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When reports of a brush fire off Tiburon Boulevard came in Wednesday evening, Tiburon fire crews got there fast — and in force.

A state appeals court has given its blessing to an environmental study of the Marin Municipal Water District's proposed desalination project, although the district has — at least for now — shelved its desalination plans.

The future — and the electricity bill — are now looking brighter for Bonnie Campbell, who after a year of effort was able to install a solar electric system on her home in Novato's Meadow Park affordable housing development in mid-May.

The North Marin Water District board unanimously granted 9 percent raises to its general manager and chief engineer.

The Novato City Council Tuesday night unanimously approved a moratorium on building in the city's north Redwood Boulevard corridor.

Novato resident Ken Ackerman said he suspected something big was in the works when his grandson, David Karp, paid him a visit about five weeks ago.

The U.S. Census Bureau is reporting what most in Marin know: the county doesn't grow much.The federal agency Wednesday released its latest population estimates through July 1, 2012 for cities and towns across the country.

Marin supervisors have some healthy advice: Don't drink soda pop this summer!County officials, in effect declaring Marin a soda-pop-free zone, proclaimed the season as "Soda Free Summer.

Several trees were knocked down across Marin but most neighborhoods emerged unscathed amid bursts of howling winds that peaked at 62 mph at the Point Reyes Lighthouse on Tuesday night.

A 30-year-old Novato man who was reported missing nearly two weeks ago was found dead Tuesday evening in the Indian Valley area.

For the first time in 15 years, there will be no Marin City Blues, Jazz and Soul Party in the Park this Labor Day weekend.

In the case of People vs. John Jeffrey O'Connor, the defendant stipulates that he shook a box of macaroni and cheese on the night in question.

The Rev. Fred Small, a Marin City leader who lived in the community for 60 years, died May 15 in San Francisco.

What's in a name? In the case of Marin Rocks, about $2.5 million. That's how much the Marin History Museum sank into its failed rock history project, and now it's trying to recover its losses by leasing or selling the name as a copyrighted brand.

At first glance, there's little to distinguish Sqor.com's San Francisco headquarters from any other internet start-up.

What a difference a year makes: The median price of a single-family home in Marin came close to the $1 million mark in April at $931,700, a 23 percent jump from April 2012, according to the Marin County Assessor's Office.

Tightening the purse strings of a controversial fund that enables top officials to spend as they please drew congratulations from the Marin County civil grand jury, but the panel concluded more must be done to eliminate the taint of political patronage.

The sheriff's department is looking for three suspects who fled on Tuesday after stealing cellphones and tablets from a Mill Valley store.

A motorcyclist suffered a fractured leg Tuesday after a collision with a car in Olema.The crash occurred at about 4:15 p.

Neighbors opposed to increasing the number of children at a home day care center are being asked by the San Rafael City Council to work with the provider to come up with solutions that will allow the center to expand while addressing concerns about noise and traffic.