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Wednesday, May 07, 2014
How do Lamorinda Cities Deal with Water Cutbacks?
While household customers in the East Bay Municipal Utility District's service area have been asked to voluntarily reduce their water usage by 10 percent, that request applies to municipalities as well. Staffers in Lafayette, Moraga and Orinda are well aware of the ...By Cathy Tyson
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Earth Day in Lafayette: Fun and Water Wise
Water is a recurring theme at Lamorinda events this year. Lafayette's 9th Annual Earth Day Festival is no exception. "With one of the worst droughts in California's recorded history, the theme of this year's festival is water conservation," says Tina Goodfriend, ...By Sophie Braccini
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Lafayette Native Awarded Donald A. Strauss Foundation Scholarship
Lafayette native and UC Davis student Anna Peare and was recently named the UC Davis recipient of the Donald A. Strauss Foundation Scholarship for her project titled the Amigos de las Am‚ricas: Backyard Program, which aims to give youth of all backgrounds the ...
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Beach Music in Lafayette
The Lafayette studio is a compact affair with a phone booth-sized sound room holding only a Shure mic. Add a keyboard and beat pad, an acoustic and electric guitar and two musicians, and it becomes production headquarters for the duo, not a band, who call themselves ...By Cathy Dausman
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Sales Tax Increases in Lamorinda
Sales tax receipts as a whole for California increased by 8.7 percent over the same quarter from last year. When you factor in statewide unemployment which dropped to the lowest rate since October of 2008, the economic picture is hopeful.
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Dogs and Their People Party Downtown
At the debut event that celebrated all things dog, canine owners and their clearly beloved pets came to downtown Lafayette to enjoy Dogtown Downtown. While it may be easier than herding cats, city manager Steve Falk greeted four-legged participants at Plaza Park and ...
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Unique Glass Art Panels Go Up at La Fiesta Square
Drivers heading into La Fiesta Square were treated to an artwork in progress recently. Artist Ellen Blakeley was busy over a period of two days installing the three lovely, large scale glass panels on the side of the iTrim building across from Mangia. Each panel came ...By Cathy Tyson
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014
The End is Near - of Failed Roads
While the condition of roads is usually a ...By Cathy Tyson
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Rethinking City Survey Options
City leaders recently asked for information ...By Cathy Tyson
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Lafayette Police Blotter
Incident Summary Report, March 30 to April ...
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Wednesday, April 09, 2014
Debut of Downtown City Dog Party
Lafayette is going to the dogs. In what promises to be a howling-good Saturday to remember, for the first time ever, Lafayette is holding a party celebrating canines - from mutts to purebreds at Dogtown Downtown. The tail wagging and festive events for well-behaved ...By Cathy Tyson
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Wednesday, April 09, 2014
Update on the Old Library Reuse Task Force
It's hard to miss the giant signs in front of the old Lafayette library and the former doctor's office across the street. What to do with this pair of city-owned properties is currently in the hands of the Old Library Reuse Task Force that is seeking to evaluate and ...By Cathy Tyson
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Wednesday, April 09, 2014
Possible Innovative Approach to Parking in Lafayette
As any resident knows, parking and traffic congestion are key issues in downtown Lafayette. City leaders are well aware of the on-going problem, plus the added dilemma of motorists attempting to park at BART, who end up finding spots in neighborhoods and shopping ...By Cathy Tyson
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Wednesday, April 09, 2014
Spacious Dog Park Proposed on Deer Hill
Although "Alternative Plan" documents of the redesigned Terraces of Lafayette housing project are still being reviewed by the city, there has been some discussion about the size and location of the proposed dog park that was part of the amenity package for this new ...By Cathy Tyson
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Wednesday, April 09, 2014
Lafayette Police Blotter
Incident Summary Report, March 16-29
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA