Wednesday, February 16, 2011
A Writer's Place: Lafayette Library and Learning Center Hosts Group of Budding Writers
A Sunday visitor to the Lafayette Library ...By Moya Stone
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| Wednesday, February 16, 2011
FOOD TRIALS
With few exceptions, there is nothing inherent in a food source that makes it good or bad for a species. Just as some individual humans have dietary intolerances (lactose, gluten, etc), so do individual animals. Likewise, some individuals can eat all varieties of ...By Mona Miller, DVM
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| Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Wonder Dogs to the Rescue
If you met Ben Ho or his wife walking their shepherd dogs around the neighborhood, you'd think they were only pets. You'd be so wrong. The dogs - Argus, a thick-coated Bavarian Shepherd, and Jackson, an American Shepherd - are search and rescue dogs. They, along with ...Cathy Dausman
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| Wednesday, February 02, 2011
Orinda's Team Ecko Takes 2nd and Campo Filmmakers Place 3rd in Iron Filmmaker Contest
The 2011 Iron Filmmaker Contest was held on January 29th at the New Rheem Theatre. Iron Filmmaker is a competition in which participants are given a surprise theme and 24 hours to script, shoot, edit, and submit a film based on that theme. This year's theme was "Be ...
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| Wednesday, February 02, 2011
Compestine's The Runaway Wok Heralds a New Year
The 2011 Chinese New Year begins February 3rd, and Yin Chang Compestine's The Runaway Wok (Dutton) is the perfect non-edible way to celebrate.
The Lafayette author's new children's book, ...By Lou Fancher
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| Wednesday, February 02, 2011
Moraga Art Gallery's New Show
Moraga Art Gallery began its "Two Artists, Two Visions: A Singular Experience" show featuring local artists Beryl Glen-Reiland of Orinda and Moraga's George Ehrenhaft with an open house January 15. The show runs through March 19.
 Cathy Dausman
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| Wednesday, February 02, 2011
The Big Band is Back!
Generations In Jazz is pleased to presents The Big Band Of Rossmoor on Feb 25th for a big band dance and concert at The Veterans Memorial Building. This is the first of the 2011 Big Band Dance and Concert series, and features vocalist Mary Anne Meltzer.
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| Wednesday, February 02, 2011
A Lamorinda Valentine's Day
Celebrating Valentine's Day without leaving Lamorinda turned out to be much harder than expected.
When the assignment came in, I thought: Piece of cake!
 By Lou Fancher
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| Wednesday, February 02, 2011
Lee and Grant Exhibit Opens at Saint Mary's College
The Lee and Grant exhibition opened last weekend at Saint Mary's College Hearst Art Gallery in Moraga and will continue until March 20th. Organized by the NEH On The Road, a special initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the exhibition explores one ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, February 02, 2011
Gung Hay Fat Choy!
Happy Lunar New Year! With the arrival of tonight's new moon we usher in the Year of the Hare. The Hare represents longevity. It is said that people born under this sign are fun-loving, artistic, mild-mannered and conscientious. Following on the heels of a rather ...
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| Wednesday, February 02, 2011
Indie Film Festival Makes its Mark in Moraga
Moviegoers packed the lobby of the New Rheem Theater at the Friday night opening reception of the 13th Annual California Independent Film Festival (CAIFF). Locals stood shoulder-to-shoulder nibbling hors d'oeuvres and sipping wine from the vineyards of Moraga ...By Andrea A. Firth
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| Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Gold Coast Celebrates Black History
The Gold Coast Chamber Players are using their first performances of 2011 to prove they've got both talent and a desire to celebrate Black History Month.
The ensemble's performances, ...By Lou Fancher
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| Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Orinda Hosts Contra Costa Mayors Conference
The City of Orinda hosted mayors, council members and representatives from the Board of Supervisors from Contra Costa County as they gathered January 6 for their monthly Mayors Conference. The group meets regularly to discuss city issues and, this time, to make a ...By Lucy Amaral
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| Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Recycling of "Sharps" Now Available Locally
The term "Home Generated Sharps" (HGS) is used to describe needles, syringes with needles, and disposable lancets used to either collect a sample or inject medication into a human or animal. They are all considered medical waste. The Central Contra Costa Solid Waste ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, January 19, 2011
I WILL get my Financial House in Order!
Hey, I know --- I'm late to the table! You've already made your resolutions for the New Year. But wait, there's always room for one or two more --- and even though this is Lynn's Top FIVE, don't be put off --- it's really just one broken into five easy steps. Let ...By Lynn Ballou, Certified Financial Planner
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