Skip to content

Marin IJ: Mill Valley Looks to Rehabilitate Roof of Historic Mill

ā€œIf you look under it from the inside, you can see daylight throughout it, and there’s some places vegetation is starting to grow and get hold, and it’s an untreated wood-shingle roof, so it has a fairly short lifespan,ā€ said Mark Neumann, the city’s deputy director of operations and utilities. The creekside mill in Cascade Canyon was one of the first built in the Bay Area, according to the Mill Valley Historical Society. Erected around 1835 by John Reed, it is one of the oldest standing mills in California.

Read More

Mel Ziegler, Who’s Had a Multi-Faceted Career as a Journalist, Author, Entrepreneur, Founder of Banana Republic and The Republic of Tea, Is Set to Showcase His Work at the MV Chamber

“Turning away thought, I fall into a relaxed pace of working for the painting, The pictures start to build themselves. One stroke leads to the next and hours pass.Ā  Marks and colors swarm around and in me to find their way on to the canvas. I have no expectation except the unexpected.Ā  Here outside of time, surprise follows surprise. Ultimately the marks and colors come to agreement.Ā Ā The picture is complete. From the silence I see the work. As I look into the nameless field newly painted, the work whispers a name.”

Read More

Mill Valley Flowers’ Customers & Friends From Far & Wide Share the Passing of Annabella Margarita Eriksson, Husband to Lars Eriksson, Who Ran Mill Valley Flowers Together for Many Years

We invite all who loved her to visit once the stone is completed, and in her memory, she requested that you continue to bring beauty and love into your lives by filling your homes and special occasions with flowers. Mill Valley Flowers, the small shop she cherished, will continue to carry on her legacy through her daughter, son-in-law, grandchildren, and her team of devoted designers, who have been with us for over a decade.

Read More

The Outdoor Art Club is Having a Massive Estate Sale at their One West Blithedale Clubhouse on Jan. 31st & Feb. 1st to Benefit Their Commercial Kitchen Renovation, Last Remodeled in the 1960s!

Party guests will have first dibs to shop our amazing collection of vintage handbags (Chanel, Gucci, Valentino, Coach, etc.),Ā  vintage designer clothes and shoes (Chanel, Manolo Blahnik, Christian Dior, Valentino, Loro Piana, etc.), mid-century Dorothy Thorpe barware, fine jewelry, Le Creuset and Alessi kitchenware, vintage furnishings, 20th-century oil paintings & pop art – including an original, iconic circa-1966 Bob Dylan poster (the Milton Glaser one, with Dylan’s wild rainbow hair).

Read More

Natasha Biggart Opens Fennell in the Former Mint Space at 167-B Throckmorton Ave., Adjacent to Mill Valley Mercantile, With the Always-Delicious Mamahuhu Restaurant Nearby

As is often the case in Mill Valley, Biggart’s journey to the boutique scene in town got her attention. ā€œIt’s such a beautiful location,ā€ says Biggart, who recently moved back to California after several years in Kaua’i. ā€œI wanted to move back to the Bay Area, and found the Mint business listing over the summer. I live right in town now.ā€

Read More

Marin Economic Forum to Shut Down, With a County Supervisor Calling It ‘Mission Accomplished’

Over the last eight years, MEF has received an average of more than $177,000 per year from the county. For the fiscal year that began in July, however, the county had budgeted only $100,000 for the organization. Lucan said the allocation was reduced because de la Rosa would be carrying some of the load. Nevertheless, Lucan said he considers MEF a ā€œbig success.ā€

Read More

Mill Valley Mercantile, a Longtime and Wildly Successful Boutique in Downtown Mill Valley, Has a Pair of New Owners in The Goods’ Kelly Scott & Seager Gray’s Suzanne Gray!

Kelly Scott, a longtime ultra-creative downtown Mill Valley retailer and owner of The Goods, has regularly used her imagination to expand on the palette at her shop at 6 Miller. Now Scott is partnering with Suzanne Gray, a huge figure in the Bay Area gallery business, to take the reins at Mill Valley Mercantile, a staple in the downtown boutique community that has long been known as a family-owned women’s clothing boutique that has been a cherished destination for fashion enthusiasts for over two decades.

Read More

Mill 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 More