Connie Leyva and Steven Glazer: Meta & Google Garnered Tens of Billions of Dollars in Q1. Should Tech Pay Their Share to Mitigate the Impact of their Products? Tax Big Tech to Mitigate Harm on Kids

Connie Leyva and Steven Glazer: Meta & Google Garnered Tens of Billions of Dollars in Q1. Should Tech Pay Their Share to Mitigate the Impact of their Products? Tax Big Tech to Mitigate Harm on Kids

by | May 21, 2025 | Art, Arts & Entertainment, Diversity & Equity, Health & Wellness, Kiddo!, Kids

California’s state budget outlook is once again grim. On Wednesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom revealed that the state faces a $12 billion shortfall, thanks in part to President Donald Trump’s trade wars and the deadly wildfires in Los Angeles County. Lawmakers now face...
Marin IJ Earns Statewide Awards For News Coverage, Photos, Opinion Section & Much More!

Marin IJ Earns Statewide Awards For News Coverage, Photos, Opinion Section & Much More!

by | May 21, 2025 | Art, Arts & Entertainment, Business, City Council, City of Mill Valley, Climate, County of Marin, Diversity & Equity, Downtown Mill Valley, Emergency Preparedness, First Tuesday Artwalk, Health & Wellness, Housing, Kiddo!, Kids, Live Music, Marin Theatre Company, Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival, Mill Valley Film Festival, Mill Valley Library, Mill Valley Lumber Yard, Milll Valley Chamber, MV Chamber Biz Buzz, O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Restaurants, Shopping, Sweetwater Music Hall, Tam High, Tam Junction, Tam Valley, Tamalpais High, Volunteerism

The Marin Independent Journal has been a beacon of top-notch journalism for decades, and this year has been no different. The organization earned 20 awards — including five first-place honors — in an annual statewide journalism contest. The California News Publishers...
With an Eye on Updating Parking Regulations Within City Limits, the MV Planning Commission Hosts a Study Session on the Subject – May 27th, 6:30pm

With an Eye on Updating Parking Regulations Within City Limits, the MV Planning Commission Hosts a Study Session on the Subject – May 27th, 6:30pm

by | May 21, 2025 | Arts & Entertainment, Business, City Council, City of Mill Valley, Climate, Depot Plaza, Diversity & Equity, Downtown Mill Valley, Emergency Preparedness, Health & Wellness, Housing, Parks & Recreation, Restaurants, Shopping

Update to Parking Regulations – May 27th Planning Commission Study Session City planners are working to update the City’s parking regulations, which have not been updated in decades. The City hired Walker Consultants to assist the City in collecting parking data...
The Mercury News: California’s Insurance Crisis Continues, As State Farm an Insurance Rate Hike of 30%, Soon After the Company Won Emergency Approval for a 17% Rate Increase After the LA fires

The Mercury News: California’s Insurance Crisis Continues, As State Farm an Insurance Rate Hike of 30%, Soon After the Company Won Emergency Approval for a 17% Rate Increase After the LA fires

by | May 21, 2025 | City Council, City of Mill Valley, Climate, County of Marin, Diversity & Equity, Downtown Mill Valley, Emergency Preparedness, Health & Wellness, Housing

California’s property insurance market has been reeling after a series of devastating and costly wildfires over the last decade, with estimated losses of more than $35.8 billion. Insurers have argued that outdated voter-approved regulations enacted in the late 1980s...
Marin Voice, Via Dave Perron: Social-Service Organizations Deserve Our Support

Marin Voice, Via Dave Perron: Social-Service Organizations Deserve Our Support

by | May 18, 2025 | Art, Arts & Entertainment, City of Mill Valley, Diversity & Equity, Health & Wellness, Housing, Miller Avenue, Milll Valley Chamber, Parks & Recreation, Spirituality, Sweetwater Music Hall, Volunteerism

We can do a great deal to stay “in the joy” by supporting the performing arts as well as the nonprofit social-service organizations that are deeply meaningful to us. As Marin’s own rock star Huey Lewis once said, it is a “win-win” for the artists to get back as much...