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.

Dragonflies are carnivores that eat aphids, gnats, mosquitoes and flies, which makes them worth having around.

Strawberry Rec's Community Night and the Tiburon chamber's Friday Nights on Main are Aug. 21, while Charlie Torch will play a bluegrass concert Aug. 23.

Dan Mihalovich spent his teens at The Fillmore. Now the Tiburon commercial real-estate broker has released his third album under the name Dan Moss.

Eight local artists are showing work at Tiburon Town Hall in "We the People," an exhibit marking the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence.

Belvedere's Andrew Stanton directed "Toy Story 5," which has grossed more than $900 million. He wrote or shaped the story for every earlier film in the series.

Institutions such as the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh financed many trips around the world to collect specimens that might do well in British gardens.

Tiburon marked the nation's 250th anniversary of independence with a block party on lower Main Street July 4, organized by the town and the chamber of commerce.

Tiburon celebrates the Fourth with a costumed dog parade down Tiburon Boulevard, live music and food on Ark Row, then the Golden Gate Bridge fireworks from Shoreline Park.

Mitchell Pope trained at Redwood High School's drama program, then New York's William Esper Studio, before launching his own theater company in 2023.