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Also on today's calendar: Observance of the National Day of Remembrance and 16 more events.
Today's riddle: How do you fix a broken pizza? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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• First City-Backed 100% Affordable Housing Slated in Pleasanton (independentnews.com) — Pleasanton officials are advancing the city's first fully city-backed affordable housing complex, a six-story BRIDGE Housing project near the Dublin/Pleasanton BART station with up to 142 income-restricted apartments. Councilmembers are weighing nearly $19 million in local support, fee waivers and a funding swap with another Pleasanton development, with final approvals expected next spring and construction possibly starting in 2028.
• Pleasanton Student Creates App to Help Identify Scam Calls (independentnews.com) — A Pleasanton junior at Foothill High School has built CallVerify, an iPhone app now in beta that helps confirm whether incoming calls really come from the person or business shown on caller ID. He's testing the cryptography-based system with local users, planning an App Store launch and Android version, and sharing practical tips Pleasanton residents can use immediately to avoid phone scams.
• Governor Newsom announces appointments 10.28.26 (ca.gov) — Pleasanton resident Nancy Hoque has been appointed to the California Board of Podiatric Medicine, giving the city a direct voice in statewide oversight of foot and ankle care. Her extensive background in finance, tech, and engineering joins several other new Newsom appointees to medical and professional boards across California.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "How do you fix a broken pizza?" — With tomato paste! (Thank you Douglas D. for sending it in!)
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