Piedmont News

It's official. Demolition began this week on Havens elementary school. School officials, builder Webcor, designer Mark Becker and numerous individuals who lent a hand to the project were on hand Monday for a "demolition kickoff" ceremony.

Break out the flags and the water bottles: The legendary Piedmont Fourth of July parade comes to town Saturday.

Jim Farrell, founder/CEO of f'REAL Foods shows off some of the flavors available for milkshakes at Mulberry's Market in Piedmont, Calif., on Thursday, June 25, 2009.

Unless drastic budget cuts come at the local level, many California school districts may be unable to pay the bills in the next two years, state schools chief Jack O'Connell said Tuesday.

From the moment results of the May 19 special state election were announced, Gov.

Begin the July 4 holiday with free outdoor entertainment as the traditional holiday parade takes off at 11 a.m. The music of bagpipes, the beat of drums and other auditory delights will fill the air while vintage cars and costumed paraders pass by.

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

Some of the world's greatest red wines come from the fog-shrouded hills of the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy, an area also known for its fragrant - and very expensive - white truffles.

The plight of declining salmon populations and the commercial fishers they support up and down the West Coast drew hundreds of people to Jack London Square on Saturday and Sunday for the second annual SalmonAid Festival, organizers said.

Italy's wine industry is no stranger to biodynamics . Hilberg-Pasquero and Cascina degli Ulivi, both from the Piedmont region, are leaders in the movement that grows grapes holistically and naturally, often with the influence of astronomy on planting and harvesting.

The Piedmont school board has officially approved the final agreements with Webcor Builders for the construction of the new Havens school, which got under way this week.

Residents of some affluent cities in this broke state are banding together to make up for cuts in public education, opening rifts between rich and poor school districts.

Anybody and everybody who grew up in Oakland knew that "anything ice cream" was a trip to Fentons on Piedmont avenue.

It's hard to believe when you see the lush landscape with the waterfall, but the park at Ascot and Chelton Drives in the Oakland hills wasn't always so serene and inviting.

Sally Srok, a Catholic from the Midwest, knew how to throw one heck of a Christmas party.

The measures to fund schools in Pleasanton and Redwood City failed, but voters in Piedmont and Novato supported taxes.

Four measures that would provide money to local school districts will appear on Bay Area ballots in a special election today.

Young scientists bearing science, math and engineering experiments have been arriving monthly at Piedmont Middle School.

There are some major price cuts going on around the East Bay, particularly among the top-dollar homes for which, let's face it, the market has pretty much evaporated.

The Feather River Recreation and Park District board of directors announced General Manager Bob Sharkey's resignation after a closed session meeting Wednesday.