Lafayette News

According to the July 1, 2009, report of the Contra Costa Assessor to the Board of Supervisors, the County Assessment Roll shows a decrease of $11.3 billion DECREASE in the local tax base for 2009-2010, a 7.2-percent loss in assessed values currently at $145.6B. SEE FULL REPORT BELOW According to Assessor Gus Kramer's report, some Contra Costa ...

Seven members of Lafayette Boy Scout Troop 241 were recently recognized for achieving the rank of Eagle Scout.

Orinda's considering it. Lafayette has a committee exploring it. Now Moraga may be jumping on the bandwagon, too.

Despite having autistic spectrum disorder, Sheryl Meeuwsen is enrolled in classes at the College Internship Program in Berkeley, Calif.

The following are excerpts from the Orinda Police Department log: Monday, June 15 n Stolen vehicle: A 17-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of vehicle theft and stolen property on the 1000 block of Fish Ranch Road.

A Contra Costa County judge has sentenced a 73-year-old rapist to death for the 1978 murder of a Lafayette housewife whose death remained unsolved for a quarter-century. The death sentence handed down by Judge John Kennedy Thursday was the second imposed on Darryl Kemp, who was awaiting execution for the 1959 murder of a Los Angeles woman, but that ...

The following are excerpts from the Orinda Police Department log: Wednesday, June 10 n Warrant arrest: A woman with an outstanding warrant was arrested following a traffic stop at Camino Pablo and Miner Road.

Here are some tips on how to control stress-driven eating: - Recognize that being stressed is normal, said Edward Abramson, a psychologist in Lafayette, Calif., and author of 'Emotional Eating.' Talk about the stress with family and friends.

The economy doesn't have to go straight to your hips. Here are some tips on how to control stress-driven eating: Recognize that being stressed is normal, said Edward Abramson, a psychologist in Lafayette, Calif., and author of 'Emotional Eating.' Talk about the stress with family and friends.

LAFAYETTE, Calif. - An 86-year-old Orinda man is dehydrated but not seriously injured after he was trapped in his car that went down a hillside for more than 15 hours.

An 86-year-old Orinda man who went missing Wednesday evening was found alive Thursday inside his car in a ravine off Happy Valley Road in Lafayette, Contra Costa County Sheriff's spokesman Jimmy Lee said.

Police have arrested a Rohnert Park man suspected of providing fake ID cards in connection with the investigation into an Orinda teen's death.

The battle at Sessions Road could be heading to county court. Former Lafayette Planning Commissioner Dick Holt has sued the city over its rejection of his application to build a home in the hills overlooking downtown.

Jim Negri's resignation as the Acalanes school district superintendent has had quite the domino effect.

Contra Costa County Sheriff's officials were asking for the public's help Sunday to find an elderly man who wandered away early that morning from a care home in an unincorporated area adjacent to Pleasant Hill, Lafayette and Walnut Creek.

IT WAS IN 1993 that Bill Eames sold his Lafayette-based company to Longs Drugs. It wasn't a small business.

Police in the East Bay will be stepping up patrols and on the lookout for DUI's Friday night in anticipation of graduation night.

THE SPOTLIGHT is shining on the younger generation at this time of year, as many graduations take place across the country.

Mary Gomes has long accepted the fact that her 45-year-old daughter Lisa will never be able to balance her checkbook or drive a car.

A 20-year-old Orinda man died late Saturday night after he flung himself from a car on Highway 24, according to the California Highway Patrol.