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Boys & Girls Club charts new path after tumult
<b>(1 of )</b> Petaluma, CA, USA. Monday, September 18, 2017._ Exterior of the Boys & Girls Club at Lucchesi Park (CRISSY PASCUAL/ARGUS-COURIER STAFF)<p>After …
Sonoma CountyLiving in a liquefaction zone — the Bay Area's riskiest neighborhoods
Now Playing:<p>If the Bay Area is indeed overdue for the "Big One," as many scientists believe, it's important to know what kind of soil your home is built on.<p>"The most recent scientific study indicates that for the entire San Francisco Bay Area there is about a 70% chance of a magnitude 6.7 or …
San FranciscoPlanned California Home Seeks $65 Million
Previously owned by former Yahoo CEO Tim Koogle, the property in Marin County, Calif., comes with approved plans for a five-bedroom house
Real EstateRecycling The Body
On the bike, thoughts come for you. Exposed and vulnerable, distance and landscape bring messages from your past, images of paths not taken, …
RunningOculus Virtual Reality Tech Rolls Out in California Libraries
Library shelves have long presented an opportunity for patrons to escape the real world in the pages of a good book. But at libraries all over …
Virtual RealityHow a joke in a hotel hot tub turned into a massive drug bust
A man was arrested shortly after undercover deputies from Marin County learned of his drug operation while chatting in a hotel hot tub, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports.<p>The aforementioned events were described in a search warrant affidavit obtained by the newspaper last week. According to the …
CrimeDon’t be alarmed if Legislature’s housing package makes things worse
SACRAMENTO — I’ve occasionally quoted journalist H.L. Mencken’s quip that the “whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and …
HousingMan killed doe and her fawn for eating his yard plants
A Marin County man fatally shot a doe and her fawn that were munching on his yard plants.
CrimeThe house I bought for $130,000 in 1983 is now worth a fortune, and that's a big problem for California
Out of curiosity, I looked up the value of a two-story tract house I bought in a middle-class San Jose neighborhood back in 1983, for about $130,000.<p>The home — which I sold for about $140,000 in 1985 — would now haul in an estimated $1 million or more, based on recent sales in the same neighborhood.<p>…
HousingEarly Stage: Last minte camping trip? This startup finds you a spot to pitch your tent
<i>Startup of the week:</i><p><b>Who they are:</b> Hipcamp<p><b>What they do:</b> Connect rural landowners with campers looking for a spot to pitch a tent that’s off the beaten …
Online LifeSearch underway for missing plane near Point Reyes in Marin County
A search for a possible missing plane is underway on Friday, south of the Point Reyes National Seashore, a spokesman said.<p>A signal was transmitted …
San Francisco Bay AreaHow an off-duty deputy's poolside joke turned into an undercover drug sting
Sarcasm can be a tricky thing. Just ask Andrew James Harris, who, according to court records, discovered the joke was on him when he ended up the subject of an undercover drug sting.<p>It all started at the Courtyard by Marriott hotel in Mission Valley on March 26, where Harris got into a friendly …
CrimeThe Bay Area scores high when it comes to roadkill
The folks up at UC Davis have a nice innocuous name for a quite deadly phenomenon:<p>They call it “wildlife-vehicle conflict.”<p>And while it can sometimes …
San Francisco Bay AreaHow an off-duty sheriff's deputy's poolside joke turned into an undercover drug sting
Sarcasm can be a tricky thing. Just ask Andrew James Harris, who, according to court records, discovered the joke was on him when he ended up the …
CrimeOne man’s DIY Internet service connects isolated Marin County hamlet
Image 1of/11<p>Caption<p>Close<p>Brandt Kuykendall’s daughter needed fast Internet access to help her excel at school. But he couldn’t find cheap, reliable …
San Francisco Bay AreaHow to spend a weekend in Nor Cal's Marin County | GrindTV.com
Marin County is the greener, quieter sister of San Francisco. While some only know it as “the other side of the Golden Gate Bridge,” Marin holds …
San Francisco Bay AreaTiburon Man Arrested For Allegedly Fatally Shooting Deer And Fawn
A Tiburon man stands accused of animal cruelty in the deaths of a deer and her fawn whom he allegedly shot with a pellet gun for eating his expensive …
CrimeBody found on Marin County offramp; CHP seeks possible hit-run driver
SAN RAFAEL — Authorities are seeking witnesses to a suspected hit-and-run in which a pedestrian was killed Tuesday night after apparently being …
California Highway Patrol20 small Bay Area towns you need to visit right now - Curbed SF
When the city grid starts to feel like too much or too little, we San Franciscans are lucky to have our choice of getaways. All of the destinations on this list make perfect weekend escapes and are less than two hours out of town. And, depending on what direction you head, there is a wealth of …
San FranciscoGov. Brown and legislature push housing deal
San Francisco state senator’s sweeping development bill is part of compromise package<p>After more than a year of wrangling various housing bills and ideas for housing bills, Capital Public Radio reported Monday night that Gov. Jerry Brown and state lawmakers have agreed on a housing package, …
HousingCoal producer Peabody says bankruptcy protects it from climate-change lawsuits - MarketWatch
Coal producer Peabody Energy Corp. says its recent emergence from bankruptcy shields it from lawsuits brought by three coastal California communities …
ClimateBay Area weather: Excessive-heat warning still in effect
Temperatures as high as 112 feared in East Bay<p>Summer has decided to go out on a hot streak in the Bay Area, as the National Weather Service (NWS) continued an Excessive-Heat Warning for much of the region Monday, warning of triple-digit temperatures that put the “entire population at risk” in parts …
WeatherRelationship Tips: 5 Communication Strategies For Couples By Lisa Brookes Kift, Mft
theopening.club<p>Whether you’re in a new dating relationship, engaged or married for years, one of the fundamental elements of a solid relationship …
MarriageThe California Bucket List: Your daily guide to the best adventures and experiences in the Golden State
The California Bucket List is your daily guide to essential California adventures, from easy to edgy. Check in every day for a new must-do adventure, each tried and tested by one of the Travel section's staffers and contributors.<p><i>Tell us what's on your California bucket list. Email</i> …
CaliforniaCalifornia seeks new one-drug execution method
SAN FRANCISCO – California correctional officials on Friday asked state regulators to approve a revised method of carrying out death sentences after years of delays that have stalled executions since 2006.<p>The new regulations would allow California's death row inmates to be executed using one of two …
News (U.S.)Steeped in controversy: Marin tea guru in the fight of a lifetime
David Lee Hoffman will not show me his tea cave.<p>The Lagunitas cave where Hoffman, owner of the Phoenix Collection, is aging tens of thousands of …
TeaStudy finds whiter Bay Area cities are shirking their affordable housing goals - San Francisco Business Times
A new report from UC Berkeley’s Haas Institute has found that an increased percentage… more<p>Whiter Bay Area cities are held to a lower standard in …
HousingShingle-Style Californian Home Blends Natural Majesty with Modernity
Taking cues from local architecture and the buildings cherished past, the <b>Marin County Residence</b> was designed by Walker Warner Architects to create a …
HousesBike-Thieving Family Arrested After Three-Month Spree
Four brothers allegedly took to the California and Nevada mountains to steal high-end mountain bikes, frustrating cyclists—and cops—for months<p>It sounds like the plot to a Paul Newman film: A family of criminals takes to the mountains of Northern California and goes on a thieving spree, frustrating …
CyclingSuit: Marin deputy DA scammed dying man out of mountain cabin
A Marin County deputy district attorney has been accused in a lawsuit of conning a dying man into signing over the deed to the mountain cabin where …
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