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Lafayette (formerly La Fayette) [7] is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States. As of 2020, the city's population was 25,391. As of 2020, the city's population was 25,391. It was named after the Marquis de Lafayette , a French military officer of the American Revolutionary War .
Lafayette Creek begins as a number of small streams in the Briones hills at an elevation of 1483' above sea level, to the north of the city of Lafayette, California. [1][2] The creek also receives flow from the Lafayette Reservoir. Though many of its upper tributaries are intermittent, Lafayette Creek has perennial flow due to input from urban ...
Lafayette hillside memorial. The Lafayette hillside memorial is a collection of religious symbols, accompanied by a large sign, in Lafayette, California. The memorial commemorates soldiers killed in the Iraq War and War in Afghanistan, with the sign containing a running total of the death count as recorded by the US Department of Defense.
Reliez Creek is located in one of California's most densely-populated and developed areas, the East Bay, home to 2.8 million people. [3][4] It is one of the multiple streams running through the suburban community of Lafayette, California. [1] Many modern maps of the area omit Reliez Creek. The creek runs through the grounds of Acalanes High School.
Lafayette Morehouse is an intentional community conceived in 1968 in Lafayette, California. [1] The lifestyle it practices is often referred to as “Morehouse”. [2] Inspired by its founder Dr. Victor Baranco and his first wife Dr. Suzanne Baranco, and now by his widow Dr. Cynthia Baranco, [1] [3] Morehouse has been a continuous experiment in group living for over 50 years, one of few such ...
The Lafayette Library and Learning Center was first proposed to the City of Lafayette at the end of 2003. The city voted to support the Library in January 2004. [4] In 2004 the membership of the Glenn Seaborg Learning Consortium was finalized and funding was pursued. In November 2004 the project was awarded $11.9M by the State of California.
The observatory was built in 1886 on the Berkeley campus. For many years, it was directed by Armin Otto Leuschner, for whom the observatory was renamed in 1951. In 1965, it was relocated to its present home in Lafayette, California, approximately 10 miles (16 km) east of the Berkeley campus. In 2012, the physics and astronomy department of San ...
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