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[UPDATE 3.22.21]: Mill Valley Recreation has extended the Bunny Hunt through March 29. Like all large gatherings, Mill Valley Recreation‘s Spring Eggstravaganza will look a bit different this year.But as have many event producers in the 94941, MV Rec’s team is using COVID-19 restrictions as a reason to go bigger, better and bolder, with a…

Since his arrival in Mill Valley in 1974, Larry “the Hat” Lautzker, purveyor of hip apparel, producer of an array of live concerts (remember those?) as well as some of the 94941’s most cherished events, including the Mill Valley Memorial Day Parade and the Community Block Party for more than 15 years, has been a force…

As we get closer to the return of the Mill Valley Wine, Beer and Gourmet Food Tasting on April 15-16, the bounty of deliciousness isn’t only coming in liquid form. In addition to pair of one-hour virtual tastings – one for the latest craft beers, one for ultra-premium wines and with an array of gourmet food for both, with…

Tysa Wright, at top left, with her mom Rise on the first day of the new TYSA MV shop at 74 Throckmorton Avenue in downtown Mill Valley. It’s safe to say that Tysa Wright doesn’t lack sources of inspiration. The owner of the latest arrival among the creativity-laden retail shops in downtown Mill Valley has…

One year ago this week, the world as we know it went sideways, quickly, dramatically and with horrifically cascading impacts that we’re all still digesting 12 months later. In those early days, the community rallied, calling for kindness, supporting an array of GoFundMe campaigns for specific businesses, direct $1,000 cash grants to businesses in need…

The Mill Valley School District announced that full-day in-person learning will begin for all K-8 students on Monday, April 12 at all elementary sites and Mill Valley Middle School, though students enrolled in the Extended Distance Learning (EDL) could continue to do so. “At the close of last week, it marked one year since the closure of…

The Outdoor Art Club continues its series of free, virtual, thought-provoking workshops with a talk by Mill Valley resident Diana Williams, who in 2014 founded Prison to Employment, a non-profit that helps incarcerated men at San Quentin transition to employment upon release. The program boasts an astonishing recidivism rate of 1%, far less than California’s statewide rate of…

[UPDATE: 3.21.21]: Hi all – I posted this in the comments below but also doing so up here to be sure you see it: “I deserve all the arrows on the use of an Orange is the New Black image. Sincere apologies. I screwed up, badly. In putting the blog to bed late Thursday night,…

Scenes from a cleanup by Clean MV and MVPD of the area around the creek near East Blithedale Ave. Courtesy images. In its continuing efforts to broadly engage with the community, Mill Valley Police Department personnel this week volunteered to join Clean MV, the longstanding anti-litter and beautification organization founded in 2012 by civic stewards Joan Murray…

City of Mill Valley officials this week unveiled a slightly modified version of the wildly popular downtown Miller Avenue street closure that has been in effect – with a few COVID-19 and weather-related interruptions along the way – for the better part of nine months.  The changes, which will be in effect during the Miller Ave.…

Mettle Health’s B.J. Miller. Courtesy image. Sonya Dolan studied art in college and enjoyed a successful career in branding and large-scale event planning until a major life event propelled her in another direction. When her mother got sick and passed away, Dolan found herself overwhelmingly drawn to hospice work, eventually becoming the manager of patient…

Scenes from the 109th Dipsea Race on June 9, 2019. Photos by Steve Disenhof. Brian Pilcher, the defending champ and four-time winner of the Dipsea Race, will have to wait until November to defend his crown, as will the legions of competitors hoping to dethrone him. Citing the ongoing public safety health concerns and uncertainties related to the…