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Food distribution
Two Alameda County Community Food Bank distribution sites are now available in Pleasanton on Tuesdays and Thursdays for Tri-Valley residents in need: 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Muslim Community Center East Bay (5724 W. Las Positas Blvd., No. 300) and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Alameda County Fairgrounds (4501 Pleasanton Ave., Gate 8).
Officials advise participants at the drive-thru sites to keep their car windows up, follow the cones, answer the intake questions and open their car trunk so food can be placed in their vehicle contact-free.
New student webinar
Parents or guardians whose children will enroll in the Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District for the first time in fall 2021 can participate in an informational webinar on next Thursday (Jan. 14) at 6 p.m. with student services director Scott Vernoy.
The test works by isolating the RNA in the virus that causes COVID-19 from the excrement.
According to Stanford s findings, the increases and decreases of virus RNA from the waste over the past nine months have matched that of clinical COVID-19 data in the county.
The daily RNA concentration in the stool declined in May and June and peaked in July, according to a Stanford study.
So far the data is promising, Balliet said, but the process still has limits.
Health officials can divide COVID-19 wastewater data into different regions based on the treatment plant they receive it from.
However, tracking waste data by neighborhood seems unlikely as extracting sewage from the systems underneath each neighborhood would be too timely and costly, Balliet said.
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Snapshot of 2020 Pleasanton Virtual Hometown Holiday Celebration & Tree Lighting, airing on TV30. (Photo courtesy of TV30)
Holiday marathon
Tri-Valley Community Television is marking the Christmas season with a marathon of recent holiday programming on TV30.
Beginning with a loop of Sleepy Dog at the Fire with holiday music from Christmas Eve to 6 a.m. Christmas Day, the broadcast continues all day Friday with a series of previous holiday shows, including the 2020 Pleasanton Virtual Hometown Holiday Celebration & Tree Lighting.
The Christmas Day marathon also features 2019 Livermore Holiday Sights and Sounds Parade, 2018 Pleasanton Parade, 2019 Dublin Tree Lighting Event, Cantabella Choir Revisited, Foothill HS Choir Revisited and other holiday-related programming.
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