Wednesday, April 5, 2017 • Vol. 11 Issue 3 Celebrate Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterianwithwwiithth Church 26,000 copies •Easter Sunday Services, April 16 delivereddeliv biweekly to LamorindaLam homes & 6:30 a.m. • 8:00 a.m. • businesses 9:30 a.m. • 11:00 a.m. www.lamorindaweekly.com 925-377-0977 Visit LOPC.org/news/easter FREE for Holy Week Service Info 49 Knox Drive Lafayette CA 94549 (925) 283-8722 • LOPC.org Twins Sadie and Morgan took their father David to the Opening Day of the market after a morning playing Tot Baseball across the street at the Orinda Community Park. Photo Andy Scheck Farmers Market Celebrates 20th Anniversary By Sora O’Doherty t was no April Fool’s Joke when the Orinda Farmers attendance and offer some new attractions. According to Enabled by the Orinda Community Center’s donation Imarket cut the ribbon on its 20th season of providing Staci DeShasier, executive director of Contra Costa County of chairs, the market was able to expand its customer seat- fresh food on April 1. The Farmers Market will run Farmers’ Markets, Orinda accomplished that goal with a 10 ing area. DeShasier says that when they added top musi- until mid-November, with a focus on food and music from percent increase in customer attendance. DeShasier was de- cians in front of the new seating, it made the market the 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays in front of the Rite Aide store lighted, noting that the increase translates into real dollars for place to be on Saturday mornings, and now the market has on Orinda Way. small family farms and also means more residents and visi- a full lineup of music on tap. The market’s goals for 2016 were to increase customer tors are discovering the market and enjoying its offerings. ... continued on page A7 Advertising 1(:&216758&7,21 727$/5(02'(/ &20,1*6221 0RUH*UHDW/LVWLQJV&RPLQJ6RRQ ZZZ7KH2OVHQ7HDPFRP Letters to the Editor A9 Community Service B4 Not to be Missed B10-B11 HOW TO CONTACT US B11 0RUDJD%OYG/DID\HWWH &RUOLVV'ULYH0RUDJD *ORULHWWD%OYG2ULQGD Classifi ed C2 %5%$6) %5%$6) %5%$6)&$// Love Lafayette B12 IW&HLOLQJV2YHUVL]HG*DUDJH 1HZ.LWFKHQ %DWKV/HYHO<DUG %HDXWLIXO8SGDWHV7KURXJKRXW %HQ 6XH PDLO#7KH2OVHQ7HDPFRP ZZZ0RUDJD%OYGFRP ZZZ&RUOLVVFRP ZZZ*ORULHWWD%OYGFRP ZZZ7KH2OVHQ7HDPFRP &$/%5( Rheem Boulevard Opens How Lamorindans dispose of By Cathy Dausman an unwanted gun By Cathy Dausman t was so well tucked away I’d for- Moraga Chief of Police Jon King, Igotten we even had it. “It” was a adding “we’re pushing it now.” breach load, break-action J. Stevens ... continued on page A12 12 gauge, pre-World War I shotgun in poor working order. It weighed in at over six pounds, had a long iron barrel and walnut grain stock. It belonged to my husband’s grandfather. “It was never in great working order,” my husband said, adding “we never fi red it to my recollection.” It was simply a tool his grandpa used to kill snakes or vermin on his rural property; its value more sentimental than fi scal. Today there are more reasons From left: Edric Kwan, Teresa Onoda, Dave Trotter, John Anderson, Kevin Ebrahimi and Bob Priebe Photo A. Scheck (grandchildren, primarily) not to keep a gun, even a disabled one, at our edestrian traffi c along a length of south Rheem moving landslide,” which she said had been fail- house. But how does someone dis- PBoulevard yielded to automobiles with the snip ing since 1948. Onoda said the $2.6 million proj- pose of one safely? In Lamorinda, of a ribbon March 30 as town offi cials opened the ect, which will stabilize the road, took nearly eight you bring it to a police station. “It’s a Moraga Police Offi cer Robert Ortiz is newly paved roadway to vehicle traffi c. months to complete. making sure a turned-in gun is empty. service we’ve offered for years,” said Mayor Teresa Onoda called the roadbed a “slow ... continued on page A8 Photo Cathy Dausman Civic News A1-A12 Life in Lamorinda B1-B12 Camps B5-B8 Sports C1-C4 Our Homes D1-D16 Debate over “Duct Tape Spring into Check out Mat’s Natives Case” continues – page fun and half-day Wright is garden A4. egg-citement camps this headed to tour shows Fire Districts A8 with thse issue. State Finals our natural April events. – Special – page C2. beauty – Sinkhole affects MOFD – page B1. Section page D1. response time in north Orinda – page A8. 