Posts with tag Marin County

By Les Christie The film emperor may be striking back. For 25 years, filmmaker George Lucas tried to persuade his Marin County, Calif., neighbors to let him build a digital production studio on his ranch there, but the area's residents thwarted the plan. So Lucas has come up with an alternative for his Grady Ranch... Continue Reading »

Grateful Dead leader Jerry Garcia's "endless tour" with the not-so-funky-anymore Marin County may be coming to an end after all. The house in rural Nicasio that Garcia last lived in, before his death in 1995 at age 53 (Deadheads still celebrate his birthday each summer and prefer to say he is now 68), came on the market... Continue Reading »