Join a session to learn more about the future of housing in Marin County. The County of Marin is finalizing its plan to address housing needs across the next 8 years, also known as the Housing Element. Join one of our virtual community meetings to learn more about what this means and what to expect … [Read more...] about Future Marin County housing meetings slated
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COVID shutdown hit California students hard
CalMatters What kind of toll did the pandemic take on public education in California? New test score figures, due to be published at 10 a.m. today (Oct. 24), should help answer that question. According to CalMatters education reporter Joe Hong, the way state education officials have … [Read more...] about COVID shutdown hit California students hard
Candidate picks up trash left behind by Novato homeless
Novato City Council candidate Andy Podshadley took matters into his own hands, cleaning up garbage left behind in homeless encampments in the creek behind Novato Fair Shopping center. … [Read more...] about Candidate picks up trash left behind by Novato homeless
Properly Subversive: Marin executives will walk in the shoes of a ‘formerly incarcerated individual’
Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive Say what you will about Marin County sensibilities, at least it’s adventuresome and not in the least bit boring. Case in point: The county has issued a “media advisory” inviting the press to watch Marin leaders walk in the shoes of an ex-con in a … [Read more...] about Properly Subversive: Marin executives will walk in the shoes of a ‘formerly incarcerated individual’
Marin 911: A homeless troll lives in the bushes outside the Mill Valley post office and he’s just one of many misbehaving
MILL VALLEY Homeless Troll: A homeless man with suspected severe mental issues lives in the bushes near the Mill Valley post office. He is well known to police for popping out periodically to scream profanities at people. After receiving complaints for the umteenth time, police contacted him and … [Read more...] about Marin 911: A homeless troll lives in the bushes outside the Mill Valley post office and he’s just one of many misbehaving
Properly Subversive: Let’s be honest about Marin ‘electrification’ — we’re boiling frogs here for so little gain it can’t be measured
Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive On Nov. 15 the County Board of Supervisors will consider a new law to take another step in the “electrification” of Marin. The supervisors appear enthused, news reports indicate, and after passage they will try to convince every other Marin government to … [Read more...] about Properly Subversive: Let’s be honest about Marin ‘electrification’ — we’re boiling frogs here for so little gain it can’t be measured
Sausalito History: From boom to boneyard
Christopher VerPlanck and Larry Clinton/Sausalito Historical Society On Sept. 20 the Sausalito city council approved a refined citywide historic context statement, a survey of the city’s history underpinning its development. The statement was prepared by Christopher VerPlanck, principal of … [Read more...] about Sausalito History: From boom to boneyard
Two rapes on college campus unnerves students
Marinscope Two rapes in 60 days on the Stanford campus have brought silence from the school administrators and fear in the school community. The San Jose Mercury News reports that last Friday a man grabbed a woman from a university office and dragged her to a basement and raped her. Two … [Read more...] about Two rapes on college campus unnerves students
Assault by White Claw
Marinscope San Rafael police arrested Julian Carlos Rodriguez, 31, of San Anselmo when he showed up at work on Fourth Street and hit a co-worker with a full can of White Claw, a hard seltzer. Rodriguez was arrested and booked into jail. … [Read more...] about Assault by White Claw
Racial profiling by Mill Valley police debated
Marinscope Mark Twain once said that “facts are stubborn things, but statistics are pliable.” That became clear at a recent Mill Valley City Council meeting in which the stats on possible racial bias with police stops came to the fore. At issue was an analysis of police stops by the … [Read more...] about Racial profiling by Mill Valley police debated