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
James Brumback Jr.
James Jackson Brumback Jr., known as “Jack” to friends, was a San Francisco native, born on August 23, 1934. He was the only child of...
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Marin, Bay Area ordered to shelter in place
Public health officers across six Bay Area counties, including Marin, united to issue a three-week regional shelter-in-place warning...
By KEVIN HESSEL ·A look at the preliminary results from the March 3 ballot
TIBURON TOWN COUNCIL — Jack Ryan: Hawthorne Drive resident Jack Ryan appears to be on his way to victory in the three-way race for a seat on the Tiburon Town Council, garnering 37.7 percent of the vote with 100 percent of precincts reporting. With 755 votes, Ryan is holding a lead of more than 100 votes over Tiburon Planning Commission Chair Daniel Amir of Juno Road, who has 636 votes to date, or 31.8 percent of the vote. Amir's Planning Commission colleague Kathleen Defever, of Sugarloaf...
By KEVIN HESSEL ·A final look at offices, initiatives on March 3 ballot
California’s primary is next week, on March 3, though voting is already underway. Locally, the election includes three-way races for the...
By KEVIN HESSEL ·Gloria Miner
Gloria Miner passed away comfortably in the early morning January 2. She was born November 2, 1924, in her family’s home in Cicero,...
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Robert and Dawn Kennedy
A long love story has come to an end with the passing of Robert and Dawn Kennedy. Both died peacefully in their home in Tiburon,...
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Ralph Blair
My dear husband, Ralph Blair, peacefully passed away on November 19th, 2019. I feel honored to have been by his side sharing with him my...
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Wet winter wonderland in Tiburon
With rain and strong winds, the Tiburon Peninsula Chamber of Commerce’s annual Tiburon Holiday Festival was moved to Town Hall from this...
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Gladys Helen Geiger
Gladys Helen Geiger passed away peacefully on November 24, 2019, in Washington state. Helen and her husband, James P. Geiger, M.D., had...
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Joann Elizabeth Cook
Joann Elizabeth Cook passed away peacefully on Monday, November 4th, 2019, in her home in Belvedere, Calif., at the age of 77. She was...
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Tiburon Peninsula powers up; schools back in session tomorrow; debris boxes for spoiled food
For outages related to Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s public safety power shutoff events, power has been restored to all neighborhoods in...
By KEVIN HESSEL ·James Joseph Walsh, III
James Joseph Walsh, III November 11, 1930-October 9, 2019 Beloved husband of Lavern, cherished father to Michelle Matthews (Bill) and...
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PG&E expects to restore Tiburon Peninsula's power today
3:03 p.m. release from PG&E: "The latest with Marin County is that we are continuing to inspect and patrol the lines in the areas...
By KEVIN HESSEL ·Tiburon Peninsula now may be part of Tuesday power shutdown
Portions of the greater Tiburon Peninsula likely will be included in Pacific Gas and Electric Co's second round of power outages starting...
By KEVIN HESSEL ·PG&E begins process to restore Tiburon Peninsula power; area not on list for Tuesday shutoff
(PG&E's map for its planned Oct. 29 Public Safety Power Shutoff does not include most of the greater Tiburon Peninsula.) Updated 5:37...
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PG&E shutoff expected about 4 p.m. Saturday; expect outage to last through Wednesday
An 11 a.m. new release from Pacific Gas and Electric Co. says its Public Safety Power Shutoff will be rolled out today in six phases,...
By KEVIN HESSEL ·Tiburon Peninsula included in PG&E's Oct. 26 power shutoff warning
Updated 4:22 p.m. Oct. 25 — Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has announced that Marin County — including all of the greater Tiburon Peninsula...
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Robert Salem Crowder
1924-2019 Robert Salem Crowder passed away at his home in Tiburon, CA, early Saturday morning on September 21, 2019. Bob, the week...
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Tiburon soccer club claims two championships at Stanford tournament
The Tiburon Peninsula Soccer Club’s 14U and 13U boys teams were crowned champions of their respective divisions at the Stanford Summer...
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Elisabeth Gleason
Elisabeth Gleason, a professor emerita of history and former chairperson of the History department of the University of San Francisco,...
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