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Jeremy Walsh, photo credit Mike Sedlak/Pleasanton Weekly Article written by Kanchan, News Team Contributor Since its entry into the journalism world, local paper Pleasanton Weekly has come a long way. So has the city it has served for more than twenty years. In a Zoom interview, Pleasanton Weekly Editor Jeremy Walsh discussed how local journalism has evolved amid digitalization, the Black Lives Matter movement Read more...
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We’re back at it this month with another collection of our favorite TED talks to help inspire you in this season of New Year’s resolutions. 1. For the procrastinators: Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator by Tim Urban Tim Urban knows that procrastination doesn’t make sense, but he’s never been able to shake his habit of waiting until the Read more...
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This Sunday was Super Bowl Sunday, with the New England Patriots facing off against the Los Angeles Rams. In the 53rd Super Bowl, the New England Patriots won with a score of 13-3. Usually Super Bowl Sunday is filled with shouts, cheers, the smell of hot dogs, the crunch of potato chips, and new records. The stakes are high and Read more...
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In order to raise awareness about chronic fatigue syndrome, Vidhima Shetty, a 17-year-old at California High School, has published a book entitled “An Adolescent’s Guide to ME/CFS.” Referred to as ME/CFS, myalgic encephalomyelitis is a chronic fatigue syndrome caused by neuroinflammation of the brain and the spine. The disease causes profound fatigue after even walking, talking or concentrating. After hearing Read more...
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It’s been 11 days since New Year’s Eve, which means it has been 11 days since New Year’s resolutions were made… and then broken. According to the University of Scranton (which is in Pennsylvania if your New Year’s resolution is improving at geography) just 8% of people keep their New Year’s resolutions. But why only 8%? What makes a New Read more...
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Bored? Tired of scrolling through your endless Instagram feed? Looking for some inspiration? Yeah, us too. Listening to a TED talk is a great way to spend some time learning random but often interesting and inspirational things. We’ve put together a list of our three favorite TED talks to watch in December. 1. For the skeptics: Money can buy happiness Read more...
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PTOWN OUT OF TOWN | EXPLORING THE GRAND CANYON Grand Canyon isn’t just a gorgeous place to take pictures. This national park contains really great but strenuous trails, which are definitely worth trying. I personally tried South Kaibab trail, which if you go down shows Grand Canyon from a completely different perspective. You’ll be able to see even more beautiful views Read more...
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Ptownlife presents its newest contest: the Snowman Contest! Now, I know what you’re thinking: it doesn’t snow in Pleasanton. In fact, the last time it snowed in Pleasanton was in 1975, BUT you don’t need snow to make a snowman. Grab some cottonballs, white paper, Styrofoam cups, and get creative! To enter our contest, just follow these simple instructions: 1. Read more...
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Welcome back to Dear You, an advice column with a twist: instead of a newsletter giving advice to you, you give advice to the newsletter. An advice column with advice from different people with different backgrounds- it might just help you see the problem from a new lens- and you might just be able to solve it more easily. With Read more...
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November is associated with many things: pumpkins, Thanksgiving, turkeys, pumpkin spice lattes, and… writing novels! NaNoWriMo or National Novel Writing Month takes place every year in November. It’s a challenge held every November and the goal is to write 50,000 words in the 30 days of November, which averages to 1667 words per day. For Humans of Ptownlife, I interviewed Read more...
