Lafayette gained a new luxury women's (and girls) clothing boutique Jan. 8 when local mom Lorin Platto opened Luck. A recent East Bay transplant from San Francisco, Lorin was inspired to bring some of ...

Some had talked about sun-setting Moraga's Beautification and Tree Planting Program Implementation Committee. Its mission had been reassigned mid-term in the wake of a controversy about the Moraga ...

"The Truth About Girls' Middle School Experience", a Q&A with a panel of high school girls from all four schools in the Acalanes High School District. These girls have not only attended our local ...

Two Lamorinda teens were among three Oakland Strokes' rowers who attended the January 8-11, invitation-only High Performance Camp in Tempe, Ariz. These rowers, pictured left to right, are Jessica ...

From left, Molly Porter, Whit Porter, Cathy Tyson and Tom Tyson at Petars in Lafayette for Pub Trivia Contest. Photo Doug Kohen The inaugural Pub Trivia event at Petar's got off to a rousing start ...

Even as it protested against new requirements imposed by the governor on schools to reopen, the Orinda Union School District moved swiftly to comply. Moraga and Lafayette school districts did the same ...

Dennis and Sandra Chiodo walk their American Miniature Horse, Sam, in the streets of Moraga. Dennis gave Sam to Sandra 15 years ago as an anniversary gift. Miniature horses are not ponies, they can ...

Mary Ann Grubb is a no-nonsense woman who knows what she wants and goes out and gets it. A passionate coach and teacher for the first 12 years of her career, she decided to become what she had always ...

The Campolindo High School Robotics Team 524, "Boss Bots," duked it out at Jefferson High School in Daly City Jan. 18 with 31 other teams from across the Bay Area in the First Tech Challenge (FTC) ...

Moraga resident Stanley Roth knows hot dogs. And mustard, relish, sausage and sauerkraut. This year, Roth's business, Stanley's Steamers, is celebrating its 40th anniversary and if you're in San ...

Wei-Tai Kwok traveled to Chicago in August to attend Al Gore's training program on climate change. Photo provided A grassroots effort to re-open the Park Theater is just getting off the ground with ...

A six-week course that is guaranteed to open the ears of even the most seasoned concert-goer begins at Lafayette Library Jan. 30. That's because it will be taught by John Prescott, Ph.D., a musician ...