Mill Valley News

Surrounded by redwood trees, this stunning Mill Valley, California residence was designed by CCS Architecture as a home for an empty-nester couple.

The average household across all Marin cities owes about $5,700 to pay for retiree health care promised to public employees but left unfunded by elected officials, a new study indicates.

Ice cream vendor Hardeep Singh waits in his truck for his customers to get out of class near Strawberry Point School in Tiburon.

Blue Star Music Camp, a nonprofit program for kids, celebrates its 10th anniversary with "Generation Next," a benefit concert by local musicians and their offspring at 7 p.m. Sunday at Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley.

Tom Drescher has been named the new principal of Amador Valley High School, succeeding Jim Hansen, who is retiring.

Milll Valley Seniors for Peace on Monday will show Part I of "After Trinity," a documentary about J. Robert Oppenheimer and the development of the atom bomb.

Two key bike and pedestrian projects, including the continued study of reopening the Alto Tunnel, are moving ahead after action by the Board of Supervisors.

The Mexican Arts Festival is from noon to 5 p.m. June 15 at the San Geronimo Valley Community Center.

Deborah Hamon holds hands full of pom-poms on Monday, May 20, 2013, in Novato, Calif.

Kenny Gatlin, a Caltrans employee, picks up litter along northbound Highway 101 on Alto Hill on Wednesday, June 12, 2013, in Corte Madera, Calif.

San Rafael's Equator Coffees & Teas is opening its first retail shop and the lucky locale is in the Proof Lab Surf Shop in Mill Valley.

The American Cancer Society is teaming up with a local art gallery to encourage people to sign up for its Relay for Life programs to help fight cancer.

Jake Johannsen is among the headliners at this year's Comedy Night in the Plaza on June 19 in Mill Valley.

Left to right: Roberta Wain-Becker and Violet and Griff Marshall at the Golden Gate Opera fundraiser on June 1 in Tiburon.

Comedy returns to the Mill Valley Plaza at 6:30 p.m. June 19 with comics Jake Johannesen, Lizz Winstead and Mark Pitta.

With its detailed handicapping system, the Dipsea Race favors runners on both ends of the age spectrum, something that 12-year-old Julian Lepelch used to his advantage.

In most situations, a black, numbered T-shirt would hardly be enough to lure someone to push themselves toward their physical limits.

Diana Fitzpatrick, a 55-year-old Larkspur resident who has competed in the Olympic Trials marathon event in the past, won the 103rd running of the Dipsea Race on Sunday morning.

As captain of the finish line, Dipsea volunteer Kelly Lawson has a chance to see plenty of drama as runners come to the end of the race at Stinson Beach.

Mary Etta Blanchard of Sonoma and her brother Michael Boitano of Richmond pose for a photos at the Mill Valley Golf Club before being inducted into the Dipsea Hall of Fame in Mill Valley Calif.