Novato News

Dave Ward, owner of Air Ward, uses a Cessna 172 training plane for flight instruction at his flight school conducted at Gnoss Field in Novato.

A Novato school was placed on lockdown Friday after a despondent man with a gun was found near the campus, police said.

Members of Sustainable Novato say they'll push the Novato City Council to get an ordinance on integrated pest management higher on the council's priority list.

Contractor fraud and identity theft have become the most common crimes against Marin's aging population, experts told Novato seniors at a "Senior Scam Stopper" seminar this week.

For the first time in decades, a development proposal for the Hanna Ranch property in Novato might gain enough traction to move through the civic approval process.

Just a few hours after a groundbreaking ceremony for the first Habitat for Humanity project in Marin County, volunteers from Wells Fargo and PG&E joined a Habitat construction team to begin work on a home in Novato.

Just two years ago, Novato's annual Rock'n Blues By The Lake fundraiser brought in more than $70,000 for the city's schools - enough to fully equip a computer lab at Novato High and take San Marin teachers on a school supply spending spree.

Novato-based Circle Bancorp, parent company of Circle Bank, reported Tuesday a net income of $382,000 for the third quarter of 2009.

Supporters of a Novato veterinarian whose license is to be revoked next week protested Thursday at the Sacramento offices of the state veterinary board, attorney general and governor.

A Las Vegas man has pleaded guilty to shooting up a Novato home two years ago in a dispute over a drug debt, the district attorney's office said.

Money continues to pour into the Novato Sanitary District board election, as the Novato Disposal Service, the company to which the district contracts its garbage service, has thrown more than $21,000 behind the three incumbents.

Seems like Novato is the only place these days opening new restaurants; witness this , and this and this .

Marin General and Novato Community hospitals were among 36 in the state recently recognized with certificates of excellence from the California Hospital Assessment and Reporting Task Force.

An aging public pool at the former Hamilton Air Force Base is almost ready for a grand debut after a $5 million renovation.

With the scheduled deportation of his parents fast approaching, the case of Gilbert Mejia-Perez, an 18-year-old Novato resident in legal limbo until July 2010, is drawing national attention.

Both lanes of eastbound Highway 37 were closed Tuesday night after a crash blocked the road.

Veolia Water, a French company selected to operate the Novato Sanitary District's new $90 million wastewater treatment plant, is spending $25,000 to back board incumbents being challenged by critics of the privatization deal.

A Novato woman who drove her car into a parked car in San Anselmo on Monday night was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, police said.

A man fleeing police was stopped with an electric shock by a Taser gun Saturday after he allegedly gassed up his vehicle without paying at a Novato car wash, police said.

A Novato motorcyclist was in stable condition with multiple broken bones Sunday after striking a deer on a rural stretch of Novato Boulevard, authorities said.