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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....
Seasoned Shopper – May 2019
Apricots, Apriums Welcome Start of Local Farmers’ Market Season
The short and sweet apricot season is about to begin. California grows and...
WORD CUP 2016
Rescue One Foundation Seeks Applicants for Board Member Seat
The Rescue One Foundation is looking for applicants to fill a vacancy on...
Register for Lamorinda Idol
Calling all singers! Interested contestants for this year’s Lamorinda Idol can register from...
Orinda Woman’s Club 2018 Recipients
(Sally Hogarty, Photographer)
Orinda Woman’s Club Vice President Alison Kling (R) presented Scott Chavez...
WRC Rally Cup
Rescue One Foundation Seeks Applicants for Board Member Seat
The Rescue One Foundation is looking for applicants to fill a vacancy on...
Register for Lamorinda Idol
Calling all singers! Interested contestants for this year’s Lamorinda Idol can register from...
Orinda Woman’s Club 2018 Recipients
(Sally Hogarty, Photographer)
Orinda Woman’s Club Vice President Alison Kling (R) presented Scott Chavez...
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Seasoned Shopper – May 2019
Apricots, Apriums Welcome Start of Local Farmers’ Market Season
The short and sweet apricot season is about to begin. California grows and...
Orinda Rotary Club Recognizes Mechanics Bank’s Contributions
(Sally Hogarty, Photographer)Shown here (L-R) Rotary members Rodney Lal, Dick Burkhalter, Mechanics Bank VP/Branch Manager Ally Fattore, Rotary member Horst Radamacher, Mechanics Bank Executive...
President’s Message – March 2019
Recognition Well Deserved by Residents Being Honored at Annual Awards Gala
There are many examples of volunteers in our community who make a...
AAUW-OML 36 Awards Scholarships to Local, Deserving Students
(Courtesy of AAUW-OML)Chaya Tong(Courtesy of AAUW-OML)Cassie Hopkin(Courtesy of AAUW-OML)Aine Flynn
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American Association of University Women-Orinda, Moraga, Lafayette (AAUW-OML) recently held a Celebration of...
New Public Art on Display
(Contributed Photo)Hans Miles’ Iceberg Slim is now on display in front of Library Plaza’s Cafe Teatro. Back row (L-R): Artists Hans Miles, Alan Chin...
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Fitness Tip – February 2019
You Can Break Your Emotional Eating Habits
As you eat well and workout you become super sensitive to what you are consuming. The...
More Than 200 Girls Take Part in STEAM Conference
(Lynda Leonard, Photographer)
Presenter architect Kelli Franz, co-founder of atelier-KS, works with a participant during an architecture workshop entitled “Drawings to Three Dimension Models” at...
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Car Show Honors First Responders
(David Dierks, Photographer)
Bill Merkel’s 2005 Dodge Viper Copperhead Roadster appeared at the 2018 Orinda Classic Car Show.
After transforming into a virtual car tour in 2020, the annual Orinda Classic Car Show is...
Serial ADA Lawsuit Filer Impacts Several Local Businesses
(Diane Earnes, Photographer)ADA lawsuits have struck Lamorinda businesses, including Orinda’s Genuine Goodness, resulting in temporary and permanent closures in the community.
Multiple Americans with Disabilities Act lawsuits have hit small Lamorinda businesses...
Orinda Scouts Receive Coveted 2020 Mott Environmental Award
(Wade Barrett, Photographer)
Eagle Scout Arman Marchiel’s Pond Turtle Reintroduction Project with protected turtle house. Mr. T. (above) enjoys his new home.
Since 1957, Orinda Scouts have beautified areas around the city and enhanced...
OUSD Looks at Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
(Courtesy of OUSD)As OUSD starts the new school year, it continues its work to improve equity and inclusion, trying to uphold its motto that “Everyone belongs here.”
In 2017, the Orinda Union School...
There’s Magic in the Air for this Year’s Three Quarter Century Club Meeting
(Courtesy of Geroge Hardeen)George Hardeen, Harry Houdini’s grandnephew, will share stories about the most celebrated illusionist and escape artist in the world on Sept. 29 via Zoom, from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.
