Home Prices Increase in Marin County

Happy Thanksgiving to you all! I just wanted to let everyone know that I have posted my latest findings about the Marin real estate market. The article's focus is on home prices and sales showing an increase in Marin County. The entire article can be found at this location.

New Program to Allow Residents Access to Studios of Novato Artists

A new outreach program of the Novato Arts Center will allow the public to enter their artists’ studios between the hour of 11AM and 4PM on the first Sunday of every month except May. First Sunday Open Studios begins in December and will allow visitors into the studios of more than 40 working artists in three buildings located at the historic, former Hamilton Air Force Base. The individual buildings are located at 500 Palm Drive, 501 Palm Drive and 781 Hamilton Parkway.

Marin County Transit Bus Route Changes

Several Marin Transit bus routes will undergo changes in March, 2010. The majority of the changes involve reduction of operating hours of certain routes, generally by an hour. Midday service is also being discontinued on some routes. Routes to be affected by the changes include: Route 17 (Mill Valley - San Rafael), Route 19 (Tiburon - Marin City), Route 22 (San Anselmo - Sausalito), Route 23 (Fairfax-San Rafael), Route 29 (San Anselmo-San Rafael), Route 36 (Canal-San Rafael Transit Center-Marin City), Route 45 (San Rafael Transit Center-Terra Linda), Route 49 (San Rafael Transit
Center-Hamilton), Route 51 (Novato), and Route 52 (Novato-San Rafael).

Mother of 8 Embezzles from Elderly Marin Couple

Here some sad local news: An elderly couple, living in Marin, were victims of embezzlement. Who would do such a thing?.....
An almost fifty year old lady with eight children. Jane Macam McClellan has entered into a plea deal and has admitted to a single count of embezzlement.

Although the Marin County District Attorney initially believed that McClellan stole almost one hundred thousand dollars from the couple
(the wife is almost 100 years old and the husband is just over ninety), McClellan's lawyer denied those claims saying it was more like
seven grand.

Sentencing will take place on December 8th, with McClellan facing up to four years in prison.