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| MOFD braces for $1.5 million operating loss in 2021 |
| By Nick Marnell |
| Facing its toughest financial year since the Great Recession, the Moraga-Orinda Fire District projected an operating loss of $1.5 million for fiscal year 2021, with nearly all of the deficit directly or indirectly related to the coronavirus pandemic. The district has not reported a loss so steep since 2013.
"We have sufficient funds in our reserve to cover the deficit," President Steven Danziger assured district taxpayers.
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| Kelly and Ben Rojas and their children enjoy their new raised beds full of vegetables.
Linda Bowers raises 24 little chicks at her home for friends who want to start a new coop.
Photos Sophie Braccini |
| Crisis brings revival of the homestead |
| By Sophie Braccini |
| It has become quite a hunting game to find some of the most coveted tomato plants or beneficial herbs at local nurseries. Growing vegetables or raising chickens in Lamorinda has definitely been on the uptick ...read |
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| Lamorinda weed abatement deadlines fast approaching |
| By Nick Marnell |
| Lamorinda fire agencies have ramped up their efforts to alert property owners to remove problem vegetation by the abatement deadlines before the weeds spark a community catastrophe. The Contra Costa County ...read |
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| Grant Harper - Leadership on and off the field |
| By Jon Kingdon |
| For every college bound student, it's very much up in the air as to what to expect next fall. For Grant Harper, a soon-to-be Campolindo graduate who will be attending UC Davis in the fall, the football ...read |
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| Feng Shui |
| By Michele Duffy, BTB M.F.S. |
| With the shelter-in-place orders still in effect and many of us working remotely from home, it's a perfect time to conduct a Feng Shui audit on the home office during this 2020 Metal Rat/Iron Mouse year.read |
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Response regarding school closures
As a 19-year-old college student who's returned to Lamorinda due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I feel compelled to respond to Dave Cummins' recent letter to the editor and to note that his views don't express those of young people like myself.
First off: children are not
"bulletproof." The very usage of the
word "bulletproof" in the context of
schools strikes me as alarmingly
tone-deaf. Mr. Cummins ignores ...
Orinda is Wasting Money on a Downtown Precise Plan
Orinda does not need a Downtown Precise Plan ("DPP"), which would amend the General Plan and existing zoning regarding downtown.
As a preliminary matter, it is important
to understand that the unstated purpose
is to increase density and increase
height limits downtown. It is not about
preserving ...
MOFD meeting coverage
I was stunned to read the story
"covering" the recent MOFD meeting and
see no mention of the fact that it had
the biggest citizen participation in
what may be a generation! There is a
huge grassroots move afoot in Orinda to
address our...
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| Shakespeare’s joyous comedy of
mistaken identity and thwarted love,
“Twelfth Night” closed Town Hall’s
2010-11 season. The production was
directed by Soren A. Oliver and
featured Town Hall Managing Director
Dennis Markam as Orsino, Assistant
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| The Saclan Indians - Lamorinda's first residents |
| By Vera Kochan |
| Over 200 years ago, the Saclan Indians thrived within the area now known as Lamorinda. With tribal borders as far north as Highway 24, south to the Alameda County line, east through Burton Valley and west to ...read |
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| Some emotional side effects from sheltering in place |
| By Margie Ryerson, MFT |
| By the time you read this, we all will have spent over two months sheltering in place, experiencing many real and potential consequences from this pandemic. It is a time of great worry and upheaval for just ...read |
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| Quick, easy . and thoroughly sloppy! |
| By Susie Iventosch |
| Sloppy Joes are one of my favorite quick meals. They are like a burger with all the fixings, but all mixed together from the get-go. And they are super easy to make. You sautÇ the meat (I like to use ground ...read |
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| Veterinary visits in the time of COVID-19 |
| By Mona S. Miller, DVM |
In October 2019, I wrote an article for this publication that in hindsight, I should have written for this month: Lamorinda Weekly, https:// www.lamorindaweekly.com/
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May 3 - May 16
Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA