Novato News

The phrase was likely uttered countless times by legions of teenagers last weekend around the Bay Area.

By Bay City News Service: Two people escaped a fire in a detached garage that caused damage to the bedroom of their home in Novato early Wednesday morning, a fire spokeswoman said.

Novato firefighters made short work of a two-alarm blaze that destroyed the garage, dousing the flames before an adjoining home was burned.

A firefighter pulls a hose up a long driveway to a garage fire at 1403 Chase St. on Wednesday, April 23, 2014, in Novato, Calif.

A man makes his way across Grant Avenue on Tuesday, April 22, 2014, in Novato, Calif.

Left to right: Casey Lee, Ben Fenkell and Amy Brees at the Angel Island Conservancy benefit aboard the Acania.

The Novato Police Department and the Novato Fire District are inviting the community to have coffee with the cops and firefighters from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Thursday at Marin Coffee Roasters, 466 Ignacio Blvd. Chief of Police Jim Berg and Fire Chief Mark Heine will be on hand, as well as police officers from patrol, traffic, investigations and civilian ... (more)

IN A SURVEY taken last year by the Marin County Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program , 43 percent of Marin residents who responded indicated they don't shop for pesticides.

Talented Novato students made a strong showing at the Reno Jazz Festival April 12, with two of the four jazz bands representing the Marin School of the Arts at Novato High School winning their high school divisions at the competition.

By Bay City News Service: A man was arrested for taking a woman's cellphone and fleeing with the device at a shopping center in Novato on Friday morning, according to police.

The incident occurred at about 5:45 a.m. Saturday, when police noticed a car parked outside the Burger King at 969 Francisco Boulevard East.

From NorthBay Bohemian, David Templeton reviewer says, "when the touring production came to San Francisco, with original star Alice Ripley in the role that won her a Tony, I was underwhelmed by the phoned-in performances and slick blandness of the enterprise.

Courtesy of the Marin Humane Society The Marin Humane Society in Novato offers a 'Feline Environment Enrichment/Outdoor Enclosure' class at 1 p.m. May 4. MANY PEOPLE believe that cats need to go outside to enjoy their day.

Officers responded to a home in the 5400 block of Nave Drive in Novato at about 2 p.m. Friday to conduct a welfare check of a female associated with a Honda car, police said.

In this IJ archive photo, shoppers stroll along Grant Avenue at the Novato Farmers Market in Novato, Calif.

WHILE TRAIPSING through neck-high shrubs, diligently surveying the land for pieces of litter during a recent volunteer project at McInnis Park, a 6-year-old volunteer looked up at her mother and declared with confidence, "It's my destiny.

The Red-tailed Hawks and Hornets are both undefeated on the girls side. Terra Linda hosts Redwood and Marin Catholic.

Jeff Burkhart mixes a drink in a shaker on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012 in Novato, Calif.

Brady Bevis, seen on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013, in San Rafael, Calif., is a candidate for the College of Marin board.

Photo by Phil Hinderberger Master Gardener and Tomato Market Manager Karen Gideon checks to see if tomato seedlings are sprouting in the restored greenhouse at Falkirk Cultural Center in San Rafael.