Kentfield News

The towers stretched a little higher Sunday and the International Orange glowed a shade richer as the Golden Gate Bridge celebrated its 75th birthday on a typically breezy, chilly spring day in San Francisco.

The Ross Valley Sanitary District board approved a new budget this week that assumes the district will issue $59 million in revenue bonds by July, even though the board has not yet approved issuance of the bonds.

Investigators are still trying to sort out what led to a fire in a ground-floor apartment on Lincoln Village Circle in Larkspur early Sunday morning.

THERE'S SOMETHING about the view of the Golden Gate Bridge, just as you drive out of the Waldo Tunnel.

A roaring blaze in a Kentfield garage just down the street from the Kentfield firehouse was quickly doused by firefighters Tuesday night.

If you work in or plan to visit the Twin Cities area Wednesday, there could be an extra festive atmosphere to your commute.

About 320 students will receive degrees and certificates this year as part of the College of Marin's 85th commencement set for 10 a.m. Saturday in the Irwin P. Diamond Physical Education Center gymnasium at 700 College Ave.

Here's a question for our aging population: What community facility is most important to you? Larkspur residents are debating what the city should do with its 2.5-acre parcel on the former Niven Nursery property, next to planned senior housing to be built by the New Home Company.

Investigators are searching for the resident of a Larkspur apartment that was set ablaze in the early morning hours in a suspected case of arson.

Thanks to all your input in our Patch Readers' Choice polls, we've got some good ideas for what to do for Mother's Day.

Cesar Said Galvan-Soto, 29, was booked on suspicion of assault to commit rape and sexual battery.

Portions of Kent Avenue and College Avenue in Kentfield will be closed for two hours May 28 to make way for the 35th annual Marin Memorial Day Races, officials said.

Ross Town Council casts its final vote on consolidating its fire department with Ross Valley Fire Department.

Dominican University will award a posthumous degree to a business student who died in a yachting tragedy near the Farallon Islands last month.

Temperatures warmed up into the upper 80s in parts of Marin on Monday, and the pleasant weather is expected to continue for the rest of the week and into the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.

We're lucky to be living in the Ross Valley region - Kentfield to Fairfax, with San Anselmo in the middle.

Some of the earliest and still greatest adventure stories, full of passion, action and fantasy, come from early Greek and Roman history.

Landscape designer Josephine Zeitlin of Kentfield is featured in 'Silver: A State of Mind,' a celebration of mature women who have embraced their silver hair.

THE CONTEST for two seats on the Ross Valley Sanitary District board is not about fixing sewer pipes.