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Lafayette Police Blotter
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Lafayette to form `hybrid' citizen group on gas safety
It might not look exactly like what Save Lafayette Trees had in mind for establishing a safety task force, but, mindful of minimizing potential exposure to litigation, the Lafayette City Council has agreed to allow the formation of an independent citizens' task force ...By Pippa Fisher
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Lafayette set to outlaw FTPs
Lafayette is moving closer to banning flavored tobacco products and implementing a tobacco retailer's license.
The council unanimously agreed with an in-depth staff report, called for in ...By Pippa Fisher
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Lafayette's Citizen of the Year, four decades of service
This year's Citizen of the Year needs little introduction to many in the community. Indeed if there are any residents who haven't heard his name, the odds are still pretty good that they have benefitted from his 40 years of public service in the city, 33 years of which ...By Pippa Fisher
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City moves closer to codifying procedure to fill vacancies on council
Following the contentious and divisive situation the city council found themselves in two months ago as they grappled with how to fill a suddenly-vacant seat on the city council mid-term, the council has now set about putting together a resolution that would codify the ...By Pippa Fisher
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Ribbon cutting at St. Perpetua's new community center - building 'community and connection'
The culmination of 18 months of construction is in sight for the brand new, state-of-the-art, multimillion dollar community center tucked away on Hamlin Road at St. Perpetua Church. Although the center is still a month away from completion, a well-attended ribbon ...By Pippa Fisher
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City's Proclamation in Support of Rotary and New Day for Children
Last week, Lafayette interim City Manager Niroop Srivatsa presented the Rotary Club of Lafayette with the city council's proclamation recognizing Rotary's partnership with New Day for Children, an Alamo-based organization that strives to meet the unique needs of ...Submitted by Jeff Heyman
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Moraga's Joint Legislative Town Hall a standing-room-only event
A packed house of attendees from the Lamorinda area came to hear what State Sen. Steve Glazer's and Assembly Member Rebecca Bauer-Kahan's agendas were for California - and more specifically for Contra Costa County - at a Joint Legislative Town Hall hosted Feb. 28 by ...By Vera Kochan
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Meals on Wheels helps Lamorinda seniors stay in own homes
Former firefighter Greg Holm used to know Lamorinda like the back of his hand. He feels comfortable driving his own car around the small, twisty lanes of Lamorinda where he was volunteering to drive a Meals on Wheels route on Feb. 26. The usual driver had a family ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Lamorinda Catholic churches not immune from sexual predator clergy
Three Roman Catholic priests who served as ...By Nick Marnell
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Lafayette Police Blotter
Lafayette Police
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Fire Station 16 in Lafayette will not let Carman go quietly
Talk about going full circle.
Fire Chief Jeff Carman's final Advisory Fire Commission meeting evoked memories of his first meeting with the commissioners more than five years ago in ...By Nick Marnell
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Council to keep talking gas safety; plans second meeting with PG&E, community and CPUC
The Lafayette City Council spent a short time at their Feb. 25 meeting discussing next steps in the formation of a safety task force and what exactly that might look like. The subject will be on the March 11 meeting agenda.
By Pippa Fisher
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Candell to recuse from Deer Hill project, three others reject call to recuse
The Feb. 25 city council meeting got off to ...By Pippa Fisher
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No imminent plans to build on Lafayette BART-owned land
The city council kept the possibility of development on BART-owned property firmly on its radar at the Feb. 25 meeting, hearing from BART Transit Oriented Development Manager Abby Thorne-Lyman and BART Department Manager Rodd Lee, who reaffirmed the agency's commitment ...By Pippa Fisher
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA