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StoryWitches, wagons and a jazz band: a century of Halloween in the Tri-ValleyBefore haunted houses, the valley had schoolhouse dances, missing gates and a ball with two orchestras. Then came the ghosts.Alamo · Pleasanton · Livermore · Dublin · Danville · October 20, 2026

StoryFrom brass carts to bankruptcy: the stores of Blackhawk PlazaA grocery with a grand piano, a Saks that lasted 11 months, a children's superstore and ducks that outnumbered shoppers: nearly four decades of shops at Danville's prettiest mall.Blackhawk · Danville · October 20, 2026

Story"Danville can at last boast of a restaurant": 130 years of eating out in DanvilleA railroad hotel, a saloon that sold ice cream during Prohibition, a one-man Wild West town, a Chinese restaurant run by two chemical engineers, and the dining room from Mrs. Doubtfire.Danville · October 20, 2026

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