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Location of Pleasanton inside Alameda County, California.
City of Pleasanton is positioned in the US City of Pleasanton - City of Pleasanton Pleasanton is an well-to-do town/city in Alameda County, California, incorporated in 1894.
In 2005 and 2007, Pleasanton was ranked the wealthiest middle-sized town/city in the United States by the Enumeration Bureau. Pleasanton is home to the command posts of Safeway, Inc.
Although Oakland is the Alameda County seat, a several county offices and a courthouse are positioned in Pleasanton.
The Alameda County Fairgrounds are positioned in Pleasanton where the county fair is held amid the last week of June and the first week of July.
Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park is positioned on the west side of town.
Pleasanton is reported being number 4 by USA Today in "America's 50 best metros/cities to live in" in 2014, number 63 in Money's list of "The Best Places to Live" in 2010, and was also titled one of "Americans' Top Hometown Spots" in the United States in 2009 by Forbes. Pleasanton was titled the third wealthiest town/city in terms of earnings in the United States by Nerd - Wallet in 2013. 1.2 Pleasanton Before the establishment of Pleasanton, in the 1850s, an earlier settlement, called Alisal was there.
Pleasanton is positioned on the lands of the Rancho Valle de San Jose and Rancho Santa Rita Mexican territory grants.
The reputation it had attained from its days as Alisal passed and in 1917, Pleasanton became the backdrop for the film Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, which starred Mary Pickford.
Pleasanton, CA (2016, looking north): I-680 on diagonal with Castlewood & Sunol Blvd exit (center), Bernal Ave exit (left); 3 quarry lakes of East Pleasanton (upper center) Pleasanton is positioned at 37 40 21 N 121 52 57 W (37.672530, -121.882517) and is adjoining to Hayward, Livermore, and Dublin.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 24.3 square miles (63 km2), of which 24.1 square miles (62 km2) is territory and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km2) (0.63%) is water.
On the west side is the Pleasanton Ridge with two parks, Pleasanton Ridge and Augustin Bernal Park.
Much of Pleasanton is drained by the Arroyo Valle and Arroyo Mocho watercourses.
Pleasanton lies along the route of the historic First Transcontinental Railroad.
Climate data for Pleasanton, California Because of the preservation of Pleasanton's historic downtown area, many examples of architectural styles dating back to the mid-19th century exist.
One of the icons of downtown Pleasanton is the Kolln Hardware building, positioned at 600 Main Street.
Bud Cornett, a Pleasanton developer, purchased the landmark and has invested in its renovation and earthquake retrofit. After more than 100 years of serving the improve as a hardware store, the space is now occupied by Comerica Bank. La Hacienda del Pozo de Verona (The House of the Wellhead of Verona), positioned in southwest Pleasanton, was an region landmark until it was finished in a fire in 1969.
The hacienda was the only female-owned estate to be mentioned in Porter Garnett's Stately Homes of California.
Pleasanton continues to maintain a small town flavor with regular affairs for the community.
In 2009, Pleasanton appeared on Newsmax magazine's list of the "Top 25 Most Uniquely American Cities and Towns," a piece written by current CBS Nws travel editor Peter Greenberg.
The article cited the prominent farmers' market among the reasons for the town/city landing on the list. There are a several parades amid the year, commemorating Christmas, Memorial Day, and Veterans Day, as well as kicking off the beginning of the Alameda County Fair and soccer season.
The Pleasanton Downtown Association organizes the prominent First Wednesday celebrations from May through September.
Another Pleasanton Downtown Association tradition is the Friday Concerts in the Park series.
The Alameda County Fairgrounds is a 270-acre (110 ha) facility positioned in Pleasanton, California.
Located on its grounds, the Pleasanton Fairgrounds Racetrack was assembled in 1858, making it the earliest one-mile (1.6 km) horse racing track in the United States.
The Firehouse Arts Center, opened in 2010, is a center of culture and art for Pleasanton.
Headquarters of Safeway in Pleasanton Pleasanton experienced a primary economic boom starting in the early 1980s, largely associated with the evolution of a number of company parks, the biggest of which is the Hacienda Business Park.
Pleasanton has been prosperous in attracting a number of corporate headquarters, such as those of Safeway, Blackhawk Network, Thoratec, Workday, Simpson Manufacturing, The Cooper Companies, Shaklee, and Patelco Credit Union.
Pleasanton was also the command posts of the former People - Soft, Inc.
Oracle maintains the former Peoplesoft ground as a primary division and is the fourth-largest employer in Pleasanton, behind Workday, Safeway and Kaiser Permanente.
