Kentfield News

An art lover's dream w/rotunda-type entry, gorgeous curved staircase, many gallery walls.

Get ready for the 2009 Hard Hat Tour. The ongoing $250 million modernization project underway on the College of Marin campus in Kentfield has forced students to step around construction sites while dealing with the noise and commotion.

The College of Marin's "Club Mud" holiday sale, featuring hundreds of original ceramic works by faculty, staff and students, will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Fine Arts Building at 835 College Ave.

The Kentfield School District Board of Trustees will meet Tuesday to conduct a technology study session to assess the current technology program at Bacich and Kent schools and to determine next steps to enhancing technology use in the district.

The Marin County Board of Education is seeking applicants to fill the unexpired term of board member Frank Elliott, who died Oct.

The College of Marin will host a College Information Day from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Nov.

Denny Zeitlin, Marin psychiatrist and jazz pianist, says his work as a doctor makes him a good musician, and vice versa.

Two Marin schools collected care-package items for oversees troops last week as part of community service projects.

Wanden Treanor has been an excellent, committed trustee on the College of Marin board, and I strongly urge people to vote for her re-election. Wanden has served on the board for 13 years.

A Marin County "Lights On" campaign will be in Kentfield on Tuesday to remind bicyclists to stay visible as the daylight hours become shorter.

A malfunctioning generator in the boiler room of The Tamalpais retirement center caused a small fire at the site early Friday morning.

A Kentfield man suffered minor leg burns in a fire at the entrance to his apartment Thursday morning near the Woodlands Market.

Firefighters battle an early morning structure fire at the end of Valley Road in Fairfax.

In the first ever listing of its kind, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced its top twenty picks for primary and secondary schools that get most of their power from renewable sources, and Marin's Kentfield School District is on that list .

A 79-year-old Kentfield man was killed in a head-on collision today on state Highway 1 in unincorporated Sonoma County near Fort Ross State Historic Park, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Before she could read or write, Lili Rachel Smith understood injustice. "By the time she was playing on the playground, she saw kids pointing at her and asking, 'What's wrong with her, mommy?' " said Laura Talmus, Lili's mother.

A construction project was halted in Kentfield after a worker discovered a complete aboriginal skeleton, authorities said.

Firefighters battled a four-alarm fire Wednesday that destroyed the Tiburon home of author Barbara Meislin, widely known as the Purple Lady.

Two Richmond residents were arraigned Tuesday in connection with a series of residential burglaries in San Rafael, San Anselmo, Greenbrae and Kentfield, authorities said.

MapSpace! Storm that Caused Power Emergency and Accidents in California Weakening 10/14/2009 4:53 AM One of the most powerful storms to impact California in October in decades has created a power emergency in California, cutting power to thousands of customers.