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From left, Kyle Swain, Cam Esaryk and Ged Robertson outside Bootjack Wood Fired at 17 Madrona Street. Photo by Mo DeLong. The historic wood burning Alan Scott brick oven inside the space at 17 Madrona Street in downtown Mill Valley has been at the heart of an array of beloved restaurants over the years.  Its…

For regular users of the Mill Valley Public Library, it’s no secret that our little town has one of the most innovative teams in the Bay Area, constantly churning out creative content that has been pushing the envelope for years and has also found a way to nimbly adapt to the COVID-19 crisis. So it…

Live stream is free and all donations will benefit Sound Effects, the organization’s relief effort for Bay Area musicians who have not been able to perform amidst the pandemic. In a surprise to no one, Sound Summit executive producer and Mill Valley resident Michael Nash canceled the 2020 edition of the event in June. In doing so, the annual…

Various vantage points of renderings of Phil Richardson’s proposed project at 575 East Blithedale. Courtesy images. To say that Phil Richardson’s journey to building a multi-faceted development project on his vacant 575 East Blithedale Avenue at Camino Alto lot has been circuitous would be a vast understatement. ​Each time Richardson has gone to City Hall…

The COVID-19 crisis has put the kibosh on so many of our favorite events and creative pursuits in 2020, but the Mill Valley Arts Commission‘s annual Click Off Photography Competition, which sends photographers of all ages and ability throughout Marin County to capture images in one of four categories, will not be one of them. Organizers are readying the Click…

Eric Rogers of Wagstaff + Rogers Architects, at middle right, and scenes from the Treehaven home he designed. Courtesy images. Like most of us, Eric Rogers has spent a ton of time focused on the wildfires that are currently raging up and down the West Coast, and have been doing so for the better part of…

From top, the work of Bibby Gignilliat, Sharon Paster and Rachel Davis, all selected for the de Young Open’s juried community art exhibition. Courtesy images. Remember when we could go to museums and galleries to check out amazing art?!? We sure do long for those days. While we wait for that moment to return and…

Should your favorite grocery clerks at Mill Valley Market be able to live in our community if they want to? How about our firefighters, teachers and police officers? If the answer’s yes, how do we go about making that happen? That work – identifying short-, medium- and long-term strategies to make sure that those vital contributors…

One week ago, Marin’s expected reopening of an array of business sectors for the first time since late June was halted by the state of California’s unexpected decision to alter its methodology for calculating key COVID-19 metrics. The controversial move pushed Marin from the red “tier 2” it was slated to move into on Sept. 8 back into the…

Social media activity adds drama to otherwise productive discussion on racial equity. The Mill Valley City Council during its Sept. 8, 2020 meeting. The centerpiece of the Mill Valley City Council’s Sept. 8th meeting was the introduction of a widely praised independent facilitator of the City of Mill Valley’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Task Force. …