Ross News

When the future owners of this small house hidden away in the town of Ross, California , discovered it, the home had ceilings that were so low you could reach up and touch them, dark corners, and it had generally seen better days.

The appointment of Joseph Castro as Fresno State's new president Wednesday wasn't the only change in the university's administrative ranks.

Motown legend Diana Ross, California surf music icons the Beach Boys, jazz sensation Diana Krall and the all-female Celtic Woman quartet headline the Clay Center's fall 2013 season, Clay officials announced Tuesday.

A Forest Knolls woman and an El Cerrito man were arrested after crashing a stolen car in San Rafael and running off into the Gerstle Park neighborhood, police said Monday.

For most students, the pinnacle achievement in the classroom is getting an A. For the law students at Santa Clara University's Northern California Innocence Project, the goal is beyond academic: It's setting the wrongly convicted free.

"All My Sons" may be set just after World War II, but its bracing examination of corporate responsibility and family dynamics is every bit as relevant in today's America as it was at the time it was written.

California officials say the state cannot retain enough trained workers to efficiently run and maintain its complex water delivery system, a problem that has consequences for cities and farms statewide.

Ross police say this photo shows a suspect in a recent theft and burglary spree.

UC San Diego will send a combined men's and women's contingent of six student-athletes to the 2013 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships, with the full field of participants announced Tuesday.

Left to right: Sybil Kaufman, Jon Friedenberg and Sandra Otter at the Marin General Hospital Foundation benefactor reception on April 22 in Tiburon.

The sixth annual Ross Farmers Market is set to reopen from 3 to 7 p.m. May 30 at the Ross Post Office on Ross Common, and will continue Thursdays through the season.

Matthew Spears-Mareno of Kentfield was named to the honor roll for the winter term at Cushing Academy in Ashburnham, Mass.

Shelley and Company Interior Design created the fashionable Dressing Room at the San Francisco Decorator Showcase which runs now through May 27.

The Community Media Center of Marin is struggling to cope with a projected budget deficit of about $250,000 per year over the next three years.

Thorns pierced my slacks as I traipsed through the swamp, dodging deep, inky pools and thanking my lucky stars that it wasn't mosquito season.

The Sacramento County Sheriff's Department reports that a missing man last seen leaving a south area hospital has been found.

The coroner's office has confirmed that drowning was the cause of death for a man who jumped into Corte Madera Creek to elude police four months ago.

Lily Bartone-Garcia, 8, of San Rafael hangs a hand-painted rice paper leaf on "The Mothering Tree" in downtown San Rafael, Calif.

More than 65 Marin County firefighters and their support staff are helping to contain the Springs Fire in Ventura County and the Panther Fire in Tehama County during what fire officials are calling an early start to the fire season.

San Jose CALIFORNIAWorld famous drummer and percussionist Sheila E. will perform and be interviewed this weekend at the Cathedral of Faith in San Jose.Sheila Escovedo, daughter of Latin jazz legend Pete Escovedo, is widely known for her drumming and percussion talents.