San Geronimo News

A consultant helping homeowners improve salmon habitat will be paid $7,720 more, for a total of $167,720, to cover extra workshop and classroom expenses and related costs.

Students from the College of Marin's Watercolor Basics and Beyond class will present a group show from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday.

Sufi master Ali Kianfar teaches three new classes starting Feb. 5 at the Institute for Sufi Studies in Novato.

The storied silver salmon of West Marin - long considered a bellwether of salmon health in California - are laying eggs and carrying on in Lagunitas Creek this week almost as if they weren't teetering on the edge of doom.

* What: Surfer Ian "Kanga" Cairns appears at a screening of the documentary "Bustin' Down the Door," about the rise of Australian surfing.

The Board of Supervisors will review amendments to the county development code, including measures regulating tree removal, when it meets at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Marin Civic Center.

Tough economic times didn't stop Marin County parks officials from collecting the $100,000 in pledges they needed to ensure acquisition of prime open space in the San Geronimo Valley.