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Clockwise from top left, Mayor Sashi McEntee, Vice Mayor John McCauley, Jim Wickham, Tricia Ossa and Urban Carmel. Courtesy image. A Message from the Mill Valley City Council: “Incidents like the death of Mr. Floyd at the hands of law enforcement while other officers stood back and watched have to stop. All five of your…

Mill Valley residents and their neighbors once again turned out in droves on June to peacefully protest racial violence and systemic inequality, all while mourning recent likes lost like that of George Floyd, Brianna Taylor and Ahmed Aubry, as well as many ore before them. (function(jQuery) { function init() { window.wSlideshow && window.wSlideshow.render({elementID:”570826581376316662″,nav:”thumbnails”,navLocation:”bottom”,captionLocation:”bottom”,transition:”fade”,autoplay:”0″,speed:”5″,aspectRatio:”3:2″,showControls:”true”,randomStart:”false”,images:[{“url”:”2/5/8/5/25857490/protest-june-6-2020-2.jpg”,”width”:”800″,”height”:”500″,”caption”:”Mill Valley residents…

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The ever-innovative Store Mill Valley owners Ronnie Unger and Evan Wolf have been doing curbside pickup!in addition to their longstanding home deliveries and FaceTime shopping appointments. Courtesy image. First comes the outdoor dining, and then – fingers crossed – we get the indoor retail that the big box stores have enjoyed since the beginning of…

Click the image to download this sign, or others. In a moment of national horror and outrage over the death of George Floyd – yet another black person killed at the hands of police – Tuesday’s protest in Marin City was an uplifting, galvanizing experience that served as a marked contrast from the chaos and…

Outdoor and patio dining, clockwise from bottom right, at Gravity Tavern, Floodwater, Piazza D’Angelo, Playa and – for consumption of takeout from any restaurant, on the Depot Plaza. Courtesy images. ​Let’s go al fresco! The Mill Valley City Council unanimously approved a resolution and an urgency ordinance Monday night allowing Acting City Manager Alan Piombo…

​Regular readers of this space know that while every Mill Valley business has been economically ravaged by the COVID-19 crisis, few have a longer road ahead of them than arts and entertainment venues – those that provide our community a chance to gather to experiences the arts in a group setting. The Sweetwater Music Hall is certainly…

A selection of artwork from the first Kiddo! Virtual Art Show, representing work from throughout the Mill Valley School District. Courtesy images. Although the Mill Valley School District ended its 2019-20 year early and abruptly due to the COVID-19 crisis, its students had churned out a ton of artwork before it did so. In lieu…

Poem Projected in Mill Valley. From First Fridays and Smartgardens to Slam Poetry and incredible national awards, the Mill Valley community has long known that its Public Library is an absolute treasure. It got another reminder of that fact this week, as Library officials announced that its Poetry Illuminated Project, which projected poems around Mill Valley, garnered the 2020 Innovation of the Year Award from…

The alleged murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on May 25 police officer has set off a firestorm around the country – and the world – about racist violence and brutality by increasingly militarized police. Officials from the Marin Theatre Company, which has regularly produced theater that has turned its lens…