Lafayette News

Assistance League of Diablo Valley is a nonprofit volunteer organization dedicated to improving lives in the community through hands-on programs.

Va de bye: If you wondered what had become of Shane McAnelly, the Oakley native who was exec chef at Walnut Creek's much loved Va de Vi up until December, here's an update.

With Concord's Downtown Ad Hoc Steering Committee , chaired by Councilman Rone Leone in full swing, many suggestions have been made for the transformation of the area between BART, Todos Santos, and the surrounding areas in the coming years.

Though she hadn't quite achieved Rapunzel-length tresses, Zoey Wasserman had an impressive head of hair.

The vehicle was parked in the 300 block of Deerfield Drive. vandalism: Someone damaged the ignition to a vehicle parked in the 100 block of Miramonte Drive in a possible attempt to steal it.

A citizen task force will tackle how to improve fire and emergency services in the city in the wake of the rejection last month of a plan to finance a new joint fire station on the Lafayette-Orinda border.

The 14-room home has a two garages that can house five cars and a large parking pad.

Maddie Myall has received a scholarship from the UCLA Music Department as well as an a UCLA Scholarhip Recognition Award for distinguished academic achievement Kelly Collins has received two awards from Westmont College; the Westmont College President's Scholarship and the Alyssa Smelly Memorial Cross Country Track and Field Scholarship Matthew ... (more)

The truck's driver escaped without injuries from the 4:49 a.m. blaze just east of the Central Lafayette exit, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The Pleasant Hill carpenter's wood scraps do not go to waste. Shavings end up as mulch or in a chicken coop.

East Bay Municipal Utility District customers will be hit with one of the agency's largest water rate increases in history -- 20 percent in two steps over the next year, the EBMUD board decided Tuesday.

Rental market sticker shock: Average price for a studio in San Francisco? $1,871 These are tough times for apartment hunters, especially when deciding where to live by averaging financing alone.

Wake up your inner Sherlock -- the Lafayette Historical Society wants you to come to their home stamping grounds in the city's downtown on June 15-16 to search for clues.

Prof T Pradeep talks about the nano material he and his associates have fabricated and how it can be used in an affordable water filter in an interview with Rediff.com 's Shobha Warrier.

The high school graduation season is upon us, with the Las Lomas ceremony Friday night from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the school's football stadium, 1460 S. Main St., and Northgate High School's commencement being held Wednesday, June 12 at the Sleep Train Pavilion in Concord.

Voters Tuesday were deciding the fate of a tax hike measure to tackle the city's financial crisis in the lone election in Contra Costa County.

It's a rare day when Bay Area News Group decides to review a chain restaurant. But we heard enough buzz from readers about Lucille's Smokehouse Bar-B-Que in Concord to make an exception.

What's funner than playing with your food?? Blue Gingko feeds our imagination as well as our bellies with their innovative sushi rolls.

Phoenix rising: Any restaurant closure is sad, but it's heartbreaking when it's a fire that shutters the doors.

Turns out when the fifth-grade Junior Girl Scouts of Lafayette's Troop 33039 aren't selling cookies, they're searching for bronze.