When I was young, I was a surfer girl. I spent many weekends catching waves in Santa Cruz, Bolinas, and Hawaii. My favorite movie was The Endless Summer. I dreamt of traveling the globe in search of ...

Saint Mary's College has just opened two new art installations this fall. "Isole: A Voyage Among My Dreams" featuring artist Cianne Fragione, and "Visceral Processes" featuring works by Jay DeFeo, ...

Peter Eberle is a Vice President at SB Capital in Lafayette. He can be reached at (925)283-2500 or [email protected] With almost every asset class having suffered extreme losses recently and ...

After four and a half years with the town of Moraga, Parks and Recreation Director Breyana Brandt is leaving to take a position with the city of Napa. Although her title will be the same, her ...

When Don and Ron Heidary began Orinda Aquatics, they had a vision that was at the time unique, and have stayed true to their ideals as they have recently celebrated their 30th anniversary. "Over these ...

Even with a wide range of sports available at the Lamorinda schools, there are still any number of sports that are not available, requiring the student-athletes to go off-campus in order to train and ...

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of ...

"Just living isn't enough," said the butterfly. "One must also have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower." Hans Christian Andersen When we think of July, Independence Day looms large. Parades, ...

With exemplary performances by each of the Lamorinda track teams at the NCS Meet of Champions, each school was represented at the state meet in Clovis, California. Acalanes' Trevor Rogers and ...

We celebrated Mother's Day, witnessed the explosion of the wildflowers, the presence of the pollinators and the nesting of the birds. I celebrated my Mother and all of my women ancestors. As we leave ...

"Do what you can for as long as you can and when you can't, do the next best thing."-Chuck Yeager Back in 1999 when I was co-authoring what became a New York Times bestseller, "Chicken Soup for the ...

Breyana Brandt joined Moraga staff in mid-March coming from the city of San Leandro, just like new city manager Cynthia Battenberg. In her former department, as assistant recreation and human services ...