NEWS
Levee Road bridge plan faces protest
The Inverness Association has asked the county to reconsider a Levee Road bridge replacement plan that would force cars traveling between Inverness and Point Reyes Station to detour through Olema for six months. The bridge, built in 1930, spans Olema Creek just south of its confluence with Lagunitas Creek. Engineers have concluded that it is…
Stinson condo project tweaks affordable unit
A Novato property developer has revised a proposal for a mixed-use condominium complex in Stinson Beach, adding a low-income unit to serve a deeper level of affordability. The project would demolish a longstanding building that houses the town’s post office and other businesses, and it would reduce parking in the tiny downtown. In recent…
Injured Point Reyes badger makes history
Beneath a clear blue sky in the Point Reyes National Seashore earlier this month, a young American badger paused at the mouth of a carrier, sniffed the breeze, and peered across the grasslands before breaking into a bounding run. Within seconds, it disappeared into the landscape. For the veterinarians, biologists, and park rangers gathered to…
College expands clubs to coast
Write for 15 minutes—anything, whatever comes to mind—then stop and share what you’ve written. That’s the simple directive that David Glaubinger, an 85-year-old Fairfax resident, gave a handful of locals at the first gathering of a new writing group in Point Reyes Station. For those in need of a writing prompt, he suggested choosing one…
FEATURES & OPINIONS
Measure A, ticks, and West Marin’s future
Two recent stories have stayed with me as West Marin embarks on a county-led visioning process. The first is close to home in an obvious way: The Light’s July 8 article about a Marin Civil Grand Jury report on Measure A, the quarter-cent sales tax that funds parks, open space, and agricultural land protection. The…
In the Fields, July 30, 2026
Two new bucks have arrived at Toluma Farms on the eve of the annual lovefest. The goats—Monty and Frank, an extroverted Lamancha and a shy Alpine—will add genetic diversity to the herd when breeding begins in mid-August. Goat breeders can’t control when their animals are ready to mate; they must wait for seasonal cues like…
Art in the Lobby, July 30, 2026
Point Reyes Station artist Laurie Mahan Sawyer illustrates the small marine worlds that live on shorelines and the bottom of bays. A gnarled ball of kelp. Barnacles on a muscle shell. The skin of an eel. “We’ve all seen how magical that other world is,” she said. In an exhibit showing through August at the…
