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SALLY HOGARTY Bridget Zayner had her electric bike on display at ConnectOrinda. She drives the vehicle to BART to commute to her job in...

April 1 through May 11, 2019 Calls for Service911 Hangup: 17 incidents.Abandoned Vehicle: 4 incidents.Accident Injury: 2 incidents.Accident Property: 13 incidents.Alarm, False: 132 incidents.Assault with...

(Lisa Burlini, Photographer)The Orinda Classic Car Show attracted its largest crowd ever. (Lisa Burlini, Photographer)Orinda’s Peter Read and fiancée Lorraine Rominger shared this 1959...

(Bonnie Fend, Photographer)The American Association of University Women (AAUW), Orinda-Moraga-Lafayette (OML) branch is collecting sneakers to raise money for local scholarships. Pictured above (L-R) Jill...

(Jeff Heyman, Photographer)Downtown Orinda, as seen from the Orinda Grove development, a 73-lot subdivision on 11 acres with adjacent 3.1-acre city-owned sports fields. The...

(Contributed Photo)New Orinda Poice Chief David Cook.     The city wasted no time in finding its next police chief when it tapped a former...

    Most people around the city probably are familiar with the names of the five people who will be feted by The Orinda...

(Andrea Madison, Photographer)A drafted update to Orinda’s safety element, as well as a vulnerability assessment focusing on evacuation route analysis within the city, were...

POLICE BLOTTER July 29 through September 8, 2018 Calls for Service 911 Hangup: 13 incidents. Abandoned Vehicle: 6 incidents. Accident Property: 6 incidents. Alarm, False: 159 incidents. Animal Cruelty: 1 incident. Battery:...

(Sally Hogarty, Photographer)Part of EBMUD’s 43-acre parcel along Bear Creek Road, which already includes several PG&E towers and power poles.     As climate change...

(Jeff Heyman, Photographer)On Thursday, Oct. 13, the five candidates running for the three open seats on the Orinda Union School District’s (OUSD) school board...

    The Garden Room in the Orinda Library was buzzing with conversation as more than 50 community members attended a ConnectOrinda Celebration May...

(Courtesy of City of Orinda) Part of city staff's presentation on the Downtown Precise Plan, this image show words which represent survey responses to what...

    July 4, 2021 beginning at 11 a.m.    Save the date as The Orinda Association brings back Orinda’s popular hometown parade. Go...

(Jeff Heyman, Photographer) The Orinda Care Center, located at 11 Altarinda Rd, has spent the past two years in the headlines for accusations of negligence...

    A River Runs Through it was written by University of Chicago Shakespeare Professor Norman Maclean after his retirement. His memoir is a story...

    Expecting to be operating in a deficit next year, Orinda school district officials are exploring the possibility of a new parcel tax. ...

(Courtesty of EBMUD)This map shows the location of the future Westside Pumping Plant and Encinal Regulator, as well as the scope of the planned...

Time for Tomatoes     As fall approaches the market remains full of many summer delights, including strawberries and stone fruits. Now it’s time for...

Road Closures for Sewer Line Replacement on Camino Sobrante    Contra Costa County Sanitary District will close Camino Sobrante weekdays March 2-25 and March 28...