Adrián Rodríguez

4 days ago | marinij.com | Adrian Rodriguez |Adrián Rodríguez

The North Marin Water District is preparing to raise rates in West Marin to help pay for $27.5 million in capital improvements. The agency’s board voted Tuesday to accept a rate study and call for a public hearing. If approved, the new water rate structure would apply to 775 connections for about 1,800 residents in Point Reyes Station, Olema, Bear Valley, Inverness Park and Paradise Ranch Estates.

4 days ago | marinij.com | Adrian Rodriguez |Adrián Rodríguez

Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit will continue to let youths and seniors ride for free through June 2026. Touting the success of its pilot program aimed at boosting ridership, the agency said overall ridership rose 43% from 67,421 travelers in March 2024 to 96,100 last month. The increase was attributed to an influx of new riders 18 and younger and older than 65, said Emily Betts, planning manager for SMART. In March, seniors accounted for 17% of riders and youths comprised 26%, Betts said.

5 days ago | marinij.com | Adrian Rodriguez |Adrián Rodríguez

A new survey indicates growing voter support for a Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit sales tax renewal in 2026. Overall support has increased from 65% to 69% in the past year, according to 842 responses from likely voters in Marin and Sonoma counties, according to a poll conducted in March. The increase clears the two-thirds threshold needed for the measure to pass.

1 week ago | marinij.com | Adrian Rodriguez |Adrián Rodríguez

The Marin Municipal Water District took another step this week in pursuit of what the agency says is its largest supply and drought resiliency project in 40 years. The district board voted unanimously on Tuesday to authorize spending $9.7 million to design a pipeline that would tap into an existing aqueduct system to get Sonoma water to Marin reservoirs. The pipeline project was selected in February as the district’s priority effort to boost supply.

1 week ago | marinij.com | Adrian Rodriguez |Adrián Rodríguez

Without rain to tamp it down, pollen has gone airborne, signaling that spring allergy season has arrived in Marin. “The grass pollen already started up a couple of weeks ago, and the juniper pollen a couple months,” said Dr. Schuman Tam, an allergist at MarinHealth Medical Center in Greenbrae. “The allergy season is starting earlier and lasting longer.”Hay fever, or allergic rhinitis, brings itchy eyes, runny noses, sneezing, smelling difficulties, sore throats and skin irritation.