Tyler Callister
What I cover
Tyler covers Belvedere, Strawberry and public safety for The Ark, including the Belvedere City Council, Strawberry's county-governed neighborhoods, and police and fire news across the peninsula.
Background
Tyler joined The Ark in May 2025. He was previously a staff writer at the Palo Alto Weekly, covering education, police and crime in Palo Alto and Menlo Park, and a news reporter at the Piedmont Post, where he covered the City Council, planning commission and the police and fire departments. He has also worked as an editor and communications specialist for Edelman Financial Engines and the Academy of Art University, and for years he wrote about music and the arts for SF Weekly. He holds a bachelor's degree in creative writing from Sonoma State University. He lives in Hercules, and outside the newsroom, he's a musician.
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Latest from Tyler
The Strawberry Recreation District four-year candidates at a glance
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Belvedere’s ‘Hansel and Gretel House’ draws buyer after two weeks
Belvedere’s storybook “Hansel and Gretel House” at 246 Beach Road, stripped of its historic designation at the owner’s request, is in contract two weeks after listing at $3.65M.
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Measure Z would extend Paradise Cay dredging tax 10 years
Paradise Cay voters decide Nov. 3 on Measure Z, a parcel tax that pays to dredge the community's canals and its two entry channels to San Francisco Bay.
By TYLER CALLISTER ·Marin supervisors are weighing future of Strawberry review board
Marin County supervisors want a closer look at whether the Strawberry Design Review Board should be restructured or folded into another body. It is one of six such recommendations in a countywide review of the volunteer boards that advise the county. The board reviews the design of homes and development projects in Strawberry, and it has gone nearly quiet. Since Jan. 6, 2025, the county’s hearing calendar for the board lists a single meeting, on Aug. 17 for a home project in unincorporated...
By TYLER CALLISTER ·Strawberry playground price now tops $3 million
The Strawberry Recreation District's new playground and restroom are coming in at just over $3 million, more than $500,000 above the maximum the board set.
By TYLER CALLISTER ·Two arrested in string of credit card thefts from vehicles at Blackie’s lot
Two men were arrested on suspicion of stealing credit and debit cards from vehicles at Blackie's Pasture in Tiburon and using them at Bay Area stores, Tiburon police said.
By TYLER CALLISTER ·Belvedere’s ‘house of dreams’ sells for $16.9 mil
A waterfront Belvedere villa known as Casa dei Sogni has sold for $16.92 million in a pre-auction deal, ending a yearslong effort to find a buyer.
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Tiburon pastor, radio host and surrogate father Jerry Buckner served generations
The Rev. Jerry Buckner, senior pastor at Tiburon Christian Fellowship and a radio host, died Aug. 20 at MarinHealth Medical Center in Greenbrae. He was 74
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Traffic officials add sixth bus to relieve crowded school routes
A sixth school bus started running Reed Union School District routes Sept. 8, after crowding left 24 students on a waiting list and 10 of 16 routes over capacity.
By TYLER CALLISTER ·Metal bird sculpture flies in holding pattern after public pushback
Tiburon's Heritage & Arts Commission is hunting for a new site for a donor-funded metal bird sculpture after residents objected to both locations it had proposed.
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A pair of Sebastopol nurses explores Tiburon after years on the road
Will and Lisa Labrie, both nurses from Sebastopol, spent Sept. 2 in Tiburon on their first visit. "I see why people want to live here," Lisa Labrie said.
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Tiburon Challenger tennis tournament levels up with a bigger purse and higher-ranked players
The Tiburon Challenger returns to the Tiburon Peninsula Club Sept. 13-20 with a $230,000 prize pot, more than double last year's, and a promotion to the ATP 125 level.
By TYLER CALLISTER ·Sanitary District No. 5 rejects grand jury push to consolidate
Sanitary District No. 5 of Marin County told the Marin civil grand jury Aug. 20 that its Belvedere and southern Tiburon sewer plant has no capacity to take on more customers.
By TYLER CALLISTER ·Strawberry Recreation District rejects grand jury’s term-limit recommendation
Strawberry Recreation District board voted unanimously Aug. 18 to reject a Marin civil grand jury recommendation that special districts limit members to two consecutive terms.
By TYLER CALLISTER ·Strawberry launches fundraising for its new playground
The Strawberry Recreation District has begun asking residents to help pay for its new playground under a program that would run from a $1,500 tile in aThe Strawberry Recreation District has begun asking residents to help pay for its new playground under a program that would run from a $1,500 tile in a mosaic to naming rights over the playground itself. mosaic to naming rights over the playground itself.
By TYLER CALLISTER ·New principal brings public-school experience to St. Hilary
Waylon Miller, the new principal of St. Hilary School in Tiburon, ran a public high school in Hayward. He says he wanted a job that let him bring his faith to work.
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Author draws on Tiburon Peninsula roots for her first children’s book
Christina Altick grew up in Belvedere and Tiburon. Her first children's book, "Whimsy, the Little Dachshund," draws on the safety and warmth she remembers from the peninsula.
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A former medical sales rep enjoys retirement with husband and dog
Now retired from a long career in medical-device sales, Tiburon’s Bonnie Bates has a new boss these days: her dog, Harper.
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Belvedere drops Mallard Pointe project manager
Belvedere has cut ties with the consulting firm it hired in April to oversee the Mallard Pointe redevelopment, weeks before demolition could begin on the 22-unit complex.
By TYLER CALLISTER ·Tiburon Fire rejects grand jury timeline for consolidation talks
The Tiburon Fire Protection District board votedto partially disagree with all seven Marin County civil grand jury findings and to decline five of its nine recommendations.
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