Lafayette News

Fixing crumbling roads, a regional plan for sustainable growth and paying for a skate park parking lot were on the minds this week of Lamorinda leaders and residents.

Founded by Ron Graydon in 1982 as the North Bay Orinda School, the academy provides students in grades 6-12 with a college prep curriculum and small class sizes.

For Anna Smith, it's always about drama - and comedy and voice, and gestures and imagination.

Do you know of someone who lives in Lafayette or Orinda who has gone above and beyond for their community, providing crucial muscle for a local project or working tirelessly to help those in need? Nominations for the 2012 Lafayette Citizen of the Year, and for the 2012 Orinda Citizen of the Year, are being accepted starting now.

One of the signs hanging from the cyclone fence that encloses Concord Skatepark on Cowell Road cites municipal code 74-76: "Helmets and pads required." When I was there Saturday afternoon, I counted 16 male skateboarders, all appearing to be in their teens, and not a helmet among them, never mind elbow or knee pads.

Dear Gary: In the backyard are a number of sprinkler valve covers, made of hard plastic.

A section of an EBMUD water main runs through the property of Dan Moy in Lafayette, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan.

The story of a 20-year-old Walnut Creek man who died last week in a skateboard accident touched the heart of rapper Lil B of Berkeley.

Teacher Carroll Martin of Lafayette Elementary School District will speak Tuesday at University of the Pacific on the topic of creating a safe learning environment.

Bella Vista means "beautiful view" in Spanish, and this estate in Lafayette more than lives up to its name.

An online petition started on Thursday -A seeking to name the Walnut Creek Skate Park in memory of Tucker Hacking, who died after striking his head in a skateboard accident a week ago - was over 900 signatures later in the evening.

A 20-year-oldA Walnut Creek resident died over the weekend after suffering a head injury during a fall off a skateboard in Lafayette, and now, his friends are trying to name a popular Walnut Creek hangout after their friend.

Mariann Mortensen sees hearts in just about everything, and her home is a testament to her fascination of that all-too-familiar shape representing love.

The first "Creating a Peaceful School" conference takes place this weekend in Lafayette, and today is the final day for educators to register.

Craft beer brewers and enthusiasts repeatedly raised their glasses to toast the city of Concord for opening Todos Santos Plaza to the 2012 Winter Brews Festival.

Q When will they turn on the metering lights at the ramps to eastbound Interstate 80 between the MacArthur Maze and the I-580 west split? In fact, when will they even INSTALL them? That one stretch of freeway is one of the most congested in the state 24/7 and especially during rush hour.

Doggie door burglaries , front door kick-ins, burglars so speedy and so knowledgable of their victim's activities they're in and out of a targeted house in minutes -- with jewelry, guns, prized heirlooms and possessions.

A Patcher Lorie tells us that Lafayette makes a cameo appearance in the third episode of the new Fox TV thriller Alcatraz .

Are you interested in renovating or remodeling your home, but don't know where to begin? Come meet leading remodelers, builders and design professionals at LamorindaWeb's Home Expo '12 on Saturday, January 28, 2012.

It was a bad day for Tracy Ucuzoglu when she learned the Contra Costa Jewish Community Center preschool would abruptly close, leaving her in the lurch about what to do with her 5-year-old son.