Ben Stocking

There’s a certain symmetry in the fact that the grand marshal of this year’s Western Weekend is a historian. After nearly eight decades, the event itself has become a living piece of West Marin history. Who better than Dewey Livingston to take a leading role in the festivities?

The International 110 is a sporty sailboat favored by a particular sort of idiosyncratic racing purist, folks who love camaraderie and a good time. At the 2022 International 110 National Regatta—the last one to be held at the Inverness Yacht Club—bar revenue hit a record. That’s a significant accomplishment, given that the club has been operating for 112 years. “Basically, we party for five days,” said Milly Biller, the club’s port captain. But they also race, quite seriously. These days, the event happens every two years, alternating between Hull, Mass., and Inverness, and it draws some of the world’s most accomplished sailors. The next one will be held in West Marin from Aug. 9 to 13; the course runs between Marconi Cove and Heart’s Desire, where the winds are a bit lighter than near the club. The 2022 race was a barnburner, with the top two crews separated by just three feet after seven rounds of racing. The winner was a sailing legend, Skip Allan, an Inverness Yacht Club member from Santa Cruz. Mr. Allen has raced with America’s Cup winner Ted Turner of CNN fame and skippered the Imp, a racing yacht out of San Francisco that is one of the most decorated of all time. Mr. Allan is also a survivor of the 1979 Fastnet Race, a premier international sailing event held in the United Kingdom. That year, a storm packing hurricane-force winds overturned at least 75 boats and sank five. Fifteen crew members died. In that era, crews did not have to radio in their location, and for a time, the Imp’s whereabouts were unknown. A New York Times account reported that the boat had capsized. “We did not die, even though the

The people of the San Geronimo Valley love Noel “Arti” Fernandes almost as much as Mr. Fernandes loves soccer. (It’s hard to imagine even the most ardent love burning hotter than his passion for the beautiful game.)

Last fall, a tiny sign appeared along Highway 1 whose name would likely be a mystery to all but the most discerning cocktail aficionados: King Floyd’s. The sign points up the driveway to the former Point Reyes Vineyards, directing delivery drivers to a large green warehouse overlooking Tomales Bay.

West Marin residents bracing for the Green Bridge replacement in Point Reyes Station can add another traffic worry to their checklist. Shortly after that historic span is replaced, the county’s Department of Public Works plans to replace a less noteworthy bridge that crosses Olema Creek on Levee Road.

Richard Dillman is the transmitter-engineer at KWMR, which he helped build from the ground up. (David Briggs / Point Reyes Light)

Marin County supervisors are joining an effort to block a planned ICE holding facility in Santa Clara County, but they disappointed immigrant rights activists who packed a board meeting last week to demand they do more.

Marin has approved an updated emergency operations plan aimed at making its disaster response nimbler, faster, and better equipped to support rural areas like West Marin. It is the first update since 2014. “This has been a big lift and I think a very important one,” Marin County Fire Department Chief Jason Weber told the Board of Supervisors in June. Running more than 500 pages, the document is a heavy lift indeed. The plan removes…

AT&T has won an important round in its ongoing battle to end traditional landline service for 184,000 California households, including many that rely on copper-wire phones as an essential connection during natural disasters such as fires, storms, and earthquakes.

Before voters renewed Measure A—which funds the maintenance and acquisition of county parks, open space preserves, and protected farmland—the county spent a lot of time rethinking how to allocate the revenue it generates. Now, just four years later, the Marin County Civil Grand Jury wants to rethink it again.