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Published on October 26th, 2022
Get a jump on Halloween at Lafayette's 'Trick-or-Treat Street' event, Oct. 28
Costumed children ages 9 and under and their parents/caregivers are invited to come downtown to trick-or-treat at local participating Lafayette businesses on Mt. Diablo Boulevard from Plaza Way to Dewing Avenue, Lafayette Circle and in La Fiesta Square from 4 to 6 p.m. ...By Jennifer Wake
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Published on October 26th, 2022
Jay Lifson, Lafayette's 'Energizer Bunny' retires
Most Lafayette residents have come across Jay Lifson, whether they know it or not. Perhaps they just know the friendly guy with the huge smile in a tie-dye T-shirt. Or maybe they've noticed someone in an orange vest leading a team of volunteers, schlepping traffic ...By Pippa Fisher
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Published on October 26th, 2022
AUHSD forums address candidate funding, academic excellence
Acalanes Union High School District school board candidates recently met for two election forums. The first candidates' night was held on Oct. 14 at the Del Valle Education Center in Walnut Creek. It was co-sponsored by the League of Women's Voters Diablo Valley, the ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Published on October 12th, 2022
Oasis Cafe reimagined by the next generation
After a four year hiatus, 19-year-old Niala Alam, a student at Diablo Valley Community College with aspirations of studying nursing and her 17-year-old sister Yasmin, a high school senior who plans to study art and design, jumped at the chance to bring Oasis Cafe, a ...By Sharon K. Sobotta
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Published on October 12th, 2022
Lafayette Police Blotter
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Published on October 12th, 2022
Upcoming Lamorinda Election Forums
Opportunities for local candidates in the ...By Jennifer Wake
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Published on October 12th, 2022
30th Annual Lafayette Res Run for Education returns Oct. 23
The Lafayette Res Run for Education will celebrate 30 years on Oct. 23 with an in-person run through downtown Lafayette. Participants can choose from the traditional 2-mile fun run/walk, the 5K along Mt. Diablo Boulevard, the 10K route, which takes you around the ...By Jennifer Wake
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Published on October 12th, 2022
Hundreds gather for School Board Candidate Forum
A few hundred people gathered at Stanley Middle School on Oct. 3 hoping to learn the views of the six Lafayette School District board candidates. Unfortunately three of the six candidates declined to attend.
 By Sharon K. Sobotta
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Published on October 12th, 2022
Local students push council for resolution to reduce auto idling
Three team leaders from Project Earth: Idle-Free Lafayette - Raini Chugh (president); David Siu (secretary); and Lauren Brekke (treasurer) - appeared before the city council Sept. 12 to request a resolution to implement no-idling initiatives in Lafayette in an effort ...
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Published on September 28th, 2022
'Triptychs' features black & white photos by Jeff Heyman at Lafayette's Town Hall Theatre Gallery
The City of Lafayette's Public Art Committee has selected "Triptychs," a collection of 36 black and white photographs by East Bay photographer Jeff Heyman, for exhibit at the Town Hall Theatre Gallery in Lafayette. Heyman is a contributing photographer for Lamorinda ...By Jennifer Wake
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Published on September 28th, 2022
BART celebrates 50 years with two of its stations in Lamorinda
Although the official year when Bay Area Rapid Transit first began revenue service was 1972, the concept began nearly six decades earlier.
As far back as 1911, business and civic leaders ...By Vera Kochan
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Published on September 28th, 2022
Lafayette Police Blotter
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Published on September 28th, 2022
Lamorinda runs a successful virtual evacuation information drill
Nearly 1,800 Lamorinda residents responded to a survey, part of a drill to see how communications would work in the event of a fire requiring evacuation of residents in Lamorinda on Sept. 10. The drill was a joint effort by the Moraga-Orinda Fire District, the Contra ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Published on September 28th, 2022
LLLC Drag Queen Storytime simultaneously celebrated & protested
Fifteen-year-old "Laurie" stood in the middle of two groups of demonstrators - one side with rainbow colors and signs with messages like "drag queens are fabulous" and "love is louder," and the other with signs saying "stop grooming and sexualizing kids" - after ...By Sharon K. Sobotta
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Published on September 28th, 2022
Creeks Committee outlines accomplishments, next steps
Members of the Lafayette Creeks Committee presented to the city council on Sept. 12 a report on progress made by the committee and the goals set as it moves forward and brings the city's Downtown Creeks Preservation, Restoration and Development Plan to the next ...By Lou Fancher
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