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Since the first arrival of the COVID-19 crisis in the U.S., congregate, skilled nursing and assisted living centers have been among the hardest hit communities. But with stalwart leadership and ongoing vigilance, The Redwoods, A Community of Seniors in Mill Valley, has not been among them. The community has avoided a positive coronavirus diagnosis in 2020, and…

Dear Friends and Client Family, I’ll be blunt: I am in a fight for the very life of my shop and my life in Mill Valley. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 crisis that has ravaged our economy and impacted businesses throughout our community, I haven’t been able to pay all of my rent. …

Emebet Korn in her Desta Gallery at 100 Throckmorton Avenue. Desta Gallery, the name of Emebet Korn’s renowned, longtime San Anselmo art gallery, draws its moniker from the Amharic language’s word for joy, which we could all use a bit more of these days. Korn officially opened Desta Gallery this week at 100 Throckmorton Avenue,…

Chef Todd Shoberg at El Paseo in 2017. Courtesy image. Chef Todd Shoberg, who packed a career’s worth of culinary memories into his nearly 10 years at restaurants in Mill Valley, was killed Monday in a head-on car crash on Point Reyes-Petaluma Road. Shoberg, a 42-year-old resident of Petaluma, died after his Mazda 6 sport wagon drifted…

What do you do if you love fantastic film-making but can’t safely enjoy it outside of the confines of your home or your car? For the 43rd edition of its Mill Valley Film Festival, the California Film Institute says it has it all figured out, given the circumstances. ​MVFF43 organizers unveiled its full lineup this…

Like vital nonprofit organizations all over the globe during the COVID-19 crisis, Kiddo!, the Mill Valley Schools Community Foundation, which funds art, music, dance, drama, poetry, teacher grants and PE, has seen its usual stalwart fundraising engine hit turbulence. Kiddo!’s 2020-21 campaign goal is to raise $2.5 million funding, with more than 90 percent of those funds used…

Heroes by Wesley Cabral. As previously reported here, here and most recently here, As evident to anyone paying attention in the past several months, there’s been an absolute surge of conscious activism and artistic energy in Mill Valley that has galvanized the community, from youth-fueled long overdue conversations on racial equity and policing in Mill Valley to…

The current state of affairs of the 500 Miller Ave. project as of Sept. 24, 2020. The current state of affairs of the 500 Miller Ave. project as of Sept. 24, 2020. It’s been nearly two years since the Mill Valley Planning Commission rejected a proposal, within an informal study session, from the then-owner of the 500…

Outside of Mill Valley’s usual tentpole events throughout the year, the rhythms of the Depot Plaza on an average day stretches from the morning coffee klatsch to workers enjoying a midday lunch to afternoon scootering of little ones. For myriad reasons, that rhythm is markedly different now. It might have something to do with the fact that…

Crucial “equity metric” comparing a county’s COVID-19 percent positivity rate across low-income neighborhoods and more affluent neighborhoods will likely slow Marin’s reopening. On the heels of Marin’s long-awaited reopening progress on Sept. 15 for an array of business sectors for the first time since late June – retailers and hair salons could expand to 50% capacity, nail…

As the Mill Valley City Council took steps this week to ban the sale of flavored tobacco products and prohibit the sale of tobacco products at pharmacies, an expert on nicotine addiction is set to speak at the Outdoor Art Club on Oct. 1 in an event open to the public via Zoom. NicoTeen: Curbing the Youth…

Like just about every business owner on the planet, Mill Valley Music shop owner Gary Scheuenstuhl’s past six months have been about adaptation to conditions beyond his control.  For Scheuenstuhl and record shop owners all over the country, the September 26th arrival of the second of three chapters of Record Store Day – the world’s largest single-day music event to support independent…