Columns

SPAC Deals Boost Local Companies and Workers     Anever-growing pot of Bay Area venture capital money increasingly spills into public markets in a new...

Fun with Fennel     Take a look at fennel this month. It’s in-season, fresh, and full of versatility. Both types of fennel, common and...

I Dropped My Dolly in the Dirt (Mimi Bommarito, Photographer)Paris oozes with artistic expression, even when unintentional. This image, captured years ago while waiting...

The Long And The Short Of It     The inspiration for this month’s column comes, not only from the month itself, but also from...

Police Blotter - February 2021December 1 through January 2 Calls for Service911 Hangup: 7 incidentsAccident Injury: 3 incidentsAccident Property: 1 incidentAlarm False: 41 incidentsBattery: 1...

Headlines that Hit the Editor’s Inbox     Every month my email inbox gets filled to the brim with press releases. While we don’t cover...

Serving the Community During COVID and Beyond     I am honored to serve as The Orinda Association’s President a second time, and on behalf...

Ultimate Fitness Goal     Reaching your ultimate fitness goal is about setting up one small milestone at a time and actually reaching it.   ...

Veering Towards the Edge     Knowing your audience keys the usefulness of a column like this. Even though I fancy myself a bit of...

It’s Citrus Season     Orinda’s farmers’ market is bursting with citrus. Sweet navel oranges, found year-round, now find themselves joined by mandarins, blood oranges,...

The Year Not in Review     I’m pretty sure my Muse has coronavirus. She’s nowhere to be found, and, if she does indeed have...

Prop 19 Creates Planning Need     The most prominent Proposition 19 ads marketed the law as a loosening of rules to assist wildfire victims....

Gratitude     There is light at the end of the tunnel because the vaccines are here and soon will be available to all!   ...

Focus on Global Health & Get Results     It is a really good time for us to focus on our fitness as it relates...

November 1 through December 12 Calls for Service911 Hangup: 9 incidentsAbandoned Vehicle: 1 incidentAccident Injury: 4 incidentsAccident Property: 2 incidentsAlarm False: 66 incidentsBarking Dog: 1...

Tidings Of Comfort And Joy     I have set for myself a challenge of sorts, not mentioning or referencing the single most notable thing...

Live Long and Prosper, People     Capture 2020 in four words or less: Beam me up, Scotty.     Pandemic + wildfires + power outages...

    The Orinda farmer’s market remains open! Since 1997, the final market of the season was the Saturday before Thanksgiving, but with the...

Calls for Service911 Hangup: 19 incidentsAbandoned Vehicle: 3 incidentsAccident Injury: 1 incidentAccident Property: 5 incidentsAlarm False: 101 incidentsBarking Dog: 1 incidentBurglary, Commercial: 1 incidentBurglary,...

Fitness is Easier to Get Than It is to Keep...     because we don’t necessarily like the process of becoming fit, so once we...