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<![CDATA[Officials ask Anthem to justify rate hike in California]]>
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<![CDATA[Over the past 12 years, Josh Libresco's health insurance premium has increased almost eight-fold for his family of four.]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:33:22 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Novato considers closing schools due to state cuts]]>
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<![CDATA[Hit by yet another $2.5 million in state budget cuts, Novato school officials are considering closing one or more of the district's 13 schools.]]>
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<![CDATA[rrogers@marinij.com (Rob Rogers)]]>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:39:22 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Firefighter wins Prius in benefit for kids]]>
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<![CDATA[San Rafael firefighter Tom Vano of Concord won a 2010 Toyota Prius in a raffle Saturday organized by Dedication to Special Education, a Marin volunteer parent organization.]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:50:58 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Authors will talk about growing up in S.F.]]>
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<![CDATA[Cap Lavin, Bob Troppman and Paul Giovannoni will discuss their new book, "On Being a Kid in San Francisco" - memories of children who grew up in the 1930s, '40s and '50s - on Saturday at the Larkspur Public Library.]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:50:53 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Pancake breakfast will benefit victims in Haiti]]>
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<![CDATA[Girl Scout Troop 1972 will hold a pancake breakfast Saturday in Mill Valley to raise funds for victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti.]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:50:51 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Local hostel ranked among best in world]]>
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<![CDATA[The Point Reyes Hostel in Point Reyes National Seashore was ranked as the second best customer-rated Hostelling International hostel in 2009 among more than 4,000 hostels in 80 countries, according to a report by the nonprofit International Youth Hostel Federation.]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:50:47 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Panel will discuss plans for N. Redwood]]>
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<![CDATA[A forum about potential development plans along the North Redwood Boulevard corridor in downtown Novato will take place at 6:30 p.]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:50:46 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Council may respond to clean energy report]]>
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<![CDATA[The Ross Town Council on Thursday will consider a response to the Marin County civil grand jury report from December that was not supportive of Marin Clean Energy, an alternative power initiative.]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:50:41 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[School board looks at budget and calendar]]>
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<![CDATA[The Ross School Board will discuss the 2010-11 school calendar and budget when it meets at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Marin Art & Garden Center's Livermore Room at 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd.]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:50:37 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Expert to help families cope with Alzheimer's]]>
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<![CDATA[Senior Access will host a free workshop featuring Deanna Randall, family care specialist of the Alzheimer's Association, from 4 to 6 p.]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:50:33 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Residents to be sent $422,000 bill for Hamilton levee leaks unless city can recover funds]]>
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<![CDATA[Some property owners in Hamilton will end up paying a $422,000 construction bill for chronic water seepage problems at the Hamilton levee under a plan to be presented Tuesday to the Novato City Council.]]>
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<![CDATA[bainsworth@marinij.com (Brent Ainsworth)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:50:13 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Ross Grocery sold to Woodlands owner]]>
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<![CDATA[Don Ahrens will stack sandbags no more. After 36 years, numerous floods and countless nervous wet winters, the 55-year-old owner of Ross Grocery - better known as Eddie's after Don's father - is retiring and selling the store, a Ross institution, to Woodlands Market owner Don Santa.]]>
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<![CDATA[jwelte@marinij.com (Jim Welte)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:49:25 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[West Marin market plundered in burglary]]>
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<![CDATA[An outraged West Marin merchant offered a $1,000 reward Monday for help convicting the burglars who ransacked his shop and stole $3,000 in lunch meat, cheese, beer, cigarettes, cash and other items.]]>
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<![CDATA[gklien@marinij.com (Gary Klien)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:25:22 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Boys beat Marin City merchant to steal iPhone]]>
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<![CDATA[The sheriff's department is investigating the case of a Marin City shopkeeper who was beaten by a swarm of youths and robbed of his iPhone.]]>
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<![CDATA[gklien@marinij.com (Gary Klien)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:13:25 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Plans to relocate cell equipment to private property moves forward in Kentfield]]>
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<![CDATA[The Marin County Planning Commission on Monday approved plans to relocate cell phone equipment from a utility pole to residential property on Wolfe Canyon Road, despite protests from residents in the Kentfield neighborhood just off of Wolfe Grade.]]>
