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State pulls San Quentin financing from bond sale

issuance of bonds until the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation determined that it could lawfully double-cell condemned inmates; federal court litigation on prison overcrowding currently before a three-judge panel was resolved; and ...

From MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL, Contra Costa Times,  19 Nov 2009
Related Topics: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation,  Jared Huffman,  Mark Leno,  Bill Lockyer,  Arnold Schwarzenegger

Man sentenced in dog choking case

MARIN COUNTY — A Sausalito man charged with choking his Australian shepherd and holding its head under water was sentenced Tuesday to more than four months in the county jail. Tab Mitchell, 46, was sentenced to a 135-day term stemming from his ...

From MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL, Contra Costa Times,  18 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Ford Motor Company

Well-known children's author dead at 99

Nov. 17, 1909, in Boston to parents who were post-impressionist painters, Mr. Molarsky began his writing career during high school years in Nutley, N.J., creating vaudeville sketches with his brother for a traveling marionette show. MILL VALLEY — ...

From MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL, The San Jose Mercury News,  12 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Michael Faraday

A happy ending: Missing Chihuahua home again

SAN RAFAEL — Lefty, the deer-head Chihuahua that went missing from a San Rafael yard, has been returned to his grateful owner. "We are so happy. I am so relieved," said owner Lilly Lange, who served as the voice stand-in for Drew Barrymore in the ...

From MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL, Contra Costa Times,  4 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Drew Barrymore,  Craigslist.org

`Beverly Hills Chihuahua' actress has her pocket-size pooch dognapped

crime is considered misdemeanor petty theft and is punishable by up to one year in county jail and possibly a fine, police said. SAN RAFAEL — A Bay Area woman who served as the voice stand-in for Drew Barrymore in "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" — the Disney ...

From MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL, Inside Bay Area,  3 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Jessica Lange,  Drew Barrymore,  Subaru,  Willie Nelson,  Sam Shepard

Mom who let 13-year-old drive pleads innocent

A Mill Valley woman accused of using her 13-year-old son as a designated driver has pleaded not guilty to charges of child endangerment, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and allowing a minor to drive. Heather Danielle Choulos, 32, is ...

From MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL, Inside Bay Area,  3 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Land Rover

Novato police use Taser to nab alleged gas thief

NOVATO — A man fleeing police was stopped with an electric shock by a Taser gun Saturday after he allegedly gassed up his vehicle without paying at a Novato car wash, police said. Novato police received a call at about 2:30 p.m. Saturday from Matt & ...

From MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL, Contra Costa Times,  26 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Pontiac

`Purple Lady' of Tiburon survives fire

clutching her rainbow address sign as she stood outside her home of 43 years while smoke wafted in the air. "I will have to re-build the house. I pray some pictures are left, but if not they are here in my heart. I'm just grateful we are all well. I ...

From MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL, Contra Costa Times,  22 Oct 2009

Marin's 'Balloon Boy' from 1964 still flying high

He had no idea two hot-air balloon pilots were going to have a race that day. Dan Nowell, now 56, gained brief international fame in 1964 when he was lifted into the air by a hot-air balloon and carried two miles over Southern Marin. The Bay Area has ...

From MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL, Contra Costa Times,  21 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Falcon Heene,  Roc (musician)

High Marin County breast cancer rates linked to hormone therapy

reported that the rate of breast cancer in Marin averaged 198.5 cases per 100,000 women per year for white women during 1995-99 — six times greater than any other California county. MARIN COUNTY — Medical researchers trying to unlock the mystery of ...

From MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL, Contra Costa Times,  19 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Department of Health,  Lynn Woolsey,  Barbara Boxer

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