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Pierce Estremo, a 7-year-old Livermore resident, is enjoying just being a kid again since completing treatment for leukemia earlier this year. He rang the golden bell at Lucile Packard Childrens Hospital Stanford amid applause ...

The theme this year was “Without Water, Life Would Be Pretty Dry.” Placing first in the annual contest were Sunset Elementary third-grader Stella Marcel, Rancho Las Positas fourth-grader Yul Kim, and Sunset Elementary fifth-grader Kayla Dippo. Second place went to Altamont Creek third-grader Utsha Dey, Emma C. Smith Elementary fourth-grader Selina Sharma, and Altamont Creek fifth-grader Angeline Roy. Third went to Emma C. Smith Elementary third-grader Prabveer Singh Sarang, Leo R. Cro...

Livermore Poet Laureate Cynthia Patton has announced the winners in the city’s fifth annual science poetry contest, “Poetry in a Test Tube,” designed to celebrate Livermore’s scientific heritage. In the Youth Division (kindergarten through fifth grade), first place went Avery Lockhart, Leo R. Croce Elementary, for “Rain, Rain, Where Have You Been?” Second place went to Caleb McWhorter, Emma C. Smith Elementary, for “The Egret,” and third place went to Imo...