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's coronavirus stay-home order is extended
Marin County is now under an indefinite extension of the state’s coronavirus stay-at-home order as regional intensive-care-unit bed...
By KEVIN HESSEL ·FDA warns that COVID-19 test used by Marin, gives false negatives
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning that a COVID-19 test broadly adopted around the Bay Area — including by Marin...
By KEVIN HESSEL ·Marin's monthlong coronavirus lockdown begins noon Dec. 8
Marin County and five other Bay Area jurisdictions will voluntarily implement a new regionalized stay-at-home protocol announced this...
By KEVIN HESSEL ·Coronavirus surge forces tier rollback in Marin
Marin’s attempt to avoid a state-ordered rollback of its coronavirus reopening tier was thwarted this week as Gov. Gavin Newsom announced...
By KEVIN HESSEL ·Jonathan Bruce Keppel
July 27, 1944 - October 8, 2020 “Dear old dad,” as he like to be called, has set his sails for another shore following a year-long...
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Complete coverage of the Tiburon Peninsula ballot
Belvedere City Council: Belvedere voters have chosen incumbent Nancy Kemnitzer and newcomers Steve Block and James Lynch in a four-way...
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Marjorie Moore
On August 2, 2020, Marjorie (Midge) Moore died at her Belvedere home. She was 97 years old. She was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1923...
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Gail Ann (Robinson) Scott
Gail Ann (Robinson) Scott passed away in her Tiburon home, pursuant to her wishes, surrounded by family on October 20, 2020, from natural...
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Tiburon Peninsula ballot guide
Candidate profiles: Incumbent, newcomers seek three seats in Belvedere City Council race, two in Reed Union School District board race // Measure M: Tamalpais Union High School District seeks renewal of annual parcel tax to stave off big budget cuts. // Ballot guide: A look at the candidates and state initiatives on the Nov. 3 ballot. For the complete stories, pick up this week's edition of The Ark on newsstands or SUBSCRIBE NOW for home delivery.
By KEVIN HESSEL ·Michael E. Barnowski
Michael E. Barnowski, of Tiburon, CA, passed away suddenly at his home on Monday, September 7, 2020. He was 44 years old. The son of...
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Phyllis Trieber
With profound sadness we announce the passing of our beautiful, loving, and devoted mother, Phyllis Trieber, on August 24, 2020. Through...
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Ida Mae Berg
10/1/35 - 7/20/20 On July 20, 2020, Ida Mae (Hunt) Berg passed peacefully at her home in Tiburon, California, at the age of 84. Ida Mae...
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Dr. Fereydoon Soofer
Dr. Fereydoon Soofer died peacefully at home on Wednesday, July 29th, 2020, surrounded by his entire beloved family after a valiant...
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Eloise Rauscher
Eloise Rauscher passed away peacefully on August 13th, 2020, from natural causes. She was 95 years old. She was born in San Francisco and...
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Gordon Essex Noble
Gordon Essex Noble fell asleep in death on April 5, 2020, in his home in Tiburon, California, surrounded by family. Gordon was born on...
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Tiburon releases body-cam footage of police questioning Black merchant
Tiburon officials have released body-camera footage from the first officer at the scene of a late-night confrontation between police and...
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Marin County relaxes some coronavirus rules to better align with state
Though a statewide reporting error has led to incomplete local data, and Marin remains on the state watch list that triggered a rollback...
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July was Marin’s deadliest month; new data for care facilities, youth cases
AUGUST 3 — Marin recorded its deadliest day yet amid the coronavirus pandemic with six new deaths on July 31, capping the county’s most troublesome month since public-health officials issued the regional and statewide shelter-in-place orders in mid March. Marin saw 19 deaths in the three months between its first, on March 27, and June 30, then saw 32 in the next 31 days — a 168-percent overall increase. There were 45 new hospitalizations, bringing the total to 106, a 74-percent increase. And...
By KEVIN HESSEL ·Nancy Lincoln Wieger
At 92 years old, Nancy Lincoln Wieger passed away at home on July 17, 2020, surrounded by her sons David and Robert, and her dear friend...
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Saloma Elizabeth Fisher
Saloma Fisher passed away peacefully on June 23, 2020, at age 90. Never one to be separated for long from her beloved husband, A. Robert...
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