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Terraces Design Described As “Train Wreck Architecture,” Design Review Suggests “Alternatives”

If the developers behind Lafayette’s largest apartment project expected a warm and fuzzy reception at Monday night’s Design Review Commission meeting, they didn’t get it. Despite assurances of LEED Silver certifications and rosy predictions of enhanced traffic flow in one of the city’s busiest locales, backers of the Terraces of Lafayette project were blistered by…

Walnut Creek SWAT Team Evicts High-End Squatters

A Walnut Creek special weapons team was called on to evict a group of squatters who had moved into a high-end home on Sugarloaf Court in their city, falsified a lease agreement, and set up shop. Officers arrested two people Thursday, and allegedly found a handgun under the seat of their car, and are looking…

Rare Four-Alarm Grass Fire Prompts Huge Response In Orinda

A smokey, wind-whipped grass fire flared up on the ridgelands overlooking Ivy and Descanso drives in Orinda shortly after 1 p.m. Monday, prompting a rare Four-Alarm response and a massive turnout by area firefighters.

Moraga School District Settles Claim By Abuse Survivor

The Moraga School District will pay one of its former students $2.85 million in compensation for years of abuse by two district teachers – one of whom is dead, the other in prison. District officials announced the settlement agreement at their meeting Tuesday night.

Tuesday’s Officer-Involved Shooting First In City Since 1992

Tuesday’s harrowing encounter between police officers and a local man who approached them with a blunt object in hand became the first officer-involved shooting incident in the city since 1992, when a female officer fired on a suspected rapist – wounding him in the shoulder.