Most of these openings are in California (Redwood Shores, Santa Clara, Pleasanton and Redwood City).

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The City of Pleasanton used business tax incentives to lure Chevron away from San Francisco.

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The Pleasanton, Calif. company provides cloud-based human resources, payroll and financial management tools, and other related products.

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The Pleasanton, Calif. company sells cloud-based human resources, payroll and financial management tools, and other related products.

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The final battle this year, and the only one to be held on grass, will be in Pleasanton, Calif.

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The Pleasanton, Calif. company priced 22.75 million Class A shares, with Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs leading the offering.

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Mr. Gary, former chief of the Livermore-Pleasanton fire department in California, says fire departments never have been required to develop precise data.

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PLEASANTON, Calif. (AP) Two sisters facing charges that they endangered the lives of infants at their Northern California daycare center by binding them too tightly in swaddling blankets didn't intend to hurt the babies and contend they didn't commit child abuse, their attorney said.

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