Novato (Marin, California)

Ron Patterson, who with his then-wife Phyllis founded the Renaissance Pleasure Faire in 1963, which showcased traditions of 16th century Elizabethan England, has died. He was 80. Patterson died Jan. 15 in Sausalito, Calif., where he was receiving hospice...

Two troubled California banks were closed by regulators late Friday and sold to other banks. San Luis Trust Bank, a one-office bank in San Luis Obispo with $333 million in assets, will reopen next week as a branch of First......

A Novato, Calif., man received a two-year prison sentence and had his hunting and fishing privileges revoked for life after he was convicted of bear poaching and other offenses. The California Department of Fish and Game reports that Wayne Richard......

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL BASKETBALL BOYS Second round, Thursday Division I Long Beach Poly 66, Etiwanda 63 Mater Dei 72, Loyola 70 Taft 65, Carlsbad La Costa Canyon 43 Corona Centennial 68, Westchester 57 Division II San Diego Lincoln 71, Fresno......

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL BASKETBALL BOYS Regional semifinals, Saturday Division I Mater Dei 72, Long Beach Poly 55 Corona Centennial 94, Taft 81 Division II San Diego Lincoln 83, Gahr 52 Summit 79, Peninsula 74 Division III La Canada 60, Inglewood.......

For most of the last year, Terrance and Frances Leighton went back and forth on whether the latest dry white wine from their Kalin Cellars winery was ready for release. Finally, after tasting and re-tasting and making sure every trace of what Frances...

The Solano County Sheriff's Office's Narcotics Detectives have served search and arrest warrants at six locations in Northern California. A large amount of marijuana and cash were found at various different locations, including the Fairfield Tree of Life...

RENO, Nev. — A Nevada district attorney is considering whether to file criminal charges against federal land managers who are accused by animal rights activists of mistreating wild horses in a roundup. Churchill County Sheriff Richard Ingram said his...

Kara Knack has stars in her eyes. And moons and suns and planets. There are thousands and thousands, to paraphrase the late Carl Sagan, the great popularizer of astronomy whose enthusiasm has guided Knack's decades-long support of the Griffith...

Travelers wanting to take in more than just urban sights might find the 68-room Inn Marin in Novato, Calif., the ideal rendezvous. Close enough to San Francisco for sorties into the city, the hotel also offers easy access to beachcombing at Point...

BERKELEY - Wild weather produced a lighter wine harvest in California last year, which analysts say could provide breathing room for an industry coping with the budget-tightening effects of recession. There were just over 3 million tons of wine grapes...