Novato News

Especially during the holiday season, community contributions -- whether it's sharing photos with Santa, family rituals or reflections of thanks -- is a hugely important part of Novato Patch.

Liza went on to say that she had just been diagnosed with brain stem lioma, rare form of brain cancer.

Harold Valceschini has found his fountain of youth. He needed no Ponce de Leon-esque expedition to find it, either.

Carla Pronzini, left, jokes with sisters Nona Suhrke and Ruthe McAllister at Pronzini's Christmas tree lot on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013, in Petaluma, Calif.

This week, the council approved an incentive program that would pay $25,000 to any city staffer who voluntarily left.

On Monday, we wrote about a neighborhood on San Marin Drive that was terrorized by a drug house , a place where visitors would come and go day and night, dogs barked at all hours and trash piled up around the property.

* What: The Novato Theater Company present Barbara Robinson's comedy "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever," about a holiday play with an particularly rambunctious cast.

Dec. 7, 1941 - a day that will live in infamy, and in the fading memories of the last two Marin survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor, 72 years ago on Saturday.

Kaselionis currently serves on the board of the Women's Initiative and is president/chairwoman of the board of an organization developing a Hall of Fame devoted to history and lore of the contributions of musicians from Marin.

Dec. 06--Beso Negro "Burn It Down" This sensational album, the first full-length recording from Marin's next generation gypsy jazz band, couldn't have a more fitting title.

Do you have a question or concern for the Novato police or fire department or just want to get to know the men and women who keep our town safe? Then come to Coffee with the Cops and Firefighters on Thursday, December 19. This event will be held 8-9:30am at Peet's Coffee & Tea, located at 7320 Redwood Blvd. Meet with Chief of Police Jim Berg and ... (more)

Chaka Grayson, the 44-year-old Marin City man who was shot twice by a Marin County sheriff's deputy in the arm after he allegedly accelerated his car toward the deputy, will not be charged with assault with a deadly weapon, Marin County District Attorney Ed Berberian announced Thursday.

The Petaluma Fire Department received 22 medical and 79 fire or other emergency calls from Nov. 25 through Dec. 1. Here are some of the calls.

Frost forms on a passenger window on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013 in Novato, Calif. Temperature was 32 degree at 7:40 this morning.

During the holiday season, there is no shortage of opportunities to help those in need in our community.

The Marin Chinese Cultural Association will hold a free film festival from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the College of Marin's Indian Valley Campus, 1800 Ignacio Blvd. The first-ever MCCA Film Festival will screen new and in-development work by local filmmakers.

But when her husband was transferred by his company, she reluctantly left their Bodega Bay house and settled into Arkansas' third-largest city.

WWII glider pilot pilot Henry Beadle, 100, talks about his flying experiences at Hamilton Field History Museum on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013, in Novato, Calif.

The Novato Police Department has completed its investigation of a deputy-involved shooting in Marin City and sent it to the district attorney's office for review.

After that, the 100-foot long mural will be cut up and sold to the public at an opening reception Saturday, as a way to raise money for the museum's exhibitions, programs and events.