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From the stunning natural beauty surrounding us to the eclectic array of restaurants, retail shops and world class arts and entertainment venues, it’s easy to fall in love with Mill Valley.Tam Junction resident Adam Cohen is officially head over heels.Cohen recently launched Tam Glad, a website and blog that strictly focuses on the wonders of…

Gyms & fitness studios can expand indoor capacity to 25% and reopen indoor pools.  Liana Belli’s HoneyGirl Beauty salon and boutique at 34 on Sunnyside Avenue. Marin County Public Health Officer Dr. Matt Willis told the Board of Supervisors this week that Marin is moving into the less restrictive orange tier effective March 24. What comes…

A Celebration of Life is planned for later this year when it’s possible to gather safely. By Jim Welte While the passing of a close family member or friend immediately conjures the memory of that person, the memories of those we were weren’t close with don’t often last much longer than an expression sadness for…

After an unusually long, COVID-induced span of relative inactivity on Friends Field behind the Mill Valley Community Center, the field has seen the return of youth sports across all of its fields as Marin has progressed through the state’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy framework. Passers-by may have also noticed a new outdoor event series on the…

[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…

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,…