Police arrested two men from Oakland in connection with recent bank robberies in Lafayette and Orinda. Wilber Onyeakachi, 24, and David Nwaonumah, 30, were arrested after a bank teller positively identified Onyeakachi as the robber. Nwaonumah was identified as the getaway driver.

The most recent robbery occurred at 11:20 Wednesday morning at the Citibank on Orinda Way in Orinda.  The robber, allegedly Onyeakachi, entered the bank and handed the teller a note demanding money. After taking around $3,400, the robber fled the scene in a beige Oldsmobile.

When police found the two men in Oakland, they were sitting in the beige Oldsmobile reported as the getaway car.

The other similar robbery was committed at the Wells Fargo Bank in Lafayette on Nov. 9.

The Lafayette Senior Recreation Center will be having a special “Anniversary Celebration and Holiday Luncheon” on Thursday, Dec. 10. The event will start at noon at Zio Fraedo’s Restaurant, located at 611 Gregory Lane in Pleasant Hill.

To purchase a ticket to the event, send a $20 check made out to “Lafayette Senior Recreation Center” to PO Box 163, Lafayette, CA 94549.

The Lafayette Senior Recreation Center began in 1950 as a way of offering different recreational activities to seniors in the area. The center offers events including games, exercise and trips. The group typically meets on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at the Methodist Church on Moraga Road.

A resident reported around midnight Monday that two women stole a package that had been left on a porch. Police immediately began looking for the suspects in the area near Garden and Laurel lanes.

Police spotted the green Mitsubishi SUV that the resident had reported seeing the women get into. When police arrived, one woman was at the front door of a home claiming she needed to make a phone call.

Police were eventually forced to use pepper spray on one of the women and later found the other hiding in the area.

Police found many items in the vehicle the women were driving that police believe were stolen. The women were taken to the Contra Costa County jail in Martinez where they were booked.

When the North Coast Section announced they would be expanding the playoff brackets, they really meant it.

Despite the fact that not one of the three Lamorinda high school football teams had a winning record, all three find themselves in the playoffs.

Acalanes, who finished 5-5, earned the seventh seed and a first-round home playoff game Friday night at 7:00 p.m. against an Analy team that finished 6-4 on the season.

Campolindo, who also finished 5-5, earned the ninth seed and will travel all the way up to Fortuna to play a 7-3 Fortuna High School team on Saturday night at 7:00 p.m.

Despite a losing record at 4-6, Miramonte earned the twelfth seed and will play at the fifth seed, Healdsburg High School, Friday night at 7:00 p.m. Healdsburg finished the regular season at 6-4.

Despite losing to Acalanes in DFAL play and handing the Dons the DFAL title, Miramonte’s boys water polo team went into Saturday’s NCS final confident they could pull out the win. It was also the first time since 2004 that the Matadors weren’t the number one seed in the playoffs. The Matadors squeezed by the Dons, 6-5, to earn their fifth consecutive NCS title in water polo. It is the eleventh time the Miramonte boys have won the NCS water polo crown since 1994.

The Campolindo girls found themselves in the final against a favored Monte Vista team. Monte Vista jumped out to a 4-0 halftime lead that the Cougars couldn’t return from. The Cougars fell to Monte Vista by a final score of 8-5.

Miramonte went into their game with DFAL leader Alhambra knowing they needed the upset to get into the NCS playoffs. The Matadors fought hard and found themselves tied 27-27 with under six minutes left, but Alhambra scored two touchdowns in the final six minutes to win the game. Miramonte finishes the season with an overall record of 4-6 and will miss out on the NCS playoffs.

Campolindo went into their game against Las Lomas looking to improve their seed in the playoffs. Las Lomas needed a win to get into the playoffs and came out strong, taking a 42-7 lead over the Cougars in the second quarter. Las Lomas won the game by a final score of 63-21. Campolindo finishes the regular season with a 3-3 DFAL record and a 5-5 record overall.

Acalanes finished their regular season last week in a 38-27 loss to Campolindo. The Dons finished 4-2 in DFAL play and 5-5 overall.

The Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church will be the location of the Contra Costa Wind Symphony’s “Wind Symphony Favorites” concert on Sunday, Nov. 15. The concert is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m.

At the concert, the Contra Costa Wind Symphony will play some of their personal favorite pieces as well as some other well-known pieces. The Symphony will play “Gandalf: The Wizard” from The Lord of the Rings and the score from the film Dances with Wolves

Tickets for the concert will cost $10 and will be sold at the door.

The Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church is located at 49 Knox Drive in Lafayette.

At the Nov. 9 Lafayette City Council meeting, the City Council announced that city staff members would begin working with the Contra Costa Certified Farmers’ Markets on a contract to make the Lafayette Farmers’ Market a regular occurrence.

The City Council said the potential draft contract would ensure a regular Lafayette Farmers’ Market from May to October in Lafayette Plaza.  Final approval of the move to begin work on the contract will be voted on at the Lafayette City Council meeting on Nov. 23.

The Lafayette Farmers’ Market had three “trial” dates in September that proved to be successful, despite concerns about parking.

The NCS Water Polo Championships are already on to the semifinals, which will take place on Thursday. On the girls side, Campolindo has advanced to the semifinals, which they will host Thursday at 4:30 p.m. Miramonte was knocked out in the second round, while Acalanes fell in the quarterfinals. On the boys side, Acalanes will play in one semifinal Thursday at 5:45 p.m. at Campolindo against San Ramon Valley. Miramonte will host the other semifinal against De La Salle also at 5:45 p.m. The Campolindo boys lost to De La Salle in the quarterfinals.

The NCS Girls Volleyball Division III Championships start tonight. Campolindo earned the fourth seed and will be hosting El Cerrito tonight at 7:00 p.m. Acalanes earned the tenth seed and will be playing at Moreau Catholic at 7:00 p.m. Miramonte earned the overall top seed and a first-round bye. Their first game will be Saturday night at 7:00 p.m. at Miramonte.

The NCS Girls Tennis Championships will take place Nov. 17 and 18 in Santa Rosa. Anastasia Kaiser, of Miramonte, will be the lone Lamorinda representative in the singles bracket. The only local doubles team will be Sarah Holden and Natalie Korich from Campolindo.

A man escaped from the Wells Fargo in Lafayette with an unconfirmed amount of cash around 11:30 a.m. this morning. After entering the bank, the man handed a teller a note demanding the cash.

The man was last seen running toward the Lafayette BART station where trains were stopped while police searched for the man. Police were unable to find the man.

The man who committed the robbery has been described by police as a black man in his 20s, 5 feet 6 inches tall with dreadlocks and a large scab on the tip of his nose. The robber was seen wearing a blue hat, black-and-blue striped shirt, blue jeans and a red Christmas tie.