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San Rafael Local Market vendor fair makes debut
Posted: June 11, 2025
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
Posted: June 2, 2025
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
Posted: May 21, 2025
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 support
Posted: May 15, 2025
By 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
Posted: May 14, 2025
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
Posted: May 13, 2025
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
Posted: May 5, 2025
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
Posted: April 21, 2025
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
Posted: April 14, 2025
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
Posted: April 14, 2025
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
