It should come as no surprise that Moraga's Saint Mary's College would have its share of things that go bump in the night. Relocated from Oakland in 1928, its nearly 100-year history practically begs ...

Representatives of Pacific Gas and Electric met with 25 members of the Lost Valley Association recently to help clarify the look of the the Moraga Substation located at the entrance to Lost Valley in ...

Procedure became the story at the Nov. 5 Orinda City Council meeting as council members were excused (Glazer), recused (Severson), and briefed on policy prior to the hearing of a proposal to replace ...

Serious depression, suicidal thoughts, self-harm, binge eating, aggression. By the age of 19, one in four girls will have experienced or displayed one or more of these risky behaviors. This is a ...

With Hall Equities Group set to begin work on the new Saranap Village, we take another nostalgic look back to dig up old memories before the backhoes arrive. Last issue recalled the old LaRossa Market ...

Contra Costa County Supervisor Candace Andersen not only voted against a 33 percent pay increase for the county supervisors at the Nov. 4 board meeting, she eschewed taking all but a 4 percent raise ...

For the second year in a row Stanley Middle School 7/8 grade varsity boys won the East Bay Middle Schools Varsity Cross Country League Championships Nov. 3 at Kennedy Grove Park. The varsity 7/8 girls ...

Emotions ran high at Moraga's Parks and Recreation Commission meeting on October 20, 2009. Several residents, clad in turquoise shirts reading "Rancho Laguna Dogs," used every moment available during ...

Local voters re-elected a pair of incumbents and one newcomer to the Acalanes Union High School District board of directors on Election Day Tuesday. Incumbents Nancy Kendzierski garnered 19,566 votes ...

Major fires the last Sunday of October pushed the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District to its limits and caused the evacuation of thousands of residents in Lafayette, all part of possibly the ...

Unlike in the U.S. presidential race, there was no drawn out, nail-biting drama in the Nov. 3 election of Lamorinda fire agency directors, with one race redefining the term "landslide." The closest ...

The Saint Mary's women's basketball team looks forward to a promising season. With a team stacked in experienced returnees and talented newcomers, head coach Paul Thomas has high expectations. Despite ...