Posts Tagged ‘Mill Valley’
Wedge Roofing Celebrates 50 Years of Bay Area Roofing Expertise and Service!
PETALUMA, Calif., Aug. 4, 2026 — Wedge Roofing is celebrating its 50th anniversary, marking five decades of residential and commercial roofing service across Marin, Sonoma, Napa and San Francisco. Founded in 1976 in Marin County. Wedge Roofing has grown into a multiple-award-winning regional contractor providing roof replacement, repair and maintenance, emergency leak response, historic restoration,…
Read MoreMarin IJ: Marin Agency Plans Extensive Traffic Signal Upgrades
Nearly two-thirds of the traffic signals in Marin County transit corridors lack the technology to be controlled remotely, and more than half are incapable of syncing the timing between them, according to a draft study. Of the 234 intersections in the study area, about one-third of the signals do not have battery backup, more than…
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 MoreMarin IJ: Plan Allots $200M for Marin Transportation Projects
A draft four-year transportation plan outlines 21 projects in Marin County receiving about $200 million. The allocations are part of the 2027 Transportation Improvement Program, or TIP, which includes more than 400 projects in the nine-county Bay Area that are set to get more than $13.8 billion through 2030. The Metropolitan Transportation Commission, a regional…
Read MoreMill Valley Middle School ModernizationPhase: Interim Campus Construction. July 31, 2026
Miller & Montford/La Goma Intersection Pilot Program
Since implementation of the Miller Avenue Streetscape Improvement Project in 2017, the City has recognized the potential for additional safety enhancements and hired Kittelson & Associates to conduct assessments of the following focus areas along Miller Avenue looking to improve safety of all roadway users. The 2025/2026 Miller Avenue Corridor Intersection Safety Study reviewed multiple…
Read MoreMill Valley School District Hires New Director of Educational Services: Alison Makela Is the New Director of Educational Services starting Aug 10.
Mill Valley School District is pleased to announce the appointment of Alison Makela as its new Director of Educational Services, effective August 10, 2026. Alison began her educational career as a classroom teacher and teacher leader before moving into instructional and administrative leadership. She holds a Master’s degree in Education and an Administrative Services Credential…
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…
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