John is the publisher of the Around Dublin Blog. He works at Robert Half International and lives in Dublin. As president of Dublin Rotary Club, John dedicates his free time to community service and helping others help themselves. John is also one of the founders of Tassajara Prep and a board member of Shakespeare's Associates.
In addition to closing 50 of its big-box stores in the United States, Best Buy will also cut 400 corporate jobs and trim $800 million in costs. With 1,400 locations currently in operation, the electronics retail behemoth also plans to open 100 smaller and more profitable Best Buy Mobile stores throughout the country.
Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary will be holding a rabbit adoption event on April 7th from 11:00AM to 3:00PM at the Tri-Valley East Bay SPCA. The Tri-Valley East Bay SPCA is located at 4651 Gleason Drive in Dublin. The event will feature rabbits and bunnies from rescue groups in the San Joaquin Valley and San Francisco Bay Area. Rabbit experts can answer your rabbit questions and help you find the bunny of your dreams. Bring your bunny for bunny speed dating (bow-chicka-wa-wow) or to get a free nail trim.
Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary was formed to provide a sanctuary for homeless and abused animals. Harvest Home has around 200 animals at its Stockton sanctuary. While Harvest Home offers rabbits up for adoption, most of the 200 animals will live the remainder of their lives in the nurturing environment provided by the sanctuary. Harvest Home also cares for animals with medical and behavioral issues that make finding a permanent home for them difficult. In addition to rabbits, Harvest Home takes in chickens as well as turkeys, goats, pigeons, quail, guinea pigs, ducks, guinea fowl, pigs, dogs, cats, and a couple of people.
As a proud winner of OpenTable.com Diner’s Choice award, Cellar 9 Restaurant & Bar recently unveiled a host of mouth-watering new entrées on its menu. One of the new favorites is the Dijon Crusted Tilapia served with sauteed rainbow chard, mashed potatoes, and a Kalamata olive safrio. Another one of new best sellers is the Baby Gnocchi, served with a Gorgonzola cream and crushed walnuts.
Avant-Garde Art Studio in Pleasanton, CA is the premier creative space in the Bay Area. Founded in 2004 by Nalyne Lunati, Avant-Garde Art Studio’s curriculum embraces the Eight Habits of Mind from the “Studio Thinking” Framework, which is pioneered by Harvard’s Project Zero. Avant-Garde Art Studio offers art classes for adults and youth. In addition to the visual arts program, the studio is proud to launch a comprehensive English, English as a Second Language (ESL), and Art History program for grades 1 through 12. “This is considered a joyful marriage between visual arts and language arts,” said Avant-Garde Art Studio’s CEO and Executive Education Director Nalyne Lunati.
Avant-Garde Art Studio provides a rich visual arts and language arts program for beginners to advance levels. For those who will soon be college bound, the curriculum is designed to help students transition into a four-year college. Classes are offered throughout the year during weekdays and on Saturdays.
Alameda County and Chevron Energy Solutions will join federal, state and local officials later today in Dublin, CA to unveil a microgrid that enables the county’s Santa Rita Jail to sustain power should its connection to the utility grid be interrupted. The $11.7 million project, known as a smart grid, will allow Santa Rita Jail to ensure it has a supply of reliable electricity for its daily operations and security, and will save the county approximately $100,000 per year in energy costs.
Dublin’s Spotlight Arts Academy of Dance and Music is offering its Fifth Annual HipHop workshop and its First Annual Tap workshop on March 24th and March 25. Students age 7 up to 17 will have the opportunity to work with some of the top dance teachers in the San Francisco East Bay Area. These teachers include Mike Calpito, who is one of the top 50 dancers for the hit show So You Think You Can Dance, Frost, who is also known as Antoine Troupe, from America’s Best Dance Crew, SF Tap Festival instructor Gregg Geoffroy, and Bruce Biada, who has trained with Mason and Stanley Kahn, Lyle Miller, and Pat Mason.
With the help of KB Home and Lennar Homes, homeowners at Silvera Ranch and Sonata in Dublin, CA will get many more neighbors than they had expected when they bought in their respective communities. KB Home and Lennar Homes have both been busy studying the impact the additional homes will have in their projects’ surrounding neighborhoods. Having completed the same studies currently being conducted to rezone the commercial and public/semi-public land at the Promenade into more residential space, KB Home and Lennar Homes are now ready to present their findings to Dublin’s Planning Commission.
Diablo Magazine recently reported that the Macaroni Grill at Hacienda Crossings in Dublin, CA had closed its doors. “There was some discussion of (Macaroni Grill) closing but they are still open at this point. There are national restaurant chains that would like to be in Hacienda Crossings,” clarified Dublin’s Economic Development Director Linda Smith.
Recently the City of Dublin, CA was profiled as part of the ongoing “Strong Cities | Strong State” campaign highlighting local government success stories across the Golden State. “Strong Cities | Strong State” is a project of the League of California Cities and the California City Management Foundation (CCMF). “We are very excited to be part of the Strong Cities | Strong State campaign because of its focus on local government’s impact on the residents it serves,” said Dublin Mayor Tim Sbranti. “Dublin was recently awarded the ‘All-America City’ designation because of the dedicated people in our community making Dublin’s vision a reality.”
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