8th April 2026

MOFD approves purchase of building at 1150 Moraga Way — Lamorinda Weekly

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Published April 8, 2026 · Page 8 · View as PDF
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The Moraga-Orinda Fire District board on March 31 approved the purchase of the building located at 1150 Moraga Way for $3.6 million.  The former home of Mason McDuffie, the building comprises 9,516 square feet of office space and will come wi...

8th April 2026

Orinda rejects all bids for Crossroads Plaza renovation — Lamorinda Weekly

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Published April 8, 2026 · Page 6 · View as PDF
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· Orinda
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Confusion about the bidding process led to the Orinda City Council on March 17 rejecting all five bids received to renovate the Crossroads Plaza. The area is located at the entrance to Orinda at the end of the Highw...

8th April 2026

Siesta Valley Bowl moves toward opening this spring or summer — Lamorinda Weekly

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Published April 8, 2026 · Page 7 · View as PDF
· Civic
· Moraga
· Issue
Siesta Valley Bowl announced two new hires recently. David Lefkowitz, senior vice president of Talent at Blue Note Entertainment Group, will lead talent booking and programming, while Suman Chatterjee, former genera...

8th April 2026

Off leash dog park at Orinda Oaks nears completion — Lamorinda Weekly

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Published April 8, 2026 · Page 7 · View as PDF
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· Moraga
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The off-leash dog park at Orinda Oaks Park is nearly finished. Most of the fencing is up, although gates are still required. On a sunny day in April, a small dog named Paddington had the whole place to himself, and...

8th April 2026

Students garner awards in 23rd Annual High School Visual Arts Competition — Lamorinda Weekly

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Published April 8, 2026 · Page 12 · View as PDF
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The Lamorinda Arts Council held a reception and awards ceremony in its 23rd annual High School Visual Arts Competition on March 19.  Students who attended school in Lamorinda won prizes of $300 for first place in each category and best of sho...

8th April 2026

Wagner Ranch Nature Area planning gets underway — Lamorinda Weekly

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Published April 8, 2026 · Page 6 · View as PDF
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· Orinda
· Issue
Around 100 people attended a community meeting at Wagner Ranch Elementary School in Orinda on March 24. The meeting was hosted by the John Muir Land Trust (JMLT), which acquired the property from the Orinda Union Sc...

13th March 2026

Orinda city council returns to issue of private roads — Lamorinda Weekly

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Published March 11, 2026 · Page 7 · View as PDF
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· Orinda
· Issue
The contentious issue of how the City of Orinda deals with the acceptance of private roads returned to the Orinda City Council on March 3, when the council heard a report from the infrastructure committee that has...

13th March 2026

Camino Pablo ‘School Meals Art Exhibition’ — Lamorinda Weekly

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Published March 11, 2026 · Page 7 · View as PDF
· Civic
· Orinda
· Issue
Camino Pablo's fourth and fifth graders from Ms. Clare Fallon and Ms. Brigitt McGee's classes held a School Meals Art Exhibition throughout the month of February at the Moraga Public Library. The Moraga Public Libr...

13th March 2026

Lamorinda, Contra Costa County plan to go big on emergency communications exercise — Lamorinda Weekly

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Published March 11, 2026 · Page 6 · View as PDF
· Civic
· Orinda
· Issue
Radio enthusiasts in Contra Costa County and Lamorinda have been invited to participate in this year’s BEACON exercise on April 30, and they are planning to make an impact. The acronym stands for Building Emergency...

13th March 2026

High School District hosts first ever career fair focused on trades — Lamorinda Weekly

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Published March 11, 2026 · Page 6 · View as PDF
· Civic
· Orinda
· Issue
A rainy night did not stop a crowd of students and parents turning out to the Del Val Education Center for the Acalanes Union High School District Career Pathways Fair. More than 225 students attended the event, an...

13th March 2026

Two local Library events on Valentine’s Day — Lamorinda Weekly

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Published February 11, 2026 · Page 11 · View as PDF
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· Issue
This year’s Lunar New Year performance will feature a martial arts demonstration and lion dance by Tomizaki's Champions Kung Fu Institute to welcome in the Year of the Horse from 2 to 2:45 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 14 at the Orinda Library....

13th March 2026

Joaquin Moraga Adobe opens its doors for public tours — Lamorinda Weekly

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Published March 11, 2026 · Page 1 · View as PDF
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· Moraga
· Issue
Since 2008 the Friends of the Joaquin Moraga Adobe have worked hard to save the historic site, and now they have succeeded gloriously. Over almost 20 years, the group sought to negotiate with the City of Orinda and...

13th March 2026

Orinda Library tile replacement to begin — Lamorinda Weekly

Staff Writer
Sora O'Doherty has been a reporter and an award-winning news photographer for the Lamorinda Weekly for the past 10 years, covering news and features in Orinda, Lafayette and Moraga California. In previous lives, she was a reporter and editor of the Daily Californian during the turbulent late 1960s and wrote for various legal publications in the US and Ireland.

Staff Writer

Sora O'Doherty has been a reporter and an award-winning news ph...

13th March 2026

AUHSD moves ahead with Miramonte Pool Restoration — Lamorinda Weekly

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Published February 11, 2026 · Page 7 · View as PDF
· Civic
· Orinda
· Issue
The Acalanes Union High School District board decided in January to move ahead with the restoration of the swimming pool at Miramonte High School by breaking the project down into two separate parts. Previously...

13th March 2026

Orinda moves to approve multifamily housing on Altarinda Road — Lamorinda Weekly

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Published February 11, 2026 · Page 6 · View as PDF
· Civic
· Orinda
· Issue
Despite objections, the Orinda City Council on Feb. 3 voted unanimously to move forward with approval of a project that could eventually lead to the existing medical office building located at 23 Altarinda Road...

13th March 2026

FSMO receives $40K grant to help low-income residents with vegetation removal — Lamorinda Weekly

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Published February 11, 2026 · Page 7 · View as PDF
· Civic
· Orinda
· Issue
Local nonprofit group Fire Safe Moraga-Orinda (FSMO) has been granted $40,000 by Contra Costa County Supervisor Candace Andersen. The grant is intended to identify and help vulnerable/low-income residents prepar...

13th March 2026

LARIG participates in Winter Radio Field Day — Lamorinda Weekly

Staff Writer
Sora O'Doherty has been a reporter and an award-winning news photographer for the Lamorinda Weekly for the past 10 years, covering news and features in Orinda, Lafayette and Moraga California. In previous lives, she was a reporter and editor of the Daily Californian during the turbulent late 1960s and wrote for various legal publications in the US and Ireland.

Staff Writer

Sora O'Doherty has been a reporter and an award-winning news ph...

6th February 2026

Orinda mayor gives awards of excellence before selection of new mayor, vice mayor — Lamorinda Weekly

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Published January 14, 2026 · Page 6 · View as PDF
· Civic
· Orinda
· Issue
The Orinda City Council selected a new mayor and vice mayor according to its custom on Dec. 16, 2025. Before the selection, outgoing Mayor Latika Malkani announced that she was giving Awards of Excellence to the...

6th February 2026

New laws and new concerns about e-bike safety for kids — Lamorinda Weekly

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Published January 14, 2026 · Page 1 · View as PDF
· Civic
· Issue
Although California has new laws that came into effect on Jan. 1 designed to improve electric bicycle (e-bike) safety, there is growing concern among the law enforcement and medical communities about what is seen as a rapidly growing incid...

The Lamorinda Weekly • 6th February 2026

Persian Café opens in Theatre Square — Lamorinda Weekly

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Published January 14, 2026 · Page 6 · View as PDF
· Civic
· Orinda
· Issue
Chef Shabnam Ameli has opened a Persian-style café in Theatre Square in Orinda and is making many people happy with her creative offerings. She is assisted in her endeavor by her husband, Aydin Ameli and several...

23rd October 2024

Award-winning documentary wows audience at Lafayette Library

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The Great ShakeOut fell on 35th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake | Orinda

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Orinda City Council acts upon Writ of Mandate | Orinda

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