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The Marin County Board of Supervisors quickly approved a resolution this week that caps the fees charged by restaurant delivery apps like Doordash and Grubhub, which just reached a deal to be bought by European food delivery service Just Eat Takeaway for $7.3 billion, at 15 percent of the purchase price of the order.The resolution, which we previewed last…

Kavi Dolasia The Outdoor Art Club has awarded its annual Leadership Scholarship to Tamalpais High School graduating senior Kavi Dolasia.  The nonprofit organization established a $1,000 annual scholarship in 2019 to be awarded to a female graduating student at Tamalpais High School who has a record of strong academic achievement and has demonstrated exemplary leadership through activities…

A peaceful protest in support of Black Lives Matter in Mill Valley on June 5. Editor’s note: A five-hour, town hall-style meeting on the subject of institutional racism and systemic inequality is not business-as-usual for the Mill Valley City Council. In recognition of that, and of the multitude of voices that participated, we are giving…

Regulation would be in place until the county lifts the order prohibiting indoor dining, which could come as soon as late June, AND the board rescinds it. It would only impact delivery services for restaurants in unincorporated Marin. Cities and towns would need to pass their own respective resolutions for broader impact.  For the months…

Scenes from the 109th Dipsea Race on June 9, 2019. Photos by Steve Disenhof. Organizers of the 110th Dipsea Race made the decision to cancel the race on March 13, a move that looks even more prescient now as the scheduled June 14th date arrives this weekend. “The thought of having 1,500 to 2,000 people…

Car dealerships get the green light as well. First came curbside pickup, then outdoor, and as of June 12, Mill Valley boutiques and stores will be able to welcome customers back inside their shops for socially distanced transactions with all of the requirements we’ve come to expect during the COVID-19 crisis: facial coverings, maintaining 6 feet…

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…

O’Hanlon’s “Me to Myself” exhibit features the work of Self portraits include works from Rebecca Hutchins “Space Banana”, Diane Goldstein,Selfie During Corona # 2, Daniel Patrick,” It’s A Uke Day”, Marsha Balian “Lessons on How to Disappear,” among others. Courtesy images. On the heels of its “Humankind in Crisis” exhibit focused on art created in…

A message from the Mill Valley Library: While our building still remains closed to the public, the Library is now open for returns and curbside pickup.  ReturnsYou may return your library books to the Library Drop Slot next to the front entrance. Returned items will be quarantined for at least 72 hours, during which time they will…

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…