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Marin County is making some much-needed changes to its pesticide management policy. A local activist earlier this year obtained county records and blew the whistle. The county had been using several pesticides not on its approved list, and in amounts that exceeded what had been reported. There we...
11/21/2009
A new Masonic lodge was chartered Wednesday in an area of San Francisco that has been without a lodge for more than fifty years. The 26 charter members of the lodge will meet once a month at the University Club on Nob Hill across from the Fairmont Hotel. The lodge is the first in the downtown are...
11/20/2009
The Mill Valley City Council is changing the management structure of the local police and fire departments. For the last twenty years, both departments have been overseen by a single public safety chief. Now each department will get its own chief. The position Public Safety Chief has always been ...
11/17/2009
Birds rescued off of the coasts of Washington and Oregon were freed today in Marin County. Thousands of birds were not able to be rescued and eventually died, however, hundreds were successfully treated. The birds were found enveloped in a mysterious faomy slime and many were subjected to extreme...
11/06/2009
Hi folks.  I just wanted to let everyone know that I posted my latest Marin real estate video update on my homepage of my website.  You can find it at this location.
10/27/2009
"Project Restore", a habitat protection program, is sponsored by the Marin Municipal Water District. They will be hosting an event offering more info on "Project Restore" on September the ninth between six to nine in the evening. The location is at Sky Oaks watershed headquarters (49 Sky Oaks Roa...
08/31/2009
A man recently died of swine flu in Marin. He was over seveny years of age and was said to already have medical conditions that made him more susceptible to the virus. In related news, a student at Windsor High School, located in Sonoma County, has caught swine flu and is currently out of school ...
08/24/2009
 Three nonprofit organizations teamed up this week to launch Marinhelpers.com. The website connects household employers and temporary workers in a database by phone and email. Workers register with the website and are entered in a database, which the project manager, and sole employee, uses to fi...
08/20/2009
More Information - www.dsama.org The downtown area of San Anselmo in Marin County, will be graced with the 4th annual "Hot August / Cool Cars" show this Sunday from eleven to five. The show has been put together by the Downtown San Anselmo Merchants Association and will feature some wonderful vin...
08/10/2009
Well, for some rather entertaining news.......police found two California parolees hiding in a Marin vineyard. The police had been in a high-speed chase of more than 100 mph that took place from San Rafael to Sonoma. After the parolees ditched the car they apparently ran into the vineyard to hide...
08/08/2009
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