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| How to properly store water for emergencies |
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Vera Kochan |
| After the last round of unpredictable power outages, miscommunications and unreliable utility usage, it became increasingly clear that residents must do all they can to take emergency survival matters into their own hands.
While the public, through trial and error, has learned to cope without electricity, thus far water resources and its availability have not been put to the test this season.
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| Jewel Roemer scored three goals and blocked a number of Sacred Heart shots at NorCal Championships. Photo Gint Federas |
| Acalanes Girls, Campo Boys win NorCal Championship |
| By Jon Kingdon |
| How do you improve on an undefeated season where you win the North Coast Section championship? If you're the Acalanes girls water polo team, you extend your unbeaten streak to 57 games, you win the NCS ...read |
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| Workers seen creating a gateway from the PG&E property onto Olympic Boulevard Nov. 5. Photo Pippa Fisher |
| PG&E no-show at Lafayette city council meeting |
| By Pippa Fisher |
| Despite multiple urgings from council members and city staff to engage with and hear the public, Pacific Gas and Electric Company declined an invitation from the mayor to attend the Nov. 12 council meeting to ...read |
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| Lamorinda CERT team prepares to participate in a Bay-Area-wide drill. Photo Sora O'Doherty |
| Lamorinda teams assist in county-wide emergency drill |
| By Sora O'Doherty |
| On Saturday, Nov. 16, as the Bay Area was rocked by a 7.0 earthquake, a gas station in Moraga fell into a sinkhole. Well, not really, but Lamorindans with active imaginations reported this and other ...read |
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| A thick pile of Japanese maple leaves blanket the garden. Photos Cynthia Brian |
| Digging Deep with Cynthia Brian |
| By Cynthia Brian |
"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some." - Charles Dickens, 1812-1870, Novelist
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Nov. 27, 2019Issue and deadline schedule |
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| When schools go dark during PG&E outages |
| By Ania Keenan |
| The Acalanes Union High School District on Oct. 29 sent out a message to parents and students at Miramonte, Campolindo, and Acalanes high schools announcing that they had decided to keep schools open the ...read |
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| Amigos holiday fundraiser kicks off |
| By John T. Miller |
| Amigos de las Americas will hold its annual fundraising over the holiday season, selling Texas Ruby Red grapefruit ($30 a box), locally grown florist quality poinsettias ($15 each), and organic, fair-trade ...read |
| School Calendar |
Acalanes Union High School District
Board Room AUHSD Office
1212 Pleasant Hill Rd, Lafayette |
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Dec. 11, at 7:30pm |
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Lafayette School District
LAFSD Office
3477 School Street, Lafayette |
| Wednesday,
Dec. 18, at 7pm |
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Moraga School District
Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School Auditorium 1010 Camino Pablo, Moraga |
| Tuesday,
Dec. 10, at 7:30pm |
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Orinda Union School District
OUSD Office 8 Altarinda Road, Orinda |
| Monday,
Dec. 2, at 6pm |
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| Miramonte and Campo girls water polo heartbreak |
| By Jon Kingdon |
| With a 20-6 record, Miramonte was only an 8-6 loss to Acalanes in the NCS finals and 9-8 loss to Sacred Heart in the NorCal semifinals from having a truly memorable season. Head coach Lance Morrison and the ...read |
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| Campolindo comes up short in state finals |
| By Jon Kingdon |
| Campolindo girls volleyball head coach John Vuong was concerned when the Cougars were up to Division I for the NCS playoffs, having to compete against teams that had far larger student bodies. Ironically, the ...read |
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| Lamorinda Freshmen and JV Teams - Foundations for Success |
| By Jon Kingdon |
| If you were to peruse the rosters of the Acalanes, Campolindo and Miramonte football teams, every player would have at least one thing in common - at one point, they all played for a freshman and/or JV team. ...read |
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“Teachers Have Class,” Art Gallery
at the Orinda Library, 26 Orinda
Way. The Lamorinda Arts Council is
honored to feature the work of
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Diablo Women’s Chorale Fall concert,
“Winter’s Light,” at 4 p.m. on Dec.
8 at Temple Isaiah, 945 Risa Road,
in Lafayette. Backed by live
musicians, the chorale will present
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Town Hall Theatre Company presents
“Cinderella: A Fairytale” Dec. 7-21
at 3535 School Street, Lafayette.
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| Local bands entertain to combat cancer at Roundup |
| By Pippa Fisher |
| Lafayette's iconic Roundup Saloon will once again be holding a fundraiser on the night after Thanksgiving featuring The Ripplers and many other bands, this time to benefit the American Cancer Society. The ...read |
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| Son of Moraga's vice mayor is medal-winning gymnast |
| By Vera Kochan |
| Eleven-year-old Benjamin Korpus took to gymnastics at a much later age than is typical. Before trying his hand at the sport, he played soccer. At the age of 8 he trained in parkour, the activity or sport of ...read |
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA