Five deserving Campolindo High School seniors are the first recipients of the Carol L. Merlone Educational Foundation's pilot program, awarding an annual total scholarship of $50,000 ($10,000 for each ...

Dr. Mona Miller lives in Lafayette with her young son and two cats. She has worked at Four Seasons Animal Hospital in Lafayette since moving here in 2001. She attended Cal as an undergrad, and ...

A group of residents of Devin Drive and El Paraiso Court - streets that adjoin the property of the Hacienda de las Flores in Moraga - are suing the town, alleging that it has failed to protect their ...

Readers of this newspaper know Cynthia Brian as the Goddess Gardener. Most recently her organization, Be the Star You Are!, a 501(c)(3), won honors as Moraga's Nonprofit of the Year for its efforts to ...

In a recent listing of an open house on April 30 at 3911 Happy Valley Road in Lafayette, Melanie Snow, an agent from Coldwell Banker, listed its seven bedrooms, six and a half baths, and luxurious ...

The Board of Trustees for Orinda schools is running up against a deadline for accepting $1.5 million from the state of California, secured by Assembly Member Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, towards the ...

On April 22, the Lafayette City Council awarded eight Green Awards (Environmental Awards of Excellence) at their City Council meeting. 1) Chuck Silva - This Lafayette resident designed and installed a ...

There are two sure things in life - death and taxes. For the last 36 years, you could also add Patty Hung running the Boston Marathon. On April 19, the 76-year-old Orinda resident ran what she ...

Detective Berch Parker (center) smiles with Cathy Surges-Moscato, Community Service Officer (left) and Sergeant Howard Shiells (right) of the Lafayette Police Department. Photo Carol Yates Once a year ...

A California Government Code that is common but rarely known by members of the general public lent special importance to Parks and Recreation Director Jonathan Katayanagi's report to council on May 13 ...

The Central Contra Costa Sanitary District wants their customers to communicate with the Regional Water Quality Board, who is proposing nutrient regulations that will result in very large wastewater ...

Moraga, CA. After 12 years, cattle are once again grazing on the hills Moraga at Painted Rock. Early on the morning of May 16, the John Muir Land Trust welcomed the arrival of the first load of ...