Sunday, May 20, 2012
Figure up from $9 billion projected in January.
Gov. Jerry Brown's recently revised budget numbers show that California's budget deficit is nearly $6 billion more than the governor projected in January. The New York Times reports that California now faces a $16 billion gap, up from $9 billion, in round numbers. How that'll impact cities, however, remains unclear – at least until voters weigh in at the polls in November on Brown's tax initiative. "This means that we will have to go much further, and make cuts far greater than I asked for at the beginning of the year," Brown said on Youtube, where he released his original statement. "But we can't fill a hole of this magnitude with cuts alone, without doing severe damage to our schools." "That's why I'm bypassing the gridlock, and asking …
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Thinking about going to the festivities on May 27? Get the scoop on the activities and the best place to watch the fireworks.
The Golden Gate Bridge is turning 75 on May 27, which calls for a grand celebration of fireworks, music, maritime displays and bridge memorabilia — the details of which were posted today on the festival's website. The bridge's 75th anniversary will be an all-day affair starting around 10 a.m. and continuing through the night until about 11 p.m. Various exhibits will be on display throughout the Marina, Presidio and Golden Gate National Park area all day including an orange artists' exhibition at Fort Point to celebrate the bridge's distinct coloring; music and dancing at Crissy Field and on the Marina Green; and a vintage maritime display with classic boats at the ready for viewing at St. Francis Yacht Club. Throughout the day, official …
Bay-Friendly Garden Tour visits three local gardens, including a plant sale at the Marin Brain Injury Network on Saturday.
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Good things do come in small packages as Iris Gold and Steven Katz demonstrate in their small edible garden in Larkspur. And today they'll show how their garden grows to a small group from the Bay-Friendly Garden Tours. Their “mini organic farm” borders on the Larkspur Lagoon, with Mt. Tamalpais in the backdrop. When Iris and Steven first started gardening here, the soil was bay mud and the plants were mostly junipers. Over 23 years they have cultivated the soil, and created a nourishing garden for food, beauty, and relaxation. Containers were used to raise plants above saltwater intrusion from the lagoon. Edibles and ornamentals are intermixed with flowers grown for Ikebana flower arrangements. The Bay-Friendly Garden Tours help people …
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Investigators are searching for the tenant of an apartment that appears to have been intentionally set on fire.
Investigators are searching for the resident of a Larkspur apartment that was set ablaze in the early morning hours Saturday in a suspected case of arson. Firefighters from Larkspur, Corte Madera, San Rafael and Kentfield, along with the Ross Valley Paramedic Authority, arrived at the Serenity Apartments at 7:10 a.m. at 2700 Lincoln Village Circle to find the ground-floor apartment filled with smoke, according to the Larkspur Fire Department. An initial search found no one inside the apartment unit at the time. Fire crews located the main body of fire in the bathroom, which was quickly extinguished. Crews then confirmed that the fire had not spread to units on either side or to the second or third floors of the complex. Smoke had to be …
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Installation of 972-kilowatt system should be finished by this fall, local power authority says.
By this fall, sunlight captured from the rooftop of San Rafael Airport buildings will be juicing selected homes in Marin. The Marin Energy Authority, which administers the Marin Clean Energy program, said in a release that it has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with the small county-owned airport for 972 kilowatts of rooftop solar power, the largest solar project in Marin. The power is being purchased for Marin Clean Energy customers through MEA’s feed-in tariff program and the project is expected to be installed and operational by fall 2012. Novato residents are in the process of switching over to Marin Clean Energy power or opting out and remaining with Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E will deliver power to both types of …
Friday, May 18, 2012
Follow Nicole Nada's daring bike ride from Eureka to Greenbrae and her journey to kick breast cancer.
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Nicole Nada is taking the trip of a lifetime, a six-day, 320-mile bike ride that will end six days later in Greenbrae, just in time for her first round of chemotherapy on May 21 at the Marin Cancer Institute. Nada, who is fighting breast cancer, is blogging about her journey on her site www.kickingmycancer.com. She is using the ride to raise funds and awareness for the Center for Integrative Wellness and Health in Greenbrae and the Humboldt County Breast Health Project. Here is her latest update. We'll post her blog entries here as they come in. You can donate to her causes on her site. *** Lunch and rest in Garberville set me up for smooth sailing into Leggett just in time for dinner at The Peg House with my family. Local grassed beef …
A 1936 Delahaye 135 Competition Disapperaing Top Convertible with Coachwork by Figoni et Falaschi will be one of the featured automobiles.
Elegant, stylish, high-design – all adjectives used to define the exquisite vintage automobiles selected to compete on the green at the Marin Sonoma Concours d’Elegance, Sunday, May 20 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Marin County Civic Center. This year’s event celebrates the gorgeous craftsmanship of French coachbuilders such as Figoni & Falaschi, Saoutchik, and Chapron and Italian designers such as Bertone, Zagato and Vignale. Extraordinary Cord automobiles will also be featured in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the last year these cars were produced. Also featured will be an exhibit of military vehicles, vintage British motorcycles, classic wooden boats, and closed wheel race cars. There is a vehicle to spark every imagination. …
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The West Coast is the place to watch the moon partially block the sun on Sunday late afternoon, forming a thick black ring around it. So we're looking for good places to watch it. Where will you go to see it?
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A major astronomical event is coming this weekend, and Marin is prime real estate for checking it out. Fog permitting, astronomical neophytes and curious minds will have an opportunity to view an annular eclipse of the sun late Sunday afternoon, the first since 1994. The moon will paritally block the sun on Sunday at around 5:10 p.m. with the maximum eclipse at 6:32 p.m., according to astronomer Jonathan Braidman at Oakland's Chabot Space and Science Center. Since the moon is not quite large enough to completely block out the sun it leaves a ring, which according to Braidman, "doesn't happen very often." In fact, the next total solar eclipse will be in 2023 and the next annular eclipse will happen again in 2030 and then again in 2048, …
The Larkspur City Council must decide soon if it will build a new library on the Rose Garden site, or risk losing out on a $5 million donation.
Larkspur's leaders are dreaming of a shiny new community facility to draw people toward downtown. Right now, though, the undeveloped site sits in front of a road that can challenge any car's suspension. Repairs are due to start in the Fall on Doherty Drive, named one of the worst-maintained roads in the Bay Area by the Metropolitan Transportation Agency. The Alexander Bridge and Bon Air Bridge are also in urgent need of repair, according to City officials. "In my two years here, I've heard loud and clear that people want our roads fixed," City Manager Dan Schwarz said during Wednesday's City Council meeting. "If public funds are going into the community facility project, that takes money away from the general fund, which is money used for …
Around Town May 18-20: If you work up an appetite while having fun this weekend, don't worry, it looks like delicious tidbits will be nearby wherever you go in Larkspur and Corte Madera.
Just can't resist the buffet line? Here's one you can really dive into. Restaurants and food vendors will line up Saturday for the third annual Taste of Town Center on Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the central courtyard next to the Elephant Fountain. Samplings include everything from sweet potato fries, cookies, ice tea and chili, pizza and brownie bites, gelatos and ice cream, assorted cheeses, bruschetta al pomodoro, taquitos, Baja shrimp and ceviche, spring rolls and salads, energy performance snacks, and a new Frappuccino blended beverage. Activities for children include free face painting by Tatyana, an appearance by professional entertainer and clown Marti Cate who will make animal balloons with the kids. With so many enjoyable…
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12:38 pm on Saturday, May 19, 2012
I attended the announcement on Thursday at the airport, and they also said the project will bring 25 new jobs to Marin. Great to see this homegrown energy approach taking root by helping locals. more ›