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Expect fun, music, and detours this weekend during the Lafayette Art & Wine Festival
 
One of the biggest draws to downtown Lafayette returns Sept. 21 and 22 with four music stages, over 200 artist and craft booths, more than 30 food vendors and ride for all ages as part of the 2024 Lafayette Art & Wine Festival produced by the Lafayette Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the city of Lafayette. Complimentary bike valet parking will be offered at 81 Lafayette Circle and there will be free shuttle rides from the free festival parking in the BART parking lot.
2024 MUSIC SCHEDULE!
Fiesta Stage - 19 Fiesta Lane Stage located off Fiesta Lane, behind Lafayette Public House and The Hideout Kitchen. Saturday, Sept. 21, MC Tom Stack Sound ...read

Photo Jeff Heyman
End of Summer at San Pablo Reservoir
By Jeff Heyman
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 goodbye to summer fun. Families ...read

Yellow arrow points to Area 15 Photo courtesy Moraga Planning Department
Moraga Town Council amends Moraga Center Specific Plan zoning
By Vera Kochan
During the town council's Aug. 28 meeting, an ordinance was approved to waive the first reading and introduce by title only an amendment to Chapter 8.32 of the Moraga Municipal Code implementing Program 4(b) ...read
Miramonte QB Carson Blair scoring TD vs. Oak. Tech Photo Ann Murphy
Talent and potential in Lamorinda football
By Jon Kingdon
With Acalanes coming off a state championship, Miramonte hiring a new coach, and Campolindo being historically successful, there is a great deal of optimism with the football teams.
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A purple crape myrtle is full of flowing flowers. Photos Cynthia Brian
Digging Deep with Goddess Gardener, Cynthia Brian
By Cynthia Brian
"Gardening is a way of showing that you believe in tomorrow"
Audrey Hepburn
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Lafayetteread all Moragaread all Orindaread all
Lafayette Sales Tax Measure

Measure H, on our November ballot, is vital to preserving Lafayette's exceptional quality of life and maintaining essential city services that keep our community thriving. Measure H maintains police staffing levels, keeps roads in good shape, preserves senior services, and sustains our high quality of life.
Lafayette has always been in good financial shape, with a balanced budget, no debt, and emergency reserves. However,
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Lafayette Valley estates

Thomas James Homes bought 3369 North Lucile lane for 1.5 million, and proposed to build a 3.900 SQ foot 2 story house in Lafayette Valley estates, as they were met with a FULL COURT PRESS of 15 home owners who met at the back yard of 480 Peacock and again at 3371 North Lucile for another meeting.
We wrote...

Creek Access Issues

Friends of Orinda Creeks works to protect and enhance Orinda's creeks. Our efforts include trash cleanups, trail improvements, restoration projects and native plant revegetation. This is supported by Orinda's volunteer community and performed in partnership with the City, Friends of the Nature Area, the Orinda Garden Club, EBMUD, and so on. Our volunteers keep our creeks clean, improve habitat and provide open space.
Some of this work...


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New public art planned for Lafayette
By Elaine Borden Chandler
When out and about in Lafayette, it is easy to see a variety of sculptures, fountains, paintings, and other pieces of art dotting the city. Many of these are part of Lafayette's growing public art collection, ...read

Conscious social club Holistika seeks to provide connection and healing
By Elaine Borden Chandler
The idea for Holistika came to Ash Lew during a session of psychedelic healing. "It was a message that this is what I need to do," she said with steady confidence while sitting in the club's peaceful white ...read

"Human Error" demonstrates the importance of seeing past differences
By Sharon K. Sobotta
In a divided nation with an often palpable tension between the reds and the blues, the conservatives and the liberals, those who identify as pro-life and pro-choice and all those in between, it's easy to ...read
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Town Facilities Energy Generation Project update
By Vera Kochan
Over the last few years various portions of Moraga have been hit with power outages either from unknown causes or Pacific Gas & Electric Company's Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS). Residents and businesses ...read

Planning Department provides Town Council with helpful Rheem Park Illustrative Design Standards document
By Vera Kochan
Discussing design standards is one thing, but to be able to look at a colored document loaded with pictorial possibilities relating to Rheem Park's future visual appeal is quite another.
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Moraga Town Council amends Moraga Center Specific Plan zoning
By Vera Kochan
During the town council's Aug. 28 meeting, an ordinance was approved to waive the first reading and introduce by title only an amendment to Chapter 8.32 of the Moraga Municipal Code implementing Program 4(b) ...read
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Court judgment leads to exchange of blame in Orinda
By Sora O'Doherty
A writ of mandate has been ordered by a Contra Costa Superior court judge against the City of Orinda in partially granting the petition of Orindans for Safe Emergency Evacuation (OSEE). The conclusion of the ...read

 
Lucas Lambert new Deputy Chief of MOFD
By Sora O'Doherty
Battalion Chief Lucas Lambert has been promoted to Deputy Chief of the Moraga Orinda Fire District (MOFD), a position approved by the directors of MOFD in June. Lambert's promotion created three other ...read

Wildfire safety and home insurance continue to be high priority
By Sora O'Doherty
There is so much happening on the fire prevention and fire insurance fronts that it's hard to keep up. (See links below.) The California Insurance Commissioner, Ricardo Lara, has been suggesting that new ...read
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End of Summer at San Pablo Reservoir
Moraga Town Council amends Moraga Center Specific Plan zoning
Talent and potential in Lamorinda football
New public art planned for Lafayette
Conscious social club Holistika seeks to provide connection and healing
"Human Error" demonstrates the importance of seeing past differences
Looking Good in Lamorinda
Town Facilities Energy Generation Project update
Planning Department provides Town Council with helpful Rheem Park Illustrative Design Standards document
Court judgment leads to exchange of blame in Orinda
Lucas Lambert new Deputy Chief of MOFD
Wildfire safety and home insurance continue to be high priority
Expect fun, music, and detours this weekend during the Lafayette Art & Wine Festival
The City of Orinda names new Police Chief
Lafayette Police Blotter
Moraga Police Blotter
Margaret (Maggie) Mary Eggen
Elizabeth Takao
Letters to the editor
Lafayette's Pacific Chamber Orchestra welcomes world-class pianist
Meet 101-year-old John Hill
Stuffed butternut squash
'Close Your Eyes' - a unique and melancholic film from Spain, opens in Orinda
Miramonte Football players and students in Africa this summer with the International Vision Volunteers
Digging Deep with Goddess Gardener, Cynthia Brian
Lamorinda home sales recorded
Miramonte Football players and students in Africa this summer with the International Vision Volunteers
By Jon Kingdon
The International Vision Volunteers is a nonprofit that was founded thirty years ago by Dr. James "Bud" Tysinger, an ophthalmologist whose goal was to bring sight and eye care to the underserved in the world. ...read

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Talent and potential in Lamorinda football
By Jon Kingdon
With Acalanes coming off a state championship, Miramonte hiring a new coach, and Campolindo being historically successful, there is a great deal of optimism with the football teams.
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Miramonte Football players and students in Africa this summer with the International Vision Volunteers
By Jon Kingdon
The International Vision Volunteers is a nonprofit that was founded thirty years ago by Dr. James "Bud" Tysinger, an ophthalmologist whose goal was to bring sight and eye care to the underserved in the world. ...read

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Lafayette's Pacific Chamber Orchestra welcomes world-class pianist
By Emma Wong
On Saturday, Sept. 14, in the gorgeous Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church, will be the musical collaboration of a lifetime: world-renowned French pianist Denis Pascal and the Pacific Chamber Orchestra ...read

Meet 101-year-old John Hill
By Mitch Reichenbach
In our ever-hectic lives, it is easy to overlook Lamorinda's rich history. Many of us unwittingly pass by historical buildings and landmarks each day, without a second thought, unaware of the legacies each one ...read

'Close Your Eyes' - a unique and melancholic film from Spain, opens in Orinda
By Sophie Braccini
The movie brought to Orinda this month by the International Film Showcase* is a piece of cinematic art of a quality that people do not often get to see. It is not a thriller, even if there is an enigma. It is ...read

Stuffed butternut squash
By Susie Iventosch
Fall is just around the corner, and it seems like the perfect time to do a colorful "harvesty" recipe. This one has a cornucopia of delicious ingredients! I usually buy acorn squash, but the other day a ...read
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