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September Stories by Starlight
(Monica Bonnington, Photographer)Bruce Kaplan (L) and Kim Saunders performed in the first Stories by Starlight production, Tartuffe. Stories by Starlight continues Sept. 10 through Oct.3.
The Orinda Starlight Village Players (OrSVP) resume the...
Cal Shakes The Winter’s Tale Sept. 1-26
(Courtesy of Ulises Alcala)“Exit, pursued by a bear” is a famous stage direction in Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale taking place at the Bruns Amphitheater Sept. 1-26. Normally, a bear is never seen onstage but...
Financial News – September 2021
Valuing IPOs and Stocks
An initial public offering (or IPO) is the act of a company or its existing shareholders selling some of the company’s shares and then allowing the general public to...
Tot Drop Preschool Takes A Different Approach to Childcare
(Ruth Kaiser, Photographer)The Tot Drop Preschool has been around for more than 20 years and will be reopening in the near future for in-person classes.
As a preschool teacher in the ‘90s, Orinda...
Lamorinda Sunrise Rotary HOME Team Volunteers Back in Action
(Courtesy Lamorinda Sunrise Rotary)Leander Hauri, of Lafayette, makes a repair as a member of Lamorinda Sunrise Rotary’s HOME Team, which resumes service Sept. 25.
After 18 months of forced hibernation, Lamorinda Sunrise Rotary’s HOME...
Wilder Gallery: Open Ended Paintings Explore the Unexpected
(Courtesy of Katie Korotzer)
Katie Korotzer’s 60” x 60” acrylic on canvas painting Open Ended VIII is part of a series of large works she completed during COVID-19 quarantine. She used elements of writing and...
Library Gallery: Paintings and Lace Tatting Demo by Yuka Yoshi
The Lamorinda Arts Council presents Kath Balamuth and Lassie Colebourn’s paintings and lace tatting by Yuka Yoshi in the virtual and in-person Art Gallery at the Orinda Library from September 1 –...
The Reel Less Traveled – September 2021
ONE STEP BACK or YOU NEVER FORGET YOUR FIRST
I remember from long ago the dread I felt as September approached. Like some harbinger of doom, the calendar would gleefully display the days...
Volunteer Hours Win Awards at Boys Team Charity
(Courtesy Julie W. Oliver)Here is the class of 2025 volunteering at White Pony.
A recent press release by Boys Team Charity announced 14 team members were recognized for earning “25+ philanthropic hours during...
Everyday Orinda – September 2021
Birthin’ Pains
My mother-in-law once described herself as an O.P. smoker, meaning she never purchased her own cigarettes, but occasionally enjoyed a puff of someone else’s, creating the term “Other People’s” (cigarette) smoker....
Alex Meckes and Owen Pines Honored as Eagle Scouts
(Andy Pines, Photographer)Owen Pines of Troop 303 in Orinda attained Scouts BSA’s highest rank, Eagle Scout, on Sept. 22, 2020. Due to COVID-19 delays, his formal recognition ceremony, the Eagle Court of Honor, took...
Seasoned Shopper – September 2021
Fall Abundance at the Market
Sweet or savory? Breakfast or lunch? DJ from La Crepe a Moi is ready to create your favorite crepe at the Saturday Orinda Farmer’s Market. DJ gathers local...
Police Blotter – September 2021
Calls for Service911 Hangup: 24 incidentsAbandoned Vehicle: 3 incidentsAlarm, False: 85 incidentsAccident Injury: 2 incidentsAccident Property: 6 incidentsBarking Dog: 1 incidentBattery: 2 incidentsBurglary, Auto: 2 incidents: Bear Creek Rd., Camino SobranteBurglary, Commercial: 1 incident:...
Virtual Evacuation Prepares Local Residents for Fire Season
(Courtesy of MOFD)During the virtual evacuation the morning of July 31, 26 first responder representatives attended the field portion of the exercise and learned new tactics for delivering better service for the upcoming fire...
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Council Bans Non-hosted Short-term Rentals
(Sally Hogarty, photographer)a large memorial to the victims of the oct. 31 shooting in orinda covers the old theatre square fountain at Brookwood Road...
