David Jen

Residents Speak Out Against Potential East of Greenville Expansion

LIVERMORE — A plan to upgrade the lasers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL’s) National Ignition Facility (NIF) has taken a critical step forward. The project has received its second

Contenders Debate Water Security, PFAS Cleanup, State Water Supplies

Challengers Detail Priorities for Tri-Valley Water Supply and Flood Oversight

PLEASANTON — New city wireless policies may entice cellular carriers to build more cell towers in Pleasanton. City staff hope the changes will help cure the many dead zones that currently exist in the city, while still providing some protection for neighborhood aesthetics.

PLEASANTON — Mayor Jack Balch announced on May 4 his candidacy for re-election to a crowd of over 100 supporters at the Oasis Restaurant downtown, looking to continue the long-term fiscal and quality-of-life projects he helped kick off in his first term as mayor.

PLEASANTON — Next month, 1,000 residents will gather in the middle of Main Street and sit down at one long table for dinner together.

One of Pleasanton’s 35 Flock Safety cameras, attached to the light post in the foreground, records the license plates of vehicles that come into view, checks them against known hotlists, and stores the photograph for possible later searches. Photo — David Jen)

Candidates Clash on State Spending, Energy, Tri-Valley Water Issues

Named after NASA's first chief astronomer, the "mother of the Hubble Space Telescope," the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will potentially observe a billion galaxies over its operational life. A new observational method developed in part by scientists at LLNL will allow the telescope to catalog elusive neutron stars. (Rendering courtesy of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio)