Richard Halstead

Loading your audio article A proposal to shift 32 apartments from a controversial Marin City affordable housing development to a location near Tam Junction has landed with a thud with project critics.

A default on municipal bonds used to purchase an apartment building in Larkspur has caused the city to take a second look at its participation in the California Community Housing Authority.

With rent-control measures affecting three local municipalities on the ballot, the Nov. 5 election could be a watershed event for Marin County.

The community was among 12 applicants nationwide to be selected for funding to support water-related projects.

For years, a no trespassing sign stood at “Founder's Rock,” the unofficial landmark for people hiking at the Martha Co. property in Tiburon.

The county has now allocated about $11.2 million to the Village at Oak Hill project, which would create 135 apartments for certain public-sector employees.

Architectural rendering of the 250-unit Village at Oak Hill workforce housing project with two housing communities near San Quentin State Prison. The project would have 135 apartments for teachers and staff of local school districts as well as county employees, and the other 115 apartments for lower-income families. The developer is Education Housing Partners, formed in 2004 by Mill Valley-based Thompson Dorfman Partners. The project is set to get into construction in early 2025 if financing is secured. Eden Housing plans to build (Courtesy: Marin Environmental Housing Collaborative)

Bolinas Beach, a popular surf spot, has been closed indefinitely because of wastewater contamination believed to be emanating from the gridded Big Mesa area of the town.

West Marin needs to create at least 1,000 new residences affordable to households earning less than $65,000 a year, according to a new report.

Marin County planners have received a number of critical comments about a draft environmental report on a major new development in the Strawberry area.