How to properly store water for emergencies
After the last round of unpredictable power outages, miscommunications and unreliable utility usage, it became increasingly clear that residents must do all they can to take emergency survival matters into their own hands.
 By Vera Kochan
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Suspects arrested in ongoing investigation into Orinda shooting
The Contra Costa County Office of the ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Lamorinda teams assist in county-wide emergency drill
On Saturday, Nov. 16, as the Bay Area was rocked by a 7.0 earthquake, a gas station in Moraga fell into a sinkhole. Well, not really, but Lamorindans with active imaginations reported this and other casualties as part of a county-wide emergency drill. Members of ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Orinda accepts final ConnectOrinda plan
The Orinda City Council unanimously welcomed ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Orinda council responds to resident concerns, amends urgency ordinance on short-term rentals
The urgency ordinance banning non-hosted ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Lamorinda officials come down hard on PG&E over power shutoffs
From Erin Brockovich to San Bruno to the Butte Fire, the Pacific Gas and Electric Company has paid out hundreds of millions of dollars in settlement costs for damage claims. PG&E's latest attempt at mitigating a potential disaster - the Public Safety Power Shutoff ...By Nick Marnell
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Sen. Glazer named recipient of 2019 Radke Championing Advocacy Award
State Sen. Steve Glazer has been awarded the East Bay Regional Park District and Regional Parks Foundation's 2019 Radke Championing Advocacy Award. Glazer was instrumental in securing $5 million in the 2018-19 state budget for improvements at Del Valle Regional Park in ...Submitted by Dave Mason
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Orinda Garden Club hard at work now for future beauty
Members of the Orinda Garden Club on Nov. 8 gathered to work on The Triangle, and plan another work day on the Highway 24 offramp. The group planted many bulbs and other plants to assure that the two properties will look their best come spring. Master Gardener Sue ...By Sora O'Doherty
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In the wake of the Halloween shooting in Orinda, Airbnb struggles to change
The shooting on Halloween that left five ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Orinda to ban non-hosted short-term rentals following mass shooting
The Orinda Library Auditorium was full and an overflow room in the community center was opened Nov. 5 as the city council tried to decide what to do about short-term rentals in the aftermath of a shooting on Halloween that left five people dead and one victim in a ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Safety First: Emergency Preparation and the 'Go-Bag'
Natural disasters know no boundaries. One never knows if a fire, earthquake, flood, mudslide, or other calamity is on the horizon. It's imperative to be prepared for all emergencies.
By Cynthia Brian
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Orinda trials employee parking permits
With no negative comments, and only support from the public, the Orinda City Council adopted a resolution establishing a pilot program for employee permit parking on the east side of Santa Maria Way from Orinda Way to Altarinda Road and on the east side of Altarinda. ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Now is the time for testing the appetite in Orinda for new taxes
The city of Orinda joined with the other municipalities in Contra Costa County by adopting a resolution agreeing that the Contra Costa Transportation Agency may put a measure on the March ballot to raise a one-half cent sales tax county-wide to support transportation ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Orinda park gets $4M in state funds for largest creek daylighting project in Bay Area
Working with the East Bay Regional Park District, Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan has secured $4 million in state funding to daylight and restore an over 2,000-foot culverted section of creek in the upper San Leandro watershed. On Oct 21, Bauer-Kahan held a press ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Czech visiting student enjoys his time in California
Sixteen-year-old Erik Stoklasa applied to the Orinda/Tabor Sister City Foundation to be this year's visiting student at Miramonte High School because he sees it as a great opportunity to experience staying in a foreign county for a semester, which he is finding to be a ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA