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| From left: assistant coach Andy Lindquist, assistant coach Megan Gentes, Shea Volkmer, Rachel Moen, Sloan Pullen, Makena Weberski, Caroline McCool, Ellie Buckley, Kate Kabenina, and head coach Chuck Woolridge
Photo Rosalind Pullen |
| Campo girls' cross country competes in nationals |
| By Jon Kingdon |
| It was another banner year for the Lamorinda Cross Country teams led by Campolindo whose boys' and girls' teams won the Division III NCS championships and the girls won the state meet which qualified them for ...read |
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| Lafayette council considers Gun Safety ordinance |
| By Jennifer Wake |
| The Lafayette City Council during its Nov. 28 meeting considered the issue of gun safety after the Crime Prevention Commission reported back on a proposed Safe Firearms Storage ordinance, following a request ...read |
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| Lafayette author Ying Chang Compestine cooks in her kitchen. Photo provided |
| Local author's work focuses on courage, strength and resourcefulness |
| By Lou Fancher |
| To enter the Lafayette kitchen or the imagination of award-winning author, public speaker, editor and TV chef Ying Chang Compestine is to experience good fortune. An opportunity to observe Compestine wield a ...read |
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MOFD board power play negatively impacts safety
The MOFD employees' union launched a final power play a few days before they lost control of our fire department's $30 million of annual tax revenue.
The three directors elected four years ago with $30,000 of union funding, at the last board meeting of their term, voted to hire six more union members at a cost of over $2 million a year; money that should be used for wildfire prevention.
The claim that an extra response team will increase our safety is ridiculous. We are already served by six paramedic response units answering 1,900 medical emergencies annually. That is less than one call per unit per day.
The claim that putting two response units in Orinda's station 45, instead of one, would reduce response times is unfounded. It will take just as long to drive to the top of Orinda Downs or El Toyonal as ever. What these neighborhoods need is brush clearing, not a superfluous medical response unit sitting around most of the day.
Shame on these directors. Thankfully they lost control of MOFD and cooler heads can reconsider how to maximize the community's safety.
Steve Cohn
Orinda
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| What is a good college? |
| By Elizabeth LaScala, Ph.D. |
| If you did a survey and asked people what characteristics define a good college, you might get 100 different answers. If there is so much variation just in what constitutes a good college, we know there is ...read |
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| Lions announces Peace Poster contest winners |
| Submitted by Robert Murtagh |
| The Lions International Peace Poster contest for 2022-23 was titled "Lead with Compassion," and 75 students, age 10-13, from Stanley Middle School in Lafayette submitted entries. Annually, 55,000 students from ...read |
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| Longtime Lafayette resident turns 100 |
| Submitted by Betty La Porte |
| Lafayette's Joseph M. Fox III celebrated his 100th birthday on Nov. 20.ˇ And he did it as he does just about everything - with vigor and enthusiasm.ˇ Talk to people who know Joe, and they all say the same ...read |
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| What is a good college? |
| By Elizabeth LaScala, Ph.D. |
| If you did a survey and asked people what characteristics define a good college, you might get 100 different answers. If there is so much variation just in what constitutes a good college, we know there is ...read |
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