The Moraga police log reports:

Tuesday, Nov. 6
VANDALISM — A Town of Moraga public works employee wanted to file a vandalism report. He said at 9 a.m. while walking through Moraga Commons park, he saw that someone had spray painted the skateboard park. The damage estimate is around $250.

TRAFFIC INCIDENT— Officers responded to a traffic collision on St. Mary’s Road north of Bollinger Canyon Road. Officers arrived and contacted the driver of a silver 2006 Toyota Camry. The driver said she started to drive onto the soft shoulder of the roadway and in her attempt to stop, accidentally pushed on the gas pedal. She lost control of her vehicle and struck the Town of Moraga wood sign and metal fence, destroying both and damaging her vehicle.

From the Orinda police blotter:

Friday, Nov. 9
RECEIVED STOLEN PROPERTY — A 25-year-old Oakland man was arrested after police found stolen items in his car. The man was arrested at 1:55 p.m. after police received a message about occupants of a vehicle caught looking through mail boxes. When police confronted the occupants at the intersection of El Toyonal and Alta Vista, several items were noticed that couldn’t be accounted for. Further investigation revealed the items were reported stolen and the Oakland man was on probation.

Saturday, Nov. 10
DISTURBING THE PEACE — A resident of the first block of Oak Road called police for back up after failing to disband a juvenile fund-raiser that got out of hand. Police arrived at 8:54 p.m. to find more than 300 teenagers at the house drinking alcohol. Moraga police were called for backup. The caller said the gathering was a fund-raiser for a local high school water polo team that got out of control when alcohol was snuck in.

Let’s talk turkey. It seems that all of Lamorinda is. And the Friday Sun reflects that.

We solicted reader photos of wild turkeys and scores of you emailed images of a seeming wild turkey invasion: Turkeys in the road, on the roof and in back yards throughout Orinda, Moraga and. Lafayette. Check it out in the Friday Sun,

From the Lafayette police log:

Oct. 22
AUTO THEFT — A locked 1989 Nissan Pathfinder was stolen from an apartment complex in the 1000 block of Second Street between 10 p.m. Sunday and 7:30 a.m. Monday. The SUV’s license plate number is 2YYP927.
From the Moraga police log:

Wednesday, Oct. 24
GRAND THEFT — An officer telephoned a citizen about the theft of two solar panels. He said he went out at noon Oct. 24 and found that two of his solar panels were missing. The last time he remembered seeing them on the hillside behind his house was Oct. 19. The cost to replace the panels is around $2,000.

From the Orinda police log:

Monday, Oct. 22
GRAND THEFT — Some $3,000 in property was reported missing from a car parked in the first block of Don Gabriel Way. The victim notified police at 9:48 a.m.

BURGLARY — Some $700 in jewelry was reported missing from a house in the 100 block of Las Vegas Road after a forced entry into the house. The incident was reported at 2:06 p.m.

We keep hearing stories about rafters of wild turkeys standing in the middle of Lamorinda roadways,. stopping traffic. But so far, the critters have eluded our photographers. Kinda like Big Foot and the Loch Ness Monster. So dear readers, if you see wild turkeys in these days before Thanksgiving, send us the photos as jpgs or prints. Send jpgs to lmclaughlin@bayareanewsgroup.com. And send prints to Leanne McLaughlin, Lamorinda Sun editor, 2640 Shadelands Drive, Walnut Creek 94598. Include your name and a phone number. We’ll try to run the photos before the holiday.

Some unusual items were reported to Lamorinda police in the first half of October:

from Lafayette police:

Wednesday, Oct. 3
THEFT— Checks worth $12,000, $13,000 and $2,500 were stolen from the mail box of a Hope Lane resident.

Tuesday, Oct. 9
PUBLIC INTOXICATION — A 52-year-old Orinda woman was arrested at the intersection of Moraga Road and Mt. Diablo Boulevard on public intoxication charges. She was dancing in the road and cursing at cars, according to police reports. She had two bottles of vanilla extract in her pocket, the report said, which the officer believed she drank to get intoxicated.

Fromt the Moraga police:

Friday, Oct. 12
BATTERY — An assistant principal at Campolindo High School reported a student was injured during the football game. The student was wearing the school mascot costume during the game. During half-time, an Acalanes High School student approached the student and pulled on the costume head, removing it. The student ended up on the ground with a slight injury to her neck. The student identified the responsible Acalanes student to school staff.

Monday, Oct. 15
GRAND THEFT— Officers contacted a citizen regarding a theft report.. She said she had parked her car in her designated carport on Miramonte Drive at 8 p.m. Oct. 14. She returned to her vehicle at 6:30 a.m. Oct. 15 and noticed items missing, including a toilet seat still in the box.

