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Next in line for an overhaul Photo courtesy MOFD
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| MOFD fire chief the impetus behind relocation of Moraga Fire Station 41 |
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By Nick Marnell |
According to local officials, the Moraga-Orinda Fire District is under no pressure from developers or the town of Moraga to move Fire Station 41, which sits on Moraga Way next to the new Town Center Homes development.
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| Saint Mary's Guard Jordan Ford takes his shot at the Dec. 1 rivalry game against Cal. Photo Tod Fierner
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| Saint Mary's trounces Cal in rivalry game |
| By Jon Kingdon |
| After a 30-year hiatus, the California basketball team deigned to make the 14-mile drive to Moraga to take on Saint Mary's Dec. 1 at McKeon Pavilion. Playing in front of a loud and highly partisan crowd, ...read |
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| Phairs in Orinda Photo Sora O'Doherty
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| Hometown owner cares for Phairs |
| By Sora O'Doherty |
| Joanna Guidotti grew up in Orinda and has strong ties to the community, even though she left to open Churchill Manor in Napa 30 years ago. She inherited a half ownership in Country Club Plaza from her father, ...read |
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| Campolindo boys water polo team with the NCS trophy. Photo Stewart McGuire
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| Acalanes girls and Campolindo boys win NCS Championships |
| By Jon Kingdon |
| For the second year in a row, there was an undefeated water polo team that came out of Lamorinda. Last year it was the Miramonte Girls that went 30-0 on their way to the NCS championship. This year it was the ...read |
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| Simple reminders to make the holidays bright |
| By Amanda Eck |
| Can you believe we are in the home stretch of 2018? Where did the year go? It's like they say, the days are long but the years are short. I am sure most of you are gearing up for the holidays: shopping, ...read |
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In support of block schedule
The schedule change that occurred in my
school has completely changed the
experience of high school. I believe all
high schools should adopt the block
scheduling. It has helped me have more
time to do my homework. I am a football
player who would have practice for
almost 3 hours and then I would go to
weights for another 45 minutes. I would
get home by 7 p.m. each day however with
block scheduling I easily finished my
homework that would be due the next day.
I am
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Gas pipeline safety
Lafayette's City Council and City staff have historically done an excellent job of representing and serving its citizens, and for that we should all be thankful. I find it difficult to understand, however, why Council and Staff have historically ignored the high-pressure gas pipelines that line our trails and traverse our neighborhoods.
Residents reported exposed pipeline along
the Lafayette-Moraga Trail and Beechwood
Drive to the City decades ago. Only
after hundreds of Lafayette citizens...
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| Lafayette loses longtime resident, 'honorary mayor' |
| By Pippa Fisher |
Founder of Lafayette's Diablo Foods Ed Stokes passed away peacefully Nov. 28 amidst family and friends.
Stokes was known as ...read |
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| Outgoing public servants honored |
| By Pippa Fisher |
| Driving rain didn't dissuade hundreds of people from showing up to a joint reception at the Lafayette Veterans Memorial Center Nov. 27 for six public servants who are retiring or moving on in their service to ...read |
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| City wins victory in lawsuit |
| By Pippa Fisher |
The city of Lafayette won a trial court victory Dec. 6 over a group of neighbors who alleged the city had used biased procedures in reaching a land use decision in 2016.
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| MOFD to conduct evacuation drills in Orinda and Moraga Dec. 15 |
| By Sora O'Doherty |
| All traffic in both lanes of Moraga Way from the Orinda city limit at Ivy Drive to Glorietta Boulevard will travel only in the northbound direction from 7 to 8 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 15 as the Moraga-Orinda Fire ...read |
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| New assistant city manager is familiar face: Larry Theis |
| By Sora O'Doherty |
| Orinda's director of public works has been named assistant city manager. The city council affirmed the appointment at its Nov. 27 meeting. The role will be in addition to Larry Theis's regular duties and ...read |
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| 2019 Youth Ink Writing Contest now open |
| By Sora O'Doherty |
| The 2019 Youth Ink writing contest - created by the Orinda Junior Women's Club to support the literary arts among young people in the Orinda community and open to all sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-graders who ...read |
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Dec. 12, 2018Issue and deadline schedule |
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| Amigos fundraisers help send volunteers to Latin America |
| By John T. Miller |
In an annual ritual dating back to 1975, truckloads of grapefruit and holiday poinsettias arrived in Moraga recently to signal the beginning of this year's Amigos de las Americas fundraising drive.
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| Can you afford your 'dream school'? |
| By Elizabeth LaScala |
| Does your child have her heart set on a "dream school"? If determination carries her forward, that dream could become an admissions reality. But, depending on your family financial situation, that dream might ...read |
| School Calendar |
Acalanes Union High School District
Board Room AUHSD Office
1212 Pleasant Hill Rd, Lafayette |
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Dec. 12, at 7:30pm |
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Lafayette School District
LAFSD Office
3477 School Street, Lafayette |
| Wednesday,
Dec. 12, at 7pm |
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Moraga School District
Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School Auditorium 1010 Camino Pablo, Moraga |
| Tuesday, Jan.
15, at 7:30pm |
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Orinda Union School District
OUSD Office 8 Altarinda Road, Orinda |
| Monday, Jan.
14, at 6pm |
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| Lamorinda girls soccer - 2018 |
| By Jon Kingdon |
As has been mentioned incessantly for all sports, the infamous air quality index was a factor for the girls soccer teams, limiting the opportunity to practice and prepare for the season.
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| Lamorinda wrestling roundup |
| By Jon Kingdon |
| It's been a unique start of the season for the Lamorinda wrestling teams as it has been for every other sport. Due to the academic schedule, wrestling practice started two weeks early but with the smoke ...read |
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| Campolindo loses to Bishop O'Dowd |
| By Jon Kingdon |
In a game where Campolindo needed to play a mistake-free game Dec. 1 and didn't, the Cougars lost to Bishop O'Dowd by a score of 35-14.
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Rent-A-Space presents Santa’s Secret
Wrapping Room from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Dec. 1-24. Equipped with colorful
paper, ribbon, bows, boxes, scissors
and tape. Everything needed to wrap
gifts free, without the watchful
eyes of the recipients! Open to the
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Friends Corner Book Shop, located at
the corner of First Street and
Golden Gate Way in Lafayette, is
having a half-price sale
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Benefit Concert to support aid to
victims of the Paradise Camp Fire, 7
p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13 at St. Mark’s
United Methodist Church, 451 Moraga
Way in Orinda. The... |
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| The prolific practice of yoga is expanding |
| By Lou Fancher |
| As a former professional ballet dancer and physical fitness devotee, I'm always seeking athletic challenges and opportunities. Running, biking, hiking, swimming, tennis, weightlifting and occasional tree ...read |
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA