Larkspur News

There are a lot of bitter battles in the fight to remove--or retain--Eucalyptus trees in our County, but this one got our attention.

Paul Nave's official slogan as a 49-year-old professional boxer is "It ain't over till it's over." According to some, it should have never been allowed to start.

Neighborhood disputes over trees in the Bay Area are not uncommon, but few can match the legal entanglement raging in Marin County over one woman's beloved eucalyptus grove.

The Larkspur City Council will meet Wednesday to consider plans to build a permanent public works corporation yard and office facility at the existing Tamiscal School site at 305 Doherty Drive.

HAVING a coffee shop move into a location that was occupied by another java house should not be a difficult planning issue.

Hospice By The Bay honored longtime volunteer Ruth Silverman, a Larkspur resident, with its 2009 Dee Fahy Volunteer Achievement Award at a ceremony last month at the Elks Lodge in San Rafael.

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

Repairs to the Bay Bridge made it safe to reopen Monday, but Caltrans may make other modifications that would require yet another temporary bridge closure later this year, the highway agency's top engineer said.

Twenty-five gallons of paint leaked into a Larkspur marsh Thursday after a flurry of rainshowers washed it off a building, a fire official said.

Voters in Marin County Tuesday re-elected 10 of 14 incumbents seeking re-election to nine councils.

"I'm here to reaffirm a few key principals. I am not interested in being your Governor to play in the margins.

Local Public Issues , posted by Frank McClain, a resident of the Larkspur neighborhood, 9 minutes ago In 1997, the City of Larkspur commissioned an engineering report 'for the rehabilitation of the failing retaining wall at the corner of Myrtle and Hawthorne Avenues in Larkspur', CA.

Realtor Arundel Burrell with Frank Howard Allen has been selected by Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco as its exclusive Realtor in Marin.

LARKSPUR SCHOOL District voters have the good fortune of having four strong candidates running for three seats on the board.

By Gary Klien, The Marin Independent Journal The Bay Bridge was ordered shut down for at least 24 hours Tuesday evening so crews can repair a cable that snapped at 5:30 p.m. in the westbound direction.

This week, Zvi Danenberg of Larkspur stepped into history. Surrounded by more than 50 adoring fans who crowded the sidewalk at the base of the Arch Street steps on Magnolia Avenue, the 84-year-old retired school teacher - and his new knee - took the 1 millionth step.

Supporters of a Larkspur School District tax measure on the Nov. 3 ballot have raised $11,575 for their campaign, including a $10,000 contribution from the schools foundation, according to financial statements filed with the county elections office.

Larkspur City Council candidate Len Rifkind was scrambling Monday to turn in campaign disclosure statements after missing last week's deadline to file.

The more than 100 volunteers and interns who are ending their service in the Marin Civic Center Volunteers program were recognized at a ceremony last week by county supervisors.

When Tamiscal High School student Nina Klehr tells her friends she's attending an independent study high school, most of them have no idea what she's talking about.