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(Photo Courtesy of VFW District 10)District 10 Commander Mark Steinberg presents Claire Kane with her award for winning the Voice of Democracy essay contest....

(Contributed Photo)Miramonte student and Interact Club founder Bella Deanhardt assists a patient at the Zimba Eye Hospital.     Dr. Yenjean Hwang, an infectious disease...

(Contributed Photo)     The Rescue One Foundation, a nonprofit that supports the local fire district, announced its first-ever essay contest for Orinda and Moraga...

    Calling all singers! Interested contestants for this year’s Lamorinda Idol can register from April 1 – 30.  A program of the Lamorinda...

(Bill Carmel, Photographer) Kate Lee, a 12th grade student at Bentley Upper School won Best in Show for her mixed media piece using charcoal, colored...

    Eleven graduating seniors from the Lamorinda Water Polo Club have committed to play water polo in college.    The student athletes join...

(Jonathan Su, Photographer)Team Leader of the Matadors-0F1, Jonathan Su, takes a screenshot of their team while recording their virtual presentation for the semi-finals round...

(Sally Hogarty, Photographer)Will playgrounds remain empty this fall (or sparsely used with disinfectant used between classes allowed outside to play on them) and empty...

(Christina Holling, Photographer)     OUSD Choir and Music Instructors Christina Holling and Ron Pickett co-produced a creative community-wide concert event in May, in lieu...

(Courtesy of Malayna Chan)Malayna Chang’s memoir “In Memory of” was one of the winners in the essay/memoir/biography category. (Courtesy of Wendy Mapaye)Wendy Mapaye’s poem “Sand”...

(Sally Hogarty, Photographer)High school junior Charis Woo is the new student intern for The Orinda News.     Well-rounded doesn’t begin to describe Charis...

SHELLY SWANEGAN HAMALIAN Fifty girls participated in Lamorinda’s first Girls Maker’s Market at Wilder’s Quarry House, selling handmade items to over 400 excited shoppers...

(Susan Jordan, Photographer)Team members (left to right): Sophia Kan, Isaac Reader-Taatjes, Santiago Jordan, Diego Aguilar and Lauren Angsupanich.     An Orinda Odyssey of the...

(Sana Shukairy, Photographer) Hana Shukairy read her winning piece, while former Youth Ink Chair, Erika Rosenberg, moderated the Youth Ink awards ceremony, April 2021 at...

(Kim Anderson, Photographer)Orinda Rotary STEM Scholarship was awarded to Drugan Brady, a Miramonte High School student who demonstrated exceptional interest and ability in one of...

(Contributed Photo) Sophia Kofoed, Miramonte High School (Contributed Photo) Kate Ye, Campolindo High School (Contributed Photo) Lynn Wolfe, Acalanes High School (Contributed Photo) Marielle Riesner-Hansson, Acalanes High School Previous Next     The American...

(Courtesy of Orinda Union School District)Shauna Yaeger, a first grade teacher at Wagner Ranch, was selected as the OUSD Teacher of the Year. She...

(Contributed Photo)Sophia Kofoed.(Contributed Photo)Audrey Lambert.(Contributed Photo)Emma Leibowitz.(Contributed Photo)Julie Lima. Previous Next     While the school year may have come to a close in a rather unorthodox...