Marin County, CA

MILL VALLEY, Calif. (KRON) – There has been an uptick in COVID-19 cases among residents and staff members at the Redwoods Senior Living Facility in Mill Valley. “Right now, we have about two percent of our staff and residents with active COVID cases that are in the process of quarantine,” said Redwoods CEO Hunter Moore.  […]

All six counties across the North Bay reported lower unemployment rates in April than in March, beating California’s unemployment rate of 4.6%, which also dropped from the month prior, according to state figures released Friday. In the North Bay in April, Marin County’s unemployment rate was 2.1%, followed by...

“It’s increasingly likely most of us will have a date with COVID if we haven’t yet.”. That assessment earlier in the month from Dr. Matt Willis, Marin County’s public health officer, took on newfound significance this week, when the California Department of Public Health reported that the state’s seven-day COVID test positivity rate had reached 5 percent for the first time since February, at the tail end of the omicron surge that sickened wide swaths of the workforce.

A Bay Area capital venture company backed by NBA great Steph Curry has in part provided funding to launch a food hall concept opening in Mill Valley this summer. San Francisco-based Local Kitchens, founded by former employees of food delivery company DoorDash headquartered two miles away, is preparing to add the Marin County location at 741 East Blithedale Ave. as part of its rapid expansion.

Looking for a West Coast perch? This rock and roll beach house in secretive, under-the-radar Bolinas in Northern California comes with its own guitar-shaped pool. The oceanfront Marin County home at 99 Brighton Ave. has served as a sanctuary for multiple rock royals over the years. It’s now on the market for $16 million. This is where Jerry Garcia and Grace Slick rocked out back in the day. Slick even designed the guitar-shaped pool with gold and copper mosaics and tiles with sun and moon motifs. Bolinas is just an hour north of San Francisco and an hour southwest of...

Marin and all other California counties to be eligible for assistance. As California and the West Coast enter their third year of drought, Marin County and the state’s other 57 counties have been declared primary disaster areas by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The dry conditions are bad news for Marin’s farmers and ranchers, but the disaster designation status makes available emergency loans for agricultural businesses.

San Rafael, CA – An annual tradition of honoring those who gave their lives while on active military duty continues on Memorial Day in San Rafael. The event, presented Monday, May 30, by the Marin County United Veterans Council and supported by the Marin County Board of Supervisors, honors all American servicemen and servicewomen in the line of duty with a special emphasis on Marin’s own heroes. Names of local military members who gave their lives on duty are etched into the statues along Avenue of the Flags on the Marin County Civic Center campus. All who wish to observe are welcome to attend.

The Marin County Jail reaps a substantial profit every time an inmate calls home or buys a package of ramen noodles from the commissary. The practice of jails benefiting financially from these necessities disproportionally affects the poor and people of color. Families often struggle to make ends meet without the income of the incarcerated person. When jails and prisons mark up the prices, it adds to their economic burdens.