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San Rafael Chamber Hosts 2025 Economic Forecast: Growth, Housing & Mobility

“Our goal is to bring together business leaders and community resources to showcase solutions at our local fingertips,” says San Rafael Chamber Executive Director Karen Strolia. “The information shared will outline actionable strategies that can be implemented to attract more companies and address this year’s economic concerns.”

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Curated News You Can Use, From Mill Valley & Beyond – Week of February 10th

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Chamber Music Marin Presents: Dalby, Costanza, and Yakushev Trio – Sunday, February 23

ā€œWe are particularly excited about the program diversity of this series of concerts,ā€ said Anna Vagin, CMM Board President. ā€œThe works to be performed span a wide range from the 18th to the 21st centuries and include some of the greatest works of classical chamber music. We are also excited to be featuring women and African American composers, as well as works commissioned during the COVID shutdown.ā€Ā 

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Marin JCC Returns With a A Winter Nights’ Concert Tribute to Tito Puente – Sat., March 8th, 5-10pm

This Tito Puente Tribute Band gets everyone dancing with their explosive salsa dura rhythms. Master timbalero, Wally, leads a world class 9-piece salsa swing band comprised of only the finest musicians in the Bay Area who have performed with artists like Tito Puente Jr., Celia Cruz, Gabino Pampini, Josimar y su yambu, Frankie VÔzquez, Rey de La Paz and Rey Sepúlveda; and hail from the US, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Venezuela, and Peru. Together, they create powerful Latin big-band music that will move you like no other.

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Marin IJ: Plan to Carve up Marin Housing Project Between Marin City and Tam Junction Heads to Supervisors

ā€œThe designs did not reflect the site constraints,ā€ Kalish told the Marin IJ. ā€œIt literally did not look like a design that had been produced for that site.ā€ Kalish said that despite the risk of flooding at the location, the drawings showed windows placed at ground level. ā€œEven the tree selections, when I checked them, none of them could have tolerated living there because their roots wouldn’t tolerate brackish water,ā€ she said.

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The 2025 Mill Valley Music Festival lineup is HERE! šŸŽ‰ – Gary Clark Jr. & Niles Rogers & Chic to Headline, Along with the Crosby Collective, Monophonics, Vieux Farka Toure, Sister Nancy. Thee Sinseers & More!!

ā€œIn a community like ours, live music is so deeply ingrained in our day-to-day existence, from the buskers at the Depot to performances happening in venues throughout the 94941 year-round, we go to great lengths to curate a Mill Valley Music Fest lineup that resonates with a broad swath of the Bay Area and beyond,ā€ said Jim Welte, executive director of the Mill Valley Chamber. ā€œWe are delighted with this multi-talented, hyper-creative group of artists in 2025! More than anything, we can’t wait to gather together again and celebrate the wonders of Mill Valley and bask in the power of the arts. Unequivocally, you’re gonna love the heck out of these bands!ā€

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Local Kitchens Teams Up With with Social Media Sensation and Forbes ā€œ30 Under 30ā€ Honoree Tue Nguyen (aka TwayDaBae) to Collaborate on a new Vietnamese-Inspired Menu, Further Enriching the Restaurant’s Array of Globally Inspired Cuisines from Award-Winning ChefsĀ 

“I see myself as an educator and storyteller,” said Chef Tue. “While dishes like phở and bĆ”nh mƬ are well known in the States, broken rice plates are a core staple in my culture and deserve more of the spotlight. Through social media and food, I can share my heritage, whether it’s teaching a new recipe on TikTok or inviting people to discover elevated twists on broken rice plates at Local Kitchens.”Ā “We invite our guests to explore global cuisines and avors, while celebrating the unique culinary journeys and heritage of our chef partners. When fans asked for more Southeast Asian dishes, we knew Chef Tue’s creativity, talent, and devoted fanbase made her the perfect partner.”Ā 

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Guest Editorial from Former Mill Valley Mayor John McCauley Advocating Allowing Local Jurisdictions to Override our State Mandated Building Codes Regarding Development Levels in High Fire Risk Zones

1500 cars of the 3300 cars with occupants in the combined neighborhoods of Cascade, Summit and Warner Canyon are not expected to reach a safer area within two hours. These neighborhoods represent only 20% of the total population, but 42% of the remaining cars that are at higher risk. These neighborhoods have greater density of cars, challenging road conditions, and are farther up in the canyons, in high fire hazard severity zones.Ā While existing conditions are difficult to change, common sense would suggest that these three areas are the LAST place to expand housing, making things worse.

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