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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 ·
Tiburon’s Eddie Madril, an assistant professor at San Francisco State and founder of Sewam American Indian Dance, is co-organizing the town’s Native American celebration Oct. 11.
By FRANCISCO MARTINEZ ·
Doug Twillman, appointed to the Strawberry Recreation District board last year, faces challenger Aliza Hawkins Nov. 3 for the district’s open two-year seat.
By TYLER CALLISTER ·
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 ·
Academy Award-nominated actor Bruce Dern will be the guest of honor Nov. 5 at the first fundraising gala for a new nonprofit supporting Tiburon movie theater Cinelounge.
By FRANCISCO MARTINEZ ·
Alameda County Fire division chief Heather Marques will take command of the Southern Marin Fire Protection District, which serves Strawberry and northern Tiburon, on Oct. 13.
By TYLER CALLISTER ·
Faris Jafar and Chuck Hornbrook are the only two of Tiburon’s five Town Council candidates to report donations in campaign-finance disclosures due Sept. 24.
By FRANCISCO MARTINEZ ·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 ·
A single-story waterfront home at 36 Old Landing Road in Tiburon, steps from a private beach on the bay, is on the market for $17.5 million.
By FRANCISCO MARTINEZ ·
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, 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 ·The Tiburon Wine Festival runs 1-4 p.m. Oct. 3 at Point Tiburon Plaza, and the Ben Stolorow Trio plays 4 p.m. Oct. 4 at Old St. Hilary’s Landmark in Tiburon.
By KEVIN HESSEL ·
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 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 ·Four candidates are running for three four-year seats on the Strawberry Recreation District board Nov. 3, a rare contested race for a district that has struggled to fill seats.
By TYLER CALLISTER ·
Paulino Monterroso started as a dishwasher in a Tiburon cafe in 1992. Now his Salt & Pepper Restaurant on Main Street is the Tiburon chamber’s 2026 Business of the Year.
By FRANCISCO MARTINEZ ·
The Ark is hosting a Tiburon Town Council candidates forum, moderated by the League of Women Voters of Marin County, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 29 in the Town Hall council chambers.
By KEVIN HESSEL ·
Tiburon parks commissioners asked designers Sept. 15 to trim the cost of a planned park at the former sanitation ponds near McKegney Green, now projected at $3.7 million.
By FRANCISCO MARTINEZ ·