Students predict N.D. outcome Nov 4, 2008
Four students attending Sir Francis Drake High School in San Anselmo, Calif. have spent the last two months studying North Dakota's demographics and political history for a class project that is predicting the presidential election in every state. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
On High Schools Sep 9, 2008
Drake slows A-11: First-year Drake football coach Dan Kenilvort didn't have an easy task in his first game in charge after 12 years as an assistant freshman coach at the San Anselmo school. Kenilvort and his team found a way to slow down Piedmont's much-talked-about A-11 offense in a 21-7 victory Saturday. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Food and wine benefits Sep 6, 2008
Tasting stations will be scattered throughout 11 acres of the Marin Art and Garden Center, along with food from Insalata's in San Anselmo. Live music, theatrical performances will take place throughout the afternoon. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Doggie 'docs' diagnose owners' ills Aug 28, 2008
The Pine Street Foundation, a non-profit cancer education and research organization, in San Anselmo, Calif. is even training dogs to recognize ovarian cancer. (MSNBC -- Health)
Literary labor of love gave way to 'Guernsey' Aug 28, 2008
She had started several while raising two children with her husband in Marin, and working, variously, at the Larkspur and San Anselmo public libraries, in San Francisco as an editor at Harper nd as a bookseller at A Clean Well Lighted Place for Books in Larkspur and Book Passage in Corte Madera. To help Shaffer finish a full draft of a book, it took a village - San Anselmo, to be precise ... Robson Harrington House, 237 Crescent, San Anselmo. (San Francisco Chronicle)
All Ears On 'WALL-E' Jun 29, 2008
And they all nearly get upstaged by a shopping cart from the San Anselmo Safeway. Needing shopping-cart noises for one of the funnier scenes in the latest Pixar film, sound designer Ben Burtt grabbed his 10-year-old daughter, drove from his home to the nearby market and pretended to be a customer. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Editor's Nottes: Del Norte's championship roll continues May 28, 2008
An impressive turnout of hometown fans went home happy after the Warriors came back from a 2-0 deficit to win, 3-2, over Drake High School of San Anselmo. This after extra-innings drama Thursday night, when the Warriors eked out a 2-1 victory over Ursuline High. (Daily Triplicate)
Del Norte ready for Drake May 25, 2008
Del Norte, the No. 1 seed, faces No. 2 seed Sir Francis Drake High of San Anselmo in the championship game of the North Coast Section Class 2A Redwood Empire playoffs. The game begins at 2 p.m. at the softball field at Del Norte High School. (Daily Triplicate)
We are the champions May 25, 2008
In front of the largest home crowd by far this season, the Warriors came back from a 2-0 deficit to defeat Sir Francis Drake High of San Anselmo 3-2 in the championship game of the North Coast Section Class 2A Redwood Empire playoffs. "I'm so proud to be your coach," an emotional Jackie Heuberger, head coach of the Warriors, told her team after the win. (Daily Triplicate)
You wish you were a Warrior May 24, 2008
Del Norte will now face No. 2 seed Sir Francis Drake of San Anselmo on Saturday at 2 p.m. at home. Drake downed San Marin 5-4 on Thursday. (Daily Triplicate)
Single-Minded Cool Apr 17, 2008
"You feel like a purist," said Julia Violich of San Anselmo, a runner-up (on a multi-geared bike) in the UCI Masters Mountain Bike World Championships in France in August. "You don't need all those fancy gears.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
SCU Athletic Hall Of Fame Announces 2008 Inductees Apr 8, 2008
Kenilvort (San Anselmo, Calif. Sir Francis Drake HS) was the Broncos' main point guard, starting 71 of 88 games during his four seasons at Santa Clara. (Santaclarabroncos.com)
Eckhart Tolle: America's guru of the moment Mar 26, 2008
It is a message that resonates with baby boomers like Rachelle Quimby, 54, of San Anselmo, California, who attended two sold-out speeches by Tolle in Marin County in early March. Quimby, who said she belonged to two Eckhart Tolle groups devoted to meditation and watching his videos, said she worried about the world as much as she fretted about the ride home. (International Herald Tribune)
Oil demand is drying up - slightly Mar 9, 2008
Connie Berto and her husband, Frank, bought a Prius three years ago and now see so many near their San Anselmo home that she refers to them as "a pluribus of Pri-i." The Bertos get about 50 to 52 miles per gallon. "I am an oil brat," she explained. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Obituaries for Saturday, February 23, 2008 Feb 23, 2008
