The COVID-19 pandemic claimed another victim in Marin – The Marin Brewing Company. The pub has been in business in Marin for 33 years, but owner Brendan Moyland told KPIX 5 that the pub was closing. The final straw, he said, came when the business was not able to get help … [Read more...] about Larkspur brew pub another COVID victim; closing after 33 years
Marin beats back Omicron surge; restaurants still on bended knee
Sherman R. Frederick Marinscope The Omicron surge peaked on Jan 9 in Marin. The highly virulent, but less deadly, form of COVID-19 hit Marin at the end of December, moderately driving up hospitalizations. Then it retreated by mid January. The rest of California and the United States were … [Read more...] about Marin beats back Omicron surge; restaurants still on bended knee
Family reunited; left behind after Afghanistan withdrawal
San Rafael Humanitarian Nonprofit Roots of Peace celebrated the safe reunion of its Director of Technology and his family at SFO last Tuesday (Jan. 18), after their evacuation from Afghanistan. The successful arrival of the Safi family comes amid five months of tense diplomatic negotiation, during … [Read more...] about Family reunited; left behind after Afghanistan withdrawal
Marin 911: Driver hits student biking to school; charged with DUI
Novato DUI: On Jan. 15 at 8 a.m. Novato PD Dispatch received a call about a collision between a car and a young bicyclist at Cambridge Street at Rowland Boulevard. An on-duty School Resource Officer responded, as it was believed the bicyclist was a student traveling to school that morning. … [Read more...] about Marin 911: Driver hits student biking to school; charged with DUI
Letter to the Editor: Role to Play
Dear editor, This is in response to Rep. Jared Huffman statement on Jan. 6 Until someone is found guilty of insurrection in a court of law, stating what happened on Jan. 6th, 2021, as an “insurrection” is an out and out lie! I am in total agreement what happened that day was … [Read more...] about Letter to the Editor: Role to Play
Pages From The Past: First Hi-Y Club in Novato
Mike Read/Pages From The Past (Editor’s Note: This column recounts the news of Novato through the pages of the Novato Advance. It is compiled by the Novato Historical Society.) 100 Years Ago January 1922 – Lyndall Cardellini has filed a suit for divorce from Primo Cardellini on the … [Read more...] about Pages From The Past: First Hi-Y Club in Novato
Mill Valley History: Meet John Burt (1869-1944)
Quite a career: an apprentice in his father’s plumbing business in Scotland; surveyor for the Tamalpais Land and Water Company; participant in the original survey of the Mountain Railway route; superintendent of the North Coast Water Company; 40 years service with the Marin Municipal Water District … [Read more...] about Mill Valley History: Meet John Burt (1869-1944)
Frederick Commentary: Rail to Suisun? Yes, please!
There’s been a lot of public transportation pipe dreams about creating an east-west spur to the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit system. Now there is one. The 2022 State Rail Plan will include the idea of creating direct rail transportation between Novato and Suisun City. Now I know that … [Read more...] about Frederick Commentary: Rail to Suisun? Yes, please!
Pushback on county’s Larkspur homeless plan
Marinscope The “fit” hit the “shan,” so to speak, in regards to citizen pushback on a Marin County plan to house 50 chronically homeless people in Larkspur. The County has applied for $15 million from the state homeless program called Project Homekey to purchase for $23 million a … [Read more...] about Pushback on county’s Larkspur homeless plan
Sausalito History: Sausalito Land & Ferry Co. survives a rocky start
Jack Tracy and Larry Clinton/Sausalito Historical Society After acquiring much of William Richardson’s Rancho Sausalito in the 1850s, attorney Samuel Reading Throckmorton joined with land speculators and created The Sausalito Land & Ferry Company to develop the town. Jack Tracy tells of the … [Read more...] about Sausalito History: Sausalito Land & Ferry Co. survives a rocky start