Marin Independent Journal

13 hours ago | marinij.com | Krissy Waite

The Novato City Council has approved a plan to convert a commercial property to housing at 100 Wood Hollow Drive. The project will include 66 two-story houses on 6 acres of the nearly 13-acre site. Nine homes will be deed-restricted for low-income households. In Marin, that would be less than $154,700 a year for a household of four. The developer, Align Real Estate, plans lot sizes of 2,300 to 3,735 square feet.

19 hours ago | marinij.com | Barry Willis

Prolific playwright Lauren Gunderson is a national treasure. She excels at bringing historical events (“Silent Sky”) and historical fiction (“Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley”) to life. Through June 8, Ross Valley Players presents a stunning production of Gunderson’s “The Book of Will,” a riotous tale of a group of Shakespeare’s favorite actors trying to piece together a compendium of the Bard’s works from diverse sources. It’s a few years after Shakespeare’s death in 1616.

22 hours ago | marinij.com | Cameron MacDonald

A mountain bicyclist died while riding on the Indian Fire Trail in Kentfield, the county coroner’s office reported. A passerby found the cyclist unconscious at the trail on Friday. First responders could not resuscitate him and pronounced him dead at the site, Chief Deputy Coroner Roger Fielding said on Tuesday. The cyclist was Jonathan Shaw Corley, 69, of Fairfax.

1 day ago | marinij.com | Krissy Waite

Children at a Corte Madera school are working to improve the ecosystem through gardens. The Ocean Guardian Club at Neil Cummins Elementary School includes about 15 students who have planted two native plant gardens so far at the campus, with hopes to continue the work next year. The club is linked to a program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. It encourages children to explore the natural environment and build connections with the watershed where they live.

1 day ago | marinij.com | Krissy Waite

Approximately 200 people filled the Mill Valley Community Center this week to hear local leaders detail the Trump administration’s “assault on climate” and strategies for countering it. “We have a bully, and a bully pulpit, spreading lies and denial to undermine climate action,” said Bill Carney, co-chair of Time to Lead on Climate, the local group that organized the event Monday night.