Published on March 1st, 2023
SMC welcomes two new art exhibits
Two new exhibits opened at the Saint Mary's College Museum of Art as of Feb. 15: "Jacob Lawrence: Three Series of Prints" and "From the Ground Up," which highlights the work of Louis Siegriest.
 By Vera Kochan
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Published on March 1st, 2023
Planning department presents possible design standards for Rheem Park Area to town council
The town council received an informational report from the Planning Department with regards to the Draft Objective Design Standards for the Rheem Park Area during its Feb. 15 meeting; the purpose being to give feedback and input.
By Vera Kochan
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Published on March 1st, 2023
Moraga's Vice Mayor opts for prescribed burn in yard to reduce future wildfire threats
Moraga Vice Mayor Teresa Onoda was worried about the risk of additional wildfires in her neighborhood. "We have evacuated twice, and that makes me very concerned about fire, because we live on Merrill Circle." A friend and Firewise member, Suzanne D'Arcy, told Onoda ...By Vera Kochan
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Published on March 1st, 2023
Town Council agrees on 2023 Goals and Priorities
As is customary in the town of Moraga, each ...By Vera Kochan
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Published on March 1st, 2023
Clash of the seasons visible on Lamorinda hillsides
What a difference a week makes. Lamorinda residents were hit with weather whiplash during the week of Feb. 20, with 70-degree weather, sunny skies and a blanket of daffodil blooms gracing hillsides on the corner of Happy Valley and Deer Hill roads in Lafayette as well ...
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Published on February 15th, 2023
EQ preparedness top of mind after devastating earthquakes
The devastating earthquakes in Turkey and ...By Jennifer Wake
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Published on February 15th, 2023
Ristorante Amoroma opens new tap room/lounge at Rheem location
Rheem Valley Shopping Center's Ristorante Amoroma (360 Park St., Moraga) turned the restaurant's former retail space that once sold domestic wines, pastas, and glassware into a tap room/lounge.
By Vera Kochan
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Published on February 15th, 2023
Parks and Rec's Teddy Bear Tea reaches whole new level of fun
Set under a graceful white tent surrounding the entire patio of the Hacienda de las Flores, the Teddy Bear Tea was a magical event for young children and their families. Not even the on-again-off-again rain could dampen the glow of the beautifully lit surroundings and ...By Vera Kochan
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Published on February 15th, 2023
Former President Gerald R. Ford once taught at SMC's Pre-Flight School during WWII
During World War II, the United States Navy chose Saint Mary's College as one of the government's four Pre-Flight schools that served to train pilots between 1942-1946. In that period, almost the entire campus included thousands of Navy men who were housed in temporary ...By Vera Kochan
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Published on February 1st, 2023
Moraga 9-year-old launches charitable artisan chocolate business
It's not often that a preadolescent starts a business, much less a business rooted in philanthropy. But that is exactly what Kalyana Salvi has done, along with the help of her mom, Tenaya Garrett. In the fall of 2022, they launched Chocolates for Change, an artisan ...By Jenn Freedman
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Published on February 1st, 2023
Saklan School teacher selected for a trip of a lifetime to Antarctica
Virtually uninhabited, the earth's southernmost continent of Antarctica spans 5.5 million square miles of ice-covered terrain. While scientists and tourists make up any of the insignificant human population, the only permanent inhabitants are penguins, seals, whales ...By Vera Kochan
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Published on February 1st, 2023
Moraga's disc golf course slated for a facelift
One may assume that disc golf is a relatively new sport, but it was "invented" nearly 50 years ago by Ed Headrick, inventor of the Frisbee. The concept is much like that of traditional golf, except that a flying disc or Frisbee is used in place of a ball and clubs; and ...By Vera Kochan
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Published on February 1st, 2023
Town council gives thumbs up to Comprehensive Advanced Planning Initiative/Housing Element update
Heading down the home stretch of the long ...By Vera Kochan
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Published on February 1st, 2023
Lamorinda schools prepped to handle potential overdose cases
Shortly after 10 a.m. on Jan. 13 the staff at Acalanes High School responded quickly to a student medical emergency involving fentanyl, with the school nurse immediately administering naxolone (the generic form of Narcan, which is an antidote to the opioid drug) to the ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Published on February 1st, 2023
Even after recent storms, locals work to save water
Bomb cyclone. Atmospheric river. Pineapple Express. Whatever name weather forecasters gave the recent Bay Area storms, it amounted to one thing: a huge amount of rain falling very quickly in a relatively short time span.
By Diane Claytor
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA