Orinda News

Reporting from Orinda, Calif. - The telephone rang shortly after 8 a.m. on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend.

A window was broken, causing $350 in damage. Petty theft - An unsecured bicycle worth $399 was reported stolen on the 3400 block of Mt.

Two men were arrested in connection with a pair of bank robberies committed over the past two weeks in Lafayette and Orinda, police said.

A new report on police services is recommending that the Town of Danville may be better served financially by either forming its own police department or contracting out with a new provider.

ON HIS WAY out the door, the chief of the Moraga-Orinda Fire District, who has become a symbol for pension excesses, has written a memo that seems aimed at forestalling a public debate on the future of the controversial two-city agency.

Casey R. Hollern and E. Taylor Shoop have chosen June 26 for their wedding. Parents of the couple are Mike and Carol Hollern of Great Falls and Richard and Barbara Shoop of Orinda, Calif.

Miranda Heller remembers the taste of the 1875 port she savored on her 40th birthday.

The Contra Costa Wind Symphony will perform a concert Sunday night largely of their own making - a diverse array of selections they selected as among their favorites.

Getting children to put down the video games, step away from the computer and put down the cell phones will be the focus of a lecture at Seven Hill School in Walnut Creek at 6:45 p.m. Dec.

WE WINCE whenever the Bay Area Toll Authority makes news. The agency's logo should be an outstretched hand reaching from the Bay Bridge into our pockets.

Ruth Kaiser, a happy, positive, the glass is half-full type person from Orinda, can see a smiley face in a piece of crusty sourdough bread, a martini, or spilled soda on the sidewalk.

Unofficial election results show voters strongly supported an extension of a parcel tax in the Acalanes Union High School District.

As past president of the Orinda Association and having served on the Orinda Fire Protection and Emergency Services Advisory Committee in the mid-1990s, I feel compelled to respond to Janet Maiorana's statement in a recent letter to the editor regarding LAFCO.

Alert bank tellers and customers helped lead to a suspected bank robber's arrest this morning, police said.

A BART employee is now off the job and facing serious charges for false imprisonment and soliciting a lewd act.

Contra Costa County prosecutors charged 49-year-old Calvin Peter Tom of Brentwood last week with two misdemeanors stemming from the Aug.

Believe it or not, the tall, debonair gentleman on the cover of this summer's "San Francisco's Best Lawyers" magazine is the same 65-year-old grandfather of eight who you're likely to see stomping around Piedmont with The Grateful Dead and Janis Joplin streaming out of his headphones.

To read the full text of editorials on issues on the Nov. 3 ballot, go to sfgate.com/ZILT. Congress District 10, which includes parts of Contra Costa County , a swath of eastern Alameda County and portions of Solano County : John Garamendi "There is no doubt about his qualifications for Congress, especially in this district.

Richmond police Chief Chris Magnus has plenty on his plate these days, but the Eye is happy to learn that Magnus still can find time to help out an older resident in need of a ride - particularly because the resident is a relative of the Eye.

When commuting is THE news of the day around the Bay Area, we like to check the pulse of Bartmusings, a blog that offers a look at the experiences of "a reluctant rider." Here's an excerpt from a day in the life of a BART rider when the Bay Bridge is closed: Where do I even begin? First, the parking situation! Everyone probably randomly purchased a ...