Tiburon News

A detainee's suitcase is shown in the detention barracks of the Angel Island Immigration Station.

Marin couldn't eat a whole one 30 years ago this week. One of the many challenges facing regional opera productions is to convince the average suburban that the grandest of Western music traditions can be accessible and engaging to the masses.

Incumbents had comfortable leads after early returns in the Las Gallinas Valley Sanitary District and Tiburon Sanitary District No.

An article from the weekend discusses some possible ecological effects of the latest oil spill in San Francisco Bay .

Paragraphs by Paul Miller The least likely neighborhoods for kids to get Halloween treats if they are dressed up with the distorted masks of Thrush Limp Baugh or Glenn Beckerhead or Fail'un Pal'un are Ross, Tiburon and Belvedere.

Gilbert Mejia, an 18-year-old Novato boy whose family has been at the center of an immigration rights controversy in Marin the past several months, told 1,100 people packed into the San Rafael High gym on Sunday that the upstart Marin Organizing Committee can be a powerful forum for those who are forced to "live in the shadows." Mejia received a ...

In the spirit of the Halloween season, we thought you should know that mummies did exist in the late 1800s in Marin--specifically in Tiburon.

The Marin County registrar of voters has sent separate ballots to 62 voters in the Tiburon Sanitary District because they did not have the contest for the district board on the original ballots they received.

PC Graphics Market Soars Over 21% says Jon Peddie Research Market already exceeded last year's highs -- Happy holidays ahead for graphics processor sales TIBURON, CA - October 26, 2009 - Third quarter shipments of graphics processors jumped an amazing 21.2% over Q2, which was already a great quarter clearly signaling the holidays will be robust for ...

This freebie edition is all about culture. Free special exhibits, free concerts, free films and free Halloween stuff to do.

In Marin County, a fire destroyed a multimillion-dollar home belonging to one of Tiburon's most well-known and loved residents.

A large fire raced through a large home in Tiburon in Marin County Wednesday sending up smoke that could be seen for miles.

Share + Oct 22, 2009 3:13 pm US/Pacific TIBURON AA four-alarm fire that destroyed the house of Tiburon resident Barbara Meislin, known in town as "The Purple Lady," is believed to have started in a closet that contains a furnace, fire investigators said Thursday.

Remember that four-alarm house fire in Tiburon we mentioned yesterday? Well, sadly, that burning house belonged to Marin County icon, author, peace activist and collector of all things purple, Barbara Meislin, who had lived in the house for 43 years.

The four-alarm fire broke out at 9:34 a.m. in the basement of the two-story, 4,000-square-foot home owned by Barbara Meislin, a local author, singer and healer known for her dedication to everything purple.

Share + Oct 21, 2009 2:09 pm US/Pacific TIBURON Firefighters from across the North Bay have contained a four-alarm house fire in Tiburon, a fire spokeswoman said.

A Tiburon homeowner made a frantic 911 call Wednesday morning to report her house was on fire.

The San Francisco Symphony is obviously thinking about the future it shows in their dedication to inspiring and educating a new generation.

Life in Marin , posted by Steven Lee, a resident of the San Anselmo neighborhood, 35 minutes ago I for one don't understand why we don't all vigorously support Measure E. Without Measure E, developers can build a house in the San Anselmo flatlands twice as large as they can build on the same-size lot in Mill Valley and Tiburon.

Thousands of Marin residents dropped, covered and held on at 10:15 a.m. Thursday as part of the first statewide "Great California ShakeOut" earthquake drill.