It has been a long time coming, but the Art and Garden Center at Wilder is taking shape and will open to the public this year. The Center is a 6,600-square-foot building that features a ...

With fires increasing in intensity each year, and burning later and later throughout the calendar year, Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Chief Lewis Broschard said the district will no ...

The 60th annual Winter Ball was held Dec. 22 at the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco to raise funds for UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland. Nineteen debutantes were presented as future ...

During the Dec. 9 Moraga Town Council meeting, the Public Comment portion of the evening drew an overwhelming number of viewers and participants wanting to address the Dec. 4 act of vandalism ...

The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District, its board of directors and the ConFire Advisory Fire Commission recognized Capt. Gil Caravantes in December for an almost unheard of 40 years of ...

Brother Ronald, President of Saint Mary's College, with Governor Schwarzenegger Picture Courtesy of St Mary's College As a Christian Brother, Ronald Gallagher has devoted his life to the Lassalian ...

This is the second time Ken Chew will sit in the mayor's seat and wield the gavel as the leader of the Town Council, setting the tone for the town in 2014. Chew, a professional civil engineer and ...

Lafayette's most senior council member stepped down from city leadership at the council's Dec. 14 meeting, amid widespread respect, hanging up his gavel for good. Mayor Mike Anderson is leaving the ...

Although the goal of the evening was to develop an action plan to follow up on the Revenue Enhancement Task Force Report, it was easy to see that although the City Council prefers a collegial, ...

Pictured above, in back row: Tory Wong, Linden Brentano, Thama Brentano, Haley Lewis, Lindsey Lewis, Elizabeth Lewis, Danielle Albo; in front row: Marina Allen, Emily Nenni, Hannah Tennant, Jamie ...

The Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office filed criminal charges in December against former fire district Battalion Chief Lou Manzo, who was charged with 12 counts of grand theft and ...

About seven years ago when Vickie and Jeff Martin were remodeling their Moraga home, they thought the odd space that lead to their basement and a furnace could be converted into a wine cellar. By ...