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Supes to check out library redesign
(Friday, 12:03 PM)

Wife takes stand in Novato murder trial
They 'wanted to kill my husband. That's all they wanted to do...' (Friday, 2:31 PM)

County clarifies zoning code
Affordable housing master-plan requirement eliminated in some unincorporated communities. (Thursday, 12:49 PM)

How Sweet it sounds
Workers were still putting the finishing touches on the high-tech sound system at the new Sweetwater Tuesday night--in anticipation of the Jan. 27 return of the legendary Mill Valley music club in its new digs at the Masonic Lodge at 19 Corte Madera Ave. (Wednesday, 3:13 PM)

I'll get you, my little pretty--and your favorite movie, too!
For once, the media elite cares what you think--and the Pacific Sun wants to know what your favorite movie is! We're calling for short writeups explaining just why you think Birdemic: Shock and Terror is an underrated masterpiece or why Citizen Kane is the Citizen Kane of its generation. We're hoping to compile enough submissions in time to feature them before this year's Oscar's, taking place Feb. 26--we'll print as many as we've got room for. Here's what to do... (Thursday, January 19, 2012, 3:24 PM)

County Parks getting good buzz for pest control
What gives Marin's pest-control wings, according to the DPR, is its use of organic products in place of pesticides, its non-chemical reliance on hand weeding and brush removal, and its cost-saving ability to round up volunteers to lend a hand. (Tuesday, 1:14 PM)

State Dems won't endorse in Congressional race
The state Democratic Party will not be making a formal party endorsement in the campaign to replace retiring Representative Lynn Woolsey--after none of the candidates managed to field the required 50 percent of the votes when party leaders from the 2nd District met this weekend in Santa Rosa. (Monday, 3:10 PM)

Sprayed and confused
Chemtrails—insidious corporate plot to slowly poison population?! (Or, merely evaporated water...)
(Monday, 12:54 PM)

Supes to consider garbage rate hikes
New pickup programs that allow customers to mix meat, dairy and food-contaminated paper products in with green waste are proving popular, but they may be coming with a new price tag... (Friday, January 20, 2012, 12:34 PM)

Lost in transition
Some Marinites understand—there's not time to waste if we want to reduce our waste... (Friday, January 20, 2012, 2:40 PM)

West Point Inn named to National Register of Historic Places
Built in 1904, the inn served as a refuge for adventurous city dwellers of the early 1900s and was also a way station on the scenic railway up the southern slope of the mountain and hub for stagecoach service to Stinson Beach and Bolinas. (Thursday, January 19, 2012, 11:34 AM)

Marin not stamping out smoking, says Lung Association
Report reveals unfiltered truth behind dismal efforts to curb cigarettes. (Thursday, January 19, 2012, 12:44 PM)

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