San Rafael News

If you're in the Bay Area for Thanksgiving and without plans, I just learned that Cafe Gratitude, in San Rafael, will be having a vegan, free Thanksgiving from 11-3pm. You are welcome to volunteer for an hour in the kitchen if feeling so moved, but it's not a requirement.

Jamie Salinas, a sixth-grade student at San Rafael's Davidson Middle School, thinks for a moment before taking hold of a rope that runs back and forth within a circle of students like a giant cat's cradle.

State, National, International , posted by Editor, Pacific Sun Online, a resident of the San Rafael neighborhood, 2 hours ago The State of California has a $20 billion deficit problem which will continue well beyond this year according to a report released today by the California Legislative Analyst's Office.

Those who live, work and play along the San Rafael Canal turned out Monday to vent about a city vision to one day turn the area into a thriving waterfront destination.

Hundreds wait in line during the free public swine flu clinic at the Marin Health and Wellness Center in San Rafael on Saturday.

San Rafael's Tamalpais Bancorp, the parent company of Tamalpais Bank, reported Tuesday it lost nearly $5.1 million in the third quarter, a precipitous drop from a $1.5 million profit for the same period a year ago.

The bike path under construction on the west side of Highway 101 in San Rafael is near completion, but Jimmi Olmstead, resident manager of Pacheco Street Apartments, wants it finished.

Anthony Cavallo and Helmut Ahollinger motor down the San Rafael Canal on Wednesday.

A San Rafael couple was arrested in the theft of more than $90,000 worth of rare coins from a Mill Valley dealer, the sheriff's department said.

A San Rafael man arrested for violating a restraining order in Marinwood on Sunday was found dead this week under circumstances that remain under investigation, authorities said Thursday.

David Plouffe, who wrote a book on the 2008 election, talks with students before his speech at Dominican University.

A San Rafael man arrested with a gun on a Golden Gate Transit bus has pleaded guilty to weapons and burglary charges.

With a discarded mattress in the gutter, a man works on a car on Canal Street in San Rafael shortly after noon on Monday.

About a dozen former Milo Foundation board members, workers and volunteers have issued a letter of support for the Marin Humane Society, heralding its decision last month to shutter the embattled San Rafael-based animal-adoption organization.

Fitness instructors Susie Van Buskirk and Nancy Morano teach stretching exercises to a class of fifth-grade students at San Pedro School in San Rafael as part of the Invest in Youth program.

Angel and Gerardo Castillo look at the offerings on the Chan Kahal alter, dedicated to the people of the Yucatan Peninsula.

Utility crews work on a power pole that caught fire Friday in the Andersen Drive area of San Rafael.

A Dominican University student escaped serious injury Thursday after falling asleep behind the wheel and driving off the freeway on her way to school, police said.

After nearly seven years at the helm of the Vallejo Chamber of Commerce, president and CEO Rick Wells announced his resignation Friday.

Day of the Dead. It sure sounds like a bummer. But "Day of the Dead" or "Dia de los Muertos", is a traditional holiday celebrated in Central America and Mexico to commemorate family members, and loved ones, who have passed away.