Major fires the last Sunday of October pushed the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District to its limits and caused the evacuation of thousands of residents in Lafayette, all part of possibly the ...

Unlike in the U.S. presidential race, there was no drawn out, nail-biting drama in the Nov. 3 election of Lamorinda fire agency directors, with one race redefining the term "landslide." The closest ...

Good Samaritan Jeovani Abenoja, and Chuck Jenkins on the Jenkins’ back deck Photo Cathy Tyson It was Betty and Chuck Jenkins' lucky day. Turns out their regular carrier technician, Jeovani Abenoja ...

Front row L-R: Ian Ho, Alyssa Tsuyuki, Declan Tsuyuki; Middle row L-R: Cole Jeter, Kassie McKinnis, Ryan Jeter Back row L-R: Asenath Yeung, Keanu Karsevar, Chris Wellbrook, Joseph Tsuboi, Kyle ...

Orinda Academy, an independent, college prep school serving grades 7-12, recently announced that history teacher Jeff Quittman is the winner of a $10,000 grant from the Warren W. Eukel Teacher Trust.