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East Bay Parks Trails Challenge - Kaiser Permanente Sponsor

2008-03-19T23:24:00.000-07:00

Here is a great idea for the whole family.

Hurry up and sign up for free, for a commemorative pin and T-shirt to walk 5 of the 20 trails listed in the 2008 Trails Guidebook by December 1.

Description:

Thousands of people like you have participated over the 14 years-over two thousand last year alone! Register to receive the 2008 Guidebook filled with 20 of the best hikes in the Regional Parks. Trails Challenge invites you to hike 5 of the 20 trails or 26.2 miles of trails listed in the booklet by December 1. Participants will receive the Trails Challenge guidebook, T-shirt, and a special gift. A commemorative pin will be sent after participants have completed the 'Challenge.' Kaiser Permanente is a major sponsor of this program, enabling us to offer the materials free for this special 15th Anniversary. (one packet per person while supplies last) Reg. Required: 1-888-EBPARKS (1-888-327-2757).

Sign up at the East Bay Parks website, Trails Challenge.

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Popular New Year's Resolutions

2008-01-01T00:41:00.000-08:00

Welcome in the new year, and with it, all the new year's resolutions.

At the top of the list, especially after the holiday season, it's time to lose a few pounds. Now, with all those gift purchases, it's time to pay off a little debt. You better also start saving for the the next family vacation which will be coming up before you know it.

Now is the time to start searching out for that better job; one that will pay more and be more fulfilling. Don't forget about getting in shape and eating right to stay healthy for the new year. Add to your knowledge base with some additional eduction in targeted areas for your job or just for fun.

Drink less and stop smoking now. Reduce your stress levels at home and work, with some relaxation techniques. Take a trip with your family.

Last but not least, give back to others in the community. Help others that are not as fortunate as yourself.

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Christmas Lights of the Valley

2007-11-26T23:01:00.000-08:00

The Holiday Season is Upon Us.

With the Christmas season here; one of the best activities for family and friends is to take them out to see the Christmas lights displays at all the homes in the valley. To find out where the best places to go, visit Lights of the Valley.

Lights of the Valley has a list of all the homes and areas on display with pictures. LightsoftheValley.com is requesting people send in their pictures to be included on the website.

Christmas Lights Timed To Music

There simply are some amazing pictures and videos. The video above is from the Magic Light Show. The lights are computer controlled to the sounds of music playing on the car radio's FM receiver. So, turn up your FM receiver when you drive by and see the show. In fact, there are a number of different shows which last 25 to 40 minutes before they are repeated. Magic Light Shows start on November 30 and go through January 1, 2008. Located in San Ramon.

Visit magiclightshow.com for more information about this show and visit lightsofthevalley.com for more information for Christmas displays all over San Ramon and the entire area.

San Ramon Art And Wind Festival

2007-05-24T14:52:00.000-07:00

It's that time of the year for the annual Art & Wind Festival.

Location is: San Ramon Central Park, 12501 Alcosta Blvd.
Date: Sunday and Monday May 27 and 28.
Time: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM

200 Arts and Crafts Booths
Kite Flying Demos
Fabulous Food Court
Kid's Activity Area
Information Alley
Entertainment on 3 Stages

Free Kite Making Workshops
Hot Air Balloon Launch at 6:00 AM on Monday

No Pets Please!

This is a great event to check out. Lots of fun for the whole family. Get there early and enjoy the whole two day event.

Jim the Web marketer.

San Ramon Valley Regional Planning Commission End Of Days

2007-05-16T16:39:00.000-07:00

Contra Costa County Plans To Let The San Ramon Valley Regional Planning Commission Die In October

"The commission has outlived its usefulness," said Rick Clark, a member of the Contra Costa Planning Commission. "So much of south county is within incorporated cities or outside the urban limit line, and there's very little for them to do. Plus, it's expensive to staff these meetings, which are held in Danville or San Ramon."

With no subdivision proposals pending for this area, and the City of San Ramon and Danville now controlling their own developments, there is very little work for the Planning Commission to do. In fact, they have only meet three times in the last 12 scheduled meetings.

Over the years, local communities like San Ramon wanted to control their own interests and break free from the control of the County. Incorporation was what cities have done to establish their own building and zoning codes for these local areas. Other unincorporated areas such as Alamo are also feeling the pressure to control their own destiny by becoming a city themselves.

With so much controversy brewing between developers, local residents, planning commissioners, and supervisors, it is a constant battle for everyone when a much larger picture is taken into account for Contra Costa County. Developers have been known to circumvent the Planning Commission and appeal directly to Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors in order to push development through.

The regional commission, for example, turned down the controversial 39-unit Humphrey Ranch project on Stone Valley Road. But the developer appealed to the Board of Supervisors, which overturned the commission's decision. See: Planning Panel May Have Plug Pulled

From a local perspective, it is wise for the local communities to control their own destinies. After all, it is the local citizens that will have to live with increased traffic and other infrastructure issues for a long time to come.

Jim Warholic

Introduction

2006-10-11T19:18:00.000-07:00

Hello Everyone In San Ramon Land And The World Wide Web

I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself. I am James Warholic, President of Professional Web Services, Inc., Internet marketing services group and chief architect of the My San Ramon website.

My San Ramon website is the name, but it really is your San Ramon website. Since the name San Ramon dot com was already taken, I felt that this site would be easily remembered with the name, MySanRamon.com.

The website is in its infancy, but it is already on its second printing. OK, not really a second printing, but a second template design. But, even with the second template design, I discovered that the website does not render properly in Apple's Safari web browser program. It seems as though Apple does something slightly different in the way it handles the formatting of the website with its browser. The Mozilla Firefox web browser for Apple does function properly. Many individuals, I have come to find out, prefer the Firefox browser over Safari. However, with that being said, we intend to revamp the website again and add a number of features.

Please, be patient if you are on a Safari machine. We hope to have a template that works with Safari soon. In the meantime, for other visitors to the website feel free to wonder around. We plan to expand the website with some new features that I think you will find fun and useful for the businesses and the community in general.

If you have a local website or a website that would be helpful to the local community, use our automatic link building program for creating resource links on mysanramon.com. Links will be screened before being posted live. If the website is appropriate for MySanRamon.com then it will be posted. Try to select the best category for posting the web site. For web sites that could do a reciprocal link to MySanRamon.com, we would greatly appreciate it.

Sincerely,

James A. Warholic