MHS junior spearheads schoolwide toy drive for Winter Nights children
Noah Thaler, a junior at Miramonte High School in Orinda and president of the school's Jewish Student Union, collaborated with the Christian F.A.I.T.H club and Muslim Student…
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Author Terry Healey will be at January Sweet Thursday event
“The Resilience Mindset” by Terry Healey is about how adversity can strengthen us as individuals, as leaders and as teams by helping us learn how to build resilience, improve…
SMC students break plates to release finals week stress
Saint Mary’s College held a three-hour evening event for students intended to relieve the stress of finals week. Advertised as “Break a Plate and blow off some finals…
81-year-old still mentors Mah Jongg students in Lafayette
When teacher Alice Stern says that she grew up “hearing” Mah Jongg, everyone whose mom had a weekly game knows exactly what she means – the soothing clack of Mah Jongg tiles…
Expert makeup tips for the holidays
It’s that special time again for celebrations, the hosting of parties, making memories and enjoying the magic of the holiday season. Here are a few secrets for keeping your skin…
Accessorize for the holidays
Stacking jewelry is having a moment. It’s a ‘the more the merrier’ situation for pendants, bracelets, and rings. When it comes to stacking, Irene Chen, handbag designer and…
Hugs for Harry is saving senior dogs in Orinda
A shoe donation drive has thrown light on a local organizer who has devoted her life to saving senior and abandoned dogs, now operating in Orinda. It was the intention of Dinking…
Town Hall Theatre presents ‘Snowbound’ through Dec. 20
Imagine sitting in front of a fireplace with a cup of hot cocoa in a cozy reprieve from a blustery blizzard happening outside – quietly trying to make peace with the plans that…
Crowds fill Lafayette’s Plaza Park to ring in the holidays
If there is ever a time of year when the weather cannot dampen spirits, it is undoubtedly the holiday season – especially here in Lafayette, Moraga and Orinda. And in spite of…
IDHABY (I don’t have a back yard) Lamorindans weigh in on housing discussion
While YIMBYs (yes in my back yard) and NIMBYs (not in my backyard) debate the ways to address housing in communities like Lafayette, Lamornindans like Jessa Alberto, Hugo Perez…
Antiquing can be a haunting experience
A common misconception with regards to a haunting is that the experience takes place within a facility such as a house, school, hospital, or any other type of structure. Not…
Lafayette Chamber to host back-to-back Halloween events for kids and adults
Families will take over downtown Lafayette Friday, Oct. 24, for the Lafayette Chamber of Commerce's annual Trick-or-Treat Street event to kick off the scary season. Started more…
Community celebrates Painted Rock's grand opening
With the installation of a new crosswalk at Rheem Boulevard and Chalda Way, which leads to the main trailhead taking hikers up to a 360-degree view of Moraga and beyond at Painted…
End of Summer at San Pablo Reservoir
Summer has to come to an end eventually. And the unofficial end of summer is, of course, Labor Day, which this year at the San Pablo Reservoir was a picture perfect day to say…