Sausalito News

Larkspur School District Superintendent, Valerie Pitts, as seen at the Larkspur School District board meeting at Hall Middle School in Larkspur, Calif., on Wednesday, May 19, 2010.

John Purdue, an opponent of fluoridated water, holds a glass of tap water as he poses for a photo in San Rafael, Calif.

The fifth annual Sausalito Film Festival kicks off on Caledonia Street from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Friday, followed by films that will continue to be shown through the weekend.

That is a fact made clear to me a few years ago on a vacation to San Francisco. My husband and I had been married just a few years and I was convinced our marriage was going to end about halfway across the Golden Gate Bridge.

The body of a male wearing a wetsuit was found on a hillside near Kirby Cove in the Marin Headlands on Wednesday afternoon, a fire captain said.

The bicyclist escaped with a leg injury after being hit by a car, while the roofer suffered moderate injuries after plummeting 40 feet while on the job.

Lights from a ride blur in a long exposure as fireworks light up the sky over the carnival at the Marin County Fair in San Rafael, Calif.

The Mountain Play presents 'The Sound of Music' from May 19 through June 16 at the Cushing Memorial Amphitheatre in Mount Tamalpais State Park.

Now that we know just how bike-friendly SF is , it's no wonder the city is looking to capitalize on the power of pedaling through SF.

This week, an artist makes deadpan jokes in vintage photographs, whistlers convene in Glendale and a Japanese novelist's tragedy of frustrated love is re-staged in Mexico.

Palo Alto Animal Control Officer William Warrior holds a rescued a 5-week-old harbor seal that was in distress near the Mayfield Slough tide gate on Tuesday, April 9, 2013.

Left to right: Sybil Kaufman, Jon Friedenberg and Sandra Otter at the Marin General Hospital Foundation benefactor reception on April 22 in Tiburon.

An outboard motor fell off a rescue boat being towed through Mill Valley on Tuesday, hitting a car and forcing a lane closure on the freeway.

The sixth annual Ross Farmers Market is set to reopen from 3 to 7 p.m. May 30 at the Ross Post Office on Ross Common, and will continue Thursdays through the season.

What's in a name? When deciding what to call your company, the answer is plenty.

The season of the Portuguese festival of the Holy Ghost has begun. In dowtown Mountain View, some Sunday strollers and farmers market patrons stopped in their tracks, intrigued, unfamiliar with the 100-plus-year tradition that is practiced up and down California among descendents of immigrants from the Azores.

If you are looking to get out of the city and explore somewhere new, look no further than these North Bay to-dos. Indulge in a day of craftsman expression and visit Heath's Sausalito factory where you can take a tour of the factory, glaze tiles, learn about ceramic techniques, and explore your inner artisan.

NASA Mars Rover mechanical engineer Adam Steltzner speaks at College of Marin in Kentfield, Calif.

In what organizer Sandra Evans describes as "the Disney World of health fairs," the first - but definitely not the last - Marin Healthy Palooza kicks off on at 10 a.m. on Saturday at the Mill Valley Community Center .

Lark Theater, 549 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur; 924-5111; www.larktheater.net . May 16, 7:30 p.m.: High-definition presentation of the National Theatre London production of James Graham's play "This House." $30. "ROCKSHOW: PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS" - Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael; 454-1222; www.cafilm.org . May 16, 7 p.m.: ... (more)