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Transportation Interstate Highway 580 (east-west) and Interstate Highway 680 (north-south) intersect at the north boundary of Pleasanton and provide access to the nearby cities of Oakland, San Francisco, Sacramento, San Jose, and the Central Valley. Interstate Highways 5 and 80 and Interstate 880 (The Nimitz Freeway) are all within 20 minutes of the City. Pleasanton is located 17 miles from Oakland International Airport, 33 miles from San Jose Municipal Airport, and 36 miles from San Francisco International Airport. Livermore Municipal Airport, a general aviation facility, is located 6 miles east of the City. Deep water shipping facilities are available at the Port of Oakland and the Port of San Francisco, 24 miles and 35 miles from the City, respectively. A. C. Transit provides regional bus service and connects with the Greyhound Terminal in Livermore and the Hayward and Walnut Creek Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) stations. BART provides passenger rail service to Alameda, Contra Costa, and San Francisco counties. Western Pacific and Southern Pacific provide rail freight service to the City. Twenty-three truck lines provide overnight delivery to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sacramento, and the San Joaquin Valley. Education The Pleasanton Unified School District (grades K-12) provides public education in the City. There are six elementary schools, two intermediate schools, two high schools, and an adult school. In addition, there are several church-affiliated private elementary and high schools. The Hayward (Chabot College) and Livermore (Las Positas College) campuses provide post-secondary education and are operated by the South County Community Colleges District. East Bay colleges and universities include the University of California at Berkeley, California State University at Hayward, Mills College, St. Mary's College, and Holy Names College. In addition, Stanford University, the University of Santa Clara, California State University at San Francisco, University of San Francisco, and Hastings College of Law are all within an hour's drive of the City of Pleasanton. Community Facilities Valley Memorial Hospital, with a l l0-bed capacity, is located five miles east of Pleasanton in the City of Livermore. Valley Memorial also administers the Family Medical Center in San Ramon. Valley Memorial recently completed the construction of a medical facilities building on West Las Positas Boulevard in Pleasanton, and intends to construct a new hospital adjacent to the medical building. There are 39 physicians/surgeons, 38 dentists, 8 optometrists, and 14 chiropractors practicing in Pleasanton. Pleasanton has 26 churches of various denominations, one library, and three local newspapers, Financial institutions include seven banks and nine savings and loan associations. Radio stations KKIQ in Livermore and three TV channels are received direct at Pleasanton. There is also a TV cable system in the City.