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Community on the Bay

By Ashley Townsend, Sophia Weinberg, Kelsey Cook, and Natalie Popper ♦ Nov 17, 2024

“I am an artist, a musician, an empath, a brother, a son. The anchor out community is a place where we can be all of that in one,” Stephen Ehert, an anchor out, said. Since the 1880’s, people have been living on the San Francisco Bay and its neighboring inlets. The infamous anchor out community has recently been clashing with the Richardson Bay Regional Agency (RBRA), a result of the evasion of property taxes, spurred on by the anchor outs.

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Equator: a local gem for caffeine-lovers

By Luella Searson, Reporter ♦ Jul 1, 2023

If you’ve driven around Mill Valley before, chances are you’ve noticed a red or black tiger sticker floating around placed on the bumper of cars, computer covers, and phone cases. Equator’s coffee’s...

Sausalito Marin City School District teachers offered insubstantial pay increase for 2022/23, union protests

By Anika Kapan, Features Editor, Graphics Editor ♦ Jun 8, 2023

"We love our parents, and we love our students. And nobody wants to leave.”

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California Homeless Union v. Sausalito

By Anika Kapan, Features Editor, Graphics Editor ♦ Nov 18, 2022

“These are Sausalito residents, people who in many cases lived a good chunk of their lives there, they rented apartments in the past, and paid rent, a lot of that went to property taxes, sales taxes, raised children, went to schools, they are part of the artistic community,” Prince said. “They are contributing members of the Sausalito community. They’re residents. They’re not just ‘the homeless.’”

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Tent City

By Savy Behr, Lifestyles/Sports Editor ♦ Oct 24, 2021

“We aren’t done protesting because we’re here [in Marinship Park] we’re still going to be protesting the violence against anchor-outs."

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Sausalito judge rules in favor of Dunphy Park homeless encampment

By Charlie Wiltsee, Managing Editor ♦ Apr 19, 2021

The judge ruled the encampment would be allowed to remain at the site partly due to concerns over the spread of COVID-19 if it were to be shut down.

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SMCSD calls on community for help with desegregation plan

Dec 11, 2019

As it seeks to merge its two schools, Bayside Martin Luther King Jr. Academy in Marin City and Willow Creek Academy in Sausalito, the Sausalito Marin City School District has reached out to the community for input.

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Fire in Downtown Sausalito

By Rocky Brown, Rocky Brown, and Rocky Brown ♦ Jun 11, 2018

At 6:25 p.m., on the corner of Princess and Bridgeway in Sausalito, a fire erupted in the alley between Starbucks and Sausalito Jewelers. Within five minutes of the ignition, the fire quickly engulfed...

Sausalito Continues Waterfront Cleanup

By Calvin Rosevear ♦ Jun 10, 2018

Sausalito police and city employees continue to engage in a city council-sponsored cleanup of marine debris in the Sausalito waterfront area. The cleanup focuses on the anchor-outs, a handful of boats...

Marin County Local District Election

By Cal Mitchell, Reporter ♦ Dec 18, 2017

A countywide election was held to determine various positions in each local district across Marin County, on November 7, 2017. Townships across the county opened their polls for both individual candidates,...

Sausalito Ferry Renovations Confirmed

By Rocky Brown, Sports and Website Editor ♦ Nov 15, 2017

After three years of debate and multiple lawsuits, the city of Sausalito has approved a plan to renovate the downtown ferry dock. On October 14 the city council unanimously approved a renovations plan...