Mill Valley News

Prison officials at San Quentin State Prison have quarantined 800 inmates after several prisoners came down with flu symptoms and a handful initially tested positive for the H1N1 virus.

The Mill Valley Market will celebrate its 80th anniversary on July 4 with a daylong celebration outside the downtown store at 12 Corte Madera Ave.

The recent death of Robert Derzon, a Mill Valley resident and retired U.S. health official, was due to swine flu, his son said Monday.

The Marin IJ is reporting a Mill Valley resident has succumbed to swine flu. Robert Derzon, became ill while on a trip to the East Coast in early June.

The heat didn't prevent wine-lovers and food-fanciers from turning out in droves to sample the treats down at the 28th annual Wine and Gourmet Food Tasting in downtown Mill Valley on Sunday.

Construction continues on the 32,000-square-foot Tamalpais Commons on Miller Avenue in Mill Valley.

Ilse Stanfield, co-owner of the no name bar, shares a laugh with a customer at the Sausalito bar.

Firefighters with the help of two fire boats were able to contain an explosive two-alarm blaze Thursday afternoon that gutted one houseboat and nearly destroyed another on the Sausalito waterfront.

The serene, redwood-filled, picturesque town of Mill Valley hosts an abundance of natural wonders and scenic activities.

Napa County sheriff's investigators are hoping a bust created from the remains of an unidentified homicide victim will prompt someone who knew her to come forward.

Life in Marin , posted by Allison Levenson, a resident of the Mill Valley neighborhood, 12 minutes ago Allison Levenson is a member of Pacific Sun The Mill Valley Public Library is extending for an extra month an exhibit by local photographer Allison Levenson.

Wine lovers turn out for last year's gourmet tasting event! Mill Valley will be the place to be this weekend, as dozens and dozens of wine and gourmet food vendors will showcase their wares at the 28th Annual Mill Valley Wine and Gourmet Food Tasting event.

The Tamalpais Commons housing and retail development under construction along the Miller Avenue major thoroughfare of this small southern Marin County city is set to be a certified green project.

P laywright Joe Orton, by the time he died in 1967, had already shown himself to be uninterested in writing nice, safe comedies.

Anyone who has seen a 5-foot-long fork might want to contact the folks at the Tyler Florence Shop in Mill Valley.

Five German shepherd puppies cloned from a dog named Trakr have been delivered to owner James Symington Left, James Symington of Los Angeles holds five clones of Trakr, his late search-and-rescue dog, who found the last human survivor in the rubble of the 9/11 attacks.

If you were at the Mill Vally Middle School around lunchtime, you may have seen the entire school body on the outside court performing a disco line dance routine.

Mill Valley school leaders have signed off on a plan mapping out how the growing district might look in the next 15 years.

Better flood protection, habitat restoration and improving water quality in Richardson Bay are goals of a new $680,000 program being launched by Mill Valley and the county.

With local revenue drying up in the stumbling economy, Mill Valley city leaders plan a tuneup for the city's two-year budget cycle this week.