NEWS
Early results signal change
The blue tsunami that delivered a stern rebuke to President Donald Trump on Tuesday swept fresh and diverse faces into office across the nation, the state, and Marin County. Among the national winners were the nation’s first openly gay senator and first Black woman governor, and California’s first elected Latino governor—Xavier Becerra, who took 79…
Students vote on new mascot for Tomales
Ballots were finally cast in the pivotal off-year election that yielded a verdict on Trumpism, but another important electoral decision is still pending: What will the new Tomales High School mascot be? Under state law, the school’s sports teams can no longer call themselves the Braves, or a host of other names lawmakers recently deemed…
Shared ownership cuts a path into an impossible market
At the bottom of a driveway leading to two identical houses standing at opposite ends of a three-acre tract, four friends faced a consequential coin flip. Which couple would live in which home, still filled with the smell of paint and finally ready for move-in? A mutual friend pulled a coin from her pocket. She…
Traffic, parking meeting stirs ire
One might have expected last Tuesday evening’s conversation about a county parking and traffic study for Point Reyes Station to be a subdued municipal affair. Alas, it did not turn out that way. Scarcely had the hosts from Marin’s Department of Public Works introduced themselves before emotions rose and pointed questions flew. Why hadn’t the…
Todos Santos offers a time of remembrance
As night fell, candles flickered and the scent of incense permeated the air as a procession for Todos Santos made its way through the doors of the cavernous Dance Palace Church Space on Monday. Inside, the crowd paused, seemingly in unison, to take in the scene: a trail of cempasúchil petals leading to a three-tiered…
Marin rebuffs demand to sequester ballots
In the final days leading up to the midterm election, Marin County officials rebuffed demands by the Trump administration to set aside 48 mail ballots belonging to voters who it claimed were “likely” noncitizens. The demands came just before the Supreme Court on Monday denied the request by the Department of Justice to sequester more…
West Marin deputy honored for storm rescue
A sheriff’s deputy who routinely patrols West Marin received a medal of valor for his rescue of a woman who was trapped in her car as it became submerged in the floodwaters of Lagunitas Creek last year. The California State Sheriff’s Association granted Deputy Mike Dawson with the award late last month, recognizing his life-saving…
FEATURES & OPINIONS
Our next great opportunity
As the county launches the West Marin Visioning process, it is asking an important question: What kind of West Marin do we want to give to future generations? West Marin is not just scenic landscapes and visitor destinations. It is a living agricultural region whose ranches, dairies, and farms have shaped its identity for more…
In the Fields, November 5, 2026
Taylor Black’s young steers are wearing an innovative tool that may soon be deployed at other West Marin ranches: GPS collars. Her goal, supported by a MALT grant, is to better guide grazing in the ridges and ravines of Blue Marble Acres, an agricultural incubator on Point Reyes-Petaluma Road. The collars create an electronic boundary…
Nabokov’s Dozen: Thirteen Stories by Vladimir Nabokov
These 13 confections by Nabokov were written in the 1940s and ’50s and originally published in various magazines, The Atlantic Monthly, Harper’s Bazaar, and The New Yorker, among others. The stories are not written to any theme; each one stands alone and unique, and in each we find examples of Nabokov’s brilliant talent for description,…
