On Thanksgiving a 4-year-old girl drowned after a wave swept her into the ocean at Point Reyes National Seashore, the National Park Service reported. Emergency helicopters from CHP and the Coast Guard worked to rescue the girl. She was taken to Oakland Children's Hospital, where she was … [Read more...] about Girl, 4, drowns at Point Reyes
Mill Valley History: John D. Saxe — A School politician
John D. Saxe was an insurance broker. In 1906, when their home at Lombard and Taylor was destroyed in the earthquake and fire, he and his wife Alice moved to Belvedere. In 1908 they bought a lot in Homestead Valley and built a house there. In 1906, the Tamalpais Union High School … [Read more...] about Mill Valley History: John D. Saxe — A School politician
Here’s the book sheriff asked to read
Marinscope So what is the book “The New Jim Crow” by Michelle Alexander all about? Marin County Board of Supervisor Kathrin Sears at a recent public meeting said she read it over the summer and found it “enlightening.” She wanted Marin Sheriff Robert Doyle to read it, and he said he … [Read more...] about Here’s the book sheriff asked to read
Pages From The Past: The Notorious Murder at Ruth Creek
Mark Read/Pages From The Past (Editor’s note: This feature recounts vignettes of Marin’s past through the pages of the Novato Advance.) 100 Years Ago November 1920 -- It is not generally known that the Bugeia Bros., have fifteen thoroughbred horses on their ranch from one to two years … [Read more...] about Pages From The Past: The Notorious Murder at Ruth Creek
Jim Steele: Children and the Insect Apocalypse
Jim Steele/What’s Natural? The American Psychological Association reports young people are suffering from “a chronic fear of environmental doom”. A recent national survey reported “eco-anxiety” is causing 43 percent of our youth to feel hopeless. Psychologists warn such hopelessness leads to … [Read more...] about Jim Steele: Children and the Insect Apocalypse
Sherman Frederick: Gotta love those $350 per hour consultants … such a bargain
Leave it to Fairfax to be the first community to try to implement something concrete out of the Black Lives Matter movement. The quaintly progressive town that once featured Grateful Dead softball games has created a Racial Equity and Social Justice Committee. It’s taken $100,000 from the … [Read more...] about Sherman Frederick: Gotta love those $350 per hour consultants … such a bargain
Youth in Arts reaches out during SIP orders
Special to Marinscope When the coronavirus pandemic hit, Youth in Arts Executive Director Kristen Jacobson had to think fast. Onsite school programming – the lifeblood of the organization – halted abruptly. The office closed temporarily. Jacobson and her small staff began live … [Read more...] about Youth in Arts reaches out during SIP orders
Marin sheriff told to ‘read this book’
Sherman R. Frederick Marinscope Marin County Board of Supervisors put $835,000 into a new countywide drug squad that critics said would escalate the war on drugs in Marin. Although the supervisors voted unanimously to spend the money, citizens who called into the virtual … [Read more...] about Marin sheriff told to ‘read this book’
Marin 911: He wasn’t drunk, he was old
Mill Valley Nov. 5 - 18, 2020 Not DUI, Just Old: A citizen called in a potential DUI. Driver was “large” with a hoodie and wearing white shoes with red laces. Allegedly driving drunkenly all over the place in the Pearl Road area. Police stopped the car. Driver determined to not be drunk. Just … [Read more...] about Marin 911: He wasn’t drunk, he was old
Meet one of Sausalito’s unsung artists: Harry Bowden
Harry Bowden’s Plant on Table. Harry Bowden By Larry Clinton, Sausalito Historical Society We’ve profiled a number of artists from postwar Sausalito, but I recently heard of one for the first time: painter and photographer Harry Bowden. Bowden was born in Los Angeles in 1907 and … [Read more...] about Meet one of Sausalito’s unsung artists: Harry Bowden