These New CA Laws Went Into Effect on Jan. 1 – Here Are Some That Might Affect You

These New CA Laws Went Into Effect on Jan. 1 – Here Are Some That Might Affect You

California State Capitol in Sacramento. January 1st is the day that legislation passed in the previous calendar year – and signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom – takes effect. As usual, the California State Legislature can’t be faulted for inactivity. On the heels of...
A Mill Valley Year in Review: Joy, Pain, Sunshine…What Else? (Lately), Plenty of Much-Needed Rain

A Mill Valley Year in Review: Joy, Pain, Sunshine…What Else? (Lately), Plenty of Much-Needed Rain

(DOD Photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Carlos M. Vazquez II) As we near the third year of an absolutely relentless, seemingly never-ending and ever-changing global pandemic, it can be difficult to take it all in, to view 2021 with a macro-level perspective,...
Equator Coffees’ Co-Founder Helen Russell Honored at 2021 Women of Industry Celebration

Equator Coffees’ Co-Founder Helen Russell Honored at 2021 Women of Industry Celebration

From sketching out a hugely successful business plan for Equator Coffees & Teas with partner Brooke McDonnell on the back of a napkin at a Starbucks in 1992 and receiving awards from the 2020 Panama Cup and Good Food Awards to garnering 2016 Small Business Person...
Thrice As Nice: Chabad Mill Valley Hosts Trio of Hanukkah Celebrations – Dec. 1 at Brooklyn, Dec. 2 in Tiburon and at the Enjoy Mill Valley on Dec. 5

Thrice As Nice: Chabad Mill Valley Hosts Trio of Hanukkah Celebrations – Dec. 1 at Brooklyn, Dec. 2 in Tiburon and at the Enjoy Mill Valley on Dec. 5

Chabad Mill Valley founders Rabbi Hillel and Chana Scop The 2021 edition of our in-person, safety-first Winterfest arrives on Dec. 5, but in the meantime, it’s time to celebrate Hanukkah, otherwise known as the Festival of Lights, which kicked off on Nov. 28 and...
Frustrated by a Deluge of State Legislation, City Officials Resolve to Pull Every Lever Possible to Meet Its Housing Goals

Frustrated by a Deluge of State Legislation, City Officials Resolve to Pull Every Lever Possible to Meet Its Housing Goals

The site of 9-unit housing development, first proposed in 2005 and approved in 2011, has languished for myriad reasons ever since, widely known as Mill Valley’s least-used rock climbing wall. The City of Mill Valley earlier this year joined just about every...