Posts Tagged ‘Diversity Equity & Inclusion’
Just 45 minutes from San Francisco, This Fine Art Festival Brings 135 Artists and Live Music to an Old-Growth Redwood Canopy this September
The beloved outdoor arts gathering takes over Old Mill Park on September 19–20, 2026, bringing together fine art, live music, and food. The festival runs Saturday, September 19, and Sunday, September 20, 2026, at Old Mill Park in downtown Mill Valley, situated roughly 45 minutes north of San Francisco. The park’s old-growth redwood canopy is filled with art,…
Read MoreMarin City Nears Initial Phase of Community Center Rehabilitation
Marin City leaders are poised to decide how to spend a $3 million state grant to start renovating the community center and gymnasium. Consultants have completed an assessment of the needed improvements and estimated the project cost at upwards of $13.5 million. The Marin City Community Services District board will consider the initial scope of…
Read MoreMarinIJ: Dick Spotswood: California has an Affordability Crisis, Not a Housing Crisis
It’s said that Marin, the San Francisco Bay Area and much of California is facing a “housing crisis.” The bipartisan reaction of politicians is summarized by Gavin Newsom’s boast in 2017. When campaigning for governor he vowed, “I will lead the effort to develop the 3.5 million new housing units we need by 2025 because…
Read MoreMCF: When Washington Steps Back, Communities Step Up: When Washington Steps Back, Communities Step Up
This week, Rhea posted about our response to the SNAP crisis last year. MCF built Food on Every Table and worked collaboratively with partners around the county to raise money and deliver food to community members in need. Earlier this summer, we jumped in again with partners and started to deliver physical/virtual “gift cards” to…
Read MoreOne of Marin’s Biggest New Housing Projects Could Get Derailed By a Lawsuit
A group of neighbors is challenging Marin County’s approval of a major housing development project on the Tiburon Peninsula, arguing in a lawsuit filed this month that the county was wrong to allow plans to build residences on the slopes of a ridgetop. The new buildings would be part of a large overhaul of the former Golden…
Read MoreThe Press Democrat: North Bay’s New Coordinated Transit Service is up and running. Here’s how it’s going:
Since April, Joseph Costa has seen his morning commute from Marin County to San Francisco change dramatically under a new pilot program changing schedules across the North Bay’s transit agencies. As he waited for the Route 101 bus early one July morning at the San Rafael transit center, the San Anselmo resident said that the…
Read MoreMarin Voice: Before Borders Existed, Human Migration Was a Natural Right
Liberal immigration policy has been the engine of America’s “greatness” and what makes us different from other countries, it also has been the main driver of our economic strength. These policies have philosophical implications. Human migration in response to food availability, climate change, predators and internal conflicts is our shared legacy. Every human alive descends…
Read MoreMarinIJ: North Bay Coordinated Transit Service Boosts Ridership, Transfers
A plan to streamline service among transit agencies in the North Bay appears to be working as intended, according to a preliminary evaluation. Under the Marin-Sonoma Coordinated Transit Service plan, also known as MASCOTS, Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit has recorded a 20% boost in ridership in the period between April 12, when the change happened,…
Read MoreThe Curtain Theatre: Meet the Cast of Love’s Labour’s Lost
This year’s cast features: Euan Ashley (King of Navarre); William Cagle(Nathaniel); Dominic Marco Canty (Don Armado); Heather Cherry(Holofernes); David Cole (Costard); Alexandra Fry (Princess of France); Diego Hardy (Berowne); Thomas Hutchinson (Dumaine); Rachel Ka’iulani Kennealy (Rosaline); Thomas Peterson (Longaville); Tom Reilly(Boyet); Arya Safavi (Katherine); Marianne Shine (Dull); Faryn Thomure(Maria); and Abigail Wissink (Armado’s Page). A Fresh Take on a Shakespeare Favorite In Love’s Labour’s Lost, the King of Navarre convinces three friends to join him in a three-year pledge to avoid women…
Read MoreMarinIJ: Marin Voice: Housing Laws Are Helping, But Progress Is Slow
The 21st century “ROAD to Affordable Housing Act” became law with nearly unanimous bipartisan support. Industry groups, unions, local governments and housing advocates rallied behind the effort. The law modernizes federal housing programs. It improves regulatory streamlining, eliminates restrictions on build-to-rent housing developers (who have added 70,000 housing units per year), simplifies rules for manufactured…
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