Orinda News

There were more than fireworks on July 4th as residents celebrated the nation's Independence Day.

A meeting of the Moraga-Orinda Fire District board of directors that was supposed to take place Wednesday has been pushed to tonight.

SUMMER BRINGS OUT the pioneer spirit, which in the Bay Area manifests itself in picnics, hikes and, when night begins to fall, al fresco theater.

A luxury home development in the hills east of the Caldecott Tunnel might finally be on track to completion.

IT SEEMS AS IF summer has just begun, and here it is the middle of June already.

Don Anthony, from Knightsen, glances down at his wife Sandy Anthony while sitting on their back porch on Monday, June 15, 2009 in Knightsen, Calif.

"What a wonderful way to start the day!" Bob Symon of Lafayette says to me. Hard to disagree.

Orinda's considering it. Lafayette has a committee exploring it. Now Moraga may be jumping on the bandwagon, too.

Gregory Palm of Orinda was named to the dean's list at Gustavus Adolphus College in St.

Five ideas for weekend family fun: GET REFLECTIVE: Explore giant parabolic mirrors, strange reflections and other crazy funhouse-style optical illusions at the Exploratorium's new Reflections exhibit in San Francisco.

Your columnist had the honor of being a guest at the Boys & Girls Club of El Sobrante recognition dinner June 16, when scholarships were awarded to two graduating seniors who had gone through the club's programs.

Terri Oyarzun spends her life with goats - 6,500 goats to be precise. She and her husband, Egon, own Goats R Us, a grazing company that rents out large herds to eradicate unwanted vegetation.

The Guilliams family could have spent Father's Day in mourning. Instead, they've got something to celebrate.

The investigation into the drinking death of a teenage boy led police in Orinda to arrest a man suspected of selling fake ID's around the state Thursday, according to authorities.

An 86-year-old Orinda man who went missing Wednesday evening was found alive Thursday inside his car in a ravine off Happy Valley Road in Lafayette, Contra Costa County Sheriff's spokesman Jimmy Lee said.

Police have arrested a Rohnert Park man suspected of providing fake ID cards in connection with the investigation into an Orinda teen's death.

The following are excerpts from the Orinda Police Department log: Wednesday, June 10 n Warrant arrest: A woman with an outstanding warrant was arrested following a traffic stop at Camino Pablo and Miner Road.

St. Mary's College, 1928 Saint Mary's Road, Moraga. 888-709-8324, www.internaldrive.com . Lectures n Polish Underground during World War II - 7:30 p.m. June 22.

Authorities say they have discovered 24 marijuana gardens with more than 22,000 plants in rural Alameda County.

Susan Polk, who waged a feisty, bizarre and ultimately failed defense in her 2006 murder trial for the killing of her 70-year-old husband, Felix, in the family's Orinda pool house, is back fighting in court.