Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Republic Services to Get Most of the 10-Year Garbage Franchise Recycling still pending
At the Feb. 27 Central Contra Costa Solid Waste Authority board meeting, Republic Services was chosen over Mt. Diablo-Recology as the next franchisee to haul all of the garbage within the CCCSWA service area (including Lamorinda) for the next 10 years. Republic was ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Looking Good in Lamorinda It might as well be spring
Around here spring accidently sprung back in January. But in fashion the season officially launches in March, when we start thinking about bright colors, lighter fabrics, and new fashions for Easter, Mother's Day, and graduations.
 By Moya Stone
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| Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Memoir Focuses on 'Maxed Out' Mothering in the 21st CenturyAuthor Katrina Alcorn to speak at LLLC March 20
It's funny, we spend our childhoods practicing control - and a lifetime learning to let go of it.
From "Don't stick your finger into that socket; you'll die!" to "No matter how adorable ...By Lou Fancher
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| Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Working Together to Collect the Oral Histories of Lafayette
Maya Angelou once wrote, "There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside of you." Each of us has a story to share, a history inside of us that is waiting to be told.
The ...By Amanda Kuehn
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| Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Words That Change Our WorldBook shifts how Orinda football player looks at accountability, and what it means to be a man
Miramonte High School quarterback Drew Anderson has been called "a driving force" and an East Bay high school football "player to watch." His stats are public record: 6'3", roughly 185 pounds, 26.8 inch vertical jump, 47 passing TD's, 256 completions out of 435 pass ...By Lou Fancher
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| Wednesday, March 12, 2014
The Man of HistoryLafayette resident keeps California history alive
Walking into the back rooms of Bob and Sue Chandler's lovely Lafayette home, you're not sure if you've entered a museum or a library. There are books, papers and artifacts everywhere. It's hard to know where to look first.
By Diane Claytor
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| Wednesday, March 12, 2014
After Two Tours in Afghanistan, Local Soldier Comes Home
Residents of usually quiet Serrano Court had a patriotic afternoon when U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Leigh Wolf returned from his second tour of duty in Afghanistan. He had been assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 6 as an executive officer. Native son Wolf was raised ...By Cathy Tyson
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| Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Team Members Pitch In
Whole Foods marketing team members are pitching in their non-work talents for a fundraising drive that runs through the end of March. Professional chalk artist David Kleven, a team member who is responsible for all of the lovely chalk signage throughout the store will ...By Cathy Tyson
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| Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Fire and Wings - A Hot Burning Love Story Two Campo grads celebrate the wedding of their dreams
With palm trees blowing in the breeze, on a sunny Sunday in October 2013, radio personality Heather Brittany and firefighter Brian Rankin tied the knot in a vineyard fˆte at the elegant Villa de Amore in Temecula, Calif., officiated by fellow firefighter, Steven ...
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| Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Local Author:An Orinda Author's ObsessionNew novel melds fact and fiction, shines light on silent film star
Long before former stock broker and first time author Robert Murillo penned his debut book, "The Vanity," he was a 9-year-old boy, curling up with a radio. His imagination set aflame by sci-fi broadcasts and tales of quirky time travel, his childhood fever for fiction ...By Lou Fancher
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| Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Name that Gum!
Creative library assistant in charge of teen services, Patrick Brogan, had a unique idea for a gum guessing contest recently. While back in the day food, drink and especially gum was frowned upon in libraries, the Lafayette Library and Learning Center paved the way ...By Cathy Tyson
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| Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Technology and EducationChanging how teachers teach, students learn
Recent innovations in educational technology are changing the face of traditional classrooms. "In the last decade, especially in the last five years, I've seen more and more technology used," said Raina Le¢n, assistant professor in the Kalmanovitz School of Education ...By Amanda Kuehn
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| Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Boomers Invited to Find Balance and Bone Up on Health
If you've reached the stage of life where ...By Laurie Snyder
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"God of Carnage" Opens at Town Hall Theatre Feb. 22
Civilization may give us polish, but contemporary playwright Yasmina Reza shows us that underneath it all, humans are torn with frustration and pain that can erupt into violence. Set in a city that could easily be San Francisco, New York, or Paris (Reza is French), ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Lamorinda Native Scales Myanmar's Highest Peak
Molly Loomis has traveled to places those in the western world usually don't go. Late last summer she became the lone woman in a group making the first ascent on Myanmar's Gamlang Razi Mountain. They spent more than a month in its conquest.
 By Cathy Dausman
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