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|\n| Gratis\u003Cbr>Volume 35, Number 7 | [www.TheOrindaNews.com](www.TheOrindaNews.com)\u003Cbr>Delivered to 9,000 Households and Businesses in Orinda | 12 Issues Annually July 2020 |\n\nDecorations, Photos, Noise at Noon – Get Ready for July 4 Celebrations  \nKATHY BOHANAN ENZERINK Assistant Editor  \nDrive anywhere around Orinda and  \nyou’ll be greeted with a flowing sea of red, white and blue.  \nIn this year’s Fourth of July celebration, entitled Together (apart), individuals, families, neighborhoods and businesses have gone all out to honor and celebrate local essential workers, the official Grand Marshalls ofthe 2020 Best Hometown Parade. According to Diane Lautz, Fourth of July committee co-chair, preparations for the big day started in early June as homes, mailboxes and fences donned festive, patriotic decorations. Homemade signs  \nhonoring front-line workers, retail staff, restaurant employees, teachers, delivery personnel and volunteer shoppers are visible everywhere.  \nThere is still time to be included in an online photo gallery hosted by The Orinda Association, although the Virtual Decorating Contest ended July 1. Decorating possibilities are endless and include homes, mailboxes, fences, tree trunks, driveways… Costumes? Yes, for individuals, families and, of course, the furry pet. There is a special category to honor the 2020 Grand Marshals with homemade signs.“Who are your heroes during this time of crises and challenges? Let them know you  \n[SEE FOURTH page 2]  \nSALLY HOGARTY  \nHeeding a call to decorate houses, mailboxes, fences and even pets for this year’s Fourth of July celebration, an Orinda front yard takes on a patriotic theme.  \nOrinda Stands for Equality First Major Commercial Project in  \nSALLY HOGARTY  \nIt started with Neil Pretlow holding up a sign. Little by little, more people joined with their own signs. Within 48 hours, a crowd of about 1,500 assembled at library plaza June 6 for a rally supporting Black Lives Matter and diversity. See the story and more photos on Pages 10-11.  \nIN THIS ISSUE  \nNews  \nBlack Lives Matter 10, 11  \nCity Hall 2, 7. 8  \nFire Safety 6  \nPolice Blotter Online  \nAround Town  \nArts 8, 17  \nFourth of July 1  \nPeople 9  \nTheater 18  \nBusiness 19, 20  \nCar Time 16  \nClub meetings Online Calendar Online Classifieds 17  \nEditorial 4  \nEveryday Orinda 12  \nLetters to the Editor 4, 5  \nThe Orinda Association 3  \nThe Reel Less Travelled 18  \nSeasoned Shopper 15  \nStudents 13, 14  \nReopening of Schools Proves No Easy Task  \nBy SALLY HOGARTY Executive Editor  \nThe Orinda School District  \nbusily preparing for a wide  \nhas been variety of  \neventualities as it deals with an uncertain school year and an even more uncertain budget.  \n“It’s daunting,” said Orinda Union School District Superintendent Carolyn Seaton.“If you didn’t keep getting up and working through it, you’d just want to curl up in a ball.”  \nOne of the many “things” to work  \n[SEE SCHOOLS page 13]  \nFind these stories [and more on our website TheOrindaNews.com](and more on our website TheOrindaNews.com).  \nNON-PROFIT US POSTAGE PAIDORINDA, CA PERMIT\\# 4 ECRWSS  \nPostal Customer  \n45 Years Heads to City Council  \nBy KATHY BOHANAN ENZERINK Assistant Editor  \nWith the Planning Commission’s ap  \nproval, plans for a 19,350 squarefoot mixed-use downtown development named The Station are headed to the City Council July 7 to begin the approval process.  \nCoined an Orinda Mercantile, the project includes a front courtyard and patio, an indoor market hall and Orangetheory Fitness, the anchor tenant.  \nIn 2015, Paul Ugenti submitted plans to develop the site at 25A Orinda Way, which has been vacant since 1998 when the BP Service Station closed. Approved by the City Council in 2017, the project was never built. In January, he submitted a revised proposal.  \nIf approved, the project will be the first downtown development since the Vinta","cbCaitJLxpTfWxD5","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitJLxpTfWxD5","pdf",9893907,"English","# Decorations, Photos, Noise at Noon – Get Ready for July 4 Celebrations\n# Orinda Stands for Equality\n# Reopening of Schools Proves No Easy Task\n# 45 Years Heads to City Council\n# City Wants to Recheck Voter Pulse on Sales Tax Ballot Measure","[{\"question\":\"What is the theme and focus of the Fourth of July celebration mentioned in this issue?\",\"answer\":\"The celebration is entitled Together (apart) and recognizes essential local workers, including Grand Marshalls for the 2020 Best Hometown Parade.\"},{\"question\":\"What community action is described under “Orinda Stands for Equality”?\",\"answer\":\"A rally supporting Black Lives Matter and diversity drew about 1,500 people within 48 hours after a call for people to display signs.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the issue describe the challenges facing school reopening?\",\"answer\":\"The Orinda School District is preparing for many eventualities due to an uncertain school year and even more uncertain budget, with leadership describing the situation as daunting.\"}]","The Orinda News - July 2020 | PDF"]