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Election results: Moraga passes school bond, incumbents win their races |
By Sora O'Doherty |
Moraga citizens voted in large numbers for a new school bond in the Statewide election held March 5. The bond, intended to address Moraga's aging school facilities, will raise approximately $3 million annually and will cost homeowners around $28 to $30 per $100,000 of assessed values. The bond authorizes the Moraga School District to sell $52 million in bonds, with both the principal and interest on the bonds to be repaid from the ad valorem tax on property. The measure, which required a 55% majority to pass, seems to have achieved a greater than 66% majority, according to preliminary results of the election released by Contra Costa County Elections, with 100% of precincts reporting.
Moraga Superintendent of Schools Julie Parks said, "We are so grateful for the Moraga community and the ongoing commitment to our schools. We look forward to putting this investment to good use to improve facilities for Moraga students ...read |
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Photographer Golnaz Shahmirzadi took portraits of people at the Norouz Persian New Year Festival on Sunday, Mar. 10. The whimsical portraits featured the various symbols that are commonly used as part of the Norouz Table in celebration of spring.
Photo Sora O'Doherty |
Persian festival brings overflow crowds to Wilder Art & Garden Center |
By Sora O'Doherty |
In the words of organizer Farigol Bineshpour,
"When mothers get together, magic happens." Three generations of her family joined Minoo Akbarian and other organizers of the first annual Norouz Bazzar and Spring ...read |
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Photo Sora O'Doherty |
Is BART safe? |
By Sharon K. Sobotta |
Lafayette BART Station and the path that connects it to Town Center Apartments, downtown shops, restaurants, and Walgreens is a place that is frequented by commuters on their way to and from work, those on a ...read |
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Campolindoí Piper Lalli and Coach Phil Freeman
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Success and growth for Lamorinda Wrestling |
By Jon Kingdon |
With a new beginning at Acalanes, continued growth at Miramonte, and a third straight season for a Campolindo wrestler to make it to the state tournament, it was a season to build on for the Lamorinda ...read |
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From East and Southeast Asia, the spectacular Magnolia Soulangiana, AKA tulip magnolia, AKA saucer magnolia blooms profusely in California.
Photos Cynthia Brian |
Digging Deep with Goddess Gardener, Cynthia Brian |
By Cynthia Brian |
"When a flower opens, the whole world appears." Zen Saying
Unless you are a member of an Indigenous tribe, you are a part of ...read |
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Safety Hazard Resolved
My thanks to our Town Manager, Scott
Mitnick, and crew for their timely work
done to eliminate a street safety hazard
along Fernwood Drive near Stafford. This
hazard has been an ongoing problem for
several years. It appeared to be the
result of nearby tree roots buckling the
paving thus posing a possible loss of
driver ...
PG&E gas safety and tree cutting
Like other Lamorinda residents, I cherish my family's safety and our amazing natural surroundings. That's why I and many others have demanded PG&E inact better gas safety instead of destroying hundreds of cherished trees with a discretionary and discredited right-of-way clearing program.
PG&E's gas safety lapses are disturbing.
Two of the five Lafayette gas
transmission pipelines have never been
hydrostatically strength tested. PG&E
failed to install automated safety
valves to most quickly shut off gas
during an emergency. The CPUC found PG&E
in violation of adequately identifying
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Persian festival brings overflow crowds to Wilder Art & Garden Center Is BART safe? Election results: Moraga passes school bond, incumbents win their races More modifications demanded for Lafayette's Housing Element plan City employee Therese Kain made the right call by dialing 911 High speed chase from Lafayette to Orinda ends in injury crash with child in vehicle Town welcomes new administrative services director The history of trains in Moraga - an MHS event Moraga's Chamber of Commerce sponsors 'Business in the Digital Age' presentation Bunnies & Brews celebrates spring with animals, beer and food Local legend contributes to her alma mater 'Rebel without a cause' (1955) comes to the Orinda Theatre March 26 Letters to the editor Lafayette Police Blotter Moraga Police Blotter Yucatan salad with fruit, veggies, and a bit of spice Troop 204 Lafayette celebrates Eagle Scout service projects Three Orinda scouts achieve scoutingís top rank Acalanes Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) hosts annual tea and scholarship awards ceremony Nelrose Lenore Mahoney Deborah Stephenson Reed The end of an era Orinda/Moraga Girl Scout International Fair Nick Safir named Miramonte's Head Football Coach Success and growth for Lamorinda Wrestling 2024 Oakland Diocese champs and west Diablo division CYO champs Seventh grade boys American League CYO champs Digging Deep with Goddess Gardener, Cynthia Brian Lamorinda home sales recorded Contra Costa County suspends All-Electric requirements for new buildings An ODE to Spring
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Yucatan salad with fruit, veggies, and a bit of spice |
By Susie Iventosch |
We were serving our Citrus Trio Turkey Tenderloin (Lamorinda Weekly August 19, 2020 issue) for a dinner party last week, and were coming up short on what to serve as a salad with it. The marinade for this ...read |
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The history of trains in Moraga - an MHS event |
By Vera Kochan |
The Moraga Historical Society, in an effort to keep local history alive, held another of its public presentations at the Hacienda de las Flores. This time the topic was trains. |
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The end of an era |
By Sharon K. Sobotta |
Laura Kirleis sat on a lawn chair in front of the tiny square Perks/Caffino where she's spent a quarter-century of her life - serving coffee, smoothies, hot breakfast sandwiches, snacks, warm greetings, ...read |
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