Moraga News

The City Council is scheduled to meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9, in the council chamber of the Farrel A. Stewart Civic Center, 1950 Parkside Drive.

As past president of the Orinda Association and having served on the Orinda Fire Protection and Emergency Services Advisory Committee in the mid-1990s, I feel compelled to respond to Janet Maiorana's statement in a recent letter to the editor regarding LAFCO.

Oakland artist Ise Lyfe encourages a group of 5th grade boys like Anthony Jackson at Prescott Elementary School in Oakland, Calif.

With interest rates paid on bank deposits and money-market mutual funds dragging bottom, ultra-conservative investors are asking where they can get more bang for their buck.

Unofficial election results show voters strongly supported an extension of a parcel tax in the Acalanes Union High School District.

For the past two mornings, when I have gone to the garage and opened the door, I've found an obstacle course from things that have been knocked down off shelves.

The following excerpts were taken from the Moraga police log: Tuesday, oct. 13 vandalism - A resident on Ascot Drive had her rental car vandalized.

WE'RE GOING TO try something different today. First, close your eyes. Next, empty your head of all thought.

Your current view of the Rancho Laguna II housing project probably depends on what you think your actual view of the development will be.

Dear Straight Talk: I'm new at my high school and have fallen in with a popular crowd, so that's good.

All the negotiations on water that were fit to print killed some trees over the weekend.

The news was nothing Lamorinda school officials hadn't given before, but that didn't make it any less depressing.

Nina LaCour is no stranger to books. When she was 14, the Moraga native began working at a bookstore, the ideal atmosphere to cultivate an appreciation of the written word and her own literary aspirations.

Most cookbooks don't begin with a plump little boy, a hungry ghost and a mad race through Beijing to collect moldy wonton wrappers.

Andrew T. Kephart of Lafayette, son of Murray and Cynthia Kephart, is among the 750 students who entered Colgate University with the Class of 2013 in late August.

A Lafayette toy poodle who gained international fame when his owner registered him to vote has died, his owners said.

A SMALL group of Orindans believe we should divorce ourselves from the Moraga-Orinda Fire District , form a city fire department, contract with Contra Costa Fire for fire service and use the purported "savings" to repair Orinda's crumbling infrastructure.

WE'VE USHERED in a new era for politics - the age of contrition. Never have so many elected officials, nationwide, used the "s" word to apologize for bad policy and hasty mistakes.

Police believe a 2-alarm house fire that left a woman with second- and third-degree burns Tuesday was intentionally set.

Two Contra Costa County fire districts have been saving money for a rainy day - and now it's raining really hard with no sunshine in the forecast.