While history often focuses on how women filled openings at factories as 'Rosie the Riveters' during World War II, more than 300,000 women served in the military between 1941 and 1945. In February ...

Emma Wong, a ninth-grade student at Miramonte High School, won two of the four awards in the 2022 Poul Anderson writing contest. Wong won for her poem, "American or Not," as well as her short story, ...

Small tremors shake the earth and nearby classrooms as concrete crumbles, giving way to dirt and leaving Acalanes' very own $2.37 million dustbowl at the center of campus. The long anticipated remodel ...

The pandemic taught us many things about ourselves, our world, and our priorities. During the lockdown, people slowed down, families were playing with their kids on the street in the middle of the day ...

When not at his job as a Senior Water Treatment Plant Operator for East Bay Municipal Utility District, Dwight Yassany supports a wide range of good causes without any fanfare, including Water For ...

Pictured are: Front row (left to right): Collin Jeffries, Matthew Huguet, Payson Newman, Kevin Atkinson, Drew Cirelli, Matthew Ringquist. Second row: Alexander Horst ...

Michele Lavecchia and his wife Mariam met some years ago when working together at Spiedini Restaurant in Walnut Creek; since then, they have been part of many ventures, including Michele's partnership ...

The Rotary Club of Orinda recently held its annual Field Day, for 3rd-5th graders, at Del Rey Elementary School. Violet Bathgate, pictured above winning the 50 yard dash, took two first place and one ...

The American Scholastic Press Association (ASPA) awarded the Acalanes High School newspaper, Blueprint, its "Most Outstanding High School Newspaper for 2009," which Blueprint last received in 1999.

Seven piano students (Adelaide Chan, Antoine Luong, Audrey Luong, Gustav Singel, Lance Molina, Leo Chen, and Zoe Hao-Teplinsky) performed at the British Suzuki Gala on April 9. The concert was held at ...

At the NCS Championships in Concord May 14-16, the Campolindo Boys Swim Team claimed the title for the fifth year in a row. The boys garnered a total of 239.5 points with strong performances by ...

Detective Berch Parker (center) smiles with Cathy Surges-Moscato, Community Service Officer (left) and Sergeant Howard Shiells (right) of the Lafayette Police Department. Photo Carol Yates Once a year ...