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
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Minors All-Stars improve to 5-1; Little League All-Stars advance
The Tiburon Peninsula Little League 10U All-Star team improved to 4-1 in District 3 pool play with two victories over the weekend. Little...
By KEVIN HESSEL ·Hearts & Flowers at Cove center is set to close shop in August
Hearts & Flowers owner Peggy O’Neill says she is retiring and will close the flower shop at The Cove Shopping Center at the end of August...
By KEVIN HESSEL ·Yvonne Schwarz
Yvonne Schwarz, 89, a 50-year resident of Tiburon, passed away peacefully on April 24, 2018, at Timber Ridge in McKinleyville,...
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Glorya Boone Davis
Glorya Boone Davis died peacefully at age 96 in Petaluma, May 29th, 2018, just as the full moon was rising. She was born in 1922 in San...
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Paul C. Vogelheim
Paul passed away peacefully with memories of his departed wife, Mary, in his heart and his children by his side. Raised in Rogers City,...
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Rose Sharp Gardner
A rose by any other name is Rose Sharp Gardner. Our Rose passed away January 30, 2018 of heart failure. With her loving daughter Rhonda...
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Jean Richards Gillespie
Jean Richards Gillespie, 79, of Belvedere, passed away peacefully on March 8, 2018. She was born to Marie and Joseph Richards in Leelanau...
By KEVIN HESSEL ·Olive Freeman Cook
Olive Cook, a longtime resident of Marin, died Friday, April 6, 2018 in San Rafael, CA, seven months shy of her 100th birthday. Born in...
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Syliva Holtz Jacob
Sylvia passed away peacefully at Marin General Hospital on April 9, 2018, three days after she turned 86, with her niece Marge Lewis at...
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Jacqueline Erna Okulski
Jacqueline Erna Okulski passed away in Tiburon, California, on April 6, 2018, after living for many years with Multiple Sclerosis. Born...
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Edward Remi Middendorf
Surrounded by the people he most cherished, Edward Middendorf passed away peacefully at his Tiburon home on March 10, 2018. Ed was born...
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Lotus Fields Melmon
Lotus Fields Melmon, 99, died peacefully on Monday, March 19, 2017, at her home in Belvedere. Lotus Goldie was born in Chicago on July 6,...
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Christina Dewey
Christina P. Dewey passed away peacefully on the morning of February 3, 2018, with her sons Bosworth and David Dewey at her bedside. Tina...
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Carolyn Friedman
Carolyn Nadine Friedman was born on May 27, 1941, in Berkeley, California. She passed away quietly in her home in Tiburon on Tuesday,...
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Ingrid R. Freemon
Ingrid R. Freemon, a Tiburon resident for over 60 years, died at her home in January at age 95. Born in Tallin, Estonia, in 1922, she and...
By KEVIN HESSEL ·Robert Birk
Robert (Bob) Alan Birk passed away peacefully on February 7, 2018 in Belvedere, Ca., at the age of 86. Bob was married to Margaret Birk,...
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Susan Hetherington
Susan Hetherington passed away New Year's Day 2018 after a long illness caused by Lewy-body disease, a form of Alzheimer's. She was well...
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Leon F. Willat
Leon F. Willat, a Marin County native, passed away on January 4, 2018, at the age of 99. He was born to Arnold F. and Hazel Willat of San...
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