Piedmont News

The Piedmont school board has approved in principle the new contract with the Association of Piedmont Teachers that goes into effect July 1 through June 30, 2014.

The city continues in negotiations with the Piedmont Recreational Facilities Organization as to what funds it owes the city and what to do about it.

ABOVE: Piedmont High School's Class of 2013 toss their caps at the conclusion of commencement ceremonies at the school on June 13. AT RIGHT: Lennon Feiger, right, leads the Class of 2013 in a traditional lap around Witter Field at the conclusion of commencement ceremonies..

The following are highlights from the Piedmont police blotter. For more information, including about other cases, visit the police department at 403 Highland Ave. 9:41 p.m. -- Nova Drive.

Twenty of Kehilla Community Synagogue 's 3rd and 4th graders don't spend the majority of their Hebrew school time at the congregation's Piedmont, California building.

A part of southeast Berkeley was up in protest 75 years ago over a proposal by the Vedanta Society of San Francisco to build a church on the southeast corner of Piedmont Avenue and Dwight Way.

A parolee was one of three men arrested Tuesday after police said they tried to burglarize two homes on Blair Avenue.

I'm not in the habit of endorsing political candidates, but I'll make an exception this time.

The Piedmont Harvest Festival committee is accepting applications for new members to help with the popular event on Sept.

Lucille Lang Day has traveled a long eventful road since getting married at 14 and becoming a teenage mother one year later, pulling her life together and going on to earn college degrees.

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.

A small San Francisco Bay area city that has experienced a rash of home-invasion robberies is moving forward with plans to install cameras to record the license plates of vehicles that enter city limits.

Unlike food and pharmaceuticals, which are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, there is no similar oversight of the thousands of chemicals sold in the United States.

A character of many hats, from the jaunty one on his head to teacher, principal, law instructor, coach and union president.

For more information, contact Erin Rivera in the Recreation Department at 510-420-3072 or erivera@ci.piedmont.ca.us .

It was big news in Concord and Martinez when Berta Lohse and Hayward Thomas exchanged vows in San Francisco on Oct.

Piedmont police screened 519 vehicles at the multijurisdictional sobriety and driver's license checkpoint held Memorial Day weekend, Sgt.

An ambitious Eagle Scout project to build a wooden bridge in Dracena Park with private funds has received approval from the Piedmont Park Commission.

The following are highlights from the Piedmont police blotter. For more information, including about other cases, visit the police department at 403 Highland Ave.

The state on Friday released its annual list of K-12 school rankings based on student performance on standardized tests, revealing little in the way of surprise for the South Bay and Harbor Area, where nearly 60 percent of the schools surpassed the statewide average.