Novato News

Armed with $55,970 in federal stimulus funds, school officials in Novato and San Rafael are ready to shop for one of the top items on their wish lists: a new fridge.

Felony charges were filed Tuesday against two Novato brothers accused of setting a grass fire along Highway 101.

When the Cox family of Novato unpacked from a weekend coast trip, they were initially humored by what looked like a small kitten that had sneaked in through a front door they had propped open as they brought bags inside.

The two men were arrested early Sunday morning in Novato near Rowland Blvd, after California Highway Patrol officers discovered a small brush fire nearby.

Novato's $38 million annual budget was passed Tuesday night with much regret from the City Council.

Novato has applied for a $14,805 grant through the U.S. Department of Justice to help reduce violence and crime.

A Novato High School student tested positive for swine flu and was quarantined while traveling in South America with a group of students from Novato and Justin-Siena High School in Napa.

Novato firefighters scrambled to extinguish an early-morning grass fire Friday that burned close to homes at the top of Bryan Drive, near Marion Park.

This talk explores the rich landscape tradition in Northern California through the eyes of visual artists, from Arthur Mathews and William Keith to Wayne Thiebaud and William T. Wiley.

A man convicted of murdering a 42-year-old Novato resident in 1988 is making a new bid for parole this summer.

A Novato woman with no driver's license was charged Tuesday with hitting a 14-year-old boy on a skateboard and fleeing the scene, authorities said.

Some of the most talented scientists in the Bay Area came to the Buck Institute for Age Research in Novato Tuesday to participate in a symposium on Alzheimer's research, sponsored by the Chicago-based Alzheimer's Association.

Two small grass fires early Tuesday morning in Novato are considered suspicious, fire officials said.

Mary Neilan is leaving Novato after six years as assistant city manager. A top administrator in Novato has accepted the job of city manager in St.

Two artists have started sketch work on five murals on the western side of the Millworks building in downtown Novato.

A Novato man is in good spirits and recovering from major surgery after being struck by a motorcyclist in a May 27 wreck that killed his 9-year-old daughter.

Q: I read about a Bay Area man who was sentenced to a year in jail and a year of house arrest for drunken driving.

Hennessy Advisors Inc. today announced that it has signed an agreement with New York-based Sparx Investment and Research USA Inc.

Friends from Melody Osheroff's Girl Scout troop simply wanted to plant a few flowers in her memory after the May 27 motorcycle accident that took her life.

As schools across California and the rest of the coutnry plan to downsize their education programs, learning management systems are becoming an increasingly appealing option.