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Clockwise from top left, Raise the Frequency Founder Kress Jack, Sophie Cabral, participants Elana Rosen and Karine Malle, Clay Engels, and Paula Williams, founder of Shamebooth. Not pictured: Bonnie Powers and Jeffrey Levin of Poet and/the Bench and Marissa Wertheimer, a mediator and restorative justice trainer. Courtesy images. In the eight weeks since the murder…

Tony’s Shoe Repair owner Misak Pirinjian in 2011. The COVID-19 pandemic has been brutal, and relentless. But rays of sunshine have regularly parted the clouds. Like the various, multi-faceted efforts to both support local restaurants and feed frontline workers. And the prose and artwork that have urged us to stay vigilant. And let’s not forget…

The Skyen team. To say that the global office landscape has been turned upside down due to the COVID-19 crisis is a massive understatement. In the span of less than six months, the pendulum has swung from companies all over the world sporadically allowing employees to work from home to many of the largest technology…

[UPDATE 7.21.20]: Gov. Newsom and the California State Board of Barbering and Cosmetology confirmed that outdoor hair salon or outdoor barbershop operations are allowed, so long as those businesses continue to follow public health guidelines for operation. There is no current target for reopening ­­ of indoor hair salons or barbershops. If you squeezed in a hair cut…

Scenes from the first night of the #MillerTakeover in downtown Mill Valley. Photos by Gary Ferber. You know that feeling when you throw a party and have those anxious moments early in evening, crossing your fingers that people actually show up? Yea, that feeling didn’t last very long Friday night in downtown Mill Valley. Mill…

Scenes of peaceful protests for racial justice in Mill Valley in early June. Despite passing a resolution of support for the Black Lives Matter movement and echoing its previously stated intentions to create real change in the community – from auditing the police force and identifying affordable housing opportunities to forming a vast task force…

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 by the day. “The thought of having 1,500 to 2,000 people in downtown Mill Valley for the start…

A car-free Miller Ave. between Throckmorton and Sunnyside avenues will feature al fresco dining and outdoor markets from the evening of July 10 through July 12. In recent weeks, particularly with the extremely short-lived return of indoor dining, restaurants have been incredibly creative in turning outdoor public and private spaces into hubs for al fresco…

Move puts restaurants within city limits on a level playing field with those in unincorporated Mill Valley after Marin County Board of Supervisors passed the cap last month. It’s been nearly four months since the inception of a shelter in place order that has forced Mill Valley restaurants to rely heavily on takeout and delivery…

No food will be sold at the event but there are TONS of incredible local takeout options available for this event. See below for the list. The cast of “Goonies.” Large group gatherings like the Mill Valley Movies in the Park series are on hold for the foreseeable future amidst the COVID-19 crisis, so it’s…

Brendan Devlin, at top left with his children Jack and Ella, is surrounded by screenshots of his MarinSmallBiz.com platform, set to launch later this summer. Courtesy images. Brendan Devlin, who has spent his 20-year professional career in the financial services industry, is about to make the entrepreneurial leap of a lifetime. That he’s doing so…

Makers Market‘s regular series of outdoor markets at the Mill Valley Lumber Yard has been on hiatus for a bit during the COVID-19 crisis, but owner Suzy Ekman and her team are dipping their toes back into outdoor, socially distanced gatherings with a “Meet the Maker” event on Saturday, July 11 from 10am-6pm. The event…