Bolinas News Archives

Trainees from two-dozen federal, state and local agencies converged at the mouth of Bolinas Lagoon Thursday to test oil spill skills as they prepared for the next disaster.

When I spent two summers in Bolinas before moving to Marin from Manhattan I rediscovered the childhood pleasure of berrying.

After killing a rival gangster at San Quentin in 1975, Guillermo Bermudez renounced his gang ties, became a mentor to young people and began to produce art in prison, including this self-portrait. A FORMER GANG ...

Marin surfer/Prooflab Surfshop co-owner Nate McCarthy of Bolinas charges a wave at Fort Cronkhite.

Ricky Green wandered into this town some months ago, a stranger just a bit stranger than most.

It looks like a routine "trend" story from the AP via CNN. The trend in this case is teenagers attacking the homeless.

Ricky Green wandered into this town some months ago, a stranger just a bit stranger than most.

He had shed his middle-class respectability _ a job as a graphic artist in the 'burbs _ strapped a guitar over his shoulder and landed here on what he told people was 'a spiritual journey.'

Bolinas seemed like a good fit. The unincorporated town of 1,600 on the Pacific coast is Marin County's most blatant throwback to the Summer of Love, a hippie haven that is bent on stopping tourists from spoiling its laid-back groove.

The Point Reyes Light , covering the court appearance of the mob defendants who attacked Ricky Green, gives a detailed description of the night he was nearly beaten to death in Bolinas.

The Bolinas Gallery will have an exhibition of plein-air artwork by six members of the Diehard Outdoor Painters from Aug.

Life in Marin , posted by Louise L. Mathe, a resident of the San Anselmo neighborhood, 1 hour ago Next Vision Meeting is July 21 at 7pm.

Dog parks are totally stupid. Dogs belong with people, not dogs. Posted by scout, a resident of the Muir Beach neighborhood, 59 minutes ago Add a Comment Posting an item on Town Square is simple and requires no ...

Two more people have been charged in the assault on a homeless Bolinas man last month.

The fifth and sixth suspects arrested in the beating of a Bolinas man last month were arraigned on felony charges Wednesday, and the juvenile suspect was charged as an adult.

A 21 year-old female and 17 year-old male, both from Bolinas were arrested yesterday and charged in the attempted murder of Ricky Green, a 33 year-old homeless man who nearly died.

Perhaps seeking to put a damper on Independence Day festivities, an economist at George Mason University, Bryan Caplan, asks: "When has independence been worth the price?" The question, on EconLog , is a ...

Fourth man arrested in brutal Bolinas attack Demian Bulwa, Chronicle Staff Writer A fourth man was arrested today in connection with the near-fatal beating and stabbing of a homeless man in Bolinas, an attack ...

A fourth man was arrested today in connection with the near-fatal beating and stabbing of a homeless man in Bolinas, an attack that has troubled many residents of the isolated Marin County town.

Bolinas has always been the town that wanted to keep a low profile- so much so- that town residents routinely swiped the sign on the road that pointed the way to the seaside hamlet.

In 1971 the city of Bolinas, California, stopped growing. Why? Because that was the year the city decided to stop allowing new water meters to connect to the city supply.

The sheriff's department is investigating the possibility that a homeless man was beaten and stabbed by a mob in Bolinas simply because they didn't want him around town.