Orinda

It was an emotional night in Orinda Thursday, as people gathered to remember the victims of that deadly shooting at a house party last Halloween.

It’s been nearly a year since a devastating mass shooting at a house party in Orinda left five people dead and four others injured at a home rented on Airbnb.

It’s been nearly a year since a devastating mass shooting at a house party in Orinda that left five people dead and four others injured at a home rented on Airbnb. Cheryl Hurd reports.

Crews will be working on a rail replacement project for several weeks at the Orinda BART station.

Contra Costa County health officials are seeking a state takeover of a troubled 47-bed Orinda nursing home hit by a Covid-19 outbreak that has so far sickened a third of its caregivers as well as 27 patients, NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit has learned.

Sen. Steve Glazer (D-Orinda) plans to unveil new legislation Monday afternoon that would allow cities to fine short-term rental hosts who violate local property rental laws to fine those hosts up to $5,000. The bill is intended to deter “party houses” that attract massive gatherings to short-term rentals in otherwise quiet residential neighborhoods. In a news release Sunday, Glazer said…

A new measure would get tough on California home owners who flout short term rental bans. Orinda state senator Steve Glazer plans to introduce the legislation which would allow cities to fine homeowners $5,000 for violating local rental laws.

Orinda city leaders on Wednesday unanimously voted to extend an emergency ordinance banning short-term rentals in some cases. The ordinance requires homeowners live on the property and only rent out a smaller home if there are two homes on a lot.

The Orinda City Council on Thursday will decide whether to extend an emergency ordinance that prohibits non-hosted short-term rentals in the wake of the deadly Halloween night shooting at an Airbnb rental. The owners of the home where the shooting took place said they had no idea the renters had planned a big party on Halloween night. The shooting left…

Especially in light of the recent deaths of five people at a short-term rental property in Orinda on Halloween, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors want more research done on a prospective ordinance regulating such rentals, including about how safety rules can be enforced. The deaths at that Orinda home, which had been an Airbnb enforcement problem and a…

Orinda police are asking for the public’s help in identifying those responsible for a series of burglaries at homes in their city on Thursday.

Three people were confirmed dead following a crash on Highway 24 in Orinda, the California Highway Patrol said. At around 3:07 a.m. the Contra Costa CHP responded to a vehicle collision east of Camino Pablo in Orinda where a red 2009 Nissan Versa went off the highway and into a tree.  Upon arrival, the CHP found three male occupants who…

No criminal charges were filed Monday in the deadly shooting at an Orinda Airbnb rental on Halloween night, and the investigation is ongoing, according to the Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office.

Five people were arrested Thursday in four Bay Area cities in connection with the deadly Halloween night shooting at an Orinda house party, according to the mayor of Orinda.

The family of one of the victims killed in the Halloween night shooting at an Airbnb rental in Orinda has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. The attorney for the Raymond Hill Junior’s family said that Airbnb, the owner of the home, the town of Orinda and the organizers of the party should be held responsible for the tragedy.

In the wake of the death of five people at a party at an Airbnb rental in their city last Thursday night, Orinda City Council members late Tuesday night voted in favor of an urgency ordinance banning all non-hosted short-term rentals.

The City of Piedmont is giving out information about – and gathering public input on – a prospective public safety camera program, and a meeting Tuesday is planned as a platform for information flowing in both directions.

The FBI’s San Francisco Division is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the return of a submachine gun and other items that were stolen in January out of an agent’s car somewhere in Contra Costa County.

A rifle and bullet proof vest were stolen out of an FBI agent’s vehicle this month in Contra Costa County, authorities confirmed Friday afternoon.

Work is finally underway on a major renovation of the East Bay Municipal Utility District’s Orinda Water Treatment Plant. The facility was built in 1935.