followed by nursing home administrator in San Anselmo, Calif. and Phoenix. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Makeup for teens getting a green makeover Feb 18, 2008
"When I realized I couldn't even pronounce the ingredients in these (beauty) products, I became really scared," said Kate Smith, a sophomore at San Domenico Upper School in San Anselmo. "When I joined the group, I would learn new facts and share them with my mom and my friends. I felt empowered sharing my knowledge.". (San Francisco Chronicle)
Localized Flooding Occurs In Bay Area Jan 28, 2008
Some residents in the Marin County towns of San Anselmo and Fairfax were asked to leave their homes and businesses because of flooding from a nearby creek. Authorities issued a voluntary evacuation after the Corte Madera Creek reached its flood stage Friday evening. (KCRA 3, CA)
Bay Gets Much Needed Break From Rain Jan 27, 2008
Flooding Friday along the Corte Madera Creek, also known as San Anselmo Creek in the Ross Valley area, prompted officials to set up an evacuation center at the Isabel Cook Center, located at 1000 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. in San Anselmo, according to the Marin County Sheriff's Office ... Water had reached levels above 19 feet, spilling over onto roadways, above all in downtown San Anselmo, where business owners boarded up their businesses Friday ... Evacuations took place along the Corte Madera... (NBC 11, CA)
Seatsub aims to fill seats at minor-league games Jan 17, 2008
Seatsub Inc. -- based in San Anselmo, Calif. but with plans for a significant presence in Austin -- will launch on Jan. 15, allowing season ticket holders an electronic way to give unused tickets to corporate clients, friends or family. (Austin Business Journal, TX)
Brain Exercise Can Enhance Memory, Thinking, In Older Adults Nov 21, 2007
Dr. John Smith of San Anselmo, CA is a semi-retired dentist, still working part-time. He finds that he functions well at work and gives the program credit for his interactions there. (Science Daily)
Tinman draws more than 250 triathletes to lake shore Sep 6, 2007
56, San Anselmo; Christin Kennedy, 1:25. 56, Klamath Falls, Ore. (Mount Shasta News, CA)
SONOMA'S KATIE BENZ (middle), who went on to... Sep 4, 2007
PLAYING THEIR THIRD match in four days, and fourth contest in eights days, the tired Sonoma soccer boys were nipped 4-3 by Drake in San Anselmo on Friday and will take a 3-1 preseason record into their final nonleague game against Lowell tomorrow, Wednesday, Sept. 5, in San Francisco. The Dragons then open their 2007 Sonoma County League season this Friday, Sept. 7, when they face longtime rival Casa Grande in Petaluma, starting at 4 p.m.. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
M/W Swim/Diving Aug 17, 2007
It was announced recently by the UC Davis swimming and diving teams that Jamie Flynn of El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills and Matthew Herman of Sir Francis Drake High School in San Anselmo have signed National Letters of Intent (NLI) during the spring signing period to compete for the. Swimming g | 03/04/2007. (Ucdavisaggies.com)
For the unrepentant patriarch of LSD, long, strange trip winds back to Bay Area Jul 13, 2007
At the hilltop San Anselmo home where Bear had been house-sitting, pretty much all available space was taken over with his belongings ... But when he left for the airport the next day, he got as far as Sausalito before he discovered that he had left the briefcase with the tickets back in San Anselmo, and the trip home was postponed for another week. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Leonard Nathan, distinguished poet, dies at 82 UCB, Jun. 07 Jun 8, 2007
"Nathan retired from UC Berkeley in 1991. Before his death, he was working with Hochfield on a translation of the poetry of the late Italian poet Umberto Saba. Yale University Press is expected to publish the book some time next year, Hochfield said."I would give him a literal translation, and he would work over it, change the order of words, and before long, it was becoming a poem - not any longer the stiff awkward thing that I had given him," said Hochfield, who by then had retired from his... (University of California Newswire, CA)
Bonnie Sanders May 30, 2007
She is survived by her husband, Steve Sanders, of Acampo; twin brother, Chuck Wolfsen, of Palmdale; brother, Vance Wolfsen, of Gustine; sisters, Susan Thompson, of San Anselmo, and Sharon Wolfsen, of Carmel Valley; father, Warren Wolfsen, of Gustine; and mother, Leone Sorge, of Dos Palos. Services will be private. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Let's hear it for the girls May 23, 2007
On Thursday, the Warriors, the No. 3 seed, will face No. 2 seed Drake High of San Anselmo in Marin County in Crescent City at 5:30 p.m.. Del Norte earned the home game because they won their conference, while Drake did not. (Daily Triplicate)
