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Marin IJ: A California Insurance Crisis and Which Bay Area Communities Have Lost the Most Coverage, Including Significant Impact on Mill Valley
California’s property insurance market has been reeling after a series of devastating and costly wildfires over the last decade, with estimated losses of more than $35.8 billion. Insurers have argued that outdated voter-approved regulations enacted in the late 1980s aimed at ensuring fairer rates have left them unable to charge enough to reflect rising costs…
Read MoreMill Valley Winterfest Was an Absolute Blast and a Tremendous Way to Kick Off the Holiday Season! See You Again on Dec. 7th, 2025 on the Plaza!
Winterfest, the 94941’s annual holiday celebration produced by the Mill Valley Chamber and Organized Chaos Events, returned to the Downtown Plaza on December 8th, drawing another massive outpouring of residents, participants and friends. The event was once again an absolute blockbuster, with more than 1,000 locals and friends gathering on the plaza throughout the day and an evening of good cheer, including performances from the Happy Feet Tap Dancers, Rita & the Cosmos, Roco Dance & Fitness for thrilling performances of both hip-hop and contemporary dance, as well as the duo of Ellie McKee and Andrew McKee, who performed a broad array of both holiday tunes and classics through a bulk of the afternoon. We invited Santa on stage following his arrival in a beautiful convertible, and then he dashed off to his throne to greet the children. The beautiful Elecrtic Train kept kiddos and their families busy and happy throughout the day.
Read MoreSF Chronicle: Here are 21 New Laws that Californians Must Start Following in 2025
“For the past six years, through boom, bust and pandemic, California’s Legislature has ended each session with a blitz of new laws that aim to make housing more plentiful and affordable.
Read MoreMarin IJ: Bay Area Planners to Poll Residents on Transportation Tax
“We are supportive of a measure to go forward,” Marin County Supervisor Stephanie Moulton-Peters, a member of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, said at its special meeting on Monday. “I have always supported a 10-year measure, just trying to get closer to the problem at hand, but I’m sympathetic to other organizations that may need capital projects to get the votes they need to pass.”
Read MoreMill Valley’s Santa Is Back in Town and Excited to Engage With Your Kiddos at the Mill Valley Lumber Yard (129 Miller Ave.) Thu./12th & Fri./13th (4-6pm) & Again and Friday/14th & Sat. 15th, 12pm-2pm
Hohoho, hold your horses and reindeer. Santa is in town! Whether you have seen Santa yourself during the lighting of the tree this past Sunday (see below), at the Depot or you are planning to book a visit with Santa, be informed that this year, Santa announced publicly that he is coming out more strongly for his principles and beliefs.
Read MoreCalifornia Voice From Bob Stonebrook Via CalMatters: The best way to prepare for Trump is by fixing our state government
In 1969, Peter Drucker, the influential management consultant, author and educator, noted in the now-defunct Public Interest journal that the greatest factor in our “disenchantment” with government is that government has not performed. His remedy holds just as true today. Improvement in government requires, “the clear definition of the results a policy is expected to produce, and the ruthless examination of results against these expectations. This, in turn, demands that we spell out in considerable detail what results are expected rather than content ourselves with promises and manifestos.” Overcoming disenchantment requires achieving results.
Read MoreMill Valley City Manager Todd Cusimano Delivers a Blunt Message to PG&E About Company’s Alto Substation Work and Extended Use of Generators
Ultimately, PG&E presented us with two options: maintain 24/7 generator power during the 11-day upgrade or face major power outages for Mill Valley, the Tamalpais Community Services District, Tiburon, Belvedere, and Sausalito. The City prioritized the needs of its residents by opting to maintain power, recognizing that a prolonged outage would cause significant disruption to daily life. In making this decision, the City strongly advocated for PG&E to conduct extensive community outreach and implement measures to mitigate the project’s impacts.
Read MoreThe Hiker’s Trail Map is Back! With Help From a Group of Dedicated Volunteers, Mill Valley History Society Installed a New & Improved Painted Mt. Tamalpais Hikers Trail Map
The Mill Valley Historical Society installed a new and improved map in the same location as its predecessor on November 15, along with updated historic signage telling its story. The old trail map, painted on redwood siding in 1946, had been protected for approximately 50 years hidden away under siding in its previous location at Clark’s Grocery. When the store was demolished for new development, MVHS procured the map and in 2018, after obtaining agreements from Mill Valley stakeholders, a restored trail map was installed on the wall of 34 Miller. It did not hold up well to weather in its new location, however, and a team of volunteers determined in summer 2024 that it wasn’t feasible to save the original map and replicating the original with new protection was our best choice.
Read MoreOn the Heels of the City Council’s Decision to Back a Pair of Sand Volleyball Courts Near Bayfront Field, Supporters Seek to Rally Funding to Make a Long-Sought Dream a Reality – Donate Below!
The City, through a state grant, is funding $175K. Mill Valley Friends of Parks & Recreation will contribute $25K. Organizers seek to get $50k from the volleyball community and plan to raise about $100,000 from a dozen community minded Mill Valley families,” organizers say. “We appreciate you being one of the community minded individuals that make Mill Valley such a wonderful place to live in!” The fencing to support the creation for this new exciting addition to the town will require significant funding.
Read MoreCity Expands on United Against Hate Week, Unveils Call for Artists to Share Designs on a Wrap of Two Utility Boxes at Camino Alto & Blithedale Ave. – Submit Your Vision of Mill Valley Stands United Against Hate
The utility box to be wrapped is the larger of the two on Camino Alto adjacent to Mixt Salads restaurant, 590 East Blithedale Avenue, the box on the right side of the cover page photo. Eligibility While all adults and youth are invited to apply for this program, priority will be given to artists who either live or work in the City of Mill Valley or greater Mill Valley area. Student artists are also encouraged to apply. Artists may enlist assistants or art instructors to help them complete the project. All entries must be an original design, and artwork of the entrant must be suitable for viewing by all ages.
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