Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Pimp My Ride!
How often do you hear of a random act of kindness in this tough world? When it happens, it seems almost too good to be true.
Lafayette's Professional Automotive owner David Watson has ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Sustainable Florist Opens in Orinda
Seasonal and locally-grown food is now part of everyone's vernacular, if not something on everyone's dinner plate. But using local seasonal flowers for your home or for your wedding? That's a rather new concept, and it's what Mitra Misaghi is doing.
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| Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Lunch Hour Clean Up at the Reservoir
Lafayette lawyers and staff from Hunsucker Goodstein & Nelson PC will be ditching pinstripes in favor of something stylish, yet washable, for "beautification" during the Second Annual Earth Day Lunch Hour Cleanup Friday, April 20 at the Reservoir. Volunteers from the ...By Cathy Tyson
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| Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Moraga Produce Market Opens at Rheem
Many came to Moraga Produce on Friday, April 6, even though the store didn't advertise its "soft opening," but the new produce store, located in the Rheem Shopping Center, north of CVS, had a bit of a rocky start when the electrical system failed 10 minutes before the ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Cherry Picker Party in Lafayette Parking Lot
The brightly-colored installation, looking a bit like an amusement park, was hard to miss if you happened to be in Lafayette last week. As reported in the March 28 edition of this paper, scaffolding and balloons were slated to go up in the parking lot behind Panda ...By Cathy Tyson
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| Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Local Resident Gets National Recognition for His Household Tip
Isn't it unpleasant to have ice jump all over the floor when using the refrigerator ice dispenser? Unpleasant and even dangerous, as William W. (Bill) McCandlish experienced when his wife almost slipped on one of those loose and hard-to-see ice cubes. But McCandlish ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Seismic Retrofitting Lamorinda Homes
Earthquakes, large and small, are an ever-present Lamorinda possibility, since the area lies between the Hayward and Calaveras faults. While earthquake preparedness may focus on sheltering in place, many of us give little thought to ensuring that our "shelter" is ...Cathy Dausman
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| Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Spike in Local Burglaries Prompts Businesses to be Proactive
During his five years with the Orinda Police Department, detective Dan Jeffries saw only a handful of burglaries, but over the past few months he says there has been a spike.
These ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Five Years of Restaurant Life in Lamorinda
The past five years have been quite tough for many retail businesses. Lamorinda, like the rest of the state and the country, has suffered the hardship of the recession.
Restaurants ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Baby, You Can Drive/Rent my Car
Anne McCarten-Gibbs is a person who likes to share. When her family lived in Berkeley, they shared yard tools and work skills with their neighbors. She was a Casual Carpool participant (a rider) then as well.
Cathy Dausman
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| Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Lamorinda Weekly Milestones
September 2006:
The question I've been asked most frequently over the last five years is, "What made you decide to start a paper?" The answer:
By Andy Scheck
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| Wednesday, March 14, 2012
The Fifth Anniversary Issue
As the adage goes, "Time flies when you're having fun!" It's hard for us to believe that the first issue of Lamorinda Weekly was published on March 14, 2007. Scattered throughout today's paper you will find some of the highlights of the past five years in Lamorinda. ...
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| Wednesday, February 29, 2012
MCC Builds a New Clubhouse
Even from a distance the new Moraga Country Club's clubhouse, which opened its doors to its members at the beginning of the month, presents itself as a completely different animal than the old one. The magnitude of the improvements can be better appreciated from close ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Generating Business Leads from Newspaper Articles
Ray Zegri, Audience Development Executive of the San Francisco Business Times, presented the talk, "Generating Business Leads from Newspaper Articles" to a packed house at the Lafayette Entrepreneur's Club on February 16. Armed with a copy of that publication, he ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Going Solar-Two Years Later
The time of big bucks government tax rebates or credits from solar panel installation is over, so is it still worth helping the state meet its renewable energy goals? California's goal is to increase its procurement from eligible renewable energy resources to 33% of ...By Andy Scheck
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