Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Finding Balance: Movement and Motion at Any Age
It was 2 p.m. last Wednesday and the senior members of Esther Wetzel's Advanced Balance Class had just finished with their hour of mental and physical exercise when this reporter walked in to the Lafayette Dance and Movement Center. "Oh, you should have been here a few ...By Amanda Kuehn
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| Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Warm Fire, Warm Hearts, and Warm Jazz at the Orinda Library
San Francisco Bay Area jazz lovers will send winter blahs packing Dec. 4 at the Orinda Library when vocalist, Mary D'Orazi, brings her artistry to Lamorinda. D'Orazi, an accomplished vocalist who has wowed at Yoshi's and the Great American Music Hall, will be joined by ...By Laurie Snyder
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| Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Student Loans That Make Sense
The wide availability of student loans in the U.S. reflects the value our nation places on access to higher education. As a college admission counselor, I have worked with students who could not attend college without the help of a student loan. However, student loans ...By Elizabeth LaScala
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| Wednesday, November 20, 2013
SMC Student Completes Gold Duke of Edinburgh Program
Saint Mary's College junior Joshua Poolis, who attended Cwmtawe Community School in Swansea in the United Kingdom, travelled to London Nov. 12 to receive his certificate from the Gold Duke of Edinburgh's (DofE) patron and founder - his royal highness The Duke of ...Submitted by Joshua Poolis
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| Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Huge Community Effort to Feed 10,000 People
A small army of volunteers, many from Lamorinda, gathered at the property of Charlotte Sturgeon in Vacaville Nov. 16 at the urging of the local non-profit organization Urban Farmers to pick as much as possible of the thousands of pounds of persimmons that would ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Restoring History to San Leandro Creek: An Afternoon of Thoughts About Moraga's First People
On Dec. 7, several local speakers, including Kent Long of the Friends of Joaquin Moraga Adobe and Merritt College professor Robin Freeman, will discuss the history of San Leandro Creek and the people who lived there as part of a series of events to be held over the ...Submitted by Nina Egert
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| Wednesday, November 20, 2013
SMC Production Explores What It Truly Means to Help
A current theater production at Saint Mary's College reflects contemporary society's wired, surreal landscape with a dark-edged fable that poses more questions than it provides answers.
 By Lou Fancher
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| Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Stanley 'Teacher of the Year' Uses Unique Strategies to Tackle a Far-Reaching Problem: Understanding Math
At one point last year, Stanley Middle School principal David Schrag and his co-administrators worried that someone had abandoned a car in the school parking lot because the same car was in the lot every day when he arrived to school and when he left. As far as he ...By Clare Varellas
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| Wednesday, November 20, 2013
A Story of SerendipityHow a simple act changed one local woman's life
When Ana Maria Blaj and her husband, Ronnie, bought the property on Moraga Road in 2005, they were planning on living in it. Instead, they followed their passion, and in February 2006, Moraga Retreat, the residential care home Blaj now runs, opened its doors for the ...By Michael Sakoda
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| Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Tunnel Vision
The week before the opening of the Caldecott Tunnel's Fourth Bore, the Moraga-Orinda Fire District, along with other fire agencies, participated in safety drills that simulated events ranging from a car fire to an explosion inside the tunnel. Many of the tests ...By Nick Marnell
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| Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Caldecott Fourth Bore Opens
The Caldecott Fourth Bore Tunnel is now open for business - Highway 24 westbound motorists are driving under the Berkeley Hills and through a 21st century model of transportation. "Welcome to Bore Four," Caltrans District 4 Director Bijan Sartipi told a standing room ...By Cathy Dausman
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| Wednesday, November 06, 2013
"Valentine Road"
"Valentine Road" is a gripping documentary about hate and intolerance, and about the story of eighth-grader Larry King. When he was attending school in Oxnard, Calif., Larry began to be aware of his tendency to be more feminine and he began to explore this outwardly by ...By Adam Reeves
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| Wednesday, November 06, 2013
On The Way To 75 Percent Diversion Rate, Schools Do Their Part
Central Contra Costa Solid Waste Authority recently released its diversion rates for 2012, with Lamorinda hitting the 66 percent mark, a good start toward the 2020 objective of 75 percent. Because collection services are available to individual homes, they are the ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, November 06, 2013
Ways Seniors Can Live on Reduced Incomes
Often, when one retires these days, the person is left with social security only. If you are fortunate to have a pension, cash savings and/or the money you saved in an IRA or 401K, it will also be there to support your "Golden Years!" Many of us have planned for ...By Linda Fodrini-Johnson, MA, MFT, CMC
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| Wednesday, November 06, 2013
High Schoolers Take the Stage in Upcoming Fall ProductionsMiramonte's 'Our Town' opens tonight
If you walk into the Acalanes High School theater after school on a typical weekday this month, you will find several students perched high on ladders painting a set, leading actors running lines, and the drama teacher making detailed plans. A production is in ...By Clare Varellas
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