Corte Madera News

A MARIN DILEMMA is that its local governments are a maze of often independent stand-alone agencies sometimes operating with little oversight.

The federal agency Wednesday released its latest population estimates through July 1, 2012 for cities and towns across the country.

In the case of People vs. John Jeffrey O'Connor, the defendant stipulates that he shook a box of macaroni and cheese on the night in question.

You know summer is around the corner when the food festivals start in earnest. First up is the Marin Greek Festival from May 24 to 26 with authentic Greek specialties in abundance.

A Corte Madera man was arrested twice in eight hours Thursday on allegations he attacked a paralyzed, wheelchair-bound housemate.

Creativity as a connection to greater knowledge and healing will be discussed at a meeting of the Golden Gate Dowsers from 1:30 to 5 p.m. Saturday in the Community Room of the Town Center Corte Madera, 770 Tamalpais Drive.

The Stanford campus is peppered with laboratories conducting bleeding-edge research.

Eating and playing outdoors this time of year are two of life's great pleasures.

Crown Road in Kentfield, like Concrete Pipe Road in the Ross Valley, is a wide flat fire road that is welcome to all-comers. The trail is also called Southern Marin Line Fire Road, but Crown Road seems an apt name for its circling of the eastern peaks of Mt.

Huey Lewis & The News photographed in Marin County, Calif., at the 2am Club on April 20, 2013 Jay Blakesberg TO COMMEMORATE the 30th anniversary of their blockbuster "Sports" album, Huey Lewis and the News returned to Mill Valley's 2 A.M. Club the other day.

David Lemieux, the Grateful Dead archivist and the Dave behind "Dave's Picks 6," calls this three-CD set "the lost tapes." That's because they were missing for more than 40 years, surfacing in July when the ex-wife of a former Dead roadie found them when she was packing up her house in North Carolina.

Hi, everyone! I have some exciting news to share about Patch - we're getting a whole new look! It's coming in a couple weeks and it's going to make Larkspur-Corte Madera Patch easier to use, and a better place to connect and share.

A school bus faces the wrong way on southbound Highway 101 in Mill Valley after a collision with a fleeing suspect Wednesday afternoon.

Students from the Twin Cities, along with thousands of children across the country put their mettle to the pedal as part of national Bike to School Day on Wednesday.

The Corte Madera Town Council voted unanimously Tuesday to oppose pending state Assembly Bill 5, known as the "Homelessness Bill" by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco.

There have been a few rumbles that some are even considering a similar recall of Supervisor Steve Kinsey from his West Marin-Corte Madera-Larkspur-San Rafael 4th District.

The OneTL "Denim & Diamonds" fundraiser on April 20 at the Osher Marin Jewish Community Center in San Rafael raised more than $35,000 for Terra Linda High School and was attended by more than 150 people, including auction co-chairs Lisa Becher, Cara Caindec, Diana Connolly, Ioni McIlrath, Sher Ripley and Susan Stapp, all of San Rafael.

Here are some suggestions to help you get an excellent grade on your next teacher appreciation gift.

Corte Madera, Calif.-based RH has opened The Gallery at Keystone in Indianapolis.

Get off the beaten path a bit, and you're apt to discover something hiding in plain sight, something actually pretty big.