A man was charged with four felonies for allegedly smashing the windshields of four different vehicles with bricks and rocks, court records show. The 44-year-old Pleasanton man was charged with four counts of vandalism in connection with the Jan. 14 incident. Police say they received reports of a man throwing bricks at cars around 4:40 p.m. that day, on the 1800 block of Santa Rita Road.
A 1,854-square-foot house built in 1965 has changed hands. The property in the 1800 block of Brooktree Way in Pleasanton was sold on Nov. 14, 2025 for $1,640,000 which works out to $885 per square foot. This single-story house provides a generous living space with its four bedrooms and two baths. The unit occupies a sizable 7,650-square-foot lot. These nearby houses have also recently been sold:
An office building in Pleasanton was bought in a deal that cut the property's value nearly in half, records show. Real estate firms Cannae Partners and Realm teamed up to pay $8.5 million to buy the building at 4696 and 4698 Willow Rd., documents filed on Sept. 30 with the Alameda County Recorder's Office show. Deerfield Realty was the seller and provided the buying group with $4.25 million in financing at the time of the purchase, county records show.
The closing is bittersweet for the Billings. Sharon Billings told local news outlet the Independent that the decision was not financially motivated; it was simply time to move on. The Billings plan to use the newfound time to go on vacation, spend time with family and even play pickleball, she said. Matt Billings told Pleasanton Weekly that he and his wife were not retiring, but rather they were in "recovery time" and that a new venture could be on the horizon someday.
The menu at this popular Pleasanton restaurant covers familiar ground-arancini, grilled Atlantic salmon, prime cut ribeye steak-but the execution is so spot on, it'll reignite your affection for the classics.
