3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (602+ words) Democrats have long been the party of innovation. John F. Kennedy promised the moon. Bill Clinton and Al Gore embraced the internet revolution. Barack Obama saw technology as a force that could improve lives and modernize government. When HealthCare.gov failed,…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (590+ words) As a pediatrician and an elementary school teacher, we see Marin County children at two different stages of their lives: one caring for children’s health through some of their most important years of growth and development; the other welcoming children…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (184+ words) Marin Independent Journal • The Starduster Orchestra, a Marin 16-piece big band known for performing music from the ’30s, ’40s and ’50s, celebrates its 30th anniversary on Tuesday at the Mill Valley Community Center’s Cascade Room at 180 Camino Alto in Mill Valley. A reception is…...

17+ hour, 39+ min ago   (482+ words) Eight jurisdictions in central Marin County are asking voters to approve a four-year extension and increase of taxes for paramedic services. The property tax revenues would provide more than $3.3 million a year to support the Ross Valley Paramedic Authority, a…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (548+ words) This election year there are multiple Marin offices where only one candidate filed for each available post. Their names don’t appear on the ballot as they are automatically elected. There are multiple factors behind uncontested elections. That happened at Mill…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (431+ words) Even if implemented (at a still unknown cost), I suspect MMWD will have done nothing more than turn its watershed into a mountain-biking park likely to attract riders from the entire Bay Area, while potentially jeopardizing the safety and enjoyment…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (611+ words) The California Legislature has a bad habit of enacting high-profile measures in the moment, responding to trendy issues or demands from powerful interests, without considering potentially adverse consequences. Legislators assume that everything they do has only positive effects — otherwise they…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (866+ words) Most ballots in Marin County in the Nov. 3 election will include a proposed parcel tax to benefit MarinHealth Medical Center in Greenbrae. Measure CC on the ballot calls for an annual tax of 14 cents per square foot on improved building…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (696+ words) Marin supervisors are wading into the tall weeds of data security. It’s for good reason. There is concern whether private digital data collected and stored by the county can be electronically mined and misused by others. So supervisors want to…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (323+ words) Special film screenings coming up in Marin Marin Independent Journal • “The Mood of America,” a 1968 BBC documentary about the desegregation that took place within the Sausalito Marin City School District in 1965, will be shown on Thursday at Marin Center’s Showcase…...