San Geronimo News

Professional musician Ric Wilson strikes the classic rock hero guitar pose during a jam session with a group of nonmusicians trying to keep up at Slate Roof Studio in Forest Knolls.

The National Park Service has approved funding for two projects in Marin County that support the efforts of homeowners and local fire departments to improve fire safety in the wildland-urban interface.

Local Public Issues , posted by Gerald Henny, a resident of the San Geronimo neighborhood, 2 hours ago I appreciate the Sun's story on the need for zero waste, but that isn't a real possibility anytime soon, as ...

Old-fashioned entertainment made for a lively lineup of small-town country fun in Woodacre that included a barbecue, pony rides, live music and gunny sack races.

What would the Fourth of July be without a parade? Fortunately, Marin residents don't have to experience that.

Ashley Austin and Naidelyn Lopez, both 4 years old, do some coloring in their Summer Bridge class at Bahia Vista Elementary School in San Rafael on Thursday.

With little fanfare, county officials have approved construction of two new cell phone towers in a pasture half a mile north of Tomales.

If it's midsummer, it must be time for the annual outdoor rock 'n' roll benefit concert at the San Geronimo Valley Community Center.

A plan unveiled Tuesday by Marin County officials calls for a quarter-cent sales tax and the formation of new assessment districts to help raise more than $226 million for open space land acquisition and parks ...

Faced with a difficult choice - persuade parents to let their children take a state test or give back $40,000 in federal aid - the Lagunitas School District Board has decided to do neither.

Kitka has been around since 1979 with various lineups. The unusual music group Kitka has been praised to the stars by musicians and critics from Garrison Keillor of "A Prairie Home Companion" to the New Yorker ...

The San Geronimo Valley's Fourth of July celebration, "Friday Country Hey Day," will begin at noon with a parade starting near the Woodacre Improvement Club and marching down Railroad Avenue to the Dickson ...

Seventh-grader Lindsy Mobley is one of several winners of the 16th annual Marin County elementary and middle school writing contest, established by the Phillips Library in Tiburon.

Call 455-9569 or e-mail romandper@hotmail.com. - A healing Shabbat service is at 6:15 p.m. at Congregation Rodef Sholom at 9:15 a.m. at 170 N. San Pedro Road in San Rafael.

The potluck features games, campfire and a picnic, with musical instruments encouraged.

Want to party with pirates or flutter with fairies? Jump into a book and become the main character? Or just feel like a kid with your kid for a day? If so, join your favorite story book characters May 17 at the ...

Unwanted' desks headed for Costa Rica By Jesse Duarte, St Elena Star About 100 desks that just weeks ago appeared destined for a landfill are now being shipped to an impoverished Costa Rican school, thanks to ... via Inside Costa Rica

San Geronimo Preschool will have a Storyland Faire to promote reading and raise money for the school at 11 a.m. May 17 at 6001 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. via Marin Independent Journal

The San Geronimo Valley Lions Club will collect eyeglasses and sunglasses for its Recycle for Sight program throughout May. via Marin Independent Journal

The Cayucos Land Conservancy, a Paso Robles High School teacher and a teen organization are the winners of the annual San Luis Obispo County Environmental Awards. via SanLuisObispo.com