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We asked our editorial team to reflect on their coverage from 2023 and select what they felt was their favorite story and their best story of the year.
Here are their picks…
Jeremy Walsh, editorial director
Best: Search for Sydney West back in spotlight after TV show feature
Favorite: In their time of need — 25 years since Pleasanton came together to support Olson family
Cierra Bailey, editor
Best: Driving out catalytic converter theft
Favorite: Beware! Surviving Pirates of Emerson
Jeanita Lyman, staff reporter
Best: Putting Narcan onto Tri-Valley school campuses
Favorite: Watching the wheels of progress in Tri-Valley transit
Christian Trujano, staff reporter
Best: Paying public educators
Favorite: An appropriate education
Nicole Gonzales, staff reporter
Best: Being funny never gets old
Favorite: An operatic take on an American classic
Dennis Miller, sports columnist, Pleasanton Preps
Best: Thinking back on my mistake raising a standout youth athlete
Favorite: 2023 Pleasanton Mile could be seminal moment in fair racing history
Chuck Deckert, freelance photographer
Best: Carrying on the legacy (cover photo)
Favorite: Fighting hunger (inside lead photo)
Tim Hunt, blogger, Tim Talk
Best: Adding pro wrestling at 32?
Favorite: New hearts, new actions show lives transformed by Jesus
Deborah Grossman, blogger, Tri-Valley Foodist
Best: Eating retro with TV dinners
Favorite: Food adventures at the Livermore Downtown Farmers' Market
Monith Ilavarasan, blogger, Notes on the Valley
Best: Cities should not subsidize sports teams
Favorite: A trip back east
Chandrama Anderson, blogger, Couple's Net
Best: I Do, I Don't — One reason feelings matter
Favorite: Are you under-involved in your relationship?
Sherry Listgarten, blogger, A New Shade of Green
Best: Bay Area to begin phasing out gas heaters this decade
Favorite: Hoover panelists denounce climate misinformation while spreading it
