Wednesday, September 10, 2014
For the Love of a School
It feels cool inside the Mulberry Tree Preschool these days, even when the sun beats down on the charming round building that sits next to the Moraga Commons on St. Mary's Road. The cool effect is a by-product of the badly needed roof restoration that happened last ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Canyon Post Office on Slow Road to Closure
It just might be the beginning of an end to an era: Canyon Post Office, the small community post office just outside Moraga that has been open for business since the old-growth redwoods started getting cleared at the turn of the last century, is now in the cross-hairs ...By Chris Lavin
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| Wednesday, September 10, 2014
9/11 Remembrance and Candlelight Vigil
With the goal to never forget the events that happened on Sept. 11, 2001, The Lafayette Flag Brigade will be holding its 13th Annual 9/11 Remembrance and Candlelight Vigil from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11 at the El Curtola Bridge, Highway 24 overcrossing near the ...Submitted by Jim Minder
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| Wednesday, September 10, 2014
No Match for This Crowd
Online dating has been destigmatized and business is booming.
Match.com, an online dating site, purchased OKCupid, a rival, for $50 million in 2011. Zoosk, an online dating app, filed ...By Nick Marnell
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| Wednesday, September 10, 2014
The Amazing Race, Lafayette-Style
With a can-do attitude, comfortable sneakers, smartphones and a list of supplies that included water, a first aid kit, a football and a variety of crazy items just to throw off participants, 32 brave souls, eight teams of four people each, got started on the Amazing ...By Cathy Tyson
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| Wednesday, September 10, 2014
New Art Form Makes Debut Spin at Art and Wine Festival
This year's Art and Wine Festival brings the public debut of a new art form - live trAction painting that feeds off the energy of the crowd and music as it's performed. Several artists have stepped up to volunteer their time during the festival to introduce the ...By Cathy Tyson
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| Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Film Festival Opens in Lamorinda This Weekend
What better way to kick off a wonderful weekend of fantastic films than to rub elbows with the films' stars, directors and producers? This year's California Independent Film Festival, Sept. 11-14 at the Rheem and Orinda theaters, and the Castro Theatre in San ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, August 27, 2014
'When the Game Stands Tall'
Hollywood loves to produce sports themed movies and over the years they have scored on "Hoosiers," "Rudy," "The Blind Side," and "Remember the Titians." But Hollywood has also disappointed viewers several times with films like "Gridiron Gang," "Johnny Be Good" and ...By Derek Zemrak
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| Wednesday, August 27, 2014
In Other News ...
New Director at St. Mark's Nursery School in ...
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| Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Career Shift by Moraga Resident Focuses on What She Loves: Singing
When you meet Brenda Lin the first thing you notice is how open she is - her glistening eyes and animated expressions, deep dimples, frequent smiles and frank humor. You wouldn't imagine that this late-blooming performer spent most of her life painfully shy. So shy ...By Amanda Kuehn Carroll
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| Wednesday, August 27, 2014
10th Annual Orinda Classic Car Show to Feature '50s Retrospective
Hotrods and cool chicks are about to make September sizzle in Orinda when Orinda's Classic Car Show Weekend celebrates its 10th anniversary of auto staring and community caring.
The ...By Laurie Snyder
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| Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Family Focus
Getting our children to cooperate with us is one of the biggest challenges for all parents. It starts as early as the diaper-changing stage where a baby resists our efforts by twisting and turning and trying to get away. We want the best for our children, but ...By Margie Ryerson
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| Wednesday, August 27, 2014
'Two Lives' a Fascinating and Dark Movie
This month's International Film Showcase in Orinda features "Two Lives" ("Zwei Leben"), which portrays the cruel destiny of people crushed by historical events beyond their control and the inhumanity of a totalitarian regime. The film, based on true events, is ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Two Extraordinary Lamorinda Women Direct and Produce Two CAIFF Films
Two films by Lamorinda residents Laura Cryan Zellmer and Ellie Marks will be featured in the Sept. 11-14 California Independent Film Festival. The two ladies are fighters, but the circumstances that led them to become a movie director and a producer of the films ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Lamorinda Kids Read
The Lafayette, Moraga and Orinda libraries will once again give out books to kids as part of the Lamorinda Kids Read program, which will feature East Bay author Marissa Moss and her book "Mira's Diary: Bombs Over London," a fun and interesting adventure of a young girl ...By Sophie Braccini
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