Char Miller/Writers On The Range Poor Butte County, California, again on fire, its smoke choking the air of states miles away. Nestled in the Northern Sierras, Butte County is home to Chico State University, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., and portions of two national forests. Almost half its … [Read more...] about Writers on the Range: When wildfires keep coming back
Pages From The Past: Big ranch divided amicably
Mike Reed/Pages From The Past 100 Years Ago September 1921 -- Division Made In Jack Martin Ranch - Through friendly negotiations carried out by attorneys representing different interests, what might have been a costly and long-drawn-out legal battle over the title to the 2,100 acre Jack … [Read more...] about Pages From The Past: Big ranch divided amicably
Peace Voice Commentary: Explain it to me like I’m a 2-year old
Tom H. Hastings/Peace Voice Imagine the Biden approach to leaving Afghanistan were done as if success and saving lives were the priority. The average fifth-grader (or my gifted granddaughter about to start third grade) would figure it out once the circumstances were explained to … [Read more...] about Peace Voice Commentary: Explain it to me like I’m a 2-year old
Mill Valley History: Causeway to Silva Island
The way it was in the 1930s. Marin/History Since 1956, the crossing of Richardson Bay from Manzanita to Strawberry has been an elevated six-lane bridge. It replaced a four-lane drawbridge made of redwood logs, the construction of which in 1930 had involved dynamiting away the … [Read more...] about Mill Valley History: Causeway to Silva Island
Health officials encourage parents to send children to in-person schools
Marinscope More than a million kindergarten through 12th-grade students returned to school for in-person learning this fall in the San Francisco Bay Area. In the counties of Marin, Alameda, Contra Costa, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, … [Read more...] about Health officials encourage parents to send children to in-person schools
Letters: Thank you!
Dear editor, Thanks so much for the photo and mention in the Ross Valley Reporter for the Harvest Dinner! We appreciate everything Marinscope Community Newspapers does. Stephanie Clarke Mill Valley … [Read more...] about Letters: Thank you!
Letters: I met Archie
Dear editor, I met Archie Williams at Drake High School at a parent/teacher night. He was my son Darren's teacher and a fine man. I gave him some of the official German olympic 1936 photos I had with him running, which he really enjoyed looking at. Walter … [Read more...] about Letters: I met Archie
Jazz, blues and much more this Friday in Sausalito
Big band music will ring out in Sausalito this Friday as the Jazz and Blues by the Bay event gets underway. This Friday (Sept. 3) Gabrielson Park in Sausalito will swing to big band music from Mary Lou's Apartment. The show on Friday next (Sept. 10) will feature the New Orleans sounds of Mitch … [Read more...] about Jazz, blues and much more this Friday in Sausalito
Finally, lights at San Marin High School
Marin 911: Boy, 17, arrested in stabbing at party
San Rafael Stabbing: On Aug. 14, at about 9:50 p.m., SRPD Officers were sent to a residence in the 300 block of Prospect Avenue, San Rafael on the report of a stabbing that just occurred. The victim was placed in a vehicle and driven away from the residence but flagged down responding … [Read more...] about Marin 911: Boy, 17, arrested in stabbing at party