SP201 - Call It a Dam
The recent rains are the bane of Friends of Orinda Creeks' (FOC) efforts to re-enable native rainbow trout ingress into Upper San Pablo Creek. They say that is because the East Bay Municipal Utility District structure known as SP201 has stood in the way of the native ...By Chris Lavin
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The Orinda Park and Recreation Foundation 40 Years Strong
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Orinda Wine Bar Opens for Business
Cin‚ Cuvee, the long-awaited wine bar next to the Orinda Theatre, made a "soft" opening Dec. 31, serving wine and beer to moviegoers and others who happened to wander in. The official grand opening was Jan. 8.
By Victor Ryerson
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New President Takes the Helm at Orinda Chamber of Commerce
There are a lot of new faces in the leadership of the Orinda Chamber of Commerce this year. At the top of the list is Roy Hodgkinson, who started his three-year term as president on Jan. 1, succeeding Sylvia Jorgensen. Joining him are four new board members, a new ...By Victor Ryerson
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Orinda Police Blotter
Incident Summary Report Dec. 20 to Jan. 2 ...
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Kindergarten Registration is Just Around the Corner
Kindergarten Registration is Just Around the ...
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Free CERT Training Class in January
Duncan Seibert believes in the motto "be ...By Cathy Dausman
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El Nino Preparedness: Let's Bag It!
In some ways an El Nino winter of warm temperatures and plentiful rain spells a welcome relief to drought-weary Lamorindans. However, much depends on just where that rainfall goes, and where it should not go (see the Dec. 16 article "Water, Water Everywhere: A ...By Cathy Dausman
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Council Mulls Road Funding Options and Directs Voter Poll
Faced with the imminent need to move ...By Victor Ryerson
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New Mayor Has High Hopes for Progress on Roads and Downtown during her 2016 Term
This is not the first time at the rodeo, as the saying goes, for Victoria Smith, Orinda's new mayor. An 11-year veteran of the City Council, she served as mayor in 2008 and 2012 and has realistic expectations about what a mayor can and cannot accomplish. This time, ...By Victor Ryerson
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Orinda Police Blotter
Incident Summary Report Dec. 6-12
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Clearance a Necessity on Lamorinda Roads
Kathy Leonard returned from a field trip at the site of the Valley Fire and she was jolted by how similar that area is to Orinda, with its private roads, narrow thoroughfares and heavy tree vegetation. "Then, you add a sustained drought, with a lot of those trees near ...By Nick Marnell
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Antenna Donation Aids Emergency Communications
Six antennas now sit atop Moraga's new Town Council Chambers at 335 Rheem Boulevard. The antennas and the two-way radios they are connected with link town employees or emergency communicators to police, public works and amateur radio operators across Lamorinda and ...By Cathy Dausman
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Eve Phillips: Lamorinda's Prodigal Daughter on the Orinda City Council
Never one to sit still collecting proverbial moss, Orindan Eve Phillips decided to run for a City Council seat in 2014, two years after she returned to the fold from a peripatetic career in the tech world. She won the seat. And now she is Orinda's new vice mayor to ...By Victor Ryerson
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Council to Discuss Road Repair Funding Options at Dec. 15 Meeting
The Orinda City Council will discuss how to ...
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA