Lafayette News

Lafayette police are searching for a man they said entered the Lafayette Bank of America branch at 3530 Mt.

A How was it for you? Our Memorial Day weekend was a blessed event, with some downtime to rest and refit and fix some overworked tech gear .

On a hillside overlooking Lafayette, California, citizens have planted markers for each of the U.S. casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan.

A Here's some nearly unbelievable local bird news: bald eagles have been spotted in Alhambra Valley.

Moraga will have a balanced budget next year, but town leaders are scrutinizing certain expenses, including one they say could give residents "expectations" about hotly contested Rancho Laguna Park and another that would help pay for senior transportation.

The city's Design Review Commission will look at plans Tuesday to revitalize facades of four buildings on Plaza Way, including the former Pioneer Store, which dates back to at least the 1860s and The Squirrel's Coffee Shop, a popular 50s-style restaurant.

William Wylie-Modro went with an understatement when asked how he was doing after receiving a life-saving heart transplant earlier this month.

A complaint about chickens at a Lafayette apartment complex has ruffled some feathers and nearly cost a few residents their birds.

Leader. Colleague. Community activist. Mother. Grandmother. Contra Costa County Supervisor Gayle Uilkema was remembered in a multitude of ways at her funeral service in Lafayette on Thursday.

Nelson, a longtime Lafayette resident, turned 90 on May 8. He told his kids he didn't want gifts, but he said cards would be OK.

That was just some of the good news staffers shared Monday during a look at next year's financials, which show the city finishing the fiscal year within budget.

The regal Contra Costa County Supervisor Gayle Uilkema, who died Saturday at age 73 after losing a two-year fight with ovarian cancer, was unfailingly gracious, always impeccably dressed and loved ceremonies.

Even before Lerner and Loewe put those classic tunes into "My Fair Lady," the source material -- George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" -- spoke with a musical lilt.

Contra Costa supervisor Gayle Uilkema died Saturday morning with her family beside her as she lost her two-year battle with ovarian cancer.

"E for Escape," a unique collection of whimsical works of art by a small group of five artists -- painters Jeanette Baird, Susan Erickson, Judy Feins, and JoAnn Lieberman and ceramicist and sculptor David Vanderjagt -- will be on display at the Lafayette Gallery through June 2 at the gallery, 50 Lafayette Circle, Lafayette.

Mary Riggio and her husband Angelo immigrated from Italy to the East Bay -- Albany -- many years ago, and together operated a poultry business in Richmond for many years.

Beginning in June, a new farmers market in Lafayette will give fans of farm-fresh produce another venue where they can snap up just-picked fruits and veggies.

The county particularly needs inspectors and clerks in Lafayette, Moraga, Orinda, Alamo, Antioch, Brentwood, Bethel Island, Discovery Bay, Oakley, Concord, Danville, Pittsburg, Pinole, Richmond, San Pablo, San Ramon and Walnut Creek.

A The better weather of late spring and summer brings an influx of door-to-door solicitors to Lamorinda neighborhoods and residents, Patch is told, are teaming with local police to ward them off.

Trains are moving through the Hayward BART station again after a 20-minute delay created by police activity, but trains on both sides of the track between Rockridge and Lafayette on the Pittsburg/Bay Point/San Francisco line are experiencing a major delay, the agency advised on its website.