Moraga News

The city of Orinda has nomination petitions available for prospective candidates to fill two full-term City Council positions in the general election in November.

Petersburg, Russia. They will have two children in the next few years. May 2004 - Nina Reiser files for divorce.

A car theft suspect being chased by police early Sunday morning crashed the stolen car and then jumped on top of a passing SUV in a fruitless attempt to get away, the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office said.

Carl Sammons, Rocky Coastal Scene, circa early 1920s, pastel on board, 10 x 14 ". MORAGA, CA.- Carl Sammons, a prolific plein air artist who began as a sign painter in Iowa then gained fame as a Bay Area ...

A woman told police she had been shopping at the Rheem Valley Shopping Center and had placed her purse in a shopping cart.

Some of Donna Walsh Sumner's most cherished childhood memories include the times she spent accompanying her uncle as he painted on location.

A lawsuit filed by the Vallejo Music Theatre against the operator of the city's biggest bingo parlor has been thrown out of court but the fight's not over yet, the theater's attorney said Thursday.

MORAGA, Calif., July 2 CA-Randy-Powers-oil MORAGA, Calif. , /PRNewswire/ -- On June 23 Rep.

The images on the Town of Moraga's Web site show a plan for a vital downtown area, with smiling people gathered at sidewalk cafes and in parks.

Deva Rajan's community garden in downtown Moraga is only 20 minutes from Berkeley, close enough for heirloom tomato deliveries to Monterey Market.

He came close, but missed by 2 1/2 minutes. Florine and his climbing partner, Yuji Hirayama, made the ascent up the 2,900-foot wall in 2 hours, 47 minutes and 30 seconds, the second-fastest time ever.

A parade, three separate fun runs, all kinds of music, food and games, plus a big fireworks show after dark ... all within the friendly confines of the Moraga-Orinda corridor next week on the Fourth of July.

A CONGENIAL CAST brings Laura Means Berchdorf's characters to life in the playwright's latest endeavor, "Bunco Babes and Poker Pals." Running at the Onstage Theatre in Pleasant Hill through June 29, the ...

It took a few days for last month's California Supreme Court decision to sink in for Wes Wilkinson and Jeff Barr.

An Oakland Fire Fighter sets a hose above a five-alarm fire, Friday, June 20, 2008 on International Boulevard at 94th Ave.

This year, revenues will cover expenses in Moraga. But in the years to come the already-understaffed town will see more and more red ink, according to the budget projections presented to the Town Council ...

A student graduates from Skyline College in San Bruno, Calif., during the school's 38th annual commencement Friday, May 30, 2008.

Don Anderson cuts back from a crisp 150 mph to half that speed. His thick, 80-year-old fingers work the controls of a 1976 Piper Archer II as it slices through the bright afternoon haze beyond the Golden Gate.

It took a few days for last month's California Supreme Court decision to sink in for Wes Wilkinson and Jeff Barr .

Wow! Did you feel that?! ALL SHOOK UP Wednesday, I asked if any pets out there have been reacting to these little earthquakes we've been feeling in the East Bay during the last few weeks.