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Tiburon brothers create emergency-kits venture after family fire scare
Tiburon brothers Nick and Lucas Lieberman say they’ve always been aware that living in a state prone to earthquakes and wildfires means...
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Tiburon fire district’s $13-mil budget allocates money to start station remodel
The Tiburon Fire Protection District’s $13.58-million budget in fiscal 2024 includes $2 million toward the planned remodel of Station 10...
By HEMANANTHANI SIVANANDAM ·Belvedere halts new tax breaks for historic properties
Belvedere will temporarily stop doling out tax breaks to newly designated historic homes while it considers imposing conditions to ensure...
By HEMANANTHANI SIVANANDAM ·Residents sue Tiburon over Paradise Drive housing site
Neighbors seeking to block any potential high-density development on a waterfront property above Paradise Cay have sued the town of...
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Tiburon OKs mini cows for property on Paradise Drive
A Paradise Drive homeowner has won the town’s permission to keep four mini cows on his controversial property after developing...
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Belvedere names new faces to planning, preservation and library boards
An architect with more than four decades of experience has been named to the Belvedere Planning Commission and is among three new faces...
By HEMANANTHANI SIVANANDAM ·Belvedere approves response plan for encounters with coyotes
Belvedere has approved a comprehensive coyote-response plan that emphasizes monitoring, education, prevention, reporting and measured...
By HEMANANTHANI SIVANANDAM ·Belvedere to poll residents about increasing fire tax
Belvedere plans to poll residents to see if they’d be willing to pay more to help cover the rising cost of emergency and fire services....
By HEMANANTHANI SIVANANDAM ·Belvedere approves 5% hike in garbage and recycling rates
Belvedere residents will pay more for garbage and recycling services starting next month. The City Council voted unanimously at its June...
By HEMANANTHANI SIVANANDAM ·Court rejects civil-rights claims in suit against Belvedere
A U.S. District Court has dismissed federal civil-rights claims brought by the owners of downtown Tiburon boutique Yema against Belvedere...
By HEMANANTHANI SIVANANDAM ·Tiburon’s draft budget boosts spending on police and infrastructure
Tiburon plans to boost police spending by more than $400,000 while also focusing on infrastructure projects including street paving,...
By HEMANANTHANI SIVANANDAM ·Longtime Tiburon pals serve as Redwood co-valedictorians
One of Redwood High School graduating senior Jackson Bramlette’s earliest memories of classmate Sa’ar Lipshitz is from kindergarten. “We...
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Residents marvel at new public art exhibit at South of the Knoll Park
When Thomas Jackson lived in Strawberry in 2016, he would often go for runs at Tiburon’s South of the Knoll Park. He noticed the area was...
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Expert: Belvedere is resource rich for traveling pair of coyotes
Belvedere may be able to address its coyote concerns in part by tackling its rodent problem, said a wildlife-control expert whose recent...
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