Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan: Progress on Various Pressing Issues
(Courtesy of Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan’s Office)
Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan joins the Legislative Women’s Caucus on the steps of the State Capitol in Sacramento during a press conference...
Brandyn Iverson to take over Orinda’s mayor’s role in 2026
Brandyn Iverson is ready to take the reins. The city council member was installed as mayor of Orinda during a recent...
Nominations Open for Orinda Citizen of the Year
Do you have a person in mind to nominate for outstanding community service in 2022 and/or over many years of lifetime service? Must...
Fire Safe Moraga-Orinda Offering Residents Grants for Fuel Reduction
A local non-profit aimed at helping Orinda and Moraga residents prepare for and respond to wildfires in the area was recently awarded a...
Annual Hospice Tree of Lights and Parks and Rec.’s Holiday Tree...
Never short on choices when it comes to community events, Orinda has not one, but two tree lightings in Orinda, both on the...
Candidates for City Council Discuss their Priorities for Orinda
The five members of Orinda’s City Council are elected volunteers who set policy, give direction to City Staff and make budget decisions. Besides...
City of Orinda Planning Director Drummond Buckley to Retire
Drummond Buckley, Orinda’s director of planning, will mark his retirement from public service Jan. 18. A longtime planner who joined the city staff...
Orinda Library Lunar New Year Celebration
It was standing room only at the Orinda Library Auditorium on Saturday, Feb. 10, as the lion dancers of Tomizaki’s Champions Kung Fu...
School Fundraising Groups Unite in New Foundation
After years of research, evaluation, and collaboration, the Educational Foundation of Orinda (EFO) has agreed to join the parents’ clubs of all...
Political Commentary or Just Vandalism?
“Recently, the Orinda Police Department has been receiving a significant number of complaints from the community, regarding the theft and vandalism of...
Residents Get Another Chance to View ConnectOrinda Proposals
The Garden Room in the Orinda Library was buzzing with conversation as more than 50 community members attended a ConnectOrinda Celebration May...
EBMUD searching for a tenant to take the place of Cal...
In the wake of California Shakespeare Theater folding after a half-century, the amphitheater that hosted its performances for nearly 35 years is ready...
Landlines Might Become Extinct if AT&T’s Proposals are Approved
AT&T submitted an application on March 3, 2023, with two proposals to withdraw its Eligible Telecommunications Carrier designation – to basically end its...
Our Mission Trip to Israel
(Michael Peiser, Photographer)The site of the Nova Music Festival where 364 young Israelis were kidnapped, raped and murdered by Hama terrorists.
My wife and...
MOFD change means Orinda will soon have a full-time ambulance
Orinda will soon have its own 24-hour-a-day ambulance, thanks to a change in the way the Moraga-Orinda Fire District (MOFD) staffs its...
Orinda Nature Area issues with school district are finally resolved
Years of mistrust dissolved into smiles at the Oct. 20 board meeting as Orinda Union School District Superintendent Aida Glimme announced a deal...
Orindans Spring Into Action in Face of Virus
In response to warnings from the White House to Contra Costa County Health Services, Orindans hunkered down as part of a Bay...
Police Blotter – June
April 1 through May 12, 2018Calls for Service911 Hangup: 14 incidents.Accident Injury: 1 incident.Accident Property: 15 incidents.Alarm, False: 141 incidents.Barking Dog: 4 incidents.Battery: 1...
Hillary Clinton Attends Dedication Ceremony for Caldecott’s Fourth Bore
For many Bay Area commuters, the Caldecott Tunnel is a familiar sight on their daily drive on Highway 24. Those who drive through...
The failure of Measure T will have a long-term impact on...
Measure T, the $130 annual inflation-adjusted parcel tax proposed by the Acalanes Union High School District (AUHSD), failed to get the two-thirds voter...
