Students at Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School have voluntarily given up their lunch period every Friday of the school year to make sandwiches for the homeless. JM's math teacher Brett Lorie created ...

SMC adjunct professor Kristen Sbrogna (kneeling) shows students natural water flows behind the Saint Mary's College Legacy Garden Photo Jennifer Wake It wasn't your typical class at Saint Mary's ...

The backyard of 3195 Condit Road, Lafayette. The windows were recently boarded up. Photos Cathy Tyson What does it take to sell a foreclosed home, especially one that has been officially declared a ...

As she goes into her second term as vice mayor of Orinda, Inga Miller has three big priorities. First, she wants to keep working on responding to the climate emergency, improving the city's fire ...

Last year was a good year for Lafayette's John McCormick. The co-owner of Lamorinda Music completed his second term as president of the Lafayette Chamber of Commerce. His popular store was selected by ...

With nine years under her belt as an Acalanes Union High School District Board member, Nancy Kendzierski is taking the reins as president for her third time and she's excited to keep the momentum ...

The OIS Junior Varsity Girl's season started with four simple desired outcomes that the team agreed upon. They wanted connection, friendship, to have fun, and to get better at basketball. Together, ...

The most contentious aspect of the ninth amendment to the Wilder Development Agreement (DA) addressed at the Orinda City Council meeting on Jan. 9 was the assignment of responsibility for a BART ...

Lafayette City Council Member Teresa Gerringer, who has served the residents of Lafayette for nearly 23 years - having been for more than a decade an elected member of the Lafayette School District ...

It has been a long time coming, but the Art and Garden Center at Wilder is taking shape and will open to the public this year. The Center is a 6,600-square-foot building that features a ...

A friend served these tasty baked jalapeñ o poppers for hors d'oeuvres one night and we thoroughly enjoyed them. The novelty of adding chorizo to the cheese filling and wrapping them in bacon made ...

New Administrative Services Director Douglas Alessio knows that he has a challenge to face, stepping into the shoes vacated by outgoing Director Paul Rankin, whom Alessio recognizes as having been ...