Posts Tagged ‘Mill Valley’
Tam Union District Reports Persistent Low Grades Among Black Students
Despite years of remedial efforts, low grades among African American students at Tamalpais Union High School District rose significantly in 2025-26 and were the highest rate among all student ethnic groups, the district reported. An average of 44% of the district’s 87 Black students in 2025-26 received D, F, or incomplete grades, compared to the…
Read MoreMarin-Sonoma Bike-Sharing Program Extended for 3 Years
A bike-sharing program in Marin and Sonoma counties is receiving an infusion of more than $2 million for a three-year extension and expansion plan. North Bay officials have approved a combined $1.39 million in local and regional funds to extend the Redwood Bikeshare project, which was set to end next month. Additionally, Sen. Mike McGuire,…
Read MoreMarin IJ Readers’ Forum: Measure T Services Tax Is an Investment in Mill Valley
Measure T services tax is an investment in Mill Valley When voting on a renewal tax like Mill Valley’s Measure T municipal services tax on the November ballot we, as former Mill Valley mayors, apply two strict tests. Test 1: Has the city spent our tax dollars wisely? Yes. Over the past decade, Mill Valley…
Read MoreDick Spotswood: Voters in Mill Valley, Sausalito, San Rafael Eye Ballot Proposals
Three of Marin’s 11 cities have measures on the November ballot which relate solely to issues within their boundaries: Mill Valley, Sausalito and San Rafael. Measure T is Mill Valley’s renewal of their current municipal service tax of $303 per residential property. It has a 2% annual adjustment and sunsets in 10 years. Of the…
Read MoreThe Taming of the Shrew Performs This Weekend!
Rehearsals are underway for a new adaptation! Masquers Playhouse’s Envision Series and Curtain Theatre present a fresh, fast‑paced staged reading of The Taming of the Shrew, performing this Friday, October 9, through Sunday, October 11! This adaptation reimagines the Elizabethan era as a matriarchy—where women lead, set the rules, and shape the game of love. Baptista Minola…
Read MoreWhat California’s New Laws Mean for Your Bills, Job and Family
From electricity costs and housing to immigration enforcement and AI, California’s latest laws will reach into daily life across the Bay Area California’s newest laws could change how your utility spends your money, whether an employer can rely on AI to fire you and what your children encounter on social media. Gov. Gavin Newsom finished reviewing bills from…
Read MoreMarin Voice: We Can No Longer Afford to Find Reasons to Delay Housing
For more than a decade, a 127-acre hilltop former seminary campus in the Strawberry area near Mill Valley has been the star of an ongoing redevelopment fight. In 2015, the land was proposed as a new campus for The Branson School, where I am a student in my senior year. After two years of review,…
Read MoreThe Latest Batch of Employee Parking Permits Are Now Available! Stickers Span October 1st to March 31st
The Mill Valley Chamber issues Employee Parking Permits in partnership with the City of Mill Valley. Business and organization leaders and their employees can avoid getting tickets, moving their cars, or feeding their meters by parking in one of more than 110 designated employee parking spaces downtown and on Miller Avenue. Permit Requirements Must…
Read MoreMarinIJ: Dick Spotswood: Incivility Toward Elected Officials, Candidates a Problem in Marin
The tenor of public discourse in Marin has deteriorated. It’s cat calls at meetings and vile online postings. Until recently, the demeanor in what is a county of mostly well-educated people has been civil and often exemplary. Sadly, America may be reverting to an era when civic life was vicious and even dangerous. To get…
Read MoreMarin IJ: Marin County Allocates $3M for El Niño Preparations
Marin County supervisors will spend more than $3 million to fund El Niño readiness this winter. The weather pattern, which occurs when the surface water in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean warm more than usual, has increasingly signaled that Marin will experience excessive rain, atmospheric rivers, elevated flood risks and landslides. Gov. Gavin Newsom…
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