Orinda News

Piedmont Vipers 3, Orinda 2: The Vipers played well in a thrilling comeback win.

Lafayette police are searching for a man they said entered the Lafayette Bank of America branch at 3530 Mt.

Orinda police and Moraga-Orinda Fire District firefighters were called out at 9:40 a.m. Saturday after a cyclist apparently experienced a medical emergency under Highway 24 at Camino Pablo in Orinda.

Moraga will have a balanced budget next year, but town leaders are scrutinizing certain expenses, including one they say could give residents "expectations" about hotly contested Rancho Laguna Park and another that would help pay for senior transportation.

Katherine Latimer, Cecily Schmidt, Alicia Macler and Ashley Juarbe, all members of Troop 30662 of Orinda, have earned their Girl Scout Gold Award.

After reading numerous articles and submissions in regard to the proposed fire tax , I am concerned how many people don't seem to be aware of what emergency medical services they have available to them in East Contra Costa.

He began his long and varied theatrical career in New York, where he was a member of the Actors Studio before moving to Los Angeles.

That was just some of the good news staffers shared Monday during a look at next year's financials, which show the city finishing the fiscal year within budget.

A Calling on some appropriate musical backup from Adele on this one as we address a couple of yarns that keep bumping around Lamorinda, with no one yet willing to confirm them or put them to rest.

A hard look at Orinda's two-year budget has leaders once again homing in on police services and talking about how changes to that department -- which consumes 40 percent of the city's budget -- might save the city some cash.

Competitors in the Bay Area's perennial tug of war over where and how to grow will square off Thursday night in Oakland when regional leaders choose how best to cut air pollution by redirecting new housing, shops and jobs into transit corridors.

The city council will decide Tuesday whether to increase charges for everything from photocopying to permitting.

Erica Kain, in many ways, epitomizes the complexities of attachment parenting. She was committed to raising her children by the movement's principles, even if she didn't call herself an "attachment parent" or obsess over The Baby Book by Dr.

Dan and Kathryn Hertlein, of Orinda, take off on a training ride aboard their tandem bicycle, Sunday, April 29, 2012, starting from the BART station in Orinda, Calif.

The city needs a tenant to share its sleek, environmentally friendly City Hall. The Moraga-Orinda Fire District's administrative staff is looking for a place to call home.

Orinda leaders are inching closer to possibly financing some -- but not all -- of the $60 million cost of repairing the city's failed residential roads.

In 2002, Mario Scharmer slammed his car into a pole while driving drunk. He was alone in the car, having just dropped off some friends.

It wasn't the melting of polar ice caps that caused the flooding of Kekova, Turkey, as was the basis of Kevin Costner's "Waterwold" movie.

A Neighbors living near Edgewood Road and Lost Valley Drive in Orinda contacted Patch to report a heavy police response in their neighborhood Wednesday.