Miramonte raising funds for pool upgrade
After upgrading the scoreboards on the football field and in the gym, the Miramonte Boosters’ Club is undertaking its most ambitious fundraising...
Miramonte claims first-ever NCS softball championship
There’s going to be a new banner in the Miramonte gym this fall. After literally decades of struggle, the Miramonte softball...
Teen Corner – July 2025
Miramonte traffic creates problems for students as well as commuters
Miramonte High School’s traffic and parking issues have been a problem since my...
“Ring Round the Moon” opens July 25 in honor of A. Richard Carter
The Orinda Starlight Village Players (OrSVP) continue their 42nd season with Jean Anouilh’s French farce “Ring Round the Moon,” adapted by Christopher...
Comedian Will Burkart to return home to headline at the Punchline
When Will Burkart was a senior at Miramonte High School, his English teacher assigned a Challenge Project that required students to push...
Seasoned Shopper – July 2025
Cool as a … well, you know
Field or standard cucumbers are available year-round, so it’s a nice treat to see some of...
LAC grant boosts two Lamorinda programs
(Ava Samson, Photographer)
Lamorinda Arts Council board members and curators, (L-R) Elana O’Loskey and Bill Carmel, at the May 31 artist reception in the Orinda...
Orinda Art Scene – July 2025
Ceramicists and visual artists Offer a global perspective
Two visual artists, Fariba Tahmoresi and Leslie Golden, and ceramics by Sergio Quintor, Patty Taylor...
Reasons I Love Orinda – July 2025
Sharlyn is a shining Orinda star
At the end of every school year, local dance studios raise the curtain on their annual performances,...
These teen podcasters get serious about business, not video games
Reilly Mapaye might be your typical Miramonte High School junior who loves sports, goes to the beach and hangs out with friends...
Orinda’s newest pizzeria: 8Moose
Tim and Eileen Alford came to Moraga from Pittsburgh and Cleveland, and though they love Lamorinda, their culinary world wasn’t quite complete. ...
Special sandwiches and coffee treats make Geppetto’s an Orinda tradition
The café at the north end of the Village not only has been serving coffee, pastries, salads and sandwiches since 1994, its...
Eloise Sotelo stepping in as new manager of Seniors Around Town
Seniors Around Town (SAT), one of the signature nonprofit programs of The Orinda Association, welcomes a new program manager this month. Long-time...
A Message from the OA Board – July 2025
Our parade gets better and so does our Community
Orinda’s 4th of July Parade has evolved over the years, not unlike America itself ...
Cutting the cost of pricey ADUs is the goal of a new Orinda business
It was about a year ago that Omar and Karym Vilchez realized that they needed to do something. They had just...
Callum Ayers claims the t-shirt crown
Callum Ayers, a second grader from Del Rey, won The Orinda Association’s July 4th student design t-shirt contest. This marks Ayer’s first-ever...
Everyone’s invited to Orinda’s Ice Cream Social
What better way to celebrate a birthday than with lots of ice cream? So that’s just what the City of Orinda...
Three Scouts celebrated at Eagle Scout Court of Honor ceremony
Orion Filippenko, Abigail Kim and Bryce Hanlon are now Eagle Scouts – the highest honor in the world of Scouting. The...
Ron Pickett’s masterful mix of music and mayhem will be sorely missed
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