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Bloom, the San Rafael-based nonprofit that provides free wardrobes and life skills training to men, women and families transitioning to a life of self-reliance and looking for a job, is ready to put the tumultuous, coronavirus-driven roller coaster in the rearview mirror.

Mill Valley Auto Repair owner Paul Haddad, at left, and his team. When you ask Mill Valley Auto Repair owner Paul Haddad how he’s established a reputation for honesty, transparency and candor over the 27-year life of his shop in Tam Junction, he literally just points to his customers in the shop, waiting for their cars. “Talk…

Over the years, Marin Magazine‘s Best of the County issue has highlighted the best our community has to offer, from where to eat to beauty to outdoor activities. They’re doing things a bit differently this year, opening up voting entirely to readers and expanding the scope of to include the wider Bay Area. For each category, they’re…

Business owners throughout Marin have been constantly innovating on ways to bring vibrancy to their commercial neighborhoods, all while striking a balance between liveliness and the absolute necessity of a safe, socially distant environment.  The owners of the Strawberry Village shopping center are doing just that, launching Weekend Sounds, a live music series that happens every Saturday…

Makers Market‘s regular series of Open Air Artisan Faires at the Mill Valley Lumber Yard return this month as owner Suzy Ekman and her team look to build on the recent sustained momentum through the state’s reopening framework and return to more outdoor, socially distanced markets. With springtime in the air, the outdoor fair, set for Saturday, May 8, 11am-5pm, features…

While a sense of growing excitement permeated Marin earlier this month after Marin County Public Health Officer Dr. Matt Willis told the Board of Supervisors that Marin could move into the less restrictive yellow tier as soon as April 20, a proper reminder that we are nowhere near out of the woods arrived last week, when…

The project will seek to, among other things, reduce the confusion crosswalks and intersections largely driven by the remnants of Mill Valley’s railroad history, officials said. Fourteen months ago, the Mill Valley City Council signed off on a $2 million overhaul of downtown sewers, sidewalks, storm drains and streets, all with a focus on minimizing the impact…

The Store & The Local owners Evan Woolf and Ronnie Unger. There’s been no shortage of evidence over the years that the landscape for retailers has been consistently getting harder year after year, from the ever-growing footprint of big box retailers to the one-click, instant gratification online shopping that is laden with fraught consequences 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…

Makers Market‘s regular series of Open Air Artisan Faires at the Mill Valley Lumber Yard return this month as owner Suzy Ekman and her team look to emerge from the latest shutdown and dip their toes into outdoor, socially distanced markets. With springtime in the air, the outdoor fair, set for Saturday, March 13, 11am-5pm, features a dozen local…