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| Comments from the community involved concerns over adding this 1/4 mile area as a downtown buffer. Image courtesy City of Lafayette |
| Housing Element discussion continues at Lafayette Council meeting |
| By Lou Fancher |
| Lafayette City Council members at the regular meeting Aug. 28 heard a report from staff regarding the State Department of Housing and Community Development's comments received in late March and the review and revisions made by staff to the Lafayette 6th Cycle Housing Element and Environmental Impact Report (EIR).
Senior Planner Renata Robles, Housing Consultant Diana Elrod, and Planning and Building Director Greg Wolff presented an analysis of the impacts of growth stemming from the housing plan and housing opportunity sites ...read |
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| Miramonte #10 Emma Romweber, Campolindo #15 Clara Biddle / Miramonte #8 Hannah Rush, Campolindo #19 Maddie Carpenter Photos Mark Bell |
| Lots of fresh faces on Lamorinda girls' volleyball teams |
| By Jon Kingdon |
| As a rule, there is always a certain amount of turnover with every high school team, mostly through graduation. This is a year that has seen the Lamorinda girls' volleyball teams having lost more than their ...read |
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| Miramonte's Caitlin Chan Photo Larissa Kosla |
| Optimism abounds for the Lamorinda girls tennis teams |
| By Jon Kingdon |
| If there is one thing that all of the tennis teams can agree on, it's that it's nice not to have to find a time to practice early or late when it's not 114 degrees. Talent and character abound with all of the ...read |
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A dissenting view on Lafayette's hillside 'memorial'
I first saw the hillside crosses opposite
the Lafayette BART station in February
2005, immediately after returning from a
yearlong tour of duty in Baghdad as a
Medical Service Corps officer in the US
Army. When I saw them, I became angry as
it seemed to me that the sacrifices of
my fellow servicemembers, Coalition
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Crosses: Overrated impact, dilapidated, kinda creepy. Not Iconic anymore
I've been meaning to write regarding the crosses for several months. Now is the time.
First, I live two blocks away, and have
passed by the hillside thousands of
times in my residency, maybe tens of
thousands of times. I recently brought
the young one there, under two years
old, on a walk. We...
50th Anniversary of Orindawoods
Orindawoods is celebrating its 50th
anniversary. Thanks to our Firewise
volunteers, Orindawoods is a Firewise
USA community. We spend hundreds of
thousands of dollars maintaining our 187
acres (about 4% of Orinda!) and
complying with MOFD regulations. Last
year, we removed 40 dead and dying large
trees. We...
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| The art of birdwatching highlighted in book of poetry |
| By Alison Burns |
| In 2020, as the world learned to adjust to the COVID-19 lockdown, wild bird seed suddenly began to disappear off pet shop shelves, while sales of birdbaths and hummingbird feeders almost doubled. The rest of ...read |
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| Caramelized apples key to this fun fall dessert |
| By Susie Iventosch |
| Here's a fun little autumn twist on the classic pineapple upside down cake using seasonal apples in place of the pineapple slices. The caramelized apples pair beautifully with this delicious vanilla cake for a ...read |
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As a gardener, I spend copious ...
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