƫǗǗǗǗǗēēēƲ?~^Ʋäô¹ǗǗǗǗǗƫǗǗǗǗǗǗƝƖƙƲƗƛƗƲƚƜƔƔ Pleasanton Weekly • September 6, 2019 • Page 3 Streetwise ASKED AROUND TOWN If someone gave you a blank canvas and a brand new set of paints, what would you create? Leslie Silberman Marketing I would paint a panoramic view of the Tri-Valley with all the diversity that it has to offer. This scene would highlight key areas that are thriving such as culture, business and education. Beth Long Receptionist/client services assistant I’m not much of an artist, but I would try to paint my three dogs (Fanny, Rufus and Ruby) because they were never all alive at the same time. A painting of all three of them would enable me to Stanford pediatricians, now in your neighborhood imagine they were all alive at once, all together. at LPSR Pediatrics Access to Excellence. Matthew Heath genpeds.stanfordchildrens.org Special event staff I’m a big baseball fan, so I would prob- ably paint a favorite moment in time, like a great play or something, from a baseball game I attended. P L E A S AN TO N M e diterranean Food Alysa Silberman High school student I would paint a scene of Pismo Beach. 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