In addition, Pleasanton is the site of a large AT&T campus.
Other companies with primary operations in Pleasanton include Hitachi High Technologies America, Inc., Cisco Systems, Sage Software (Accpac, etc.), Cooper - Vision, Clorox, Fireside Bank (closed in 2012), Roche, BMC Software, Applied Biosystems, EMC Corporation, Portrait Displays, Inc.
In the retailing field, Pleasanton has one primary county-wide mall (Stoneridge Shopping Center) and a number of other shopping centers.
Most nationwide and county-wide retailers have a Pleasanton location; besides the anchor tenants Nordstrom, Macy's, Sears, and JC Penney at Stoneridge, notable large stores elsewhere in the town/city include Home Depot, Wal-Mart, and Kohl's.
In addition to the company parks and retail centers, Pleasanton is known for its lively downtown, which is home to a number of fine-dining, casual, and ethnic restaurants, specialty retailers, and service businesses.
Enumeration information, Pleasanton is the wealthiest midsize town/city in the nation.
In 2005, the median homehold income in Pleasanton was $101,022, the highest income for any town/city with a populace between 65,000 and 249,999 citizens . Similarly, for 2007, the median homehold income rose to $113,345, also the highest in the category. According to City-Data.com, the median homehold income had risen to $121,622 by 2013, compared to a statewide median of $60,190. According to the Bay East Association of Realtors, the median price of a detached single family home was $935,000 as of September 2015. According to Zillow.com, the median home value in Pleasanton was $927,200 as of September 2015. According to the city, the top fifteen employers in Pleasanton are: 6 Pleasanton Unified School District* 1,293 *Headquartered in Pleasanton The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Pleasanton had a populace of 70,285.
The ethnic makeup of Pleasanton was 47,058 (67.0%) White, 1,190 (1.7%) African American, 226 (0.3%) Native American, 16,322 (23.2%) Asian, 134 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 2,002 (2.8%) from other competitions, and 3,353 (4.8%) from two or more competitions.
The populace was spread out with 19,024 citizens (27.1%) under the age of 18, 4,378 citizens (6.2%) aged 18 to 24, 17,257 citizens (24.6%) aged 25 to 44, 21,965 citizens (31.3%) aged 45 to 64, and 7,661 citizens (10.9%) who were 65 years of age or older.
51,839 citizens (73.8% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 17,990 citizens (25.6%) lived in rental housing units.
Pleasanton operates under a council-manager form of municipal government.
The City Council consists of: Jerry Thorne (Mayor), Kathy Narum (Vice Mayor), Karla Brown, Arne Olson, and Jerry Pentin. The City Manager is Nelson Fialho.
In the state council Pleasanton is in the 7th Senate District, represented by Democrat Steve Glazer, and the 16th Assembly District, represented by Republican Catharine Baker. Federally, Pleasanton is in California's 15th congressional district, represented by Democrat Eric Swalwell. Pleasanton has the second highest percentage of registered Republicans of any of the incorporated metros/cities in Alameda County (just behind Livermore), yet it still maintains a Democratic plurality.
The Altamont Commuter Express train leaving Pleasanton station in the afternoon Pleasanton is situated at the crossroads of two primary Interstate Highways, I-580 and I-680, which mirror the prehistoric crossroutes of Native American tribes who used the precursor paths as primary trading routes.
The easterly end of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) commuter train system's Dublin/Pleasanton - Daly City Line is positioned in Pleasanton.
The WHEELS bus transit system, which has a number of routes in the city, serves Pleasanton.
The Altamont Commuter Express rail service stops near Pleasanton's downtown at Pleasanton Station.
Pleasanton's two elected high schools, Amador Valley and Foothill, are ranked by Newsweek among the top 400 high schools in the nation. There are also two continuation high schools: Village and Horizon; the latter is for school age mothers and young fathers.
Pleasanton's middle schools are Harvest Park, Hart, and Pleasanton Middle School.
Pleasanton's Elementary schools are Alisal, Donlon, Lydiksen, Fairlands, Hearst, Mohr, Valley View, Vintage Hills, and Walnut Grove Elementary School.
There are a number of private schools in Pleasanton, including Stratford School and Hacienda School.
Public: Hart Middle School (#1 sports), Harvest Park Middle School (#1 education), Pleasanton Middle School Public comprehensive: Amador Valley High School, Foothill High School Public alternative: Horizon High School, Village High School Was a graduate of Pleasanton High School.
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