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Pleasanton

American  
[plez-uhn-tuhn] / ˈplɛz ən tən /

noun

  1. a town in W California.


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Scott Adams, whose “Dilbert” cartoon strip gave voice and comic relief to corporate employees baffled by the obfuscation and frequent incompetence of their bosses—until remarks considered racist in 2023 effectively ended his connections with mainstream newspapers and book publishers—died Tuesday in Pleasanton, Calif.

From The Wall Street Journal

The fault runs from around the unincorporated community of Alamo in Contra Costa County southeast along Interstate 680 through areas around Danville, Dublin and Pleasanton.

From Los Angeles Times

An extremist animal rights group claimed responsibility for the incidents at the Chiron biotechnology corporation in Emeryville and the Shaklee nutritional products corporation in Pleasanton.

From BBC

Mendoza interned at Acre Investment Company, a real-estate investment firm in Pleasanton, Calif., the summer before his sophomore year.

From The Wall Street Journal

Westminster Magistrates Court heard that Mr San Diego was stopped by a traffic warden an hour before the blast in Pleasanton.

From BBC