Nicasio News

If you've ever worked on a dairy ranch, you'd know why someone would want to cut off a cow's tail, a practice referred to as docking.

The Fabulous Bud E. Luv will not be performing on New Year's Eve, but Bobby Vickers will.

Marin Schools and Education , posted by Santa's helper, a resident of the Nicasio neighborhood, 2 hours ago 'Tis the season for joy, love, caring and giving...so why would a teacher want to say mean things on the last day of school before the Holidays? Today, Bodle said to my child's teacher in front of the class: 'I hope I don't get this class ...

There's carbon in them thar roots ! Just as San Francisco has made commercial and residential composting mandatory and other cities are considering doing so, a worldchanging application for using compost to dramatically increase carbon sequestration in suburban grasslands has been confirmed by the Marin Carbon Project .

Quartet San Francisco received two Grammy nominations yesterday for their latest Violinjazz Recordings CD, QSF Plays Brubeck .

Marin planning officials are considering a revision to the county's windmill regulations that would encourage the development of small-scale wind generators while continuing to restrict larger systems.

For a singer-songwriter associated with the Grateful Dead, Jim Lauderdale is surprisingly unknown in Marin County, the Dead's longtime home base.

He was 58 years old. A member of the Steve Miller Band for over 30 years, Norton's talent on the harmonica was unmatched.

Marin's future "waterfronts" are at the center of a collection of demonstrations around the county Saturday before environmentalists rendezvous in downtown San Rafael to mark the International Day of Climate Action.

The North Bay was one of the areas hit hardest by rain Tuesday morning and had its share of flooding.

Mark Pasternak is taking a gamble. Pasternak, a farmer and rancher who raises wine grapes at his own Devil's Gulch Ranch in Nicasio as well as the Stubbs and Corda vineyards in the Chileno Valley, has already harvested most of this year's crop.

HERO : Silvia Lange of Nicasio wished to give our local librarians some props, especially Laurie Thompson at the Anne T. Kent California Room, Civic Center branch.

DOWN ON THE FARM The month of October is typically blessed with the best weather of the year, filled with sunny, clear warm days and crisp evenings--just right for outings into the countryside to experience the harvest season.

A San Rafael man who was ejected from his motorcycle on Lucas Valley Road remained in critical condition Friday at Marin General Hospital, a nursing supervisor said.

A San Rafael man was critically injured Thursday when he crashed his motorcycle and slid into the rear end of a car on Lucas Valley Road, police said.

Gretchen Jane Mentzer has lived two lives. The first as a wife and mother of three children.

The Gilead House, a nonprofit agency that supports homeless mothers and their families, will host a fundraiser from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday at West Wind Wines at 333 Willow Road in Nicasio.

When Liz Daniels gets up every day at 6 a.m., she pours herself a cup of coffee, looks out the window to check the weather, checks her calendar to see if any visitors are expected in at her farmhouse bed-and-breakfast, and then heads to her garden where she's surrounded by plump vegetables, bold flowers and serene cows resting in their nearby ...

Finnegan Barr laughs as he's licked by 'Fitch' the dog as Barr is bottle feeding a lamb held by Devil's Gulch Ranch owner Mark Pasternak at the ranch in Nicasio.

Finnegan Barr laughs as he's licked by 'Fitch' the dog as Barr is bottle feeding a lamb held by Devil's Gulch Ranch owner Mark Pasternak at the ranch in Nicasio.