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Advice & Consent: ‘Ask E. Jean’ has answers

E. Jean Carroll has lived several American lives, all worthy of their own headlines. Before she became the advice columnist who could turn heartbreak, horniness and human folly into copy, Carroll was Miss Cheerleader USA, a beauty queen, a sorority sister and, eventually, one of the rare women to crash...

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Juneteenth, a federal holiday, commemorates June 19, 1865, the day that U.S. Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger and more than 2,000 Union soldiers posted notices in Galveston, Texas, announcing the end of slavery.

Juneteenth Celebrations, Marin Marks the Day and its Meaning

Jun 9, 2026

The Emancipation Proclamation freed enslaved people in Confederate states in 1863, yet it took another two and a half...

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The glassy-winged sharpshooter just hitched a ride from a Fresno nursery to Costco stores across Northern California, including those in Sonoma and Marin counties.

Invasive Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter Found in North Bay Costco Stores

Jun 1, 2026

As if the wine industry didn’t have enough issues—declining consumption and climate change to start—now an invasive insect that...

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The Marin Rapid Response Network, part of the Marin Multicultural Center, offers a three-hour training for ICE legal observers

Legal Observers Document ICE Activity in Marin

May 26, 2026

Part of my job as a reporter involves chronicling what I see and hear. In some ways, it’s similar to...

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Homeless camp residents break bread together with their housed neighbors at weekly dinners.

Around the Table: Marin Residents Dine with Their Unhoused Neighbors

May 19, 2026

After a fire ravaged a sanctioned Novato homeless encampment two years ago, a local woman stepped in to lend...

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What James Freebury can remember of his aneurysm was a blinding headache.

The Odyssey of James Freebury, a Personal Encounter With the Author of ‘A Man...

May 19, 2026

I have met James Freebury only twice. And both times after his accident. Our relationship was carried out over...

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Measure H, a proposed parcel tax for the Ross Valley School District, would provide about $8.6 million annually for the next 10 years.

Ross Valley School District’s Measure H Could Prevent School Closures

May 12, 2026

The Ross Valley School District has tightened its belt for the past six years. Yet with funding remaining flat,...

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Sebby Suarez believes he may be the first chess national champion from Marin County.

Undefeated: Marin Student Wins National Chess Championship

May 12, 2026

Round after round, 15-year-old chess player Sebastian “Sebby” Suarez went undefeated. After seven games, the 10th grader from Mill Valley...

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