Moraga’s Great Depression – Making More Holes To Fix The Big One At Rheem Center
A joke making the rounds around Moraga these days has town leaders seeking a new motto for the town seal at a town meeting, the motto drawn from some frequently seen local landmark. A hand at the back of the room raises and the resident is recognized, the resident offering: “Road Work Ahead?” Call it…
Orinda Council Studies Short-Term Lease Agreements After Camino Encinas Violence
Stunned by the beating of a Florida man attacked during a party at an Orinda home rented through Airbnb, the city council is taking a hard look at so-called “transient” housing arrangements, and evaluating how they should be handled in future. The council, spurred by Mayor Victoria Smith, queried adjacent cities and towns after the 21-year-old…
From “Train Wreck” To Legal Lightning Rod; Lafayette’s Terraces Get A Green Light
Re-drafted and re-released under a new name and softened new look after it was peppered by criticism both public and architectural, the bloodied “Terraces” project – now known as the Homes at Deer Hill – finally met with approval from the Lafayette city council last Monday. The unanimous decision – with Vice Mayor Traci Reilly recusing herself after lending her signature…
Governor Brown Signs “Right To Record” Act
In our time covering breaking news events the Old Guard here at NEWS24/680 have covered thousands, perhaps tens of thousands of crime scenes and breaking news scenarios – with participants often unfriendly and hostile to our very presence. In many cases, unfortunately, this hostility has led to conflict between those sworn to uphold the law, those pledged…
MORAGA: Zero Blower Thirty Wake-Up Call Prompts Civilian Blowback
How early is too early to fire up a leaf blower in Leafy Lamorinda? Some locals have an idea there shouldn’t be any blowing in town before 8 a.m. Some landscapers/maintenance crews, apparently, have an entirely different view.
Terraces Lite – What’s Not To Like?
Almost from the moment it was proposed the Terraces of Lafayette project came out swinging, with lawyers and developers expressing a willingness to bludgeon the city into submission and push the project through.
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…