People

Joseph Lillis

The man behind the madness of the Sausalito Art Festival.

The Green Option

Much has been written and said lately about Community Choice Aggregation, but I don’t think the message is getting across. Let’s see if I can explain it.The state Legislature created Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) in 2002. It allows cities, counties…

Attitude Adjustment

Even if you haven’t met Holly Seeler or her young children Jack and Tess, you might have heard them. They’re the ones running up to shoppers reaching for a head of lettuce in a grocery store and bursting out, “I…

Cynthia Batt

Talking with Cynthia Batt, Owner of Spargo, A Place for Men.

Small Pest, Huge Controversy

The decibel level is so high in the debate over aerial spraying in Marin to eradicate a tiny moth that it’s difficult for solid information to sink in. Here’s what I do know. Federal and state officials maintain the light…

Dan Hicks

For the past two decades, Dan Hicks and the Christmas Jug Band have been a fixture at Mill Valley’s Sweetwater, where they cheered and jeered the crowd into the Christmas season. With the closure of that venue last fall, Hicks…

Bring Back the Bustle

Marin has a contrarian’s nature. Thirty-five years ago, America was busy building suburbs, shopping malls and freeways; Marin bucked the development trend and now the county is 80 percent open space. Today, the county risks becoming part of another national…

John McCosker

A dialogue with Jon McCosker, emeritus director of the Steinhart Aquarium.