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Diablo Blvd. School Board Meetings PARKING SLOTS Acalanes Union High School District 274 REGULAR Wednesday, April 19, 7 p.m. 36 ADA AUHSD Board Room 1212 Pleasant Hill Road, Lafayette 2 STN AGENT www.acalanes.k12.ca.us 2 MAINT VEHICLE Lafayette School District 1 POLICE Wednesday, April 19, 7 p.m. 42 MOTORCYCLE Regular Board Meeting 4 TAXI District Offi ce Board Room 2 BUS 3477 School St., Lafayette 270’-0’’ KISS AND RIDE www.lafsd.k12.ca.us Check online for agendas, meeting Addressing environmental notes and announcements City of Lafayette: challenges, BART will be adding www.ci.lafayette.ca.us trees, improving landscaping, pro- Phone: (925) 284-1968 viding a rain garden, better irriga- Chamber of Commerce: tion, LED lighting and permeable www.lafayettechamber.org Image provided pavement. ith plans to address physical, ditional parking spots for ADA Houlihan said the project is ex- 1200 Block Pleasant Hill Rd. Woperational and environ- compliance, and offering better 3300 Block Mt. Diablo Blvd. pected to take about eight months Identity Theft mental conditions, BART is sched- signage, would commence after to complete. While there will be no 1000 Block Woodbury Laf uled to start work this May on site the current solar panel installation impact to bus services, or to pedes- Police Department (2) improvements at its Lafayette sta- is fi nished, which has an estimated trians and cyclists, parking will be 1800 Block Reliez Valley Rd. tion. BART Engineering Division completion date of mid-April. restricted as they close one lot at a 10 Block Mountain View Ln. Manager Mary Grace Houlihan BART riders can expect to see time. Lafayette Police Department Juvenile Disturbance updated the Lafayette City Council an enhanced “Kiss and Ride” area Further information and up- Incident Summary Report Lafayette Cr./Mt. Diablo Blvd. at its March 27 meeting about the together with improved pedestrian dates can be found on the BART. March 12 - 25 Lost Property reconstruction project. access, more motorcycle parking website and on fl yers and notice Alarms 86 3400 Block Mt. Diablo Blvd. Houlihan said that the improve- as well as improvements to the boards at the station. 911 Calls (incl hang-ups) 8Ordinance Violation ments, which include replacing bus zone and two-way drive aisles, Noise complaints 12 1000 Block Timothy Ln. Traffi c stops 161 400 Block Peacock Blvd. deteriorated paving, providing ad- which will improve circulation. Suspicious Circumstances 18 Patrol Request Suspicious Subjects 44 Mt. Diablo Blvd./Happy Valley Rd. PG&E to remove trees in Lafayette Suspicious Vehicles 35 3300 Block Helen Ln. Abandoned Vehicle Petty Theft By Pippa Fisher Circle Creek Dr./Circle Creek Ln. 3200 Block Mt. Diablo Blvd. he city of Lafayette Animal Cruelty 900 Block Moraga Rd. Thas been working to Mt. Diablo Blvd./Happy Valley Rd. 20 Block Crest Rd. move forward with Pacif- Assault W/ Deadly Weapon 1000 Block Carol Ln. ic Gas & Electric Co. on 3300 Block Mt. Diablo Blvd. 3200 Block Mt. Diablo Ct. its Community Pipeline Auto Burglary 3500 Block Mt. Diablo Blvd. Safety Initiative, which 10 Block White Oak Dr. 3400 Block Golden Gate Wy 4000 Block Mt. Diablo Blvd. 3200 Block Elvia St. requires the removal of Police Department Petty Theft From Vehicle 216 protected trees within 1000 Block N Thompson Rd. 3500 Block Wilkinson Ln. the city of Lafayette. 3700 Block Mt. Diablo Blvd. 3700 Block Mosswood Dr. The removal is re- 3400 Block Mt. Diablo Blvd. Petty Theft Other quired under the CPSI to 900 Block S Thompson Rd. (2) 4100 Block Happy Valley Rd. clear areas around pipe- 3500 Block Mt. Diablo Blvd. Phone Harass lines of trees to allow ac- 30 Block Lafayette Cr. 300 Block Shire Oaks Ct. cess for fi rst responders Public Assembly Check 3600 Block Mt. Diablo Blvd. and crews, so that tree Moraga Rd./Mt. Diablo Blvd. 3300 Block Springhill Rd. Battery Public Nuisance roots do not damage the 70 Block Lafayette Cr. (2) 900 Block 2nd St. pipe and so that the pipe Eb Sr 24 At Brown Ave. Dyer Dr./Hampton Rd. can be properly inspected. 3100 Block Old Tunnel Rd.