Beautiful living with friendly people, this is Orinda. The semi rural valley on the east side of the Oakland/Berkeley hills is where the City of Orinda sits. It was incorporated in 1985. It’s an upper income bedroom community serving its 17,600 residents who may work inside Contra Costa County or all the way to San Francisco. Just on the East side of the Caldecott Tunnel on Highway 24, it’s served very well by the BART system. It’s a 12.8 square mile community surrounded by tree-studded hillsides including many parks including Tilden Park, San Pablo Reservoir, Briones Open Space and
Lafayette Reservoir are all close by.
Orinda was named the friendliest city in California, second in America by Forbes and Nextdoor.com in the category of cities of 5,500 to 150,000.
