Local Issues
by Around Dublin Team on February 1, 2012 | 
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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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by Around Dublin Team on 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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by John M. Zukoski on January 23, 2012 | 6 Comments | Topics: Local Businesses · Local Issues
Dublin’s Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing on Tuesday, January 24th to decide the fate of a local entrepreneur’s request to operate a fortune telling business in Dublin’s historic shopping district. The proposed location for the new business is 6918 Village Parkway with an intimate 140 square feet of space. Services would be provided from 10:00AM to 10:00PM seven days a week.
Some residents believe that the Commission’s decision is already in the cards. If approved, Dublin’s oracle would provide psychic, tarot card, and palm readings on a one-on-one basis. Group seances and readings over the phone will not be available, so Dublin will not be getting its own Miss Cleo.
The Planning Commission’s conditional approval for the fortune telling business would include a series of requirements and restrictions, and it would only be the first step for the applicant Janet Evans. Evans would then need to obtain approval from Dublin’s Chief of Police Tom McCarthy, who reports to both Alameda County Sheriff Greg Ahern and Dublin City Manager Joni Pattillo.
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by Around Dublin Team on 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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by John M. Zukoski on January 19, 2012 | 11 Comments | Topics: Development · Local Issues
City officials have confirmed that the grand opening of Kaiser Permanente’s medical facility in Dublin, CA has been pushed out to at least 2020. Kaiser Permanente had originally expected to complete its East Dublin medical facility project by 2015; however, it may still build and open the medical offices before 2020. Kaiser Permanente has reportedly held off building its Dublin facility until it has completed its San Leandro project in October 2014.
Kaiser Permanente’s medical facility projects typically take about five years to finish. If the San Leandro project can proceed without any major delay, the East Dublin facility should be able to start in 2015 and complete by 2020. “We envision a range of possible future uses for the site, from a medical office building or outpatient surgical center to a full-service hospital,” said Kaiser Permanente’s Media Relations Specialist Deniene Erickson.
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by John M. Zukoski on January 12, 2012 | 14 Comments | Topics: City Hall · Local Issues · Opinions
Suspected burglar Jose Luis Gonzales Franco escaped from Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, CA on Monday. Before being arrested at Video Only in Dublin’s historic shopping district seven hours later, Franco was joyriding around town in most of his prison garb on a stolen bicycle. Franco’s big adventure 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 Alameda County Sheriff’s Office oversees the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin and runs Dublin Police Services for the City of Dublin by contract.
The City of Dublin stayed silent throughout the seven-hour manhunt. The CodeRED Emergency Notification System could have been deployed to warn residents about the escaped inmate. The last time the City of Dublin used the CodeRED Emergency Notification System was to let residents know about the public meeting at the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office regarding the MythBusters cannonball incident. The City of Dublin also had the option to warn the general public through the neighborhood watch program. Instead, City officials chose to keep its network of neighborhood watch block captains in the dark.
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by John M. Zukoski on December 29, 2011 | 5 Comments | Topics: Local Issues · Opinions · Schools
Dublin High School’s students and teachers had much to celebrate in 2011. Dublin High was able to grow its API score to 879 from last year’s score of 867. This score ranks amongst the highest of Alameda County.
Dublin High School unveiled the newly-constructed humanities, arts, library, counseling, career center, and administrative buildings this year as part of the $120M Measure C project. Dublin High also played host for California Assemblywoman and long-time San Ramon Valley Unified School District Board Trustee Joan Buchanan, as she toured the school to see the latest Measure C facilities improvements and additions. Buchanan paid Dublin High a large compliment by comparing the renovations and additions to those that she oversaw at California High School in San Ramon and San Ramon Valley High School in Danville.
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by John M. Zukoski on December 28, 2011 | No Comments | Topics: Development · Local Issues · Opinions
Just as Pacific Union Homes, the City of Dublin, and an investment group led by Charter Properties and the Lin Family are hoping to expand East Dublin by 50% with the unsustainable annexation of Doolan Canyon, Jordanian speculative land developer Samir Kawar is grappling his way closer to realizing the vision of development in the San Ramon portion of the Tassajara Valley. The project, referred to as “New Farm”, is currently marketed as 177 luxury estate homes on one-acre lots complete with olive orchards, 10 apartment units to house the farm workers who will maintain the olive trees, a cemetery located roughly one mile from the Silvera Ranch and Wallis Ranch communities in Dublin, a fire training facility, and a religious worship center.
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by John M. Zukoski on December 23, 2011 | No Comments | Topics: Local Issues · Opinions
As 2011 draws to a close, Fidelity Investments has some tax-saving tips for readers in and around Dublin, CA. Fidelity Investments has a branch location right in The Shops at Waterford, where Blockbuster used to be. The following eight strategies from Fidelity Investments may potentially lower your tax bill and help improve your tax picture for future years. Be sure to ask your tax professional for more information.
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