Tomales News

Every year Amy and I try to get up to Point Reyes , and at the end of June we spent a week at a cottage up on the ridge in Inverness.

The ancestral homeland of the Coast Miwok includes all of Marin and southern Sonoma counties, with the City of Sonoma being at the eastern limit of their territory at the time of Spanish contact.

OUR STATE lawmakers are at it again, seemingly oblivious to the painful thumping they got from voters in last month's budget-bailout election.

Days after the Marin County Office of Education dismissed the head of the county's Outdoor School, a new report by the Marin Civil Grand Jury heaps praise on the school and its host, the Walker Creek Ranch - and expresses concerns that budget cuts could undo years of improvement.

The state has granted close to $800,000 in federal stimulus funds that pay for 15 jobs connected to the Giacomini wetlands restoration project in West Marin.

Marin residents are giving a loud raspberry to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget-cutting plan that would result in closure of 80 percent of the state's 279 parks, including all six state parks in Marin.

Marin residents Friday gave a loud raspberry to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget-cutting plan that would result in closure of 80 percent of the state's 279 parks, including all six state parks in Marin.

In the North Bay, the list includes Mount Tampalpais, Angel Island, Samuel P. Taylor, Tomales Bay and China Camp state parks; Olompali, Benicia Capitol, Jack London, Petaluma Adobe, Sonoma and Bale Grist state historic parks; Benicia State Recreation Area; and Bothe-Napa Valley State Park.

Students in the Shoreline Unified School District will pay an additional $60 per sport to participate in athletics next year.

The Inverness Public Utility District is proposing to raise water rates another 9 percent this year after a 20 percent hike last year, joining other county agencies that are lining up to charge more for water.

As a bugler played taps and an honor guard fired a volley of rifle shots, 22-year-old Army Spc.

Oysters are always in season, thanks to aquaculture, and big changes are coming to that area of food production in Marin.

An agricultural easement that will protect farmland on a 55-acre parcel at 3251 Dillon Beach Road in Tomales was approved by county supervisors.

No phrase should set off a buzzword alarm like "cool climate." What is a cool climate, anyway? The way this once useful term is thrown around, you'd think you have to be in Bakersfield to find a climate that's disqualified.

Twenty-two national parks in California will get a portion of $97 million to repair historic buildings, install solar panels, and fix trails.

For years, there were few things in life that your trusty gaming columnist could stomach for the better part of seven hours: kayaking in Tomales Bay, John McPhee books and '80s Chevy Chase movies.

The Tomales Health Fair offers community resources, health screenings, breast exams, fluoride varnishes for children, blood donations, healthy food, podiatry services, general and legal information and a raffle.

Novato picks its SMART stops Novato councilmembers voted earlier this week to recommend the two sites for the Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit .

A $159,000 consultant will develop a "vision plan" that will analyze Marin County Fire Department facilities and make recommendations for improvements.

Marin's oldest shellfish farm is celebrating its 100th anniversary under new ownership.