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Rising Loafer Earns Green Awards at All Levels
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When Central Costa County Sanitary District inspectors conduct their yearly inspections of restaurants to ensure that these businesses are complying with their permit requirements, they sometimes notice practices that go beyond the legal demands. When they do, they nominate these businesses to get the Pollution Prevention Award. That's what happened to the Rising Loafer Café in Lafayette, and the small business became the only restaurant in Contra Costa County to earn the 2013 award. Additionally, Cool California, ... read story |
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| Energy, healing and fitness. Master Marilyn Cooper of the Little River Kung Fu School teaches Orinda seniors the slow, synchronized movements of T'ai Chi Ch'uan. From left: Delafrooz Mostaghimi, Azam Moini, Erika Bojnowski, Ron Clendenen, Lupe Jimeno, and Tasha Benjamin, social work coordinator, Orinda Senior Village. Photo Ohlen Alexander
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| Boomers and Beyond Take Aging in Stride |
| By Laurie Snyder |
| News flash: You're aging. Whether you're keeping Mother Nature at bay with a Botox-filled syringe or are letting laugh lines deepen as you march gleefully forward with Father Time, you will be older by the ...read |
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| At Long Last, a Labor Agreement |
| By Nick Marnell |
| No corks popped out of champagne bottles. No confetti fell from the ceiling. No party banners unfurled at the April 16 district meeting after the ratification of the tentative agreement between the ...read |
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| No. 46 Gaels Fight for NCAA Berth |
| By Caitlin Mitchell |
Saint Mary's women's tennis wrapped up WCC play with a win over rival Santa Clara. The No. 46 Gaels knocked off the Broncos 5-2 on April 18.
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| A bird's eye view of this pool reveals a different kind of ship. Photo Andy Scheck
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| Outdoor Spaces Redefined |
| By Cathy Dausman |
| Five Lamorinda outdoor spaces will be on display to benefit the homeless during the 2014 Moraga Juniors Garden Tour May 3. The self-guided tour runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., rain or shine; this year proceeds ...read |
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Editor:
The Lamorinda and Walnut Creek communities have long placed a high value on quality public schools. Their support of the high school district and partner K-8 districts within the communities - Lafayette, Moraga, Orinda and Walnut Creek - has resulted in some of the top performing public schools in the State and nationwide. It is ...
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Measure J-the Orinda roads bond-is a vital step toward repairing our worst residential roads. We've made a good first step with the passage of the Measure L sales tax, which is yielding nearly $1 million annually. But the total cost to fix our ...
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I have been a teacher in the Acalanes Union High School District for 15 years. Every day I see students benefiting from the generous support that our community provides through the existing parcel tax. As a district we have some of the best performing arts programs in Northern California. Unfortunately, I have also seen firsthand the real ...
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| Rethinking City Survey Options |
| By Cathy Tyson |
| City leaders recently asked for information on more technology options they could use to survey residents' priorities. Originally city staff had requested approval to spend approximately $25,000 for a voter ...read |
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| The End is Near - of Failed Roads |
| By Cathy Tyson |
| While the condition of roads is usually a hot, or at least warm, topic in Lafayette there wasn't a huge turnout at a recent Planning Commission meeting to discuss the multi-year plan, which is addressed ...read |
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| Unique Glass Art Panels Go Up at La Fiesta Square |
| By Cathy Tyson |
| Drivers heading into La Fiesta Square were treated to an artwork in progress recently. Artist Ellen Blakeley was busy over a period of two days installing the three lovely, large scale glass panels on the ...read |
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| Chambers Approved by Council |
| By Sophie Braccini |
| It is a personal victory for Jill Keimach, Moraga's town manager. In a town where everything has to be done on a shoestring budget, she was able to put together a team that proposed a plan to renovate 331 ...read |
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| Livable Moraga Road Project Takes Shape |
| By Sophie Braccini |
| Protected pedestrian paths, bicycle lanes, landscaped median strips, new crosswalks: Moraga Road could become this dream for all modes of transportation, for all ages. The plan is taking shape one public ...read |
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| Soul Searching for the Sports Facility Subcommittee |
| By Sophie Braccini |
| The Joint Ad Hoc Facilities Planning Subcommittee is a large, 12-member body that includes representatives from Saint Mary's College, the Moraga School District and Campolindo High School, town staff and ...read |
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| Summer Legal Internship in Orinda |
| By Sophie Braccini |
| High school students who have ever wondered what it would be like to be a lawyer, to work in the legal profession, or are just curious about the different branches of public and private law, mediation and ...read |
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| Miramonte's Public Speaking Team Remains Triumphant |
| Submitted by Fatima Hasanain |
| For most people, the term "March Madness" refers to the frenzy of college basketball games that consume people's lives for the entire month. However, for Miramonte High School's public speaking team, the ...read |
| School Calendar |
Acalanes Union High School District
Board Room AUHSD Office
1212 Pleasant Hill Rd, Lafayette |
| Wednesday, May 7, at 7:30pm |
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Lafayette School District
LAFSD Office
3477 School Street, Lafayette |
| Wednesday, May 14, at 7pm |
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Moraga School District
Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School Auditorium 1010 Camino Pablo, Moraga |
| Tuesday, May 13, at 7:30pm |
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Orinda Union School District
OUSD Office 8 Altarinda Road, Orinda |
| Monday, may 12, at 6pm |
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| Dons "Ace" Out Their Rivals |
| By Clare Varellas |
| A tennis ball whizzed back and forth over the net of one of the Campolindo tennis courts on April 17 as Campolindo Cougars' Tilden Oliver rallied against Acalanes Dons' Dan Cardiff at the rivals' second match ...read |
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| Dons, Mats Fight for DFAL Lax Title |
| By Scott Wu |
| Midway through the girls' high school lacrosse season, two Lamorinda schools are battling for the league title. Acalanes and Miramonte sit atop the DFAL standings. The undefeated Dons have a slight edge on the ...read |
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| Moraga Baseball Association Box Scores |
| Submitted by Jin Meng |
Pinto Division:
March 22
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| Saint Mary’s College Associate Professor Lino Rivera, Ph.D., will present a talk/recital, "A Conversation with Bach," at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 27 at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, 1035 Carol Lane, Lafayette. Piano ... |
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| Bring the family from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 27 for delightful adventures under the oak trees between 1 and 4 p.m. at the 13th Annual Earth Day-Wildlife Festival on Sunday, April 27 at the Wagner Ranch Nature ... |
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| The Orinda Library turns 100 this year. Come join the celebration from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 17 in the Library Plaza. Outside the Library, three local musical groups will perform, and there will be a raffle... |
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| Sharing Art and Vision |
| By Lou Fancher |
| Artists, like the art they produce, come in all shapes and sizes. Their resumÇs are frequently patchwork: occupations like chemist, mountain climber, marine biologist, firefighter often stitch themselves to ...read |
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| Yom HaShoah - What the Holocaust Can Teach Us |
| By Laurie Snyder |
"We remember because it is an unthinkable scar on humanity. We need to understand what human beings are capable of." - Raye Farr, "Why We Remember the Holocaust," United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
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| A Profile of Simplicity in This Spectrum Called Life |
| By Amanda Kuehn |
| Char Orina is a thinker and an artist. She likes Tudor houses and big fat fish. She is fascinated with jewelry and collects bracelets and lipstick, though she rarely wears either. She takes her coffee black ...read |
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA