The unemployment rate dropped to 5.2 percent in Marin according toe new data.
Across Patch's network of 900 sites, people felt the effect of the bombing at the Boston Marathon, including dozens of stories in the Bay Area.
The annual event shines the spotlight on independent, old-fashioned record stores.
As the San Francisco Police Dept. shelves the latest attempt to equip officers with stun guns, all but two agencies in Marin have been using them for years. Do you have any concerns about that?
Donating directly to the One Fund Boston website is the best way to contribute.
Joseph Price of San Rafael had just been released from Marin County Jail, where he was booked on a warrant for driving on a suspended license. Price lived on the other side of the highway from where he tried to cross.
Loveable Rogue bookstore is perfectly suited to explore the life of a complex Hollywood legend.
Marin residents respond to profanity leniency.
The Marin County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a request to rename the path after the former Marin County Supervisor who died unexpectedly in March 2011.
Top the Cops event at Sonoma Raceway kicks off Wednesday night and runs through mid-August, featuring Novato Police and officers from throughout the Bay Area.
The Novato City Council approves the switch of the city’s energy needs to the MEA’s renewable energy program.
CHP officers say the man tried to cross the highway despite the presence of an underpass in the immediate vicinity. A rash of Marin accidents has resulted in three deaths in four days.
The staging of Sam Shepard’s dark comedy unites talent from around the North Bay.
Novato business owners are creating national network of salons and stylists to support cancer victims.
Science writer Mary Roach, author of "Packing for Mars," will speak at Dominican University
AT&T claims its latest mobile broadband product — now serving Marin — is a lot faster.
Robert Dunn and 16-year-old Dylan Barry were killed near in Sonoma Saturday.
Four from Novato are registered as runners. Three of the four finished the race safely.
Chris Major returns from trek to African villages realizing that we take a lot of things for granted.
All but one high school in Marin had a graduation rate of 90 percent or higher last spring. Dropout rates also are low, drop at both Novato and San Marin High.
CHP get to reopen highway ramp several hours after fatal accident.
Here are some of the most-read articles published on Novato Patch in the past few days.
The suspects were armed with firearms when they entered the house, restrained those inside and stole property before driving off in a white pickup truck.
A vehicle overturned at 6:43 p.m. in a collision that closed Hwy. 101 northbound at the Hwy. 37 eastbound connector ramp. The car went up in flames with an unknown number of people trapped inside.
A fishing program allows local children to appreciate their surroundings.
A Marin boy is "extraordinarily lucky" to be alive after he tried to do a urban gymnastics stunt off a protective railing and fell into a steam vent, according to national park officials.
Listed at $279,000, this townhouse has two bedrooms.
National Public Safety Telecommunications Week shines the spotlight on those who serve and protect behind the scenes.
With a chance to save money, city officials are eyeing the idea of leaving PG&E.
Marin resident and former Coastal Commission member Phyllis Faber joins Marin group in challenging recent commission orders that would require the oyster farm to curtail its activities. Drakes Bay files similar suit.
Boston Ballet dancer John Lam is returning to Marin to dance for Marin Ballet’s 50th anniversary.
Dimitri Storm, who eluded a massive manhunt in West Marin on April 5, has been spotted in Boulder Creek area of Santa Cruz County, according to authorities.
Wonder what your neighbors pay for rent? This map details it.
Visits to a Novato friend yield an inspired series of photographs.
Novato High classrooms rate a bit better than California average of 4.7 students per school-owned computer.
There are at least three companies in the Bay Area with medicines under review by the FDA for possible accelerated approval. One is in Novato.
Sara Jones replaces Gail Haar, who retired in March after serving as director of the county's library system since 2007. The system includes libraries on Novato Blvd. and in Hamilton Landing.
A new U.S. Census Bureau map of migration patterns between counties shows Marin's net gain of 2,049 residents from 2006 to 2010, with most of those leaving staying in California.
The following information from Apr. 1-3, 2013 was supplied by the Novato Police Department. Arrests do not indicate a conviction.
Three family pets in the same neighborhood go missing in one evening.