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| EBMUD to jumpstart Lafayette Reservoir tower repairs |
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| Officials of the East Bay Municipal Utility District said that it will begin the seismic renovations to the Lafayette Reservoir outlet tower in 2020 once the project is approved by the California Division of Safety of Dams and the district completes its planning, design and community outreach. The DSOD found that the tower was vulnerable ...read |
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| The evening sky over Lamorinda Oct. 12 filled with smoke from the North Bay wildfires. Photo Andy Scheck
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| Smoke puts a chokehold on Lamorinda |
| By Nick Marnell |
| The worst air quality ever recorded in many parts of the Bay Area descended upon Lamorinda the week of Oct. 9 with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District reporting Very Unhealthy air caused by smoke from ...read |
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| Get your street feast on: food trucks staying in Orinda |
| By Sora O'Doherty |
| Much to the delight of What's Up Downtown Orinda, the City Council agreed to continue the pilot food truck project on Thursday nights into the spring, while at the same time seeking a request for proposals for ...read |
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| Explosive offenses highlight home stretch for football |
| By Jon Kingdon |
| With the high school football season over half way completed, Acalanes, Campolindo and Miramonte are all well on their way to qualifying for the post-season playoffs. With each team displaying explosive ...read |
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| Kent Cremolini carefully reviews plans with Francis Combes of Premiere Kitchens in Lafayette. Photo Andy Scheck
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| Adventures in home renovation - pitfalls and triumphs of kitchen rehab |
| By B. B. Kaye |
| Kitchens have evolved dramatically over the last 100 years. Your great, great, or even only great grandparents may well have cooked meals in a wood burning fireplace or over a coal-burning stove, after pumping ...read |
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Anti-BDS legislation
Kudos to Cindy Swanson.
An article in the Oct 4th issue of the Lamorinda Weekly reports on an Orinda Town Hall meeting in which Cindy Swanson spoke out against the anti-BDS legislation supported by Rep. Catharine Baker.
In endorsing anti-BDS legislation, Catharine Baker has bowed to a foreign country's
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Thanks to Garden Club for 'Toxic Puzzle' showing
We would like to publicly thank the Orinda Garden Club for arranging the special sold out showing of "Toxic Puzzle: Hunt for the Hidden Killer" and guest Dr. Paul Alan Cox. For anyone who missed the award winning documentary about the search for cures for Alzheimer's, ALS and Parkinson's, known
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Smoke puts a chokehold on Lamorinda
Get your street feast on: food trucks staying in Orinda
EBMUD to jumpstart Lafayette Reservoir tower repairs
Lafayette Police Blotter
Delayed opening still possible for Lafayette Res, but not effective yet
Bay Area young musicians audition in Battle of the Bands
Second lawsuit filed in attempt to keep PG&E chainsaws out of Briones
More kids than ever participate in Lafayette Walk/Bike to School Day
Moraga Police Blotter
Town approves additional $1M to complete Canyon Bridge construction
More property owner input sought for zoning of the Moraga Center Specific Plan
Town manager recruiter seeks community input
Rheem reopening ceremony scheduled for early November
Orinda Police Blotter
Expert discusses restoring streams in difficult urban locations
Orinda's approved short-term rentals must be registered, pay TOT
Orinda wins Outstanding Sustainable Engineering Project of the Year award
MOFD to add firefighters, but no full-time ambulance for Orinda
MOFD firefighters take on larger roles with their labor union
Orinda resident named ECCFPD fire chief
Letters to the Editor
50 years of Valley Glass
Michelle Marcucci named Moraga Employee of the Month for October
Saranap Nostalgia: Many memories to be razed
Local halloween happenings set to delight young and old
Local residents rally in response to North Bay fires
From chemical engineer to first-grade teacher, retiree takes leap of faith
Second concert of the GCCP season: 'Wayfarers'
Miramonte senior founds adaptive unlimited sports program
Orinda fifth-grader takes 1st in international young pianists competition
Fall family festival focuses on children with special needs
Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School takes on global water crisis
Fun in the vineyard
Soccer team holds bake sale to raise funds in honor of Coach Coco
Longtime director of Bay Area Psychotherapy Institute honored for work
A touching tribute built at Moraga care home
Pet emergency preparedness
George Anderson Talbot
Upcoming movies and events at Orinda and Rheem theatres
Comforting seasonal cuisine offered at The Park Bistro & Bar
Braised Short Rib, Crushed Okinawan Yam, Tokyo Turnip, Dandelion Greens
Explosive offenses highlight home stretch for football
Miramonte alum obliterates MAC passing record
Players show strengths in tough tennis matches
USPTA Jr Circuit kicks off season
5th grade girls basketball team wins 2017 Bay City Fall Classic tournament
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| From chemical engineer to first-grade teacher, retiree takes leap of faith |
| By Sophie Braccini |
| Kind eyes shielded by his glasses, Bob Creek does not expose much of his inner world. The first contact is still that of a "chemi," a chemical engineer from the petroleum industry that enjoys working formulas ...read |
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| Miramonte senior founds adaptive unlimited sports program |
| By John T. Miller |
| Bryce Radlow, an enthusiastic and driven senior at Miramonte High School, has funneled his passion for tennis into forming an Adaptive Unlimited Sports organization for local youth to have fun and be ...read |
| School Calendar |
Acalanes Union High School District
Board Room AUHSD Office
1212 Pleasant Hill Rd, Lafayette |
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Oct. 18, at 7:30pm |
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Lafayette School District
LAFSD Office
3477 School Street, Lafayette |
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Oct. 18, at 7pm |
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Moraga School District
Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School Auditorium 1010 Camino Pablo, Moraga |
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Tuesday, Nov. 14, at 7:30pm |
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Orinda Union School District
OUSD Office 8 Altarinda Road, Orinda |
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Nov. 13, at 4pm |
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| Players show strengths in tough tennis matches |
| By Jon Kingdon |
| Campolindo High School, which has historically had competitive tennis teams, has this season become the victim of senior graduations and coming up on the wrong side of a couple of 5-4 matches, compiling a 2 ...read |
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| Miramonte alum obliterates MAC passing record |
| By Jon Kingdon |
Talk about a Matador making the most of an opportunity.
University at Buffalo backup quarterback Drew Anderson smashed both ...read |
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| USPTA Jr Circuit kicks off season |
| Submitted by John Sharpe |
| The USPTA Jr Circuit kicked off its 2017-18 season with tennis tournaments at Orinda Country Club and Sleepy Hollow Tennis and Swim. The circuit consists of nine local events from September 2017 to June 2018. ...read |
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| Humanities West Fireside Chat:
Norman Sicily at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Oct. 24, Fireside at the Orinda
Library. Join George Hammond of
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Lafayette Reservoir Rim Trail
meeting at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct.
21. Meet in the parking lot out from
Lafayette BART’s main entrance. We
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The big semi-annual book sale
sponsored by the Friends of the
Moraga Library will be held from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21 at
the Moraga Library, 1500 St. Mary’s
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| Second concert of the GCCP season: 'Wayfarers' |
| Submitted by Pamela Freund-Striplen |
| The second of this season's Gold Coast Chamber Players' five concerts, titled "Wayfarers," will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28 at the Lafayette Library Community Hall in Lafayette. The concert ...read |
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| A touching tribute built at Moraga care home |
| By Cathy Dausman |
| Grant Larsen always enjoyed his grandfather Vince Jones' company - whether he was mowing his grandfather's lawn or chatting with him after a Campolindo High School football game. The two continued to meet even ...read |
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