Orinda Police Blotter
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Orinda road plans deferred due to private roads issue
A controversial issue that has been appearing before the city council frequently in the past months was again brought up on Feb. 6 and led the council to defer a decision on the most recent plan for road and drainage repairs. The issue concerns Orinda's private roads. ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Orinda library parcel tax increase likely to appear on June ballot
At a special Jan. 25 meeting of the Orinda City Council to receive the results of a poll on the acceptability of a ballot measure to increase the existing library parcel tax, the council agreed to place a measure on the June ballot. The details of the ballot measure ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Public can help choose Orinda's summer movies in the park
Family movies will return to Orinda Community Park next summer, starting on June 14 and running every other Thursday through Aug. 9. "Movies in the Park," which typically attracts around 100 people in normal circumstances, was started by Michelle Lacy and the Parks and ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Orinda Community Foundation celebrates 8 years
The Orinda Community Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing the life of all Orinda residents, will celebrate its eighth anniversary at 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22 at Heggie Plaza on the upper level of the Orinda library building. The event will ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Educational Foundation of Orinda opts for professional leadership
After almost 40 years of successful fundraising to benefit Orinda schools, the Educational Foundation of Orinda has decided to hire an executive director to drive donations higher than the current annual plateau of just over $1.5 million. Over the course of its ...By Sora OĠDoherty
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Orinda Police Blotter
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Bigbelly trash, recycling program approved
The Orinda City Council decided on Jan. 16 ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Popular Art in Public Places program receives praise
It was pretty much a love fest when the Art in Public Places Committee presented an update to the Orinda city council at its Jan. 16 meeting. All the council members were very enthusiastic about the 10-year-old Art in Public Places program, and highly complementary ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Orinda authorizes grant application for crosswalk at Moraga Way and Brookside
The Orinda City Council took staff's recommendation at the Jan. 16 meeting to authorize a grant application for a non-signaled crosswalk at Moraga Way and Brookside Drive, although the Transportation Safety Advisory Committee recommended a different project. The ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Delay preferred to residential encroachment for major road repairs
Choosing between the evils associated with repair work on major roads, the Orinda City Council at its Jan. 16 meeting rejected detours onto residential streets and limiting roadwork to nighttime hours in favor of longer delays for motorists instead. Major road repairs ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Orinda Police Blotter
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Orinda BART access options looking up
BART parking often means problems for Orinda. Residents who use BART find it difficult to get a parking space in the Orinda BART lot and residents who don't use BART complain about BART users parking all over their neighbors streets, making it difficult to park. A new ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Fire extinguisher recall
More than 40 million disposable fire extinguishers in 137 models manufactured by Kidde have been recalled throughout the U.S. and Canada, as well as several thousand in Mexico.
The ...By Cathy Dausman
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EBMUD updated Watershed Master Plan available for public view
Each Lamorinda community presents a unique challenge to the East Bay Municipal Utility District as it manages the 29,000 acres of land and water under its jurisdiction. Many of those challenges are outlined in the EBMUD 2017 Watershed Master Plan, released for public ...By Nick Marnell
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA