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Tell us what you think.
Selected submissions will be posted here, so check back regularly.
6/22/05
Sandra Jones
Watching the video was a kick! Initially I thought it was going to be another dull documentary, but the weaving of the totem pole, missing time capsule, and troubled sewer stories was masterfully done and very entertaining. Enjoyed seeing my Uncle Lynn and the famed Livermore light bulb too! My family moved to Livermore in 1963, when I was just four-years-old. I didn't leave the area until I reached adulthood. I enjoyed reminiscing about Livermore when it was still a small town. There's been so much growth in the last decade or two, that I hardly know my way around the place. My husband's father protested against Livermore's growth in the early seventies. His family has saved an old newspaper clipping where he's pictured with a sign that, if I remember correctly, says, "Another L.A.?" I think he'd be very disappointed to see that so much of Livermore's pastoral beauty lost to new homes and shopping centers. Thank you for a very enjoyable piece and a heartwarming trip down memory lane.
12/16/03
Gary Barnett
Truckee, CA
My Dad moved to Livermore in 1950 to work at the Lab as a physicist(when it was operated by a subsidiary of Standard Oil). There was no rental housing available in those days so he rented a room in a farm house. In the early 60's he was director of the very clasified Pluto Project; a reactor to power an ICBM (a documentary on it aired last year on Discovery).
My brother was born in Livermore in 1953 at the Livermore "hospital" (more of a small house). My parents still live in valley. I was an Independent paper boy for 6 years. Remember the 1960s "SAVE" no growth inititive? The valley was a special place to grow up with a unique mix of scientific and agricultural communities. The film was great!
12/10/03
Beth Humpert
Los Angeles
Watching Livermore was like unwrapping a surprise gift in that it told a story the viewer couldn't guess the ending to, or the next scene for that matter. At first the music was distracting to me, but after watching for awhile it grew on me and I ended up feeling that it 'fit' the story afterall. The initial reason I tuned in is because I wanted to see what the film had to say about the nuclear city aspect of Livermore, but I received much 'more'! Thanks for plugging away to bring this film to the screen with hard work on weekends and nights. Amazing.
12/1/03
greg higdon
Fairbanks, Alaska
3-i woulda put a picture of Mike Pompelio hitch-hiking down east ave. also, photographs of the town and area from its earliest days up to the present. i left livermore in 1974 when i moved to fairbanks. your movie brought back many memories, i really enjoyed it.
11/26/03
Brok Armantrout
Salt Lake City, Utah
I lived up in Livermore during the late 60's through the late 80's, as my father worked at the LLNL labs as one of the many scientists developing nuclear weapons. I don't recollect that anyone I knew was ever afraid that the town would blow up one day in a large nuclear explosion, but we did joke often that the wine grapes would glow at night.
I have to laugh at the concerns that Livermore is experiencing rapid growth and suburban sprawl. I am a City Planner for the third largest city in Utah (Sandy), and the growth experienced in the Salt Lake Valley cannot be compared to the slow growth of Livermore. With growth limits of 2% per year and the very developer unfriendly california environmental quality laws, I'm surprised that Livermore has grown at all.
I enjoy visiting every few years, and particularly enjoy the feeling of familiarity and slow change. I'm glad that the old Bank of Italy building is still being used by local businesses (The Independent Newspaper), and that historical preservation is actually practiced.
11/26/03
I want to know who composed the music soundtrack for the Livermore story.
INCREDIBLE MUSIC
Sounds like the work of Jon Brion or a contemporary.
Would be very interested in owning a copy.
11/26/03
Stacey Fritz
Fairbanks, Alaska
Great show, but why on earth did Mr. Schrader want to dig up the capsule in the first place? Why bury a time capsule if your just going to dig it up a few decades later?
11/24/03
Dan Martin
Madison, Alabama
Livermore is where I grew up and I will always remember and love it for the wonderful life experience it gave me.
I lived most of my life in Livermore (age 3 thru age 41), my family moving there in 1959 when my Dad took a job with the Lab. A job transfer of my own moved me to Alabama 6 years ago.
The Livermore I remember is a town with tremendous character as it struggleds from day to day in balancing the pressures of being within a large metroplitan area, yet trying to retain a rural, unique and distinct identity. And as far as I am concerned it succeeds in maintaining that balance. Livermore is a "spunky" town. I love it and am very proud to have lived thru my childood, youth and young adult years there!!
11/24/03
Mike Epeneter
Livermore, CA
Suburbanite's create an urban setting and then complain that they have lost the rural feeling of the place. When the housing boom busts, the cows will return to the subdivisions and graze on the golf courses.
11/12/03
Suzanne Rybarik
(formerly from Livermore!!!)
I grew up in Livermore and miss the town greatly (I currently live in the conservative Midwest)! I am so proud of this town and I am very excited to see this program! I am curious if the film will mention anything about the "all-stars" from Livermore, i.e. Randy Johnson, Louie Aguilar, Troy Dayak, Jack Trudeau. Thank you!
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