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marin: Rescued Birds Released in Marin - 11/06/09 10:04 PM
Birds rescued off of the coasts of Washington and Oregon were freed today in Marin County. Thousands of birds were not able to be rescued and eventually died, however, hundreds were successfully treated.
The birds were found enveloped in a mysterious faomy slime and many were subjected to extreme hypothermia. As of now, no one knows what or where the foam came from and it has disappeared as quickly as it appeared. A lab is still researching the cause of the foam.
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marin: Fourth Person Dies of Swine Flu in Marin - 08/25/09 02:35 AM
A man recently died of swine flu in Marin. He was over seveny years of age and was said to already have medical conditions that made him more susceptible to the virus.
In related news, a student at Windsor High School, located in Sonoma County, has caught swine flu and is currently out of school until he fully recovers. The kid began having symptoms late last week and missed school on Friday. Parents have been phoned or emailed alerting them to the potential risk, however, classes will resume as normal.
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marin: Local Nonprofit Launched to Help Homeowners find Temporary Help - 08/21/09 01:49 AM
Three nonprofit organizations teamed up this week to launch Marinhelpers.com. The website connects household employers and temporary workers in a database by phone and email. Workers register with the website and are entered in a database, which the project manager, and sole employee, uses to find suitable workers for homeowners who call in. The homeowner and workers negotiate payment. So far, about 100 workers have registered, including some without immigrant status documentation. Legal Aid of Marin spent months researching the legalities of the website’s policies. The project has been funded largely by the San Francisco Foundation, the Marin Community Foundation, and … (0 comments)
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marin: High-Speed Chase Ends at Marin County Vineyard - 08/08/09 07:34 PM
Well, for some rather entertaining news.......police found two California parolees hiding in a Marin vineyard. The police had been in a high-speed chase of more than 100 mph that took place from San Rafael to Sonoma.
After the parolees ditched the car they apparently ran into the vineyard to hide, but were soon spotted by a police helicopter. They are now, once again, in jail in Marin County.
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marin: Mill Valley Artist to Showcase Talents - 08/07/09 11:58 AM
A Mill Valley resident will be featuring his watercolor artwork a week from today, on August 14th. Ian Wilson has lived in Marin for a quarter of a century and originally came to the area from South Africa. The artist will showcase his talents at the Belvedere-Tiburon Library located at 1501 Tiburon Blvd.
The award-winning artist only began his painting career 5 year ago, when he retired. His artwork features dazzling composite landscapes. He is currently a member of the Marin Society of Artists.
If you live in the area make sure to come out and support your local community.
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marin: Candidates Needed for Many Marin Political Posts - 08/07/09 01:52 AM
128 political positions from the Marin area are scheduled to be filled in elections November 3rd. Many of those seats will be filled by the incumbent without contest as no one has filed to run against them. The deadline for filing candidacy is Friday at 5PM, unless the incumbent chooses not to run, then the deadline is extended to Aug. 12th.
Interested parties may file to run in elections for everything from seats on their local sewer board, to city council seats, to positions on the school board. Council seats are up for election in San Rafael, Novato, Larkspur, Corte … (0 comments)
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marin: Marin, Mill Valley and Belvedere Real Estate Market News - 08/04/09 11:10 PM
Just read an article talking about how other real estate markets seem to have hit bottom, mostly due to the fact that first time buyers are taking advantage of the $8,000 credit as well as foreclosures. Most of these properties are priced at bargain deals, or as with the tax credit, it does not allow a single person to make over $75,000, or a married couple to make a combined amount of $150,000. Therefore, the reason for the real estate market hitting a bottom can be attributed to lower prices and lower value.
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marin: Home Prices Continue to Fall in San Francisco Area - 04/10/09 03:47 AM
Recent hopes by realtors that the housing market crisis had reached a bottom were dashed Wednesday when the S&P Case Shiller Index indicated house prices had continued to fall in January, and basically more than they had dropped in December. Some of the usual suffering suspects were Phoenix and San Francisco where prices fell more than a whopping thirty percent over the last year. The Sonoma area is also still falling and most sales are due to foreclosures, while areas in Marin are beginning to see some light at the end of the tunnel.
Home sellers are alarmed by all … (0 comments)
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marin: Stocks Jump on New Home Sales Report - 04/01/09 03:47 AM
Reports this week on durable goods and new home sales added to growing economic news that demand is better than expected, pushing all thirty components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average into gains. Bank of America was the DJIA’s leader gaining ten percent. GE rose over six percent and CAT climbed a healthy four percent.
Other major indexes posted across the board gains, with the S&P 500 index and Nasdaq Composite index tying with a two and half percent overall advance. Data made available Wednesday on the housing market hinted at a cessation of sorts of the recession. New house … (0 comments)
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marin: National / Marin Real Estate Update - 02/21/09 03:03 AM
Median Home prices fall
Home Sales in the Marin real estate market dropped more than twenty-one percent last year, whereas, the average price for a home in Marin only fell around seven percent. For the rest of the country, the National Association of Realtors reported the largest year-over-year decline since 1979, as home prices fell almost twelve and a half percent during the fourth quarter of 2008.
$180,100 is the median price for a home sold in the U.S. in the forth quarter of 2008. $205,700 is the median price for a home sold in the U.S. just one year ago. … (0 comments)
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