Lafayette News

Last week, we gave you the rundown on prix fixe feasts for the holidays. Now there's even more: Metro Lafayette offers a three-course prix fixe Thanksgiving dinner that includes a choice of roasted turkey breast, wine-braised short ribs or gnocchi Parisienne, and a choice of desserts - plus a to-go box of day-after Thanksgiving fixings.

Two men were arrested in connection with a pair of bank robberies committed over the past two weeks in Lafayette and Orinda, police said.

Best-selling author Joyce Maynard kicks off the popular author series in the spectacular new Lafayette Library and Learning Center Kristen Haney This Thursday, best-selling author Joyce Maynard joins the library to discuss the writing process, controversy surrounding her past work, and her new book, Labor Day as part of Lafayette Library's monthly ...

A new report on police services is recommending that the Town of Danville may be better served financially by either forming its own police department or contracting out with a new provider.

Police arrested two women early Monday who they say burglarized at least one home and tried to burglarize two others.

THERE ARE FEW services local government provides that are more important than libraries.

A 91-year-old Walnut Creek man named Arthur Stephenson is missing, and police are asking for your help to locate him.... Walnut Creek Police seek your help in locating a missing "at risk" person: ARTHUR STEPHENSON.

This announcement of Kopitiam 's closing was just forwarded to me. From: Edward Soon To: kopitiamrestaurant@yahoo.com Sent: Fri, November 13, 2009 10:34:51 AM Subject: Kopitiam will be closing for good in 2 weeks Dear friends of Kopitiam , We would like to Thank you for your support to us.

The Contra Costa Wind Symphony will perform a concert Sunday night largely of their own making - a diverse array of selections they selected as among their favorites.

After meeting weekly at the Lafayette Art Studio to work on their figurative paintings and abstracts, a group of artists decided it was time to share their art beyond the walls of the open studio.

After years of fighting to stave off Indian tribes and their casino dreams, Contra Costa County will throw its support behind the most ambitious of them under a deal that would pay the county $12 million a year if a casino resort rises on the Richmond waterfront.

Crosses at a memoria in Lafayette, Calif., photographed on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, memorialize members of the military killed in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

"Speechless" is a new site specific public art installation by Brian Goggin located in the new Lafayette Library and Learning Center in Lafayette, CA.

Police are seeking a man who robbed a bank and eluded capture this morning, police said.

Vampire Weekend vocalist Ezra Koenig sings at the Town Hall Theatre in Lafayette, Calif., on Saturday, Nov.

LAFAYETTE'S new $42 million, 30,880 square-foot, 110,000 book library with lots of computers and a beautiful home for the Lafayette Historical Society collection will open Saturday.

Alert bank tellers and customers helped lead to a suspected bank robber's arrest this morning, police said.

Every year these guys and girls make a video about the upcoming Business Expo, which is put on by the Concord Chamber of Commerce, the Pleasant Hill Chamber, the Martinez & Lafayette Chamber and the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

Liz Oleski of Oakley slowly makes her way home on eastbound Highway 4 approaching the Railroad Avenue off ramp during her evening commute on Thursday, Oct.

Like many people, you may find yourself in early November sitting on piles of candy you don't think you should eat no matter how much you desire it.