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The Around Dublin Team reports on news throughout Dublin, California and provides an online forum for interested residents in this emerald city of Northern California to share their perspectives.
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February 2, 2012 | 
5 Comments | Topics: Announcements · Restaurants
For fans of the San Francisco 49ers in and around Dublin, CA, the upcoming Super Bowl XLVI is just not the same without their favorite players in red and gold. Many have yet to recover from their team’s heartbreaking loss to the New York Giants in overtime. Some have actually cancelled their Super Bowl parties.
Our friends at Vito’s Express understand how everyone is feeling, yet they remain very proud of how far the San Francisco 49ers have come during this amazing 2011-2012 season. To help all the 49er fans feel a little bit better and get everyone in the mood for the big game, Vito’s Express will be offering a $25-for-$50 Super Bowl special. Simply buy a $25 gift card from Vito’s Express by Saturday. The gift card will have $50 redeemable value for one day only during Super Bowl Sunday. Any unused amount left on these special Super Bowl gift cards will expire by close of business on Sunday. Customers can use the gift card on anything on the menu for both dine-in and take-out.
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February 1, 2012 | No Comments | Topics: Local Issues
As consumer credit card debt and payday loan debt spiral out of control for some residents in and around Dublin, CA, the number of loan sharks and scam artists are also growing. What should a prospective borrower look for when choosing the best payday loan debt consolidation company? Based on the first-hand experiences and tips from industry experts collected at the Oak View Law Group, consumers are advised of the following when choosing the right payday loan consolidation company:
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January 29, 2012 | No Comments | Topics: Announcements · Local Issues
Friends and family of the missing Ilene Misheloff will participate in a candlelight walk, at 7:00PM on January 30th. The general public is invited to participate in the walk, which will start at Wells Middle School in Dublin, CA. Wells Middle School is located at 6800 Penn Drive.
The march will take place on the 23rd anniversary of the day Ilene disappeared, and it will follow the same path Ilene took when she was kidnapped while walking home from Wells Middle School. Ilene’s parents, Maddie and Mike Misheloff, will lead the procession as they always have year after year since her abduction.
“This is something, of course, that you never get over,” said Mike Misheloff. “It’s still the most important issue in our lives, and it has been for 23 years.”
Maddie and Mike’s daughter Ilene vanished on January 30th, 1989. Ilene was 13 years old at the time of her abduction. A reward in the amount of $100,000 is currently available for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the party responsible for Ilene’s disappearance.
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January 24, 2012 | 5 Comments | Topics: Local Businesses
Walmart has recently confirmed that it is behind the anonymous application to operate a grocery story at the former Nob Hill location on Santa Rita Road in Pleasanton, CA. With the proposed store operation hours from 6:00AM until midnight, the new grocery store in Pleasanton would include a bakery, deli and pharmacy. Walmart currently operates over 180 Neighborhood Markets that sell only groceries, but none exists yet in California. “We are always looking at ways to serve our customers and expand access to our customers in California,” said Delia Garcia, a Walmart spokeswoman. “We found that these will bring the grocery component to our California customers that are quick and easy.”
In a recent letter to the City of Pleasanton, Walmart has stated that its plans for the former Nob Hill location conform to the site’s current zoning and should not trigger a design review or a public hearing. Pleasanton city staff is reviewing the plans to see if Planning Commission or City Council approval would be required. “Walmart tries to come in under the radar and get approval,” alleged Pleasanton City Councilmember Matt Sullivan. “The community needs the opportunity to discuss this.”
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January 22, 2012 | No Comments | Topics: Announcements
As a result of overnight freezing temperatures in and around Dublin, CA, about 40 Dublin San Ramon Services District (DSRSD) customers have reported symptoms of frozen pipes at their homes. DSRSD’s Customer Service team has come out with some useful tips to help customers through the cold snap.
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January 20, 2012 | No Comments | Topics: Announcements · Local Businesses
Headquartered in Livermore, CA, The Data Rescue Center was again voted “Best Computer Recovery Service” by Best of the Bay Viewers in 2011. The Data Rescue Center offers professional data recovery service for comptuer hard drive recovery. Offering Class 100 Cleanroom Service, Class 2 Vault Customer Drive Storage, as well as other best-in-the-business facility features, The Data Rescue Center can help recover data from internal/external hard drives, laptops, RAID drives, removable media including USB, flash, tape, floppy, and zip drives.
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January 19, 2012 | 2 Comments | Topics: Announcements · Local Issues
According to Dublin Police Services, three burglars broke into the new Target at Fallon Gateway in Dublin, CA just before 3:00AM early Thursday morning. The burglars reportedly gained access to the new Target through a loading dock using crowbars. Target security cameras tracked the three suspects as they took digital cameras, iPods, Kindles, and laptops from the store. The suspects led Dublin Police Services on a chase in a Ford SUV via Westbound I-580 before ultimately eluding the officers in Castro Valley.
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January 17, 2012 | 4 Comments | Topics: City Hall · Opinions
Suspected burglar Jose Luis Gonzales Franco escaped from Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, CA last Monday and was arrested at Video Only in Dublin’s historic shopping district seven hours later, still in most of his prison garb on a stolen bicycle. Franco’s big escape reportedly started in the same area off Tassajara Road where MythBusters misfired a cannonball and damaged several homes during an experiment conducted on the Alameda County Bomb Disposal Range. The City of Dublin has had a proud tradition of outsourcing its police services to the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, but it seems to have taken this outsourcing to a whole new level.
The City of Dublin stayed silent throughout the seven-hour manhunt. The CodeRED Emergency Notification System used to publicize the MythBusters cannonball community meeting could have been deployed to warn residents about the escaped inmate. City officials instead chose to keep its residents in the dark, while Dublin Unified School District and the City of San Ramon did the right thing by notifying their stakeholders as soon as they learned about the serious breach in security and public safety in Dublin.
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January 11, 2012 | 1 Comment | Topics: Restaurants
SnowFlake at the Ulferts Center in Dublin, CA is a cozy little cafe that has become an overnight sensation thanks to its one-of-a-kind icy treats. Over the last Summer, SnowFlake launched a complete lunch and dinner menu. Soon after, SnowFlake gained even more fans as customers come for the desserts and end up staying for the meal. Popular entrées include rib eye steak in black pepper sauce, rock cod in sweet corn sauce, baked pork chop and chicken in tomato sauce, and sizzling pan-fried udon in black pepper sauce. With only a handful of items priced over $10 and an average of 4 stars from over 100 reviews on Yelp, SnowFlake is always packed during lunch and dinner hours with customers patiently waiting outside its door.
Made with ice blocks that have been mixed with condensed milk, snowflake shaved ice is finer than traditional shaved ice. While the texture of snowflake shaved ice is similar to sorbets, the feathery ice sheet that comes off the shaver has a lightness and flare that is unlike any other icy treat currently on the market. Just three months after its opening last March, SnowFlake’s shaved ice has already gotten the attention of the prestigious Diablo Magazine.
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