A Belvedere woman who was a witness to the horrific attacks on the World Trade Center said she initially thought she was watching a movie production. Local travel agents fearful of slump Travel experts say Tuesday's terrorist attacks using hijacked American and United airliners could trigger a slump in the domestic travel industry. If this week's terrorists attacks push the U.S. economy into a recession, it will be because of the psychological impact on investor and consumer confidence, Marin finance and economic experts say. Those early days of education in Marin are captured in an exhibit from the collection of the Marin History Museum at the Falkirk Cultural Center in San Rafael. The show opens tomorrow and runs through Oct. 20.
Admission is free.
Spewing intense heat, a jet engine-like whine and a violent upward draft of wind, a diseased live oak tree exploded in flames yesterday during a controlled burn on Mt. Tamalpais that sent smoke throughout Marin County. Novato family holding out hope for son As some of his co-workers fled the World Trade Center last week, Paul Sloan heeded an intercom announcement and stayed behind with others who survived a terrorist attack on the complex in 1993, the same year he graduated from high school in Novato. Wider hijack plot considered Federal authorities said yesterday they were investigating the possibility that terrorists may have plotted to commandeer two additional commercial flights on the day that four planes were hijacked and used in attacks on New York and the Pentagon. Tragedies touch Marin hearts Many in Marin, from the smallest students to the largest organizations, are finding some way to contribute to relief efforts supporting victims and families of last week's terrorist attacks. TV news gets high marks at Dominican convocation Television news in America snapped out of a plummeting decline last week to offer thorough and uncompromised coverage of the terrorist attacks, said Orville Schell, dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California at Berkeley.