Orinda, CA

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• At Briones Regional Park, a popular autumn display

  November 9th, 2011
  San Francisco Chronicle Briones Regional Park offers trails for biking, running and hiking in a setting full of autumn colors this time of year. Cows will be grazing and plenty of wildlife can be seen in the area. For a spectacular autumn display, visit the oak-studded ...

• Traditional home in Orinda boasts detailed millwork, updated kitchen

  November 11th, 2011
  San Francisco Chronicle The basics: This 10-room, custom-built Traditional boasts vaulted ceilings, detailed millwork and an updated kitchen. Built in 1970, it has one floor. Enter via a stone pathway to a living room that has a raised hearth brick fireplace and opens to a ...

• Freshman Dogs finale

  November 14th, 2011
  Martinez News-Gazette Wednesday night the Alhambra freshman football team traveled to Orinda to face the Miramonte Matadors in their final DFAL matchup of the year. The weather was very cold in Orinda and the players on both teams wore their long sleeve shirts under their ...

• 2012 distroict 2 supervisor race

  November 15th, 2011

• Moraga-Orinda fire board continues to evaluate office space options

  November 17th, 2011
  San Jose Mercury News The administrative office options for the Moraga-Orinda Fire District continues to grow and now includes a building the board of directors decided in September not to buy. Board members continued their search for new space for staff ...

• Bay Area high school football wrap-up

  November 20th, 2011
  San Francisco Chronicle QB Ross Anderson (Miramonte-Orinda) accounted for 313 yards and four touchdowns in a 42-7 win over Tennyson-Hayward. RB Daivon Ballard (College Park-Pleasant Hill) rushed for 265 yards and three TDs in a 49-34 win over American-Fremont. ...

• Chance puppy encounter, chance connection

  November 22nd, 2011
  San Francisco Chronicle Karen Hobbs was riding her bike in Orinda when she saw this puppy and decided to help. On a beautiful, crisp autumn afternoon, Karen Hobbs was riding her bike through Orinda, enjoying one of those "life is good" moments. She had no idea that a random ...

• Orinda may poll residents on how to finance road repairs

  November 26th, 2011
  San Jose Mercury News Orinda leaders will meet next week about gauging residents' interest in repairing the city's dismal roads. The City Council's roads subcommittee plans to announce the name of the firm it hopes to have conduct a telephone poll in ...

• Man hit by cars, killed while running across Berkeley freeway

  November 27th, 2011
  San Jose Mercury News BERKELEY -- A man was hit by multiple cars and killed Saturday as he ran across a Berkeley freeway in a possible attempt to flee a traffic stop, a CHP spokesman said Sunday. The man had not been identified Sunday afternoon, and it was not ...

• Uilkema's open seat draws wide interest

  November 17th, 2011
  San Jose Mercury News Few political landscapes emit more powerful pheromones than an open seat with no entrenched incumbent. So, like bees amid summer flowers, four-term Contra Costa Supervisor Gayle Uilkema's surprise retirement announcement this ...

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