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Dec 22, 2025

The Art of Messing Around, Steven Hurwitz and the Aesthetics of ‘Agreement’

For many artists, the process of making a piece is composed of calculations and meticulous planning. However, for Gallery Route One (GRO) artist Steven Hurwitz, the studio is a playground, and his art is simply an “agreement” between materials and direction instead of a carefully planned out piece.  A member...
Reporter Nikki Silverstein has worked at the ‘Pacific Sun’ for 20 years.
Dec 2, 2025

Still Shining, a Writer’s Time in the ‘Sun’

This year, I reached a professional milestone. I’ve spent half my career working for the Pacific Sun, investing two...
Academic freedom and freedom of speech
Dec 2, 2025

Trump vs. Higher Ed, a Direct Attack on the Freedom of Speech

After waging war on public broadcasting and the arts, the Trump administration threatened recently to cut federal funding to nine prominent colleges...
A youth group has decided to forego their annual holiday party to provide pasta meals, socks, warm clothes and more to scores of homeless people in Marin on Thanksgiving eve.
Nov 25, 2025

Giving Back: Vulnerable Youth Provide Holiday Help for Unhoused People

A youth group has decided to forego their annual holiday party to provide pasta meals, socks, warm clothes and...
Gratitude makes us healthier.
Nov 24, 2025

Gratitude is Good: Marin’s Secret Guide to Health and Happiness

In a county where people can practice yoga on a paddleboard, it’s easy to feel blessed. Yet Thanksgiving isn’t...
The federal government’s funding turmoil has left scores of Marin individuals and families fearing they’ll be homeless—again—next year.
Nov 18, 2025

Precariously Housed: Emergency Voucher Funding Ends Unexpectedly

The federal government’s funding turmoil has left scores of Marin individuals and families fearing they’ll be homeless—again—next year. Ninety-four households...
Peet’s Coffee and Sweetwater’s partnership reflects the care that the music hall has for the community.
Nov 18, 2025

A Coffee Crisis Averted: Peet’s Arrives at Sweetwater

For 39 years, 88 Throckmorton Ave. housed Peet’s Coffee. The coffee shop, located in downtown Mill Valley, opened in...
Challenges beset Marin’s tight residential rental market
Nov 11, 2025

Tenants & Landlords, Challenges Beset Marin’s Tight Residential Rental Market

One of the most harrowing experiences of my relatively charmed life occurred over the last two months as I...
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