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MVPD officer assaulted after responding to escalating party

By Nathan Robinson ♦ Nov 17, 2022

The Mill Valley Police Department (MVPD) responded to the scene of a rowdy party of 100 to 200 high school students in the CVS parking lot outside of the local apartments on Ashford Avenue on Nov. 5.

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Bomb threat forces middle school evacuation

By Lucas Rosevear ♦ Nov 27, 2018

Students and staff at Mill Valley Middle School were forced to evacuate today after a bomb threat was made. Students were moved to the Mill Valley Community Center to await pickup while police swept the...

Threatening Graffiti Found On Campus

By Milo Levine, Editor in Chief ♦ Nov 7, 2017

Graffiti that threatened harm to Tam students and staff was found in the Upper Keyser girls' bathroom at about 1:00 p.m. on November 7. The administration was notified about the threat and promptly contacted...

Tam Experiences Flooding January 12

By Marina Furbush and Ethan Swope ♦ Jan 13, 2017

All photos by Ethan Swope Tam and the surrounding area experienced widespread flooding on January 12, due to a combination of heavy rainfall in prior days and a large king tide. King tides are the...

Tam Experiences King Tide Flooding December 15

By Marina Furbush and Ethan Swope ♦ Dec 19, 2016

All photos by Ethan Swope Students dashed across campus as the rain pelted them December 15. Traffic jammed the roads, while police shut down part of Miller Avenue and Camino Alto due to flooding. The...

Rise in Mill Valley Mail Theft

By Kennedy Cook and Charlie Rosgen ♦ Oct 14, 2016

Over the past month there has been a series of mail thefts around Strawberry and Tam Valley. The alarm has spread throughout the social media site, Nextdoor, which is popular among adults in local neighborhoods. There...

Police Blotter: April 2011

Apr 5, 2011

The following are pulled from official MVPD reports: A resident of Lovell Avenue came home at 7:45 p.m. to find an animal on her staircase. The woman called police and said she was afraid to go past...

New technology challenges privacy

By Hannah Berman ♦ Nov 5, 2010

Many Tam students and Mill Valley families may have already seen or heard about the latest addition to the Mill Valley Police department vehicle fleet: the new Dodge Charger equipped with Automated License...

Mill Valley shenanigans exposed

By Hank Brown ♦ Oct 1, 2010

Welcome to Mill Valley, a magical land of wonderment where singing children frolic through forests of cypress and wealth seems to flow like the river Nile. It is a place where doors are left unlocked and...