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Tiburon awards $349,000 storm-drain contract as flood fix awaits

Tiburon Town Council awarded a $349,000 contract Sept. 16 to reline corroded storm drains at nine spots. It won’t fix the flooding at Beach Road and Tiburon Boulevard.

Tiburon parks board scales back Cypress Hollow upgrades

Tiburon is scaling back its Cypress Hollow Park redesign to the existing play areas and dropping the sidewalk neighbors opposed, cutting a $2.5 million plan at least in half.

Tiburon Wine Festival returns Oct. 3 with 60 wineries, 10 restaurants

Honey wine, crab salad and a cover band: The 43rd Tiburon Wine Festival pours from about 60 wineries 1-4 p.m. Oct. 3 at Point Tiburon Plaza.

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.

Blanch, 18, becomes youngest Tiburon Challenger champion

Darwin Blanch, 18, of Florida beat No. 4 seed Michael Mmoh 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 Sept. 20 to win the Tiburon Challenger, the youngest champion in the tournament’s history.

Ken Davis

Ken Davis passed away peacefully on September 9, 2026.

Madeleine ‘Lani’ Stephens Valentine 

Madeleine “Lani” Stephens Valentine died September 9, 2026.

Alaska by sea: Bears, glaciers and everything in between

Tiburon travel writer Marybeth Bond Sheppard’s fourth trip to Alaska: 13 days from Seattle on Oceania’s Riviera, a small ship that sailed deep into the bay at Hubbard Glacier.

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.

Angel Island burn resumes Sept. 23, putting smoke back over the bay

State Parks, Cal Fire and Marin County Fire plan to resume the Angel Island prescribed burn as early as Sept. 23, putting smoke back over the Tiburon Peninsula.

Four candidates seek three seats on Richardson Bay Sanitary District board

Incumbents Mark Fitzgerald, Peter McIntosh and Patrick Walravens face challenger John Turnacliff for three Richardson Bay Sanitary District board seats on Nov. 3.

The Richardson Bay Sanitary District board candidates at a glance

Measure Z would extend Paradise Cay dredging tax 10 years

Paradise Cay voters decide Nov. 3 on Measure Z, a parcel tax that pays to dredge the community's canals and its two entry channels to San Francisco Bay.

Marin supervisors are weighing future of Strawberry review board

Marin County supervisors want a closer look at whether the Strawberry Design Review Board should be restructured or folded into another body. It is one of six such recommendations in a countywide review of the volunteer boards that advise the county. The board reviews the design of homes and development projects in Strawberry, and it has gone nearly quiet. Since Jan. 6, 2025, the county’s hearing calendar for the board lists a single meeting, on Aug. 17 for a home project in unincorporated...

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.

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.

Tiburon producer aims to make scientists rock stars with ‘Particle Fever’

Tiburon resident Annie Roney is a lead producer of "Particle Fever," a musical about the CERN scientists who found the Higgs boson. It premieres Feb. 16 in La Jolla.

Strawberry playground price now tops $3 million

The Strawberry Recreation District's new playground and restroom are coming in at just over $3 million, more than $500,000 above the maximum the board set.

Two arrested in string of credit card thefts from vehicles at Blackie’s lot

Two men were arrested on suspicion of stealing credit and debit cards from vehicles at Blackie's Pasture in Tiburon and using them at Bay Area stores, Tiburon police said.

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.