13+ hour, 27+ min ago   (936+ words) A potential strategy for rehabilitating Mount Tamalpais Mortuary and Cemetery in San Rafael is sitting on the desk of Gov. Gavin Newsom. For a decade now, family members of people buried at the 150-year-old cemetery have been complaining to officials…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (548+ words) This election year there are multiple Marin offices where only one candidate filed for each available post. Their names don’t appear on the ballot as they are automatically elected. There are multiple factors behind uncontested elections. That happened at Mill…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (431+ words) Even if implemented (at a still unknown cost), I suspect MMWD will have done nothing more than turn its watershed into a mountain-biking park likely to attract riders from the entire Bay Area, while potentially jeopardizing the safety and enjoyment…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (611+ words) The California Legislature has a bad habit of enacting high-profile measures in the moment, responding to trendy issues or demands from powerful interests, without considering potentially adverse consequences. Legislators assume that everything they do has only positive effects — otherwise they…...

13+ hour, 25+ min ago   (866+ words) Most ballots in Marin County in the Nov. 3 election will include a proposed parcel tax to benefit MarinHealth Medical Center in Greenbrae. Measure CC on the ballot calls for an annual tax of 14 cents per square foot on improved building…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (696+ words) Marin supervisors are wading into the tall weeds of data security. It’s for good reason. There is concern whether private digital data collected and stored by the county can be electronically mined and misused by others. So supervisors want to…...

16+ hour, 40+ min ago   (323+ words) Special film screenings coming up in Marin Marin Independent Journal • “The Mood of America,” a 1968 BBC documentary about the desegregation that took place within the Sausalito Marin City School District in 1965, will be shown on Thursday at Marin Center’s Showcase…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (104+ words) Marin Independent Journal The estimated cost to rehabilitate Seeger Dam at Nicasio Reservoir is about $50 million — an expense that the Marin Municipal Water District hadn’t expected. Read the story Six Flags Magic Mountain unveils first-of-its-kind coaster for 2027 Fairfax bar owner…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (669+ words) Conversations about new housing often begin with questions about what residents can see: How tall? What will it look like? Where’s the parking? How will it affect traffic? Those questions are fair. They are not the only way people experience…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (361+ words) I’ve lost count of how many times San Rafael officials have asked voters for “just one more tax” to protect essential services. Measure W on the November ballot is the latest, and it’s not a small tax: It would increase…...