Students at Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School have voluntarily given up their lunch period every Friday of the school year to make sandwiches for the homeless. JM's math teacher Brett Lorie created ...

SMC adjunct professor Kristen Sbrogna (kneeling) shows students natural water flows behind the Saint Mary's College Legacy Garden Photo Jennifer Wake It wasn't your typical class at Saint Mary's ...

Jackie Lopey is the owner of Spin Decorating, has been a marketing executive for seventeen years and is a crusader for her fellow small business owners. With the support of the Lafayette Chamber of ...

The backyard of 3195 Condit Road, Lafayette. The windows were recently boarded up. Photos Cathy Tyson What does it take to sell a foreclosed home, especially one that has been officially declared a ...

(L-R) Asma Abu-Taleb, Linda Grana, Dave Simpson and Aleks Sedzielarz working in the Lafayette Book Store Photo Sophie Braccini Dave Simpson enjoys throwing parties for the community. Locals and book ...

Funding 53% of the Lafayette Library and Learning Center's (LLLC) operating expenses is no easy task. That's the role of the Lafayette Library and Learning Center Foundation (Foundation), which was ...

Kat Moody (left) and Nicole Berzins in the new Yesterday's Treasures store Photo Sophie Braccini Nicole Berzins rearranges the objects in the window of the new store Yesterday's Treasures in Lafayette ...

You might be thinking that Lafayette, with its community garden and farmers' market, is all about local food. Think again. There is a flourishing business in Lafayette - The Fresh Connection, owned by ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lafayette's engineering and public works departments are set to merge in early February in a minor reorganization. Recently approved by the city council, the shuffle was prompted in part by Lafayette ...

The Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office filed criminal charges in December against former fire district Battalion Chief Lou Manzo, who was charged with 12 counts of grand theft and ...