Kevin Hessel
My role at The Ark
Kevin directs The Ark's journalistic mission and its coverage of Tiburon, Belvedere and Strawberry.
Background
Kevin is the executive editor of The Ark. He joined the paper in June 2011 and took co-ownership in June 2023. He came from the Marin Independent Journal, where he began as an intern in 1998 and left as assistant copy desk editor, design chief and online editor. He previously was a teen columnist for the Dana Point Times, wrote for his high school newspaper, was the editor of the Saddleback College Lariat newspaper and Inkslinger magazine, studied journalism at San Francisco State University, trained in newsroom leadership at the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Fla., was a Knight Digital Media Center fellow at the University of California at Berkeley and guest lectures in newspaper design at S.F. State. Kevin lives in San Francisco with his wife and The Ark's office dog, Luh-Loyd.
Our standards
Ark journalists avoid conflicts of interest, refuse gifts, favors, free travel and special treatment, and correct information throughout the life of a story. Read The Ark’s ethics policy and corrections policy.
Latest from Kevin
Marin: Everyone should mask indoors
Marin has joined eight other Northern California counties in again recommending indoor face coverings for everyone, regardless of...
By KEVIN HESSEL ·Undefeated Tiburon All-Stars are district champs
The Tiburon Peninsula Little League All-Stars captured the District 3 championship last weekend, completing an undefeated run that now...
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Sharks water polo teams earn trips to Junior Olympics
The Tiburon Peninsula Central Marin Sharks Water Polo Club will be sending two teams to the 2021 USA Water Polo National Junior Olympics...
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No more tiers: Most pandemic restrictions to end
With some two-thirds of Marin residents fully protected against COVID-19 and zero hospitalizations for the first time in 13 months, the...
By KEVIN HESSEL ·Marin businesses expand capacity ahead of state’s full reopening
Social gatherings can get bigger, bars may reopen indoors for the first time in more than a year and gyms can increase capacity as Marin...
By KEVIN HESSEL ·Marin advances to less-restrictive pandemic tier
Update: Marin County was officially assigned to yellow tier-4 status on June 1. May 31 — Marin was facing its last chance this week to...
By KEVIN HESSEL ·Mask rules stay for now as Marin's active COVID-19 cases drop under 100, vaccination expands
Though the total number of active COVID-19 cases countywide has dropped below 100, more than half of all residents are fully immunized...
By KEVIN HESSEL ·Rise in Marin cases again pushes back further reopenings
With newly expanded authorization for use of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine, Marin officials say they’re prepared to vaccinate more than...
By KEVIN HESSEL ·Marin again misses yellow tier as mask rules set to be relaxed
Update: Marin once again missed the yellow tier and must remain in the orange tier until at least May 18, while California has now...
By KEVIN HESSEL ·Marin misses move to yellow pandemic reopening tier
Update, April 20 — Marin's hopes to move to the yellow pandemic reopening tier were dashed by an increase in cases, which county...
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All adults eligible for vaccine as state targets full reopening
Update: Marin County has paused local use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine at the request of U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
By KEVIN HESSEL ·All adults eligible for vaccine on April 15
All Tiburon Peninsula residents ages 50 and older will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine beginning tomorrow, April 1, with...
By KEVIN HESSEL ·Marin to further reopen this week under pandemic's orange tier
Update: Marin County on March 23 confirmed it has been assigned to the state's orange pandemic reopening tier. MARCH 22 — Marin County is...
By KEVIN HESSEL ·State relaxes rules on drink service; ages 16-64 with health issues can get vaccine
Food-purchase requirements at breweries, wineries, distilleries and restaurants serving alcohol have been lifted in Marin under a...
By KEVIN HESSEL ·Marin wants teachers vaccinated by spring break, all adults by July
Residents ages 16-64 with medical conditions will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine beginning March 15 under the newly unified...
By KEVIN HESSEL ·School, food-service workers again eligible for vaccine in Marin
Marin County last week reinstated COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to high-risk essential workers in education, child care, food service,...
By KEVIN HESSEL ·Marin may relax more virus rules this week
Update: The state of California has now confirmed Marin may advance to the red tier effective Feb. 24. Marin County is expected to...
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Marin reopens COVID-19 vaccines to ages 65-74
Effective this week, Marin and local health-care providers have expanded COVID-19 vaccination eligibility to all those ages 65 and older...
By KEVIN HESSEL ·Marin shifts its vaccine focus back to residents 75 and older
Marin County is again shifting its COVID-19 vaccination plan, giving top priority to the county’s roughly 30,000 residents older than age...
By KEVIN HESSEL ·Pandemic stay-home order lifted throughout Marin, state
Outdoor dining and small gatherings can resume on the Tiburon Peninsula this week alongside indoor personal services like hair and nail...
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