San Rafael News

Among the college-bound crowd of America's high school seniors, this is the time to exhale.

SAN PABLO BAY STRIPERS & STURGEON by Dan Bacher Jim Cox, Captain of the Touch of Gray, reported on his sturgeon fishing trip with 4 anglers, who all have immigrated to the USA from Eastern Europe, on Sunday, August 5. 'Towards the end of what otherwise would have been an unremarkable day, something very significant happened,' said Cox.

Posted by PD staff in Featured Articles , Washington on February 12th, 2012 tags: 2nd Congressional District , Adams , Bosco , Caffrey , Courtney , Huffman , Lawson , McCuan , Renee , Solomon , Woolsey Democrat Stacey Lawson of San Rafael campaigns in Terra Linda for signatures to qualify her for the ballot in her bid for Congress.

The Belvedere City Council will consider zoning changes for the San Francisco Yacht Club's Cove House when it meets at 7:30 p.m. Monday at 450 San Rafael Ave.

The former longtime mayor of Hawthorne has pleaded guilty to stealing a commercial food mixer from the local school district so he could make dough for his home pizza oven.

Two of the original Tuskegee Airmen were honored Saturday at Marin's Gnoss Field, and one of them, a 93-year-old World War II navigator, went up in the air with a formation flying team that performed for a crowd of spectators gathered on the tarmac of the county-owned airport.

Student Elizabeth Castellanos talks with her chemistry professor, Dr. Ken Frost, in the chemistry lab at Dominican University of California in San Rafael, Calif.

A service of installation for the Rev. Matthew Switzer is at 3 p.m. Feb. 12 at Trinity Lutheran Church in San Rafael.

Provided by Alison Wilson Alison Wilson and Catherine Coy of Sunrise Home in San Rafael gave Guest Suite II a luxe and tailored look where rough textures and clean lines play off each other.

A good percentage of them are San Rafael police and firefighters who worked the system and padded their pensions by saving their overtime and vacation pay.

IN A JAN. 12 Marin Voice column by Mary Beth Pascale, she stated that the new poll conducted on behalf of the Marin Association of Public Employees showed great support for public workers.

A smaller crop and growing demand helped boost the value of central San Joaquin Valley wine grapes last year, state statistics show.

Experience Corps Marin will hold an open house from 1 to 2 p.m. Feb. 22 for people age 55 and older interested in mentoring and tutoring young English-language learners at five San Rafael elementary schools.

Setting out to view a film based on a favorite book is always a gamble. Some of us avoid the versions that hit the big screen while others count the moments until well-loved pages of the book come to life with the performances of big-time Hollywood stars.

This duo from Fairfax describes itself as "schizophrenically eclectic." And as crazy as that may sound, it's pretty much on target.

"Firefighters arrived quickly to find a large column of smoke and fire burning to the rear of the main lumber supply building and aggressively attacked the fire," Fire Chief Chris Grey said in a statement.

"Firefighters arrived quickly to find a large column of smoke and fire burning to the rear of the main lumber supply building and aggressively attacked the fire," Fire Chief Chris Grey said in a statement.

Firefighters have controlled a two-alarm blaze that broke out at a San Rafael building supply center and lumber yard early Friday morning.

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. A California woman has her gold necklace back months after she accidentally flushed it down her toilet.

From Les Miserables, Evita, and Phantom of the Opera, to Wicked and Tommy, Neil Berg 's 102 Years of Broadway, the nation's number one Broadway touring revue in America, takes place on SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19th, 3pm, at the Marin Veterans' Memorial Auditorium, 10 Avenue of the Flags at Civic Center Drive in San Rafael.