Kentfield News

Kentfield school officials, parents, educators and others gathered Wednesday to develop a priority list to reinstate laid-off staff should the district's budget picture improve.

WHEN MARIN voters endorsed a $249.5 million bond measure in 2004 for the renovation of buildings and facilities, College of Marin's leaders should have learned an important lesson.

In the early 1900s, stairways were constructed to connect the homes high on the hills of Corte Madera with the train station, school and businesses.

The cafe in the de Young Museum will feature a menu of Egyptian culinary treasures during the Tut exhibit, thanks to McCall Associates, the catering company founded by Kentfield resident Dan McCall in 1980.

To the trustees and administrators at the College of Marin, construction of the school's new $13.4 million fine arts building is a sign of the new and improved campus taking shape as part of a $249.5 million modernization project.

The Marin Community College District has begun sponsoring the Child and Adult Care Food Program at its College of Marin Children's Center at 835 College Ave.

Williams College senior Molly Hunter of Kentfield has been awarded the Jones Journalism Fellowship.

An 81-year-old San Rafael woman has sued the city for negligence after falling on a stair at the Falkirk Cultural Center.

Tom Busterud, Alex Sagues and Forest Kerstetter grew up together at Ross School, and this fall they'll grow some more when they don shining uniforms at the country's military service academies.

Officer Bob Besgrove of Ross Police Department with his 2-year-old grandson Aden Robert Besgrove.

Don Ritchie, a former teacher and principal at Marin Catholic High School who retired last year after nearly four decades at the school, died of pancreatic cancer Monday at his Fairfax home.

After five decades, this jazz doctor has a new live album, a three-CD anthology, a recent Lincoln Center concert and satellite radio broadcast and an upcoming showcase at the Healdsburg Jazz Festival.

The Tamalpa Runners will host the 32nd annual Marin Memorial Day Races beginning at 8 a.m. Monday at the College of Marin Stadium in Kentfield.

Jenna Shaw , Shannon McGuinnes and Nicole Garay were among the classmates wearing togas during ancient Greece studies in the 6th-grade English and history class at Del Mar Middle School in Tiburon, on Thursday.

Now more than ever, everything's negotiable. Thanks to the slow economy, Americans are asking for - and usually getting - lower prices on a wide variety of goods and services.

The hot weather Saturday brought out bikers, hikers and beach-goers, but in two cases people required trips to hospitals.

The 3 a.m. phone call. A brief moment in time -- but one that marked the beginning of a nightmarish ordeal for Mark Spitzer and his family.

A new grassroots initiative that aims to inject environmental values into the political process will launch Friday with a meeting in San Rafael.

Less than three months after unveiling a large senior housing project in Petaluma, low-income housing developer PEP Housing is moving forward on two new senior building projects, including its first site outside of Sonoma County.

The College of Marin will host a spring job fair from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 6 at the school's Student Services Building at 835 College Ave.