Published on April 29th, 2020
School news: OUSD deals with possible wildfires, distance learning; summer school plans
The Orinda Union School District board met on April 13 via Zoom and dealt with two significant issues: how distance learning was going and how to protect students from wildfires when they return to school.
 By Sora O'Doherty
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Published on April 29th, 2020
Results of polling on sales tax in; Orinda looks to conservative spending measures
A majority of Orinda residents approve of ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Published on April 29th, 2020
Pandemic delivers a blow to public finances. But how much of one?
Because of actions taken at the federal, ...By Nick Marnell
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Published on April 29th, 2020
An army of local volunteers answer call for face masks
Although the news is dire, Lamorindans across the tri-city area can take pride in knowing that the sense of community is alive and thriving. In Lafayette, Moraga and Orinda teams of volunteers have taken quietly and without fanfare to their sewing machines to churn out ...By Pippa Fisher
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Published on April 1st, 2020
Orinda Police Blotter
Orinda Police Department Incident Summary ...
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Published on April 1st, 2020
Nonprofit food delivery service finds that when the world closes a door, it opens a window
White Pony Express was founded by Dr. Carol Weyland Conner in September 2013 on the simple idea that supermarkets had excess food that was being thrown out while people who couldn't afford food were going hungry. Today, with everyone sheltering in place, supermarkets ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Published on April 1st, 2020
Like other cities, Orinda moves to next stage of Covid-19 response
Following the adoption of a proclamation of local emergency March 16 by the Orinda City Council, the business of local government has changed as dramatically as the lives of city residents and businesses in the intense effort to limit the spread of the novel c ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Published on March 18th, 2020
Voters reject half-cent sales tax increase for transportation
Measure J on the March 3 ballot failed to ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Published on March 18th, 2020
New tea shop in Orinda attracts all ages
Since its grand opening at the end of February, Sharetea in the newly remodeled building at 41 Moraga Way in the Theatre District has been attracting tea drinkers of all ages. Sean Yee holds the franchise from Sharetea, a long-standing company that originated in ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Published on March 18th, 2020
Orinda Police Blotter
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Published on March 18th, 2020
Orinda Starlight Village Players hold auditions for 37th season
General auditions for all three shows in the Orinda Starlight Village Players' season will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. March 29 at the amphitheater in the Orinda community park and from 7 to 9 p.m. March 31 in the Carpentry Room at the Orinda Community Center. Orinda ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Published on March 18th, 2020
City reacts to state law changes regarding accessory dwelling units
New state regulations allow accessory dwelling units to rise to a height of 16 feet and as close as 4 feet from a lot line, and there are also new state rules about "junior" ADUs that do not exceed 500 square feet and are to be handled according to a streamlined, ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Published on March 18th, 2020
Orinda City Council won't be hurried to adopt proposed fire code
Although public speakers and correspondence ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Published on March 18th, 2020
Coronavirus upends life in Lamorinda
The afternoon of March 11, our lives abruptly changed.
That day, the director-general of the World Health Organization said that COVID-19, a disease caused by a new coronavirus, "can be ...By Nick Marnell
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Published on March 4th, 2020
Suspect in local bank robberies arrested
Following a bank robbery at the Lafayette ...By Sora O'Doherty
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