Wednesday, June 08, 2011
Local Artists Helping Japan
"Knowing how lost the many people of Japan must feel following the disaster, I wanted to help from this side of the ocean," says Orinda resident Komiko Kogure. To achieve her goal, Kogure decided to put her love of art to work. Kogure participates in a weekly figure ...By Andrea A. Firth
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Wednesday, June 08, 2011
THE APP RAP
Glympse
 Eric Pawlakos
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Wednesday, June 08, 2011
Merriewood Garden Full of Fruitful Lessons
Who knew a piece of land could be so productive in so many ways? On a recent gray morning Merriewood Children's Center Garden Teacher Gantt Charping gave Lafayette Parks Trails and Recreation Commissioners a tour of the one-acre organic garden near Burton Valley ...By Cathy Tyson
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Wednesday, June 08, 2011
Can You Canoe? This Crew Can!
"Welcome to the best kept secret in Lamorinda," says Ron Brown, as he opens the door to a wondrous workshop. The 20 by 45 foot bay (to call it a garage is to call the Fourth of July a "modest civic celebration") seems to hold every handheld and machine powered ...Cathy Dausman
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Wednesday, June 08, 2011
Summer Concerts Start Next Week at the Commons
The Moraga Park Foundation is ready to begin the popular free summer concert series at the Moraga Commons Park (corner of Moraga Rd. and St Mary's Rd.) According to the Foundation, the lawsuit that a resident living in the vicinity is pursuing against the Town does ...By Sophie Braccini
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Wednesday, June 08, 2011
Another Year of Memories!
One sure sign that the end of the school year is near is the distribution of yearbooks. As students across Lamorinda eagerly line up for this year's edition, scrawling cheerful notes across the pages of a year's worth of memories, seniors prepare for the big event and ...
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Saint Mary's Graduation on May 21st
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Goal of Chemotherapy for Pets
The goal of chemotherapy in our pet friends is vastly different than for that of humans. Many pet-owners don't want their furry friend to suffer through cancer treatment with the same negative experience that they have witnessed in friends and family members, and this ...By Mona Miller, DVM
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Senior Fare Well at Health Faire
"This generation in this room is too darn ...By Andrea A. Firth
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Holiday Indies Film in Orinda and Moraga
The sleepy bedroom communities of Lamorinda are best known for their high-quality public schools and beautiful semi-rural setting-a perfect place to raise a family. So it should come as no surprise that two Bay Area filmmakers picked Orinda and Moraga as "perfect" ...By Andrea A. Firth
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Spinning Wheels in Lamorinda
Sunshine, no breeze, camaraderie and free snacks-biking doesn't get much better than that. And if you're headed to work, well, there's Bike to Work Day. The Contra Costa Transportation Authority says its 17th annual Bike to Work Day was "a promotional event to ...Cathy Dausman
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Lafayette's Award-Winning Young Filmmaker
Samantha Bell is a sixth-grade student at Stanley Middle School. Blonde and slender, she likes to play soccer and write stories. She also recently won the "Most Promising New Filmmaker Award" at the National Film Festival for Talented Youth which was held in Seattle on ...Rebecca Eckland
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Cal Shakes Opens Season with Titus Andronicus
The California Shakespeare Theater's 2011 season gears up with the first ever Titus Andronicus in previews June 1st through 3rd and opening night festivities Saturday, June 4th.
Led for ...By Lou Fancher
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
When Locavore Meets Gourmet
Locavores - people who prefer to eat food procured within a 100 miles radius of their community- are sometimes perceived as obsessive militants of the 'eat local' movement, ready to make any culinary sacrifice to eat only what's been produced in their immediate ...By Sophie Braccini
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Acalanes Student-Scientists Take International Prize
Two Lafayette students, Matthew Feddersen and Blake Marggraff, took first prize at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair on May 13th.
The global fair is the world's ...By Lou Fancher
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