April 20, 2010spicoli
Woohoo! Marin is in the news today.
At 4:20 pm planes may have to be re-routed for smoke that doesn’t come from a volcano. Ladies and gents, it is Marin’s only holiday claim-to-fame, 420 Day. Now cool parts of the world like Boulder, CO, Canada, and New Zealand celebrate it. Back in 1971, some kids from [...]
April 19, 2010Thanks to marinenergyfreedom.org we have audio of PG&E CEO, Peter Darbee talking about the real reason they are pushing Proposition 16. I will give you a hint — it’s not about giving voters a say who generates their energy. It is all about PG&E putting a halt to community power or any competition at all.
March 24, 2010On Friday, March 26th, Sonoma Latina Grill will be hosting a Seafood Paella and Wine under the tent from 6:30 to 8:30pm. They are located at Hamilton Market Place on Nave Drive in Novato. Maven loves their food.
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This is the moment captured when health care reform passed last night. After all the republican lies that have got many people to fight against their own interests, we [...]
March 17, 2010OPENING DAY
Every year, at the end of March, we always look forward to the Little League Opening Day Parade which starts with the sound of a firetruck siren. We always try to stand outside with our son and wave. This year our son will be among those kids.
March 20th will be the opening day of [...]
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March 14, 2010 1266448801-East,-West-East
The 9th Annual Tiburon International Film Festival will be opening with an Italian/Albanian comedy, East, West, East: The Final Sprint on Thursday, March 18th, 2010 at 7PM at the Playhouse Theater [40 Main Street, Tiburon] . Directed by Gjergj Xhuvani and set in 1990, East, West, East the film follows an Albanian cycling [...]
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March 9, 2010 canlelight
Last night at approximately 6:25pm, power went out for about 4400 customers in the Lucas Valley-Marinwood area. According to PG&E this was a substation related outage.The outage lasted to 7:50 pm. Residents took the opportunity to visit each other by candlelight and kids got to see what it was like to live “in the old [...]
March 3, 2010Blackstone Canyon
The trees of Marinwood are erupting in blossoms, even as we are being drenched with rains that make the hillsides surreal green. Maven got a break in the weather on Sunday and a chance to have some quality time with her son. Being a full-time working mom and blogger for both Marin Maven and [...]
March 2, 2010 sanitary
On June 8th, Novatoans will be asked to vote on whether the Novato Santitary District can privatize operations of a 90 million dollar water waste treatment plant. The proposal would outsource to a French company, Veolia North America. According to the California Healthy Communities Network, a project of non-profit Tides Center, the company has a [...]
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March 1, 2010 fair-count-logo3
Almost exactly 220 years ago the United States had its first census, and we are now bracing ourselves for the 2010 census. In February and March census forms will be mailed out. There will be select public sites for those who did not receive one by mail. April 1st will be Census Day. Between May [...]
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February 25, 2010 nation
Two years ago I covered the Senate District 3 race between Migden, Leno, and Nation. It was an exciting time because rarely do we get political races that capture attention of the State. In my little corner there was an interesting race with colorful candidates. From time to time, I plan to get [...]
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February 24, 2010whystars
What are those sparkly things in the sky? How the heck did they get there?
We desperately need to get to the bottom of what stars are. On a clear night, when it isn’t raining, the night sky is full of them. The youngest of stars are invisible to the eye or even telescope. When it [...]
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February 23, 2010 MADHAT
On Saturday, March 6th Fairfax shop Revolution 9 will be throwing a Mad Hatter Party to celebrate the new Tim Burton film, Alice in Wonderland in 3D at the Fairfax Theater(starting Friday 3/5). Adults and children are invited to dress up as their favorite Wonderland characters, sip tea, and have cakes between 2-5 pm. Adults [...]
February 22, 2010Pendant brooch, Cartier London, 1923; altered 1928, Cartier New York. Emeralds, diamonds, platinum and enamel, 20.3 x 5.1 cm, Hillwood estate, Museum & Gardens, bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973.
North Bay Art Blogger and Culture Maven for Marinmaven.com, Geneva Anderson wrote up an amazing review for the Cartier and America exhibition for her art blog, [...]
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February 18, 2010happy birthday
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Today, is our Assemblyman, Jared Huffman’s birthday. So we made a special Birthday Blingee. We likeys him even though he has not made hedgehogs legal in California yet nor has he allowed me the ability as an adult adoptee to access my original birth certificate (even though I can trace [...]
Posted in Events, Jared Huffman, LEGALIZE HEDGEHOGS!, Marin Politics, Mark Leno, california politics, elections Comments
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