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With fanfare, Miner Road reopens to the public after sinkhole
As city officials set out tables and chairs, bottled water and cupcakes, residents streamed in to see the reopening ceremony of Miner Road. Work crews hurried to clear the site, right up to the minute Orinda Director of Public Works Larry Theis spoke.
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Wilder prepares for Art and Garden center
Vice Mayor Amy Worth and Council Member Inga Miller break ground for the Art and Garden Center at Wilder, which is expected to be open to the public by next summer. The ground breaking ceremony was also for the fourth and fifth ball fields, which are expected to open ...
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Public to view a fixed Miner Road at special event
For the first time since Jan. 11, vehicles will soon be able to traverse the whole of Miner Road, which is tentatively scheduled to reopen to traffic on Monday, July 3. To celebrate, the city is inviting project partners, stakeholders, and the general public to a ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Contaminants creep up but water still safe in Lafayette
Following a flurry of media reports and alarm on social media about increased contaminants in local water, should Lafayette residents be worried their drinking water might cause cancer?
By Pippa Fisher
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Orinda hosts 3/4 Century Lunch, the celebration for 75s and better
In the year 2000 John Fazel introduced to Orinda an idea from his native Perry Iowa: an annual luncheon for residents who had achieved their three-quarter century. In his little town of 5,000, Fazel grew up with his mother taking her mother and stepfather to the annual ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Sinkhole repair almost done
The Miner Road sinkhole repair is nearly complete. EBMUD was able to reinstall their high pressure water line within one day to put it back into service supplying water to most of Northeast Orinda. PG&E rewrapped their gas mainline for maintenance coating. The ...
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School bus plan on hold, but routes still may be cut
The Lamorinda School Bus Transportation ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Bella Oaks: Orangetheory Fitness but no Chase Bank
Orinda City Council members clearly grappled with their dreams of what Orinda might become as they agreed to a waiver allowing Orangetheory Fitness, an interval training, heartbeat-based fitness center, to anchor a corner of the proposed development at 25A Orinda Way ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Major repairs on the Miner Road sinkhole are zooming ahead
Orinda is speeding through the repair of the Miner Road sinkhole and is on course for the road reopening in early July. Carpenter foreman Jerry Say explained that the rectangular culvert is now complete, and the work has moved on to the walls.
 By Sora O'Doherty
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Orinda City Council refuses to consider joining a Community Choice Energy program
Members of the Orinda community are ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Orinda City Council bans outdoor marijuana plants
When marijuana becomes legal in California ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA