Here’s what to donate—edible and nonedible items alike. BY ALI FRANCIS, BON APETITE Every holiday season, Alex Nava, a health specialist in San Rafael, California, sees
Canal Alliance has taken a huge step in its history of serving and representing one of San Rafael’s largest and most challenged communities.
The nonprofit, formed in the 1980s to provide services for the residents of San Rafael’s most racially and economically diverse neighborhoods, is moving into larger quarters and, for the first time, a building that it owns.
After years of renting offices, San Rafael’s Canal Alliance has found a home of its own.
The nonprofit has purchased the 28,690-square-foot complex that includes two adjacent buildings at 711 Grand Ave. for $6.94 million.
Organizations receiving funds share a focus on job training, helping individuals acquire the skills needed to secure stable employment and achieve financial self-sufficiency.
Marin County Public Health Status Update for October 26, 2023 includes Community Health Workers Tackle Opioid Crisis; RSV Vaccine for Pregnant Women Now Available in Marin; Tracking Local COVID 19 Severe Illness Burden; Drop-In Vaccination Clinics Return to Marin; and COVID-19 Data Update.
After years of renting offices, San Rafael’s Canal Alliance has found a home of its own. The nonprofit has purchased the 28,690-square-foot complex that includes two adjacent buildings at 711 Grand Ave. for $6.94 million.
An affordable housing forum in San Rafael outlined a prospective statewide bond measure that could raise $10 billion to $20 billion to create more homes in the Bay Area.
Marin County officials are seeking a $3 million federal grant that might allow them to create a Marin City land trust and to purchase property that the trust would control.
Marin transportation officials are gearing up to launch a two-year environmental review of the proposed connector between Highway 101 and Interstate 580 in San Rafael.
Kaiser Permanente has long partnered with local organizations working to improve access to health care, mental and behavioral health, economic opportunity, education, and housing. These community health partnerships also align with our mission to improve health equity and eliminate structural racism as primary health issues in our communities.
The Canal neighborhood has long struggled with poor housing conditions, rising rents and the constant threat of eviction. When community members are forced to leave the Canal neighborhood, they often have no choice but to leave Marin entirely, as everywhere else in the county is often more expensive. Homeownership, which many of our residents dream of, is often well out of reach.
Nadia Montoya, creator and owner of Nadia’s Dessert, was beginning to take strides toward her dream of having her own bakery and café when she lost her nine-year job as a pastry chef at Boca Tavern in Novato and Boca Pizzeria in Novato and Corte Madera at the start of the pandemic.
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Here’s what to donate—edible and nonedible items alike. BY ALI FRANCIS, BON APETITE Every holiday season, Alex Nava, a health specialist in San Rafael, California, sees
Canal Alliance has taken a huge step in its history of serving and representing one of San Rafael’s largest and most challenged communities. The nonprofit, formed in the 1980s to provide services for the residents of San Rafael’s most racially and economically diverse neighborhoods, is moving into larger quarters and, for the first time, a building that it owns.
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After years of renting offices, San Rafael’s Canal Alliance has found a home of its own. The nonprofit has purchased the 28,690-square-foot complex that includes two adjacent buildings at 711 Grand Ave. for $6.94 million.
Organizations receiving funds share a focus on job training, helping individuals acquire the skills needed to secure stable employment and achieve financial self-sufficiency.
Marin County Public Health Status Update for October 26, 2023 includes Community Health Workers Tackle Opioid Crisis; RSV Vaccine for Pregnant Women Now Available in Marin; Tracking Local COVID 19 Severe Illness Burden; Drop-In Vaccination Clinics Return to Marin; and COVID-19 Data Update.
An affordable housing forum in San Rafael outlined a prospective statewide bond measure that could raise $10 billion to $20 billion to create more homes in the Bay Area.
College of Marin trustees have selected a top administrator at the school as its next president. Jonathan Eldridge, a San Rafael resident.
Marin County officials are seeking a $3 million federal grant that might allow them to create a Marin City land trust and to purchase property that the trust would control.
Marin transportation officials are gearing up to launch a two-year environmental review of the proposed connector between Highway 101 and Interstate 580 in San Rafael.
Kaiser Permanente has long partnered with local organizations working to improve access to health care, mental and behavioral health, economic opportunity, education, and housing. These community health partnerships also align with our mission to improve health equity and eliminate structural racism as primary health issues in our communities.
The Canal neighborhood has long struggled with poor housing conditions, rising rents and the constant threat of eviction. When community members are forced to leave the Canal neighborhood, they often have no choice but to leave Marin entirely, as everywhere else in the county is often more expensive. Homeownership, which many of our residents dream of, is often well out of reach.
Canal Alliance interpreted for Spanish speaking voters at the Marin County Civic Center on Tuesday for Voting Day.
Nadia Montoya, creator and owner of Nadia’s Dessert, was beginning to take strides toward her dream of having her own bakery and café when she lost her nine-year job as a pastry chef at Boca Tavern in Novato and Boca Pizzeria in Novato and Corte Madera at the start of the pandemic.
