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Reed school district inclusion efforts filmed for documentary series
A crew for Andy Garcia’s public-television docuseries filmed Reed Union School District classrooms Sept. 24 for a segment on including students with disabilities.
By FRANCISCO MARTINEZ ·
Belvedere plans standalone fix for Hawthorne Lane stairs
Belvedere wants to rebuild the worn stairs at the top of Hawthorne Lane with a railed platform and bench now, ahead of any broader makeover of Centennial Park.
By TYLER CALLISTER ·
Belvedere-Tiburon Library board says more time is needed for facilities plan
The Belvedere-Tiburon Library Agency board heard its first long-term facilities plan Sept. 21 but held off adopting it over concerns it mixed maintenance with new projects.
By FRANCISCO MARTINEZ ·Waterfront mansion in Belvedere hits the market for $32 million
A newly completed three-level waterfront home at 46 Cliff Road on Belvedere Island, descending to the edge of Richardson Bay, is on the market for $32 million.
By TYLER CALLISTER ·
Belvedere Home Made Film Festival returns; Tiburon Native American celebration
The Belvedere Home Made Film Festival screens 30 local shorts Oct. 9 in Belvedere Community Park, and Tiburon celebrates Native American arts Oct. 11 in Zelinsky Park.
Demolition of Belvedere’s Mallard Pointe gets green light
Crews are mobilizing to demolish Belvedere’s 22 Mallard Pointe apartments after an Oct. 1 permit, but one tenant remains and a silt-curtain dispute could stall part of the work.
By KEVIN HESSEL ·
Three fire agencies drill at Belvedere's Mallard Pointe complex through Oct. 12
Firefighters from Tiburon Fire, Southern Marin Fire and Marin County Fire are training at the Mallard Pointe apartments through Oct. 12 before demolition.
By KEVIN HESSEL ·Reed schools’ Measure O seeks $115 million bond for campus repairs
Voters will decide Nov. 3 on Measure O, a $115 million bond to repair and upgrade the Reed Union School District’s three schools.
By FRANCISCO MARTINEZ ·
Local stories take the screen as Belvedere Home Made Film Festival returns
About 30 short films screen at the third annual Belvedere Home Made Film Festival, which begins at 6 p.m. Oct. 9 at Belvedere Community Park.
By TYLER CALLISTER ·
Belvedere bends its plaque policy for gazebo builder Larry Hadley
Belvedere’s parks committee voted Sept. 17 to bend its residency guideline and put up a plaque honoring Larry Hadley, whose company built the Community Park gazebo.
By TYLER CALLISTER ·
Measure P childcare tax would raise $12.5 million a year for Marin programs
Measure P, a 15-year countywide parcel tax on the Nov. 3 ballot, would subsidize childcare in Marin and raise pay for providers, about $100 a year for a 2,000-square-foot house.
By KEVIN HESSEL ·Measure CC hospital tax would raise $12.4 million a year for MarinHealth ER, ICU
Measure CC, a 30-year parcel tax on the Nov. 3 ballot, would pay for a larger ER and expanded ICU at MarinHealth Medical Center, Marin’s only trauma center.
By KEVIN HESSEL ·Marin County to test AlertMarin emergency alerts at 10 a.m. Sept. 26; fewer than half of Tiburon, Belvedere households signed up
Marin County will test AlertMarin, its emergency notification system, at 10 a.m. Sept. 26, sending a test alert to everyone registered for the service.
By KEVIN HESSEL ·Belvedere approves Marin’s first commercial drone delivery rules
Belvedere City Council voted 3-2 Sept. 14 to advance Marin’s first commercial drone delivery ordinance, barring delivery hubs from homes and limiting where drones can land.
By TYLER CALLISTER ·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.
By TYLER CALLISTER ·
Ark audit finds federally linked license-plate searches continue after Tiburon’s Flock safeguards
A day after The Ark asked Tiburon who approved access to its license-plate cameras, the town revised the policy, dropping the written-request rule and its monthly audit method.
By KEVIN HESSEL ·
Mallard Pointe tenants move out, but demolition still awaits city permit
Tenants at Mallard Pointe in Belvedere had to be out by Sept. 14, but demolition of the 22 apartments is still waiting on a bulkhead permit under city review since February 2025.
By KEVIN HESSEL ·
Richardson Bay agency accepts $5 million in grants for debris, eelgrass work
The Richardson Bay Regional Agency has accepted nearly $5 million in grants to pull sunken debris off the bay floor and replant eelgrass beds that anchors tore up.
By KEVIN HESSEL ·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.
By TYLER CALLISTER ·
Health benefits and social-media posts add tension to Marin Board of Education race
Two Tiburon residents, incumbent Marilyn Nemzer and challenger Avery Lieberman, are running Nov. 3 for the Marin County Board of Education seat covering the Tiburon Peninsula.
By FRANCISCO MARTINEZ ·
