Five deserving Campolindo High School seniors are the first recipients of the Carol L. Merlone Educational Foundation's pilot program, awarding an annual total scholarship of $50,000 ($10,000 for each ...

A group of residents of Devin Drive and El Paraiso Court - streets that adjoin the property of the Hacienda de las Flores in Moraga - are suing the town, alleging that it has failed to protect their ...

The Central Contra Costa Sanitary District wants their customers to communicate with the Regional Water Quality Board, who is proposing nutrient regulations that will result in very large wastewater ...

Readers of this newspaper know Cynthia Brian as the Goddess Gardener. Most recently her organization, Be the Star You Are!, a 501(c)(3), won honors as Moraga's Nonprofit of the Year for its efforts to ...

The Board of Trustees for Orinda schools is running up against a deadline for accepting $1.5 million from the state of California, secured by Assembly Member Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, towards the ...

Troop 31143 conducted a successful towel and blanket drive for the Oakland Animal Shelter in 2009. Pictured from left to right are Claudia Evans, Lizzy Maroney, Olivia Sanchez, Iris Wu, Madison ...

On May 4, Boy Scouts of America Troop 303G of Orinda held its first Eagle Court of Honor at St Stephen's Episcopal Church to commemorate the achievement of their first female Eagle Scouts, each of ...

Since 2008 the Friends of the Joaquin Moraga Adobe have worked hard to save the historic site, and now they have succeeded gloriously. Over almost 20 years, the group sought to negotiate with the City ...

For the first time since 1976, a team from the Lamorinda Soccer Club (LMSC) won a national title when in early March, their Under 14 team won the Girls Academy Champions Cup National Championship in ...

Radio enthusiasts in Contra Costa County and Lamorinda have been invited to participate in this year’s BEACON exercise on April 30, and they are planning to make an impact. The acronym stands for ...

With 25 years of coaching high school, college and American Legion baseball, head coach Sean Riley was familiar with the Campolindo baseball program having coached against them at Serra High. “I knew ...

For the first time ever, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission approved a $22 million funding policy under MTC’s CARE Program in November 2025 with additional funding in January 2026 to include ...