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<![CDATA[jupshaw@marinij.com (Jennifer Upshaw Swartz)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:57:27 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[San Anselmo family traumatized when puppy killed by another dog]]>
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<![CDATA[A 4-month-old English bulldog was attacked and later died when another dog being walked past a San Anselmo home lunged for the puppy's throat.]]>
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<![CDATA[bainsworth@marinij.com (Brent Ainsworth)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:31:37 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[San Rafael police release sketch of assault suspect]]>
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<![CDATA[San Rafael police have produced a composite sketch of a man suspected of sexual assault last week. Last week, a 25-year-old woman getting out of her car after returning home from work at Playa Del Rey and Bahia Way in the Canal neighborhood in the early morning hours of Jan.]]>
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<![CDATA[jupshaw@marinij.com (Jennifer Upshaw Swartz)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:11:06 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Driver safety courses organized by AARP]]>
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<![CDATA[Driver safety classes sponsored by AARP for older drivers will be offered at several Marin County locations in March.]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:05:43 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Leones elected president of Marin Music Chest]]>
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<![CDATA[Kentfield resident John Leones has been elected board president of the Marin Music Chest, a music scholarship organization.]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:05:30 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Greenwood School to offer Waldorf program]]>
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<![CDATA[Greenwood School in Mill Valley will open its new Waldorf-inspired preschool program in September. The school will offer two-, three- and five-day programs and afternoon care from 12:30 to 5:30 p.]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:05:14 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Residents invited to share memories of town]]>
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<![CDATA[In honor of Novato's 50th anniversary of incorporation, longtime residents are invited to share memories and videos with www.]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:04:43 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Horsemen's group to have fundraiser Feb. 27]]>
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<![CDATA[The Novato Horsemen's Association will have its fourth annual cioppino feed fundraiser from 6 to 10 p.]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:04:03 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Disaster training offered for seniors]]>
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<![CDATA[In partnership with the Get Ready Marin team, the Marin County Commission on Aging and the Division of Aging and Adult Services has scheduled disaster training for adults age 60 and older.]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:03:44 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Task force to discuss Haiti trip at fundraiser]]>
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<![CDATA[Task Force of the Americas returned from Haiti four days before the earthquake and will discuss U.S. intervention in the island nation at its fundraiser Feb.]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:03:40 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Marin AIDS Project to celebrate anniversary]]>
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<![CDATA[The Marin AIDS Project, which has been helping county residents obtain HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C services since 1984, will celebrate its 25th anniversary Feb.]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:03:25 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Co-working office space opens in Terra Linda]]>
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<![CDATA[David Roualdes remembers the moment he realized that running his startup from home was not going according to plan.]]>
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<![CDATA[jwelte@marinij.com (Jim Welte)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:51:45 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Kennett ready to lead the Dominican women's tennis team in its first year in NCAA Division II]]>
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<![CDATA[Upon hearing over winter break in December that coach Martha Reid was leaving her post as the Dominican University women's tennis coach after one season, Penguins players said a wave of uncertainty swept through the team.]]>
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<![CDATA[vtannura@marinij.com (Vincent Tannura)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:38:16 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Davidson Middle School principal redesigns programs, schedules to help break down barriers]]>
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<![CDATA[Until recently, Tyler Grossman would never have considered sending his children to attend San Rafael's James B.]]>
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<![CDATA[rrogers@marinij.com (Rob Rogers)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:35:26 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Novato shopping center merchants concerned about vacancy]]>
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<![CDATA[Five months after its anchor grocery store shut down, a shopping center on Novato's northwest side is feeling financial effects of losing its main attraction, and some business owners are considering a move elsewhere once their leases are up.]]>
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<![CDATA[bainsworth@marinij.com (Brent Ainsworth)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:34:53 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Marin supervisors used personal touch to distribute $612,000]]>
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<![CDATA[Marin County supervisors distributed more than $612,000 from a discretionary fund over the past 19 months to a wide range of charities, civic and community groups and pet projects.]]>
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<![CDATA[rhalstead@marinij.com (Richard Halstead)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:25:29 -0700]]>
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