Published on January 17th, 2024
Gardennest brings floral beauty to Country Club Plaza
Assistant Planner Darin Hughes introduced the Orinda City Council on Dec. 5 to a number of new businesses recently opened in the city.
Among those new businesses was Gardennest, a ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Published on January 17th, 2024
Another stellar audit for Orinda
Orinda has once again received a clean ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Published on January 17th, 2024
After 30 years, Wilder developer is finished, hiking trail staging area eliminated
The most contentious aspect of the ninth amendment to the Wilder Development Agreement (DA) addressed at the Orinda City Council meeting on Jan. 9 was the assignment of responsibility for a BART shuttle to the Wilder Owners Association (WOA). The developer, OGLLC, had ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Published on January 17th, 2024
New Wildfire Mitigation Requirements in effect Jan. 1
Residents with juniper or bamboo on their ...By Jennifer Wake
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Published on January 17th, 2024
Contra Costa County only system in Bay Area with no libraries open on Sundays
Contra Costa is the only county of the nine Bay Area counties whose libraries are closed on Sundays. Long time library supporter Carol W. Brown says that Orinda has enough funding to have the Orinda library open every Sunday afternoon, but the county won't allow the ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Published on January 17th, 2024
Local farmers' markets offer food and fun, rain or shine
Recent blustery weather didn't deter eager shoppers of all ages from indulging their culinary curiosity to peruse the bountiful fresh and often organic goods on offer at both the Orinda and Moraga farmers' markets. A weekend morning tradition for not only Lamorindans, ...By Jeff Heyman
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Published on January 3rd, 2024
Free gutter covering available to residents of Orinda and Moraga
The Moraga-Orinda Fire District board of ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Published on January 3rd, 2024
New owners at Serika, Theatre Square
Chef Max Purevdorj and his wife Tuya Oyuntuya have taken over the Japanese restaurant Serika in Theatre Square. Although the name remains the same, Purevdorj has completely changed the menu and brought in a whole new crew since taking over last August. Purevdorj, a ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Published on January 3rd, 2024
Orinda Police Blotter
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Published on January 3rd, 2024
Orinda ushers in new mayor and vice mayor; planning director to retire
Acting in accordance with the city's tradition, the Orinda City Council reorganized on Dec. 19. Outgoing Mayor Inga Miller will return to the council as a member, while Vice Mayor Darlene Gee steps up to be mayor for a second term. Top vote-getter Latika Malkani was ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Published on January 3rd, 2024
MOFD announces annual reorganization of board and committees
The Moraga-Orinda Fire District recently ...
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Published on December 20th, 2023
OUSD board announces new members
The Orinda Union School District welcomed new board members, from left: Katie Shogan, Eve Phillips, newly elected vice president Edda Collins Coleman, newly elected board president Cara Hoxie, and outgoing board president Hillary Weiner. Hoxie and Phillips will serve ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Published on December 20th, 2023
North Bart Neighborhood tackles wildfire risk
To reduce wildfire risk, the North BART Firewise Community held a Community Chipping Day event on Nov. 29. The community event covered North Thompson Road starting at Glen, Oak Hill Road north of Deer Hill, Orchard Road, their offshoots and several properties on Deer ...Submitted by Robert Fellows
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Published on December 20th, 2023
Give a cheer for visiting Czech student Eliska Tumova
Eliska Tumova was a member of the Czech cheer team that won the last World Championship Junior All Girl Advanced Cheer competition in Florida last year, and this year she is competing in California with the Miramonte cheer team.
By Sora O'Doherty
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Published on December 20th, 2023
Orinda U-turn: city council agrees to ban Zoom comments at meetings
After a tie vote on the ratification of a ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA