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In response to the economic, health, and community wellness impacts of the Coronavirus outbreak and related shelter-in-place directives, Redwood Credit Union (RCU) is distributing grants to more than 45 nonprofit organizations across Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, San Francisco, and Sonoma Counties, including 10 recipients in Marin. The grants intend to serve the most pressing needs of…

Larry Brilliant at Spotlight Health Aspen Ideas Festival 2015. Photo by Lane Rasberry, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International. Most of us have spent the past several weeks processing reams of information about COVID-19, a virus that appears to have caught leaders across the globe flat-footed and steamrolled its way into becoming…

Under the shelter in place order, churches are closed. But that’s not preventing worship. Mt. Tam United Methodist Church Pastor Kim Smith informed parishioners and the larger community this week that church officials were launching ‘At Home & Together,” a move to virtual gatherings via Zoom and Facebook Live. “Although we are all at home,…

On the heels of canceling its production of Love earlier this month due to the the shelter in place order, Marin Theatre Company has changed its long-planned April 4th gala at the Community Center to Virtual Gala53!, an entirely digital, silent, live and wine auction. Guests can now preview auction items online and register for online…

In the five days since Bay Area counties issued a shelter in place order that effectively shut down hundreds of businesses and compelled restaurants to transition to take and delivery service only, many restaurant workers have found themselves in a scary, tumultuous moment of job insecurity. But the tumult is bringing out the best in…

Following the recommendation of the Marin County Department of Health and Human Services, a number of Mill Valley grocery stores are stepping up to offer people 65 or older being more vulnerable to the coronavirus, or COVID-19, a dedicated a period of time in the morning to shop. “Although this is not a mandate, it is a…

Resolution gives City more regulatory power, provides access to funding for purchasing necessary supplies, liberalizes rules to do so and it facilitates a process to get reimbursed by the state and federal government for costs incurred related to Coronavirus. Amidst the Coronavirus pandemic and a subsequent countywide shelter in place order to “flatten the curve” of…

Mill Valley Community Center on March 16, 2020. Government operations, gas stations, pharmacies, grocery & convenience stores, hardware stores, banks, laundromats/laundry services and take-out/delivery restaurants exempted. A constantly evolving strategy to slow the spread of Coronavirus via social distance ramped up dramatically Tuesday, as the County of Marin joined six other Bay Area counties and the…

Due to the just-issued shelter-in-place order across six Bay Area counties, the Mill Valley Public Library will remain closed through April 7, with book drops locked and requisite extended due dates. But the good news is that the Library offers many resources that can be accessed from the comfort of your home. You can read eBooks and listen to eAudiobooks on…

In darkness at 5am Monday morning, customers arrived at Safeway in Strawberry hoping to get a jump on the weeks(s) ahead. They were greeted by just-posted new store hours of 6am-midnight, and dozens patiently queued up in the darkness, ready to stock up. Several people said they were shopping, at least in part, on behalf…