San Anselmo News

April Orcutt caught a glimpse of the slow-moving meteor in the western sky from her home in San Anselmo at 5:10 p.m., moments after the sun had gone down.

San Anselmo residents on Tuesday decided to retain a year-old "anti-monster home" ordinance and reject a tax on hotel customers that would have raised $50,000 annually for the town.

Mel Bridges, longtime barber in downtown San Anselmo, said there was very little talk among his clients about the three Town Council incumbents who were ousted by the voters on election night.

San Anselmo residents were leaning toward a decisive rejection of a hotel-users tax and a slight favoring of retaining an "anti-monster home" ordinance that was passed in 2008.

Tom McInerney, an attorney who sought to make flood mitigation and business development a top priority, was the early leader Tuesday night in the race for three San Anselmo Town Council seats.

A Mill Valley woman accused of using her 13-year-old son as a designated driver has pleaded not guilty to charges of child endangerment, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and allowing a minor to drive.

Local Public Issues , posted by Herman Mehling, a resident of the San Anselmo neighborhood, 2 hours ago Tom McInerney is a busy guy - way way too busy to respond to an item I posted more than THREE WEEKS AGO that questioned his credibility as a self-described 'progressive' candidate.

Wouldn't you want a Peet's Coffee and Tea in your town? If you're in Sausalito, maybe not.

Political signs advocating "no" votes on two San Anselmo ballot measures are apparently legal, although the expense was not disclosed on campaign finance documents.

First-time candidate Tom McInerney has spent more than twice that of any other incumbent or challenger in the six-person San Anselmo Town Council race.

A report of suspicious activity in a San Anselmo neighborhood Monday led to the arrest of an Illinois man on a $140,000 forgery warrant out of Culver City.

The Ross Valley School District board will host a community forum Friday on a proposed seven-period day and small learning communities at the White Hill Middle School.

SF restaurants under fire, so why not try Marin? And, when we do manage to garner a Michelin star, we don't tend to lose them all at once like this SF eatery .

A 43-year-old San Anselmo man was issued a citation and released for stealing recyclable materials out of curbside bins Wednesday afternoon on Buena Vista Avenue in San Anselmo.

We have to hand it to the people of Fairfax. With three town council seats on the ballot, the Fairfax race reflects the active civic spirit of the town's citizens.

Local Public Issues , posted by Bobbin Sacamano, a resident of the San Anselmo neighborhood, 1 hour ago The politicians kept threatening us saying the freight trains would be rumbling through Novato starting in September.

This week's focus on San Anselmo and Larkspur marks my final thumbnail sketches of candidates for Marin city councils.

As last week's rains lashed San Anselmo, the familiar dance began. Merchants obsessively checked the height of the creek that runs by their boutiques and cafes, readied storm gates and placed finer goods on higher shelves.

While other towns in Marin have passed ordinances restricting the size of homes that can be built on lots, San Anselmo residents have fought the trend.

If a new school has to be opened to meet the demands of a growing student population in the Ross Valley, the San Anselmo Town Council is interested in having a larger-than-usual multipurpose room built on the site that could serve as a community center.