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Today's riddle: What do you get if you buy a French ax and have it shipped? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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1. Pleasanton recognizes businesses celebrating milestone anniversaries this year (pleasantonweekly.com) — Pleasanton honored 173 local businesses marking milestone anniversaries, including Richert Lumber ACE Hardware and Design Electric, during the Oct. 20 City Council meeting. City leaders praised how these long-standing companies support jobs, services, and Pleasanton's quality of life, while Richert Lumber's president reflected on five decades of community support and adapting to big-box competition.
2. Pleasanton seeks to set hours of play, fence heights for private sport courts (pleasantonweekly.com) — Pleasanton's Planning Commission is backing new rules for private residential sport courts, including 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. play hours, fencing height limits, and setback requirements, which will go to the City Council for approval. Commissioners also endorsed stricter canopy signage standards for gas stations and other businesses to curb glare, excessive branding, and visual clutter near neighborhoods.
3. Beloved seafood restaurant suddenly closes all locations after 98 years (miamiherald.com) — Cook's Seafood has abruptly closed both its longtime Menlo Park restaurant and its newer Pleasanton location, notifying employees by late-night text that the doors would not reopen. The 98-year-old neighborhood favorite cited a difficult year for restaurants, leaving Pleasanton regulars and staff suddenly without a beloved spot for fresh fish and classic seafood meals.
4. Timeless Affair: An Elegant Wedding in Pleasanton, CA (blackbride.com) — A Bay Area couple recently chose Casa Real at Ruby Hill Winery in Pleasanton for their elegant September wedding, blending an elevated boho-chic style with nods to California wine country. Their celebration highlighted personal traditions, music reflecting their West Coast and Southern roots, and a focus on creating a meaningful experience for family and friends.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you get if you buy a French ax and have it shipped?" — You have a foreign ax-sent (accent) (Thank you Carrie E. for sending it in!)
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