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Knowing When Fear is a Friend And When Worry is Worthless

A gang rape of a teen girl, took place over several hours at a high school, with onlookers who did nothing. It happened just last month in an adjacent county to where I live. Among the many reactions to this… Continue

Added by Kare Anderson on November 30, 2009 at 3:27pm — No Comments

Who really helped the U.S. win independence?

A cross-dressing spy, a French playwright and, most importantly, a Connecticut shopkeeper. So says my fellow Sausalitan, Joel Richard Paul.

“As the poorly armed colonists geared up to battle the British, most of the credit for getting France’s backing has gone to Franklin. Instead the… Continue

Added by Kare Anderson on November 29, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Alert Great Chefs of Sausalito: win this contest and you get a 4-chain restaurant

United Plates of America (clever title eh?) a new TV show that will run on NBC, promi… Continue

Added by Kare Anderson on November 19, 2009 at 12:27pm — No Comments

Finally the Local, Accused Wine Thief Goes to Trial, Making News in the New York Times

For a village of some 7,500 odd people (and I do mean odd) it sometimes seems as if we have at least 8,500 eccentrics. Perhaps that's the pull of the place. On the day I arrived I was walking my god son along Bridgeway, looking in awe at the uninterrupted views of Angel Island and San Francisco. We we both pointing and giggling at the sights around us. Suddenly I heard a man running up behind us and turn towards him. He abruptly leaned towards me to whisper, "I need to talk to you privately for… Continue

Added by Kare Anderson on November 15, 2009 at 6:21pm — No Comments

Sausalito As the Site for Movies - What Locations Would You Pick?

Where in Sausalito have past movies been filmed? Do tell. One contributor writes that a scene from Funny People was filmed here.

At this site you could also post your favorit… Continue

Added by Kare Anderson on November 10, 2009 at 1:37pm — No Comments

Sausalito Chamber: Why Not Launch a Go Local Program?

What if local business and civic leaders launched a Marin or "just" a Sausalito version of Sonoma County's innovative GoLocal Cooperative? That county above us used the free Ning option to launch their community movement. We have Buy Local banners around town yet locals do not see obvious benefits for them to follow up in some way. Charles McG - a countywide citizen-involving initiative might be just your thing.… Continue

Added by Kare Anderson on October 27, 2009 at 8:43am — No Comments

Guess Who Summers in Sausalito?

Jean-Luc Naret, the… Continue

Added by Kare Anderson on October 22, 2009 at 8:38am — No Comments

Let Peet’s Host a Local Gathering Place Here Into Sausalito

Not invented here? Like Mike’s Bikes, Peet’s makes customers so happy it has spread its stores across the Bay and now into other states. Let’s not punish Peet’s because of its suceess and the company’s choice to serve us in a convenient, popular site – by the water. Certainly it serves as high a public use on the waterfront as… Continue

Added by Kare Anderson on October 20, 2009 at 8:18am — No Comments

Now Book Out About the Remarkable Architect of the Sausalito Woman's Club

One of my favorite parts of living in Berkeley for years was visiting several of the homes and public buildings designed by California's first female architect -… Continue

Added by Kare Anderson on October 18, 2009 at 10:17am — No Comments

77 ways to build community in your neighborhood

From Hurricane Gulch to… Continue

Added by Kare Anderson on October 17, 2009 at 11:44am — No Comments

Eat the whole pig?

Tell me, Peter McNee, what the menu items are called where you use the whole pig. Continue

Added by Kare Anderson on October 17, 2009 at 11:12am — No Comments

Billionaire Wants Sausalito to Share Cost to Study use of Waterfront Land

Not that I liked Vijay Mallya's design nor the notion of using waterfront land for an… Continue

Added by Kare Anderson on October 17, 2009 at 11:10am — No Comments

Loma Prieta Quake: When Driving on Bridgeway

"At the time the earthquake, I was driving my sheriff's patrol unit approaching an intersection on Bridgeway in Sausalito," recalls Sheriff's Lt. Douglas A. Pittman, in Mark Prado's story for the Marin IJ. "I was a patrol deputy 'on duty' that night in southern Ma… Continue

Added by Kare Anderson on October 17, 2009 at 11:02am — No Comments

Added by Kare Anderson on June 25, 2009 at 7:38am — No Comments

Seeking the Right Volunteer Job in Sausalito?

My friend, social media expert for non-profits Beth Kanter heard of this nugget of a site… Continue

Added by Kare Anderson on June 23, 2009 at 1:28pm — No Comments

Walt Kuhlman's Passing

He was my painting teacher at Sonoma State. I had the pleasure of writing the commentary for his retrospective catalog one year. I am greatly saddened by his passing. He was a great old man. Continue

Added by Laura MacCaskey on June 12, 2009 at 2:02pm — No Comments

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