Inside A Madman's Mind Apr 20, 2007
Horowitz added that Cho probably differed from others consumed by anger in that he had a distorted way of thinking and "an absence of compassion for others that can help sustain many other people through dark passages in their lives.'' Both Hinshaw and Horowitz stressed that most people who are mentally ill do not commit violent acts. Martin Blinder, a San Anselmo psychiatrist who has consulted on many mass-murder cases in his 40-year career, said that Cho's words in the video and in some... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
National Project to Honor Teachers With Planting of Trees at Schools Apr 14, 2007
The first "Teacher Tree" will be dedicated in Marin County, CA on May 19 at Sir Francis Drake High School in San Anselmo. Parks as well as all teachers past and present will be invited to join in the celebration. (PR Newswire)
Top 100 Bay Area Restaurants Apr 2, 2007
Whether they're in Los Gatos, San Anselmo, Oakland or San Francisco, whether you pay $150 for a meal or only $15, the restaurants have to be places where you'd want to spend your money, and return to again. Once the pieces start to fall into place, patterns emerge. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Evan Reisers battle for Google supremacy Mar 22, 2007
This other Evan Reiser, of San Anselmo, Ca., wrote this in an entry titled "The Battle Against this Great Nation" on his Web site, (http://evanreiser. blogspot. (Daily Orange, NY)
South Gate Patrol Car Seriously Injures Woman, 90 Mar 19, 2007
The accident happened at Sequoia Drive and San Anselmo Avenue about 4:20 p.m., according to Lt. Darren Sullivan of the South Gate Police Department. The woman suffered moderate-to-major injuries, Officer Patrick Kimball of the California Highway Patrol said. (CBS2.com, CA)
Don't Skip Dessert Mar 11, 2007
At AVA in San Anselmo, this is California cuisine in the truest sense ... AVA 636 San Anselmo Ave. (at Tamalpais), San Anselmo; (415) 453-3407. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Pac-10 Announces All-Conference Women's Basketball Awards Mar 2, 2007
The San Anselmo, Calif. native anchors one of the best inside games in the nation. (Pac-10.org)
Appel Named Pac-10 Freshman Of The Year; Hones, Smith, Wiggins Honored Mar 2, 2007
Stanford was also represented on the All Pac-10 Team, as senior (San Anselmo, Calif. and junior (San Diego, Calif. (Gostanford.com)
BULLETIN BOARD Feb 26, 2007
Introduction to Green Building: 6-9 p.m., Drake High School, 1327 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Anselmo, $35, includes materials, (415) 945-3730. WEDNESDAY. (San Francisco Chronicle)
LETTERS TO HOME & GARDEN Feb 4, 2007
LETTERS TO HOME N / 'Zero-lot-line' plans benefit builders, buyers (San Francisco Chronicle)
Celebrities Leave Golden Globe Rehearsals Looking & Feeling More Beautiful Thanks to t'Zerah - A Couture Line of Natural Skin Care Treatments Jan 17, 2007
(PRNewsFoto/t'Zerah, Mark Sullivan) SAN ANSELMO, CA UNITED STATES 01/16/2007. SAN ANSELMO, Calif. (PR Newswire)
Appetite for olive oil ripens Jan 11, 2007
hose peppery Tuscan oils are a flavor profile all on their own, says Heidi Insalata Krahling, executive chef and owner of Insalata's in San Anselmo, Calif. hey're great finishing oils for roast peppers and white beans, or on a perfectly grilled piece of fish. (Boulder Colorado Daily, CO)
T'Zerah(TM) Selected as Exclusive Skin Care Line at the Backstage Creations Retreat during the 2007 Golden Globe(R) Awards Jan 11, 2007
Jan. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The Scoop: The celebrity presenters at the Golden Globe Awards may look especially radiant this year, as they will be given the opportunity to experience t'Zerah(TM), the luxurious award-winning skin care line based on pure plant based ingredients, during rehearsals the two days prior to the show. t'Zerah has been selected to be the exclusive skin care line at the "Backstage Creations Retreat during the 2007 Golden Globe Awards." Celebrity presenters will have the... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
America's appetite for olive oil ripens Jan 10, 2007
"Those peppery Tuscan oils are a flavor profile all on their own," says Heidi Insalata Krahling, executive chef and owner of Insalata's in San Anselmo, Calif ... Source: Heidi Insalata Krahling, chef at Insalata's in San Anselmo, Calif. (Christian Science Monitor)
Andronico bets less will be more Jan 4, 2007
That leaves him with four East Bay stores, all in Berkeley, and one each in San Anselmo, San Francisco, Palo Alto and Los Altos. By getting smaller, Andronico, president and CEO of the Albany-based chain, hopes to increase his regional company's competitiveness. (East Bay Business Times, CA)