Belvedere
Tiburon, Belvedere brace for El Niño, king tides
Tiburon and Belvedere are filling sandbag stations and readying a shared emergency center for a strong to very strong El Niño, and officials urge residents to prepare.
By FRANCISCO MARTINEZ and TYLER CALLISTER ·
Tiburon, Belvedere, Strawberry voters are weighing eight local contests, four local measures
Five candidates for three Tiburon Town Council seats and four for three Reed Union board seats head the peninsula’s Nov. 3 ballot, with six other races and four measures.
By KEVIN HESSEL ·Reed Union schools to develop age-based framework for screens, AI
Reed Union School District board members questioned student screen time Oct. 13; a framework setting age-appropriate limits on devices and AI comes to the board in February.
By KEVIN HESSEL ·Late filings show who’s paying for Tiburon council, fire, school races
Alice Fredericks raised the most from donors among Tiburon Town Council candidates in the last pre-election reports, while Kathleen Defever outspent the field with a loan.
By FRANCISCO MARTINEZ and KEVIN HESSEL ·Belvedere considers water-filled flood barriers as El Niño threat grows
Belvedere may line San Rafael Avenue and Beach Road with water-filled flood barriers this winter as forecasters warn a very strong El Niño could bring flooding.
By KEVIN HESSEL ·
Belvedere’s Mallard Pointe apartments coming down
Demolition of Belvedere’s 22-unit Mallard Pointe apartments began Oct. 15 to make way for a 40-unit development; an appeal of its bulkhead permits is set for Nov. 9.
Belvedere shelves rules for drone deliveries after resident backlash
Belvedere has shelved its proposed rules for commercial drone deliveries and will pursue a regional approach with other Marin cities after weeks of resident opposition.
By TYLER CALLISTER ·Reed Union student test scores remain steady for English, math
Reed Union School District students held steady on the 2025-2026 state tests, with 80.7% meeting English standards and 78.8% in math, well above Marin and the state.
By FRANCISCO MARTINEZ ·Belvedere weighs police merger with Tiburon or regional agency
Belvedere is preparing to hire a firm to study its Police Department, including whether to merge or share policing with Tiburon; a contract could come in November.
By TYLER CALLISTER ·The Ranch’s Halloween Carnival is Sunday
The Ranch’s Halloween Carnival runs 2-4:30 p.m. Oct. 25 at the Belvedere Community Center, with carnival games, a reptile show and a mini haunted house.
By DIANA GOODMAN ·Resident group says Belvedere issued Mallard Pointe permits prematurely
Belvedere Residents for Intelligent Growth has appealed Mallard Pointe bulkhead permits; the City Council will hear the appeal Nov. 9, and work continues meanwhile.
By KEVIN HESSEL ·Belvedere resident sues Tiburon, police officers over alleged wrongful arrest, privacy violations
A Belvedere resident is suing Tiburon and three police officers, alleging an arrest without probable cause on an October 2025 domestic-violence call.
By FRANCISCO MARTINEZ ·Assembly Democrats Lucan, Elward agree on policy, spar over outside money
Assembly candidates Eric Lucan and Jackie Elward agreed on most policy at a Sept. 30 forum but sparred over millions in outside money in the 12th District race.
By KEVIN HESSEL ·
State Senate candidates Connolly, Gibbs clash over taxes, housing, homelessness
State Senate candidates Damon Connolly and Tief Gibbs split over Marin’s childcare tax, homelessness and a statewide tax measure, but both vowed to rein in state housing laws.
By KEVIN HESSEL ·
Belvedere may seek more time for Beach Road seawall work
Belvedere’s Beach Road seawall work will likely run into November, and the city may seek an extension past its Oct. 30 deadline for in-water work.
By TYLER CALLISTER ·
Redesign brings Belvedere’s Artist’s View deck bid under budget
After first-round bids came in over budget, Belvedere swapped steel for wood in its Artist’s View lookout platform and on Oct. 12 awarded a $172,200 contract.
By TYLER CALLISTER ·
Belvedere’s Community Park well bid comes in $44,000 over budget
Belvedere’s only proposal to drill a new well for Community Park irrigation came in at $122,127, about $44,000 over the city’s $78,000 budget.
By TYLER CALLISTER ·
Tam Union board member Kevin Saavedra resigns day after restraining order, stays on ballot
Tamalpais Union High School District board member Kevin Saavedra resigned Oct. 9, a day after a judge’s restraining order, but stays on the Nov. 3 ballot.
By KEVIN HESSEL ·Tamalpais Union board hopefuls split over trust, budget at forum
Seven candidates for three Tamalpais Union High School District board seats split over whether the board has lost community trust, at a Sept. 28 forum in Larkspur.
By KEVIN HESSEL ·Open governor’s race, billionaire tax top California ballot
Peninsula ballots carry an open California governor’s race, 14 state propositions including a one-time billionaire tax, and an open Assembly seat.
By KEVIN HESSEL ·
