15+ hour, 38+ min ago   (767+ words) When Joseph Brody was building wooden beehives as a Peace Corps volunteer in West Africa after college, he couldn’t have predicted how that early-2000s experience would influence the course of his life years later. In 2016, the Contra Costa County husband…...

10+ hour, 43+ min ago   (795+ words) SAN FRANCISCO — Every starting pitcher has an obvious goal: get outs, prevent runs, pitch as long as possible. Within that framework lies a more abstract goal: set the tone. Even in a lost season, there is still a tone for…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (517+ words) I landed my first real – albeit minimum wage – job at the tender age of 15, and one of my lasting memories was how the paycheck came with a boatload of deductions. Money was withheld for federal and local income taxes, of…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (148+ words) Marin Independent Journal “After the five future space travelers completed their sky training session, I asked them to pose in front of the observatory’s three-dimensional 8-foot moon mock-up,” Levin said. “They were on a tight schedule, but I did get…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (178+ words) Marin Independent Journal • “American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez,” a new documentary about playwright and filmmaker Luis Valdez, will be shown at 1:40 p.m. Monday, 4:40 p.m. Tuesday, 9:30 a.m. Wednesday (with open captions) and noon Thursday at the…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (574+ words) Filing closed this past Wednesday for offices on the Nov. 3 general election ballot. That included a flock of candidates vying for posts on city and town councils, school boards and special purpose districts. This November, Marin will conduct elections in…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (125+ words) Marin Independent Journal 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. Read the…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (565+ words) The timing could not have been better — or worse. The findings from a long-awaited investigation into the origins of a deadly Southern California wildfire were released last week, pinning it on an electrical arc from a Southern California Edison transmission…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (140+ words) Marin Independent Journal Dean’s list: Quinn Alexander Dammann, of Mill Valley, was named to the dean’s list at Furman University for the spring 2026 semester. Dean’s list: William Rothstein, of Kentfield; Davis Breitbard and Madeleine Cope, both of Mill Valley; Trevor…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (621+ words) Traffic is a frequent gripe around Marin. Most longtime residents can remember a route that used to take 10 to 15 minutes that now seems to take a half hour. Trips up and down Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, Tiburon Boulevard or Blithedale…...