It has been a long time coming, but the Art and Garden Center at Wilder is taking shape and will open to the public this year. The Center is a 6,600-square-foot building that features a ...

Junior year is infamous among students as the hardest year of high school. Juniors are expected to challenge themselves with the most rigorous courses and maintain a schedule of extracurriculars in ...

The 60th annual Winter Ball was held Dec. 22 at the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco to raise funds for UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland. Nineteen debutantes were presented as future ...

This is the second time Ken Chew will sit in the mayor's seat and wield the gavel as the leader of the Town Council, setting the tone for the town in 2014. Chew, a professional civil engineer and ...

In an announcement on social media, Lafayette's long-established Mexican restaurant shared that it would be closing its doors for good. Although rumors had swirled for several weeks, the owners of El ...

About seven years ago when Vickie and Jeff Martin were remodeling their Moraga home, they thought the odd space that lead to their basement and a furnace could be converted into a wine cellar. By ...

The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District, its board of directors and the ConFire Advisory Fire Commission recognized Capt. Gil Caravantes in December for an almost unheard of 40 years of ...

Rheem Elementary School is being recognized for their efforts to "go green." Over the past year, students, teachers, parents and administrators have more than met the challenge to do better for the ...

Moraga Commons Park may be at the center of town and of many people's recreational lives but there is still room for improvement according to Parks and Recreation Director Jay Ingram, who wants to ...

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Every December I utter these same words and each Christmas seems to come earlier than the previous year. Where do the seconds, minutes, hours, days and years ...

Joy Upshaw, far right, runs hurdles for Acalanes High School in 1979. Photo provided In 2013, Acalanes track and field coach, Joy Upshaw, won three gold medals - 100, 200, and 80-meter hurdles - and a ...

John, a 46-year Moraga resident, looks forward to our continued coverage of Lamorinda issues throughout 2013. Photo Andy Scheck "It's all about sports here," said Jennifer, as her eyes burned through ...