A local resource guide published by the Pleasanton Weekly PLEASANTON Life2015–2016 arts & entertainment | outdoors & recreation | kids’ stuff education | organizations | community information www.PleasantonWeekly.com Voted by Pleasanton residents as the best real estate office. ® Let our Realtors show you why. 2014 Like us on Facebook Tri-Valley Realty Pleasanton - Livermore PLEASANTON 4733 CHABOT DRIVE #100, PLEASANTON | 925-463-9500 Albert Andrea & Bill Bobbie Cheng Earl Rozran Wells Lacanlale 925-699-9929 925-858-4198 925-484-0900 925-353-0693 Albert. 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Given the drought our city and all of California are facing this year, you’ll fi nd contact information for the Dublin San Ramon Services District where you can fi ll your containers free of charge with recycled water. There’s also free advice and on-site consultation available by calling Pleas- anton’s Water Conservation Hotline at (925) 931-5504. Despite the drought, Pleasanton has been experiencing signifi cant growth with a population now at 72,230, average median household income at $123,509 and General Fund revenue at more than $100 million. Even better days are ahead, as the ads and listings show in this issue of Pleasanton Life. The website 24/7 Wall Street ranks Pleasanton fourth on its list of America’s 50 Best Cities to Live. Money Magazine ranks us 31st on its 2014 Best Places to Live and ninth on its Top Earning Towns. This summer, AMANDA AGUILAR Pleasanton was featured as one of the most comfortable cities in America Fair-goers get a thrill by riding one of the Alameda County Fair’s many in an article by Expedia. At the same time, NerdWallet, an online fi nancial rides at the Carnival Midway. commentary, named Pleasanton No. 13 in the “Best Places to Start a Business in Northern California.” Perhaps most important for our bachelor and bachelorette readers, online service DatingAdvice.com has named INSIDE PLEASANTON LIFE Pleasanton No. 14 on its list of “Best Small Cities for Singles.” Pleasanton is both a great place to live and a major regional employ- Pleasanton’s ‘Field of Dreams’ nears completion ment center, with 53,000 coming to jobs here every day. Robust economic $16.5 million expansion of Bernal Community Park to open next year.. ..8 initiatives that continue have attracted growing companies such as Work- day, Clorox and Roche Molecular. Stoneridge Chrysler-Jeep just moved here Quick reference directory from Dublin, with CarMax and possibly a third company opening shortly. Some useful numbers for newcomers and old-timers ...............................10 The Tri-Valley is now a Bay Area retail center that is continuing to expand. Pleasanton’s Stoneridge Shopping Center, with its 165 stores Community and organizations and restaurants conveniently located at the intersection of I-580 and Clubs, support services, service groups and more ......................................12 I-680, opened in the late 1970s, bringing the metropolitan shopping experience to the Tri-Valley with Macy’s, Nordstrom, JC Penney and Kids’ stuff Sears as key anchor stores, complementing the charm and hometown Classes, outings and sports ...................................................................................27 ambiance of downtown Pleasanton. Together with San Francisco Pre- Education mium Outlets in Livermore and Hacienda Crossings and Persimmon Place in Dublin, this area’s explosive growth has made our three cities Public and private schools, elementary through college .........................29 “the hottest neighborhoods in America,” according to Business Insider. Arts & entertainment Just 45 minutes east of the Golden Gate Bridge, Pleasanton is “the Live music, theaters, galleries and more ..........................................................32 Sunny Side of the Bay,” says Visit Tri-Valley, a destination marketing organization. Enjoy all of these amenities by making Pleasanton Life Outdoors & recreation your ready reference guide. From basketball to golf to tennis to regional parks ....................................35 ABOUT THE COVER Jeb Bing Gina Channell-Allen “I Love Pleasanton” by local artist Tatiana Salvator has livened up the traffi c Editor President/Publisher utility box at Ray and 1st streets, as part of the city’s ongoing “Project Paint Box” program. 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The project contractor has The expanded Bernal Commu- of the city’s last remaining, large phase of preserving a 318-acre tract committed to watering them with nity Park is the culmination of a undeveloped parcels.