It was an interesting year for buyers and sellers of residential real estate during 2023 in Lamorinda. The higher interest rates as well as a lack of supply kept the number of transactions down for ...

The most contentious aspect of the ninth amendment to the Wilder Development Agreement (DA) addressed at the Orinda City Council meeting on Jan. 9 was the assignment of responsibility for a BART ...

Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, there emerged a valley - several valleys actually - that came to line the watershed that flows down, then sucks in the rainwater and fog that seeps into the ...

Welcome to 2024. New cheer for a new year! Here we go again. Every year the Garden Media Group scouts global consumer trends, including fashion and home design, plus everything in between via global ...

What a difference a fortnight makes! Just in time to celebrate Thanksgiving, my trees and shrubs have finally donned their fiery fall finery. The show is spectacular as my numerous trees burst into ...

Saint Mary’s College, which has always been looking for ways increase the student experience, recently expanded their programs in Spirit, Dance and Band, created a new program in Nursing and added ...

A large, happy group of Orindans gathered at the Library Plaza on Thursday, Nov. 6, for the launch of the 2025 Light Up Orinda project. The event coincided with a food truck event, so visitors could ...

This portable mound can be used for baseball play. (Courtesy City of Lafayette) During an hours-long meeting to a standing-room-only crowd, the Lafayette City Council on Oct. 27 discussed whether to ...

Dover Saddlery ribbon cutting ceremony. Moraga Mayor Roger Wykle, right, and Dover Saddlery Executive Vice-President James Cullen cut the store's ribbon. To Cullen's left, store manager Marc ...

When our bodies are broken or out of balance, it is often quite clear when we need to go to the doctor and when we do not. When our behaviors, thoughts or emotions are out of balance it can be more ...

Being dissed," "Dismissed again," "This is insanity;" those were just some of the public comments directed at City Council Members at a recent meeting about the Revised Downtown Specific Plan. In a ...

"I go to visit the chrysanthemums. They are indeed, the most universal, the most diverse of flowers." Comte Maurice Maeterlinck, Nobel Prize-Winning Belgian Author This Halloween while kids are ...