Tiburon News

Workers on Monday will begin resurfacing a major section of Highway 131, better known as Tiburon Boulevard.

Ideally, you should visit field localities more than once. They never show you the same things.

The cover of "Alcatraz, The Gangster Years," by David Ward with Gene Kassebaum. Al Capone visited Tiburon once.

The water was the place to be this weekend, as temps soared into the 90s and higher in some parts of Marin.

The heat didn't prevent wine-lovers and food-fanciers from turning out in droves to sample the treats down at the 28th annual Wine and Gourmet Food Tasting in downtown Mill Valley on Sunday.

In 2008, high-net-worth individuals spread their assets among more wealth management firms, and said they would be less likely to do business with registered independent advisory firms in the near future, according to "World Wealth Report 2009," a study released by Merrill Lynch Wealth Management Wednesday morning.

Firefighters with the help of two fire boats were able to contain an explosive two-alarm blaze Thursday afternoon that gutted one houseboat and nearly destroyed another on the Sausalito waterfront.

This week's hot dry weather, wildland firefighter training and the county's first significant brush fire of the season signal the beginning of summer - and the fire season in Marin.

Harvey Rogers stood proudly in front of green manzanita, yellow Mexican poppies and pink Australian fuschias at Blackie's Garden and unveiled a new interpretive display Wednesday morning.

While waiting a couple of weeks ago in the lobby of the Pet Emergency and Specialty Center in San Rafael, SH of Tiburon witnessed a group of well-dressed Marinites rush in with a homeless man and his bleeding dog--allegedly the result of a verbal altercation gone bad.

Find out more about Mark D.: Mark D. Hill is a proud native Californian, US Army veteran, graduate of UC Berkeley and a Coro Fellows Program.

La Ruta de los Conquistadores organizers may be slogging through tougher challenges than riders usually face.

A community meeting about fire prevention, safety and evacuation routes will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Belvedere Community Room at Belvedere City Hall at 450 San Rafael Ave.

The program includes Leonard Bernstein's opera, "Trouble in Tahiti"; Claudio Monteverdi's "Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorida"; Mozart's piano concert K107 for violin/violoncello/piano; Beethoven's Overture to "Creatures of Prometheus" for flute/violin/violoncello/piano; Mahler's "Songs of a Wayfarer" for baritone and instruments; and selections ...

The Inn Marin in Novato underwent a $2 million renovation a few years ago that included hard bamboo floors of a mahogany color, burgundy bed spreads and pale gold paint on the walls of each hotel room.

The Traveling Poetry Show presented by the Marin Poetry Center will hold a reading from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Founders Room, Belvedere-Tiburon Library, 1501 Tiburon Blvd.

A woman who found her private road listed in trail guides as a way to get to public open space settled a lawsuit with Tiburon to halt the access.

The 'Tree of Tears' is a permanent addition to the Marin Society of Artist's Sculpture Garden in Ross.

The New Yorker Magazine Discussion Group meets at the Belvedere-Tiburon Library.

The California Supreme Court has ruled in favor of four Tiburon residents who are challenging a special tax for underground utility lines.