Piedmont News

Lauren Alexander and her peers quickly went into action at a recent party when they saw a fellow Piedmont High School student suffering from clear signs of alcohol poisoning.

Piedmont police provided the following information. For more details or information about other cases, visit the police department at 403 Highland Ave.

Piedmont city coffers will receive $800,000, thanks to the Proposition 1A Securitization Program approved this week by the City Council.

With interest rates paid on bank deposits and money-market mutual funds dragging bottom, ultra-conservative investors are asking where they can get more bang for their buck.

James Syhabout, foreground, behind the counter of Commis, his new Oakland restaurant.

A group that wants to start the first statewide kindergarten-through-12th grade online charter school has blanketed school districts throughout California - including many in the East Bay - with petitions seeking approval for its plan.

Mother Nature did a number on Piedmont's Crest Road. Tens of thousands of dollars in damage was done to the underground utility trench from the torrential rains that fell on Oct.

The Piedmont police provided the following information. For more information, including about other cases, visit the police department at 403 Highland Ave.

Bagging groceries might seem like uninspiring work to some people, but Piedmont-based filmmaker Justine Jacob disagrees.

Caltrans crew take measurements from a piece of metal and cable that came loose and fell onto the ground on the westbound lanes of the Bay Bridge on Tuesday Oct.

Chef Rene Cage has worked in a variety of kitchens during his 35 years of cooking professionally, but he couldn't be happier than where he was last weekend - standing in the autumn sun flipping bratwurst and homemade pizza crust over a hot grill for charity.

Nose in overdrive, Pele sprints to the far edge of a large clearing and immediately starts zigzagging back.

The Piedmont Unified School District and Associated Parent Clubs of Piedmont are offering Flu Shot Fridays from 4-7 p.m. Fridays during November.

The following highlights are from the Piedmont police log. For more information, including about other cases, contact the police department at 403 Highland Ave.

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A group of Oakland hills residents living on both sides of Moraga Avenue and surrounding areas say they will remain vocal in their opposition to the proposed Moraga Canyon Sports Fields Complex being considered for development in Piedmont.

Along with its move to bigger, fancier digs near Jackson Square, Lindsay and Michael Tusk's restaurant Quince has gotten a star to mind the wine cellar - and a new cellar that instantly makes Quince, set to quietly re-open today, a contender in San Francisco's wine-list wars.

Oaklanders with a flair for vintage are thrilled to welcome Mercy Vintage Now to Piedmont Avenue.

A 68-year old Oakland man died Monday following a solo accident where his car careened off Highland Avenue in Piedmont and struck a tree.

"Tree-sitting? I said never, but I'm getting desperate," said Sandra Pohutsky, a resident of Moraga Avenue.