Orinda News Briefs: What’s Happening Around Town – August 2022
Election Results for Senator Steve Glazer’s Run for State Controller District 7 State Senator Steve Glazer, D-Orinda, ran for California State Controller in the...
Orinda March 2020 Takeout/Delivery Service
Here is a list of Orinda restaurants offering takeout or delivery.(Prepared by City of Orinda staff after reaching out to all restaurants.)If you have...
New City Councilmembers Take Office
DAVID DIERKS
City Clerk Sheri Smith swears in returning City Councilmember Amy Worth and new City Councilmembers Nick Kosla and Dennis Fay at the Dec....
Seniors Around Town Receives Mayor’s Award
With over 2025 rides given to local seniors in 2020 - 2021, The Orinda Association’s Seniors Around Town (SAT) program has provided an...
Award-Winning Film Screened at Orinda Theatre
Hollywood actress and writer Kathy Garver has visited Orinda friends many times and appeared in promos at the Orinda Theatre for owner Derek...
Private Effort Launched to Test all Lamorinda Senior Care Residents, Staff
An ongoing joint effort is underway in Orinda, Moraga and Lafayette to test residents of senior care facilities who are 65 years...
Off the Grid Food Responders Program Comes to Contra Costa
Often known as the “food truck guys,” San Francisco’s Off the Grid is branching out of its home to come to Contra...
Amy Worth Retires from City Council
Who would have thought fundraising for a children’s play structure could become the catalyst for three decades of public service? But such was...
Past Wildfire Lessons Guide Us
We’ve been living with wildfire in California for a few years now. As the power and destruction of the wildfires has grown, clearly...
Orinda’s 4th of July Parade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdT_kEhmCuMVideo clip courtesy of NBC Bay Area.
City Shares Fiscal Year Data on Measure R
At a Jan. 10 meeting of Orinda’s Supplemental Sales Tax Oversight Committee (SSTOC), city staff provided details of audited Measure R revenue and...
Newcomer Steven Danziger Named President of Fire District Board
In November’s election, three new members were elected to the Moraga-Orinda Fire District (MOFD) Board of Directors. The members, Gregory Baitx (District...
Orinda July 4th Parade is Happening
July 4, 2021 beginning at 11 a.m. Save the date as The Orinda Association brings back Orinda’s popular hometown parade. Go...
Orinda News Briefs: Around Town
Chipper Time Again With all the beautiful greenery, as a result of our wet winter, it is time to prepare for the fire season:...
First Person View of Russia’s Attack on Ukrainians’ Lives and Country
It has been more than 110 days since Ukraine faced a new reality - the one with constant fear, endless air raid alerts...
Darcie Taylor Hired as EFO Executive Director
By SALLY HOGARTYEditorThe Educational Foundation of Orinda (EFO) welcomes Darcie Taylor as its first executive director. According to the EFO Board of Directors, Taylor...
Police Blotter August
Calls for Service
911 Hangup: 20 incidents.
Abandoned Vehicle: 2 incidents.
Accident Injury: 2 incidents.
Accident Property: 16 incidents.
Alarm, False: 172 incidents.
Animal Cruelty: 1 incident.
Barking Dog: 4 incidents.
Battery:...
Rescue One Foundation Seeks Applicants for Board Member Seat
The Rescue One Foundation is looking for applicants to fill a vacancy on its Board of Directors. This nonprofit organization has...
Orinda Around Town: News Briefs – December 2023
Hospice East Bay Holds Tree of Lights Ceremony in Orinda Village Square For 37 years, Hospice East Bay has held Tree of Lights ceremonies...
Remembering Stephen Arnon, Dedicated Public Health Physician
(Courtesy of Arnon Family)
Dr. Stephen Soulé Arnon of Orinda, Oct. 14, 1946 – Aug. 17, 2022.
Dr. Stephen Soulé Arnon of Orinda died peacefully...
