Shutdown Takes Toll on Retailers, Restaurants
(Kathy Enzerink, Photographer)Paul Jones and Ulises Santiago package vegetarian quinoa salads from Fourth Bore for delivery to John Muir Hospital staff.
An...
Fourth of July Traditions Fall Victim to Virus
For the first time in its history, Orinda won’t see its traditional Fourth of July celebrations. The popular parade is canceled, community...
Making Masks and Other Ways Volunteers Find Ways to Help
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Orinda residents of all ages mobilized their talents to battle the coronavirus pandemic, many making quite a departure from the skill sets...
Deadly Outbreak Hits at Home
Orinda felt the wrath of COVID-19 when the Orinda Care Center, a nursing home with a history of recent infractions, suffered a...
Farmers’ Market Seeking Volunteers
The Orinda Farmers’ Market, managed by Contra Costa Certified Farmers’ Markets (CCCFM), returns May 9 and needs volunteers to help with social...
Orinda BART Station Closures Planned
Critical track components near the Orinda BART Station are being replaced, requiring weekend closures. The Orinda BART station is scheduled to...
Hope Your Glass is Also Half Full: Good Things Emerging from Covid-19 Shelter-in-Place
As we deal with this pandemic, I hope a number of you, like me, have . . . • Enjoyed being uplifted by...
Check in with Chambers
For information on businesses and other updates during shelter in place, contact your local Chamber of Commerce (click on the logo below):
Business Buzz – May 2020
Relentless Investigative Norm Sokalski has been licensed as an investigator for almost 30 years although he is also a non-practicing attorney. His...
The Reel Less Traveled – May 2020
In the Darkest of Times
With both local movie houses still shuttered, I was unsettled at the prospect of writing this column, having...
President’s Message – May 2020
Good Deeds and Gratitude
While we shelter in place and practice social distancing, we must reflect and acknowledge the people who help us...
Car Time – May 2020
Finding the Good in Uncertain Times
We are going through a worldwide crisis that we have never seen in our lifetimes. COVID-19...
Fitness Tip – May 2020
Be Creative...Mix Up Your Workouts To Avoid Injury
If you are doing cardio everyday its important to mix it up to avoid injury....
Everyday Orinda – May 2020
The “P” in the Pool
Flashback to summer days of early childhood, frolicking in the shallow end of a crowded swimming pool...
Cal Shakes: Virtual Shakespeare
While the coronavirus has canceled Cal Shakes season at the Bruns Amphitheater, that doesn’t mean the curtain is completely down on Shakespeare...
Book Club Comes to Rescue of Restaurants, Medical Workers
(Kathy Enzerink, Photographer)Jim Phoonpirom, owner of Baan Thai Restaurant, prepares chicken with stir-fry vegetables.
How do you help local restaurants stay open during...
Following the Virus
(Courtesy of Contra Costa Health Services)
Up-to-the minute information on COVID-19 cases in the state and Contra Costa County, as well as local resources,...
Grief, Sadness, Ingenuity as Schools Suddenly Shut
Amidst a continually changing timetable dictated by the coronavirus pandemic, Orinda students and their parents watched in shock and disbelief as the...
How the City is Conducting Business During Shutdowns, Shelter in Place
Across the counter, face-to-face and in-person meetings halted March 16 when the initial order to shelter-in-place was issued by Contra Costa Health...
Signs of Hope from Garden Club
The shelter in place order didn’t stop the silky orange petals of California poppies to spread across the Highway 24 on-ramp triangle,...
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Volunteers Help Lamorinda Seniors Get Their Votes In
Everyone should have received his or her Official Voter Information Guide. Please review it and get ready to vote! Mail-in ballots will...
