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| New owner of Orinda Books, Pat Rudebusch, center, at city council meeting. Photo Sora O'Doherty
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| Outgoing and incoming Orinda Books owners honored by city council |
| By Sora O'Doherty |
| As history repeats itself Orinda Books is once again changing hands, and once again the new owner, Pat Rudebusch, has a history of working in the shop, which is an Orinda institution. Maria Roden similarly took over the bookstore after some years of working in it (and a little time working in another bookshop) in 2014. Roden's ...read |
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| Back row, from left: Matthew, Les, Brett, and Executive Director Daniel Hogue; front row: Heather, Cat, Emma and Susan.
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| Las Trampas state-of-the-art facility planned |
| By Pippa Fisher |
| There's excitement in the air on the Las Trampas campus, tucked away by the Lafayette-Moraga Regional Trail. Participants and staff alike are getting ready for big changes as they prepare to tear down the ...read |
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| Continued success expected for Lamorinda Girls Water Polo |
| By Jon Kingdon |
| If there is one group of teams that can claim to be the most successful in Lamorinda, it would have to be the girls water polo teams. In the past two seasons, there have been two undefeated teams: in 2017, ...read |
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| Mighty oak comes crashing down |
| By Jennifer Wake |
| Bob and Sue Miller have had a magnificent Valley oak tree in their Lafayette backyard to enjoy since their house was built in 1954. "It stood close to 100 feet high, was beautifully symmetrical and was ...read |
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Heartfelt thanks from a Stanley student
My name is Nick Dietsch. I am an eighth-grader who and has been attending Stanley Middle School since sixth grade.
When I came back this year, so many
students were talking in halls about the
new makeover at Stanley. We went through
a whole year of construction and ...
Steps to make a difference
Every day, more evidence arrives that
Climate Change isn't just happening, but
becoming a true, undeniable crisis. The
Amazon is burning. Glaciers and snow
packs are melting. Sea levels are
rising. Temperatures are soaring.
Animal...
Time for Express Commuter Bus Service to SF
Moraga and Orinda should collaborate and
arrange for express commuter bus service
to SF. I envision parking at the
shuttered OSH parking lot, from which
the bus would depart. It would make one
stop at the existing bus stop at the
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Sept. 18, 2019Issue and deadline schedule |
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| MEF supports student wellness on school campuses |
| By Jenn Freedman |
| Most Moraga residents are aware that grants from the Moraga Education Foundation supplement state funding to ensure that Moraga schools can provide a high-quality, well-rounded education by using these grants ...read |
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| City council recognizes LPIE past president |
| By Pippa Fisher |
Mayor Mike Anderson recognized past president of Lafayette Partners in Education Lisa Spiegler with a proclamation at the Sept. 9 city council meeting.
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| School Calendar |
Acalanes Union High School District
Board Room AUHSD Office
1212 Pleasant Hill Rd, Lafayette |
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Oct.2, at 7:30pm |
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Lafayette School District
LAFSD Office
3477 School Street, Lafayette |
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Oct. 16, at 7pm |
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Moraga School District
Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School Auditorium 1010 Camino Pablo, Moraga |
| Tuesday,
Oct. 10, at 7:30pm |
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Orinda Union School District
OUSD Office 8 Altarinda Road, Orinda |
| Monday,
Oct. 7, at 6pm |
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| James Marvel - a major leaguer in every way |
| By Jon Kingdon |
| What little leaguer has not considered the possibility of playing professional baseball? With 576 of the 800 major league players born in the United States, the Wall Street Journal estimated that only one out ...read |
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| Campolindo leading Acalanes and Miramonte in water polo |
| By Jon Kingdon |
| With 12 players that were either named first team, second team or honorable mention in the Diablo Athletic League last year, it's a constant and ongoing process for the Lamorinda Boy's Water Polo teams to ...read |
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| Acalanes senior competes in Skyrunning World Championships |
| Submitted by Matt Owens |
| This past August the U.S. Youth Skyracing team selected Andrew Owens, a senior at Acalanes High School, to compete in the Youth Skyrunning World Championships. Skyrunning is growing in popularity in the U.S. ...read |
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Youth Maker’s Expo at the Lafayette
Art & Wine Festival. Local young
entrepreneurs ages 9-16 are
encouraged to display and sell their
products and services during
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The Lamorinda Arts Alliance will
hold a one-day show and sale from 11
a.m. to 4 p.m. on Oct. 5 at the
Lafayette Christian Church, just off
St. Mary’s Road at 584 Glenside
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Orinda Starlight Village Players
present Malcolm Cowler’s adaptation
of Wilkie Collins’ “The Woman in
White” through Sept. 26 at the
Outdoor Amphitheater, Orinda
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| Live at the Orinda season opens Sept. 22 |
| Submitted by Michael Williams |
| The Live at the Orinda 2019-20 concert season opens Sept. 22 with world-renowned classical soprano and Broadway star Lisa Vroman. After making her Broadway debut in Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Aspects of Love," ...read |
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| Reducing single-use plastics |
| By Garrett Leahy |
| With school now in full swing, lunches abound with single use plastic bags and containers. While single-use plastic items are convenient, they can take centuries to biodegrade, and or end up in the ocean and ...read |
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Although the news that garbage rates will rise because China and other countries have stopped taking in U.S. materials for ...
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