Orinda Youth Hoopsters Win Girls’ Basketball Championship

(Maureen Matthews , Photographer)The Orinda Bulldogs, after 12 years, win the East Bay Middle School Girls basketball championship, played Dec. 12-14, 2022, at Martinez...

Breaking Soccer Gender Barriers in World Cup and Orinda Soccer Clubs

(Kevin Desai, Photographer)(L-R) Joselyn Smith, Victorine Perri, Elise Desai and Madison Bernstein are referees of the East Bay Eclipse Soccer Club.     As soccer sports...

Dons Take Win over Matadors

(Mark Bell, Photographer)     “Running Back Bennett Destino, heads upfield for one of his 7 carries for 44 yards on the night,” said Mark Bell,...

Poul Anderson Writing Contest

    The Friends of the Orinda Library announced the start of the 2023 Poul Anderson Creative Writing Contest, open to all students who reside...

Orinda Junior Women’s Club’s 2023 Youth Ink Writing Contest

    Youth Ink 2023, hosted by the Orinda Junior Women’s Club, isan Orinda Middle School writing contest to support literary arts in the community....

Four Orinda Singers Perform in Professional Production of Matilda

(Lily Black, Photographer)Veteran Lamorinda Idol performers and Orinda residents (L-R) Sofia Rose (Nigel), Keenan Moran (Eric), Miranda Klein (Matilda) and Henry Vanhouten (Michael) appear...

Miramonte Students Perform A Midsummer Night’s Dream

(Jennifer Linardon, Photographer)     Miramonte High School students performed A Midsummer Night’s Dream on Oct. 27-29, under the direction of Heather Cousins, theater arts teacher...

National Charity League Hosts “Non-Partisan Civics for Teen Girls”

(Shirley DeFrancisci, Photographer)Acalanes and Lamorinda Chapters of the National Charity League hosted their first non-partisan civics for teen girls event at Miramonte High School...

Orinda Ballet Academy Brings A Sweet Dream Nutcracker to City of...

(Patricia Tomlinson, Photographer)Posing at one of their dress rehearsals, front (L-R) Gemma Leach, Emma Sabo-Nichols, Maya Elkind and Ava Allaire; back (L-R) Frances Giquinto,...

OUSD Candidates Vie for School District Seats at Public Forum

(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...

Mats Hand Broncos Their First Loss

(Mark Bell, Photographer)     Miramonte High School Senior Bennett Destino #22, running back for the Miramonte Matadors, alludes would be Bronco tacklers. The Mats handed...

Jarret Zundel Studies Mandarin in Taiwan with Scholarship Program

(Brady Liao, Photographer0Jarret Zundel (right) with his new friend Marilyn Shi, a study abroad classmate, spent a Saturday night at a famous mall in...

City Council Honors Anne Parr for Decades of Teaching Ceramics

(Jeff Heyman, Photogarpher)Anne Parr, who taught ceramics classes at the Orinda Community Center for nearly 50 years, stands outside the kiln room that will...

County Office of Education Reaches Agreement with School Association

(Jeff Heyman, Photograher) Orinda’s Miramonte High School, which is part of the Acalanes Union High School District, is one of the schools operating under the...

Top Awards to Volunteers at boys team charity Orinda TeamMates

(Courtesy of boys team charity Orinda TeamMates)Casey Scheiner (Class of 2024) was honored for the most philanthropy hours, earning 100 hours, among his btc...

My One-Month in the Ukraine War

(Ogei Anton, Photographer)Ogei Anton captured this image from the outskirts of where he lived in Chernihiv, a small town in Northern Ukraine. The 17-year-old...

ONE Orinda Welcomes Emily Allen

(Amelia Cassar, Phoyographer)Orinda ONE welcomed Emily Allen to the team as executive director. Emily and Brad Allen have two daughters who attend Miramonte High...

Orinda Boy Scouts Troop 303 Celebrates Proud New Eagle Scouts

(Paul Dolan, Photographer)Six Orinda Scouts were honored in June for earning the highest rank of Eagle Scout (L-R) Cyrus Claassen, Alex Kohr, Nicolai Bell,...

Lamorinda Idol Winners

(Adarsh Gupta, Photographer)Palig Horoupian won the 6-8 grade solo competition singing A Million Reasons. She is a 7th grader at Orinda Intermediate School.(Dan Klein,...

Shelby’s and AAUW-OML Unite to Support Local Scholarships

(Courtesy of AAUW-OML)The American Association of University Women (AAUW), Orinda-Moraga-Lafayette branch is partnering with Shelby’s Restaurant, in order to raise money for local scholarships on Tuesday,...

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