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
Come to the Table aims to bridge Marin's racial divide over dinner
A free dinner in Marin City seats strangers together on purpose: 25 local residents, 25 from elsewhere in Marin — all to bridge one of the county’s deepest divides.
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A Tiburon yoga teacher urges others to find calm in chaos
“You teach best what you most need to learn.” A Tiburon yoga therapist turned her own chronic pain into a career — working with elite athletes and local students alike.
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Tiburon skipper makes history in Australian offshore racing series
Tiburon's Ron Epstein and his Bacchanal crew are the first non-Australians ever to win the six-race Blue Water Pointscore.
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Woman who worked as Tiburon nanny arrested for alleged credit-card fraud
A San Francisco woman allegedly used her former employer’s credit card to make more than $60,000 in charges for airline tickets, luxury hotels, cosmetic and spa services and more.
By TYLER CALLISTER ·Marin Planning Commission backs 336-unit housing, campus project at Strawberry seminary
The vote advances plans for 336 new homes, a senior-care center and a graduate school to the Board of Supervisors after more than a decade of community conflict.
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Grateful Dog owners appeal for help after flood stalls business
The Tiburon residents say the business has continued to struggle, and they’re asking for community help to raise about $100,000 toward repairs and improvements.
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Vandals cut wiring, disable irrigation at McKegney, South of the Knoll parks
Tiburon is working to repair an estimated $20,000 in damage to the irrigation systems at McKegney Green and South of the Knoll Park after someone cut the wiring.
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Tiburon woman charged with embezzling more than $1.2 million
A Tiburon woman has been charged in San Francisco with embezzling more than $1.2 million from a small, family-run contracting company over several years.
By TYLER CALLISTER ·From local training to global outreach, teen diver champions marine awareness
As an ambassadiver, Tiburon teen Avery Fisher is teaching scuba diving and advocating for ocean conservation.
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A Michelin-starred chef balances work with cycling
After decades of success cooking — and eating — Passot says exercise has helped balance out his calories.
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Officials advance $2.58 mil idea to link Tiburon Town Hall, library as public emergency hub
Draft plans to convert Town Hall and the library into a joint emergency hub carry a $2.58 million price tag, officials revealed last week, as the joint disaster ouncil voted to support the concept.
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Belvedere finds single viable site for downtown kayak launch — in Tiburon
After examining six potential sites for a downtown paddle-craft launch, Belvedere officials found just one viable option — a not-quite-accessible beach by the Corinthian Yacht Club parking lot.
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Belvedere secures housing certification after yearslong delay
More than three years after its state-mandated deadline, Belvedere has officially secured certification of its housing plan.
By TYLER CALLISTER ·Belvedere cuts Bayview construction fine from $154,800 to $18,000
A Belvedere homeowner must pay $18,000 in penalties — rather than $154,800 — after the City Council found that PG&E failures pushed his project months past its deadline.
By TYLER CALLISTER ·A Tiburon stop for their six-continent, 30-year marriage
On a 70-degree afternoon at Shoreline Park, Dan and Barbara Friedman look like any other couple out for a stroll. They’ve just returned from Antarctica. Next stop: the Arctic.
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Turnover at Strawberry Village fuels debate over rents, future
Empty storefronts and reports of doubled rents have some residents calling Strawberry Village a “ghost town," but the center's owner says seven new businesses will open this year.
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Belvedere council kicks off process toward city’s long-term vision plan
The city of Belvedere is launching a comprehensive General Plan overhaul. The 2010 plan has been in place for 16 years; the new version will shape land use, housing and climate policy for decades to come.
By TYLER CALLISTER ·Train enthusiast-turned-docent elected president of Belvedere-Tiburon Landmarks Society
Mark Freiberg, a train enthusiast who lives across the street from the Railroad & Ferry Depot Museum in Tiburon is the new president of the Belvedere-Tiburon Landmarks Society, succeeding Phil Cassou, who led the organization for eight years.
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Strawberry neighbors strike deal on seminary redevelopment plan
A Strawberry neighborhood group has dropped its opposition to the redevelopment of the former Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary campus after reaching a settlement with the developer.
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Beach Road seawall project in Belvedere moves toward summer construction
The $4.63 million stabilization project involves driving 550 feet of steel sheet piling to reinforce a cracking seawall against seismic risk.
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