| Tireless Book Adventuress Takes Over Orinda Books |
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| Maria Roden, the new owner of Orinda Books, looks forward to sharing her love of books with the Lamorinda community. Photo Sophie Braccini |
| The future of Orinda Books seemed uncertain as longtime owner Janet Boreta prepared to retire. The 38-year-old institution is true north for many Lamorinda book lovers and the place that roughly 100 book clubs call home. But an equally passionate woman stepped forward to assume the challenge of keeping the independent bookstore alive and vibrant - Maria Roden is enthusiastically making plans for the business that she and her ... read |
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| Fortunate Kate Widmann (front, in blue) along with her aunt, Michelle Donaldson, uncle, Colin Parmelee, and cousin, Ashton Donaldson-Parmelee, are ready to fish at the Lafayette Reservoir
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| Local Little Angler Lands First Fish |
| By Cathy Tyson |
| With the Lafayette Reservoir stocked with trout and catfish, not only is this gem of Lamorinda a great place to walk and hang out, but also a great place to fish. Unfortunately as many fisher-people know - ...read |
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| Kids enjoyed investigating this police cruiser at last year's Night Out in Lafayette. Photo Carol Yates
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| Hosts Wanted for National Night Out |
| By Cathy Tyson |
| Call it an emergency preparedness block party from sea to shining sea - and Lamorinda is just one of many community links in the chain of National Night Out. This year will be the first time all three ...read |
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| Lamorinda at the World Lacrosse Championship |
| By Michael Sakoda |
As the World Cup wrapped up in Brazil, the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) World Lacrosse Championships got underway in Denver. Miramonte graduate Josh Roden is competing for England.
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| This living room is regularly taken over by pre-teens and teens, who surf the Internet on the TV, or interact via laptops and other technological devices that they bring to each other's homes when "hanging out." Photos Chris Lavin
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| Situating Technology for Teens |
| By Chris Lavin |
| The admonitions ring throughout the day. "Not at the dinner table!" Or "turn that light off and go to bed." One such recent command was made by the mother of 15-year-old Sam Russo in Canyon. A request that was ...read |
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Editor:
My family and I would like to thank the neighbors at and near 44 Rheem Boulevard for their assistance to my daughter and her three friends whose vehicle was severely damaged by a hit and run driver. The driver straddling the double-yellow line caused my daughter to take evasive action to avoid a head-on but the other driver still smashed into the rear of her vehicle destroying the tires, axle and puncturing the gas tank.
Three or four households responded immediately including ...
Editor:
Bishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa is quoted in a Lamorinda Weekly news article (July 2) about Orinda's Housing Element, a plan to bring low-income housing to Orinda. In the Weekly's article, Tutu mentions "forgiveness and reconciliation ... "
The Weekly's article covered a turbulent meeting in Orinda on June 26. At the meeting, audience members screamed and shouted at a consultant hired to assist Orinda with the planning of a Housing Element scheduled for the years 2015-2023.
The Weekly's article might have included a quotation by another famous person, an American, who said that a governmental entity "has erected a multitude ...
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| Detour Jamming Moraga Road |
| By Cathy Tyson |
Burton Valley residents aren't thrilled; neither are Moraga drivers.
Reliez Station Road is getting its pavement freshened ...read |
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| Narrowing Options for Old Library |
| By Cathy Tyson |
| After meeting roughly twice per month for the last six months, the Old Library Reuse Task Force has come to some conclusions on two city-owned properties, the old library structure and the parking area and ...read |
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| Plaza Way Storefronts Almost Complete |
| By Cathy Tyson |
| New paint, new windows, and new front facades are obvious at first glance at the busy intersection of Plaza Way and Moraga Road. It is just shy of a year since the Poy family shuttered beloved eatery The ...read |
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| August Start for Pavement Project |
| By Sophie Braccini |
| Moraga's 2014 pavement campaign gets underway in August and when the dust settles in November, 28 street segments will be ready for prime time. The neighborhood roads repair project is funded by Measure K, the ...read |
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| SMC Parking and Traffic Impacts Concern Council |
| By Sophie Braccini |
| Barry Behr was not happy May 24. It was commencement day at Saint Mary's College and 758 students - the largest graduating class in the history of the college - received their diplomas. For the Moraga ...read |
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| Development Projects Look for Fall Approval |
| By Sophie Braccini |
| It is hard to miss the striking story poles recently erected along Moraga Way, next to the Moraga-Orinda Fire District's station 41, which represent the 36 units of the Moraga Center Homes project proposed by ...read |
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| Orindans Work to Build Baseline Understanding |
| By Laurie Snyder |
| Well into the opening weeks of preparations for Orinda's fifth cycle of the Housing Element of the General Plan for 2015-2023, the City of Orinda continued its outreach efforts to local citizens July 9 by ...read |
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| OUSD Opens New District Office Building |
| By Laurie Snyder |
| The new district office building of the Orinda Union School District is officially complete. District staff have been unpacking and settling in since relocating June 27 from their temporary offices. C ...read |
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| PG&E Prunes Plans for Undergrounding |
| By Laurie Snyder |
| New faces turned out for the July 2 Orinda City Council meeting at which residents and elected officials mulled Miner Road's potential utility undergrounding. Interest in the issue spiked after council members ...read |
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| Bottoms-Up Tradition Continues |
| By Marissa Harnett |
| The Moraga Valley Pool swim team hosted the 39th Annual Bottoms-Up Swim Invitational at the Soda Aquatics Center at Campolindo High School on July 13. The meet is designed to give kids at the "bottom" of ...read |
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| Moraga July 4th Fun Run Results |
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| Campolindo's Track and Field and Cross Country programs sponsored the annual Moraga 4th of July "Fun Run." The race is both a fundraiser for the team and a chance for the community to kick off the town's ...read |
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| Magic Girls Win Western Regional |
| Submitted by Greg Davis |
| The U14 California Magic girls won the US Club Soccer Western Regional championship in the tournament's Super Group division June 24. After dropping their opening match 3-1, the resilient Magic girls fought ...read |
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| Join your neighbors on Thursday evenings at the Moraga Commons for a relaxing free concert in the park. Bring your picnic blanket or lawn chairs to the grassy hillside in front of the band shell. Enjoy ... |
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| The 2014 season of Woodminster Summer Musicals will open with Les Misérables, one of the most popular musicals in history. It will run through July 20 at Woodminster Amphitheater ... |
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| Restoring Movement – Improving Function – Free Community Lecture series: Ergonomics for the Home from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 29 with Lynn Harrington, PT, Ergonomist at Lafayette Physical Therapy... |
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| Sports Plug |
| By Cathy Dausman |
| Pity the lowly fire hydrant - a bland, stubby affair resembling R2D2's distant, poor cousin. We barely give it a glance. But add a splash of paint, and suddenly it becomes a canvas for a bold sports statement. ...read |
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