The Fairfaxian/Mike Ghiringhelli Chapter 1: Consent Gate Comes to Fax Town Sometimes, simply walking down the street, can lead you down a path that you least expected. Life's simple twists and turns of fate. Jenny, who I've known for decades, said to me - Mike, did you see the last … [Read more...] about The Fairfaxian: Decorum coincidental
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The Dew Drop Inn opened for businesses in Novato in ‘48
Mike Read/Pages From The Past 100 Years Ago October 1923 – A Novato reporter for San Rafael and Petaluma„ papers recently expressed himself as against the renaming of Simmons Lane by a few people at its upper end, as it will tend to confuse titles given to their land. While I am at the … [Read more...] about The Dew Drop Inn opened for businesses in Novato in ‘48
Spin Around Marin: Vic Seixas turns 100 and endurance contest headed to McNears Beach
Dominican makes top 20 Dominican University of California has been named among the top 20 regional universities in the west by U.S. News & World Report in its annual ranking of universities and colleges in the United States. The San Francisco Bay Area-based university has jumped five … [Read more...] about Spin Around Marin: Vic Seixas turns 100 and endurance contest headed to McNears Beach
The many lives of the Sausalito Record Plant
Katiana Giacona and Larry Clinton/Sausalito Historical Society Sausalito’s legendary recording studio, originally called the Record Plant, started as an office complex for contractors at Marinship, Sausalito’s WWII shipyard. A new book from Arcadia Images of America captures historic … [Read more...] about The many lives of the Sausalito Record Plant
Pride crosswalks in Sausalito
To commemorate Sausalito Pride festivities, the City has added rainbow-colored stripes to the three crosswalks at the Bridgeway intersection with Bay Street in downtown Sausalito.The new crosswalks represent the City's commitment to supporting visibility, dignity, and equity for all people in the … [Read more...] about Pride crosswalks in Sausalito
Pool tragedy takes child 75 years ago
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Thousands of Pride flags will fly over Marin in June
Pride Month – a time in which America celebrates the rights and culture of the LGBTQIA+ community – will begin at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, June 1, with a Pride flag raising ceremony at City Hall in Novato. It will be followed up with events all throughout Marin County. Here’s a quick rundown on … [Read more...] about Thousands of Pride flags will fly over Marin in June
Marin 911: Mill Valley residents call the cops on ‘strange man’ riding around with his backside on full display
MILL VALLEY Creek Trash: A citizen reported graffiti, trash and discarded shopping carts under the bridge and in the creek on Miller Avenue. Some of the trash appeared to have been there a long period of time. Police referred to the Department of Public Works. Strange Man: A man described as … [Read more...] about Marin 911: Mill Valley residents call the cops on ‘strange man’ riding around with his backside on full display
50 years ago: Ray Stratford of Novato High School pitched the first perfect baseball game in Marin
Mike Read/Pages From The Past 100 Years Ago May 1923 – People from adjacent counties are frequent visitors to see the Community House, and all express wonder and admiration of Novato's enterprise and ability to accomplish such an undertaking. The contract for painting the Community … [Read more...] about 50 years ago: Ray Stratford of Novato High School pitched the first perfect baseball game in Marin
Sausalito History: The Spreckles boathouse
PHOTO COURTESY OF SAUSALITO HISTORICAL SOCIETY The Spreckels Boathouse in Shelter Cove around the turn of the 20th century. Larry Clinton/Sausalito Historical Society The Spreckles Boathouse was once a gem in the tiara of Old Town Sausalito, but time and tides changed all that. In the fall … [Read more...] about Sausalito History: The Spreckles boathouse