From the Orinda police

Tuesday, Oct. 2
ILLEGAL ENTRY — A family residing in the first block of El Gavilan reported to police at 8:47 a.m. that their home had been invaded by eight juveniles. The suspects were found drinking and using drugs inside the home. The group left when confronted.

Monday, Oct. 8
PETTY THEFT — At 2:01 p.m., a woman reported her laptop stolen while she was at a park in the first block of Orinda Way. Reports state she left the device on a bench for 45 minutes, and when she returned it was gone.

Thursday,Oct. 11
STRONG-ARM ROBBERY— A resident in the first block of El Sueno reported being attacked while in his garage at 9:05 p.m. According to police reports, a man grabbed him from behind the neck and took his wallet, containing credit cards and $800 in cash. He and two others waiting outside then took off. No vehicle was seen or heard.

The 9th annual Moraga Pear Festival Sept. 29 at Moraga Commons Park. sponsored by the
Park and Recreation Foundation and the Parks and Recreation Department. Look for an inflatable carnival, arts and crafts, live music, littledog2 (11a.m. to 12:45 p.m.) and City Rocks Revue (1:30 to 3:30pm)), coloring contest, recipe contest, food, pear pies and lots of great fun. It all starts at 11 a.m. and wraps up at 4 p.m. The pear recipe and coloring contest winners will be announced at 1 p.m.

Alexander W. Winchester, who was Campolindo High School’s first principal, died on Sept. 4. He was 86.
Friends and family are invited to the memorial service at 2 p.m., Oct. 13 at Grace Presbyterian Church, 2100 Tice Valley Blvd. in Walnut Creek.
Winchester attended Poly Tech and San Francisco State University, and received his master’s degree at UC Berkeley.
He taught biology and physiology at Acalanes and was the first principal at Campolindo, hiring the staff and meeting with parents whose children would attend the brand new school.
Winchester also was president of the Association of California School Administrators, region 7.
He loved sports and traveling. He was a member of the Air Corps and ferried the wounded from the Pacific campaign back to the United States.
Donations may be made to the American Heart Association.
– Katherine Tam

By Scott Marshall
STAFF WRITER
Moraga-Orinda firefighters fought back a grass fire that erupted about 3:15 p.m. today between Moraga Valley Lane and Fieldbrook Place, north of Moraga Way, officials said.

Firefighters found the fire climbing toward a fence behind 14 Fieldbrook Place.
They contained the fire by 3:44 p.m. and called off firefighters en route from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

The fire consumed grass near Moraga Valley Presbyterian Church, at 10 Moraga Valley Lane, which is southwest of Fieldbrook Place. The church office was closed at the time.

Reach Scott Marshall at 925-945-4782 or smarshall@bayareanewsgroup.com.

In Friday’s Sun, columnist Harriet Ainesworth writes about the 52-member Lamorinda Winegrowers Association. headed by David Parker, president and thus far the only member to sell his wines commercially.
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Moraga’s largest vineyard, at 4.5 acres with 3,500 vines, belongs to Susan and Selah Captain, who sell their grapes to Parkmon, a combination of the names David Parker and wife Shari Simon, who met when they both worked at Oracle, before they fled Silicon Valley for Moraga’s grape-thriving valleys. Now the Parkers have two daughters, Jessalyn, 7, and Ali, 5, who help with the “punching down” of the fruit.

You can find Parkmon wines at Amoroma Restaurant and Wine Shop (next to the Rheem Theater), Jackson’s Wines and Spirits in Lafayette and at posh Prima Restaurant in Walnut Creek.

From the Moraga police log:

Friday, July 20
Vandalism was reported at the Campolindo High School track and field stadium at 9 p.m., including two large graffiti murals, block letters and obscene figures on the storage building, scoring booth, running track and football field.

Saturday, July 21
SKATEBOARDING — Police received a report at 4:40 p.m. of a skateboarder riding on his back down the middle of Rheem Boulevard, being followed by a green SUV. Officers saw the skateboarder and SUV pass the police department on Rheem Boulevard, stopped the subjects, cited the SUV driver and arranged for the skateboarder to participate in the Juvenile Diversion Program.

BIKING UNDER INFLUENCE — Two juveniles riding one bicycle were stopped at Moraga Road at the entrance to the Rheem Shopping Center. Neither was wearing a helmet, and one was riding on the rear pegs of the bike in violation of the vehicle code. The juvenile driving the bike as found to be intoxicated, and arrested for biking under the influence. The passenger was cited for a vehicle code violation.