Marin Public Health officials are urging community members to take precautions by limiting outdoor activity due to the poor air quality caused by drift smoke from wildfire events throughout Northern California and Oregon. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued an air quality … [Read more...] about Drifting smoke impacts air quality in Marin, here are tips for coping
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Fairfax Planning Commission agenda for Sept. 21 meeting
The Fairfax Planning Commission will meet Thursday, Sept. 21, at 7 p.m. at the Woman’s Club. You can find the agenda here: https://www.townoffairfax.org/meetings/planning-commission-september-21-2023/ … [Read more...] about Fairfax Planning Commission agenda for Sept. 21 meeting
Spin Around Marin: Mail theft, census update and ‘Meals on Wheels’ needs volunteers
West Nile Virus detected in Marin County
The Marin County Health Department reported on Friday, Sept. 16, Last that several crows infected with West Nile Virus were detected near San Rafael. Risk should be assumed to be present county-wide. These are the first reports of West Nile Virus (WNV) activity in 2023. Avoiding … [Read more...] about West Nile Virus detected in Marin County
Jimmy Buffett wrote ‘Come Monday’ in San Anselmo
Larry Clinton/Sausalito Historical Society The recent news of Jimmy Buffet’s death from — what else? — skin cancer reminded me of his many ties to our part of the world. In 1983, Buffet told David Letterman how he got the inspiration for his hit Come Monday at the Howard Johnson’s in Mill … [Read more...] about Jimmy Buffett wrote ‘Come Monday’ in San Anselmo
Spin Around Marin: MVFF announces headliners, rent control in Larkspur and boat show coming to Sausalito
MVFF46 The 46th annual Mill Valley Film Festival has released its full lineup for this Oct. 5-15 event and heading the list is Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla,” a biopic about the first years of Priscilla Presley’s life with Elvis. The opening night film is scheduled to be “Day of the Fight,” a … [Read more...] about Spin Around Marin: MVFF announces headliners, rent control in Larkspur and boat show coming to Sausalito
Marin 911 Log: Homeless disturb the peace in Mill Valley; DUI stops in Novato and creepy man follows women in Sausalito
MILL VALLEY Booty Man: A man with very low riding pants stood at the bus stop on Miller Avenue and twerked, the results of which showed most of the man’s hairy arse (and a bit more) to standersby who would have preferred not to have seen any of it. Police called. Service provided. Hiding Out: … [Read more...] about Marin 911 Log: Homeless disturb the peace in Mill Valley; DUI stops in Novato and creepy man follows women in Sausalito
Bay Area bad guys hate traffic stops
Properly Subversive/Sherman R. Frederick The latest cause embraced by the “cops are racist” crowd comes in the California effort to stop police from pulling over vehicles involved in minor traffic infractions. The theory – advocated in an L.A. Times editorial and then reprinted in the … [Read more...] about Bay Area bad guys hate traffic stops
Remembering John Colteaux, a champion for preserving life in Marin’s Ross Valley
By Nels Johnson Special to the Ross Valley Reporter Attorney John Henry Colteaux, a former Ross Valley official who boosted San Anselmo’s small town atmosphere, asserting a half century ago that the community had no room for new development, died at home in San Anselmo on Aug. 4. Colteaux, … [Read more...] about Remembering John Colteaux, a champion for preserving life in Marin’s Ross Valley
Let’s Talk: Marin helps parents talk with teens
Parents: you’ve got mail. The fourth annual issue of the “Let’s Talk and Let’s Start Talking” booklets have been sent to 5,000 Marin County families of local public and private schools. Available in English and Spanish, Let’s Talk was mailed to all incoming 9th-grade families and Let’s … [Read more...] about Let’s Talk: Marin helps parents talk with teens