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- San Rafael Local Market vendor fair makes debut
By Marin Independent Journal PUBLISHED: June 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM PDT Residents enjoyed music, food, shopping and family activities at the inaugural San Rafael Local Market - Editorial: Communication key in addressing permits for pop-up food vendors
The Canal neighborhood of San Rafael, Calif., on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal) By Marin IJ Editorial Board PUBLISHED: June 1, 2025 at 12:59 - San Rafael cracks down on illegal food vendors
By Adrian Rodriguez | arodriguez@marinij.com | Marin Independent Journal and Richard Halstead | rhalstead@marinij.com | Marin Independent Journal UPDATED: May 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM PDT San Rafael is ramping up enforcement of illegal - Marin Voice: On 100th anniversary of College of Marin, school president calls for supportBy Jonathan Eldridge PUBLISHED: May 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM PDT College of Marin has been the community’s college for the past 99 years. As superintendent and
- Bay Area Environmental Justice Projects in Limbo After Federal Funding Is Canceled
Ezra David Romero – KQED Bay Area nonprofits, counties and cities with environmental justice projects are searching for new funding after the Trump administration terminated the grants - Marin Voice: Corte Madera’s Tamal Vista project is about more than housing
By Omar Carrera PUBLISHED: May 12, 2025 at 12:58 PM PDT Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to offer public comment about an important housing project - Marin extends school mental health service contracts
By Krissy Waite | kwaite@marinij.com PUBLISHED: May 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM PDT Marin County has extended contracts for mental health services for some students for another year. The - Editorial: Marin organizations recognize importance of Canal neighborhood’s future
By Marin IJ Editorial Board PUBLISHED: April 19, 2025 at 12:58 PM PDT San Rafael’s Canal neighborhood – a longstanding pocket of poverty in our county as - Marin groups join forces to boost Canal area
By Keri Brenner | kbrenner@marinij.com | Marin Independent Journal UPDATED: April 14, 2025 at 10:38 AM PDT A group of organizations in Marin County is teaming up to create a - Diana Benitez: 2025 Forty Under 40 winner
NORTH BAY BUSINESS JOURNAL 2025 Forty Under 40 winner As the Senior Community Development Planner at Canal Alliance, Diana Benitez leads the “Nuestro Canal, Nuestro - Canal Alliance Supports Plan for Educator HousingBy Letters to the editor || Marin Independent Journal PUBLISHED: March 26, 2025 at 12:58 PM PDT As the leader of one of Marin’s largest social-service agencies,
- San Rafael approves contract for Canal transportation upgradesBy Krissy Waite | kwaite@marinij.com PUBLISHED: March 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM PDT A project to upgrade sidewalks, transit stops and lighting is slated for San Rafael’s Canal neighborhood.
- Editorial: Sinking areas of Marin need constructive strategy, practical plan
By MARIN IJ EDITORIAL BOARD PUBLISHED: March 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM PDT Parts of San Rafael and Corte Madera are sinking as the threat of sea-level - North Bay Business Journal names Forty Under 40 winners for 2025Check out who made North Bay Business Journal’s Forty Under 40 list this year of the most influential business people 40 and younger. They will
- Marin supervisors allocate $500K to aid immigrants
By Richard Halstead | rhalstead@marinij.com | Marin Independent Journal UPDATED: March 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM PST Reacting to the Trump administration’s moves on immigration policy, Marin County supervisors allocated
