Mill Valley News

About 3,400 people attended the opening performance of "The Sound of Music" at the 100th anniversary celebration of the Mountain Play on Sunday, May 19.

The next offering in the Mill Valley Public Library's popular "Naked Truth: Real.

Looking for a taste of Mill Valley Beerworks ' acclaimed food, minus a trip across the Golden Gate Bridge? Head to Four Barrel Coffee tomorrow afternoon, when regular customer and MVB chef David Wilcox will offer $9 Prather Ranch porchetta sandwiches with radishes, pickled mustard seeds, and aioli, or beet Reuben sandwiches with cucumber, ... (more)

Provided by Kristin Barlowe Holly Williams, granddaughter of country music legend Hank Williams, will perform May 21 at the Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley.

Dr. David Gullion, an oncologist at Marin Specialty Care/Marin Cancer Institute, has been singled out for recognition by Zero Breast Cancer, a San Rafael nonprofit.

In this image taken from the Yahoo Shine parenting blog, the different versions of the Merida character are shown.

The new owner of the mansion at 360 Mountain Home Road in Woodside has applied to the town to redesign parts of the main house and three accessory buildings on this 8.74-acre estate that sold in November for $117.5 million.

In this image taken from the Yahoo Shine parenting blog, the different versions of the Merida character are shown.

City Hall's message to residents this summer is loud and clear: Stay off East Blithedale.

The sixth annual Ross Farmers Market is set to reopen from 3 to 7 p.m. May 30 at the Ross Post Office on Ross Common, and will continue Thursdays through the season.

An outboard motor fell off a rescue boat being towed through Mill Valley on Tuesday, hitting a car and forcing a lane closure on the freeway.

While Metallica frontman and guitar god James Hetfield 's Lucas Valley home was the subject of all sorts of controversy in the late 2000s , the home he and his family occupied prior to that - off Vineyard Road in western Novato - is generating lots of buzz in the real estate world this week.

On May 4, 1918, John Paul Reed, grandson of Mexican land grantee John Thomas Reed, deeded an about 11-acre parcel in what is now Strawberry to Rose Rodrigues da Fonta for $10. Rose and family, originally from the Azores, had been tenant farmers for John and his sister, Clotilde, at the Reed Ranch near Bel Aire in Tiburon.

Barely two months ago, Tam Valley filmmaker Brenda Chapman was basking in the glow of garnering an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for her co-direction of Pixar's Brave , making her the first woman to win an Oscar for an animated feature.

Summer camp is almost a rite of the season for some families. For others, summer programs offer kids something to do while mom and dad are at work, a chance to explore a new interest or an opportunity to improve an existing talent.

An old Garage sign that was recently uncovered while remodel crews were working at 31 Bolinas Road has been safety removed from the building faA§ade and fittingly put on display in Fairfax's new shop named "The Garage." The sign dates back to the 1920s and was found on the front of the building that formerly housed Lydia's Kitchen and will become ... (more)

The Mountain Play , the venerable theatrical institution that debuted on Mount Tam in 1913, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.

THE MILL VALLEY City Council and city workers deserve credit for taking significant steps to respond to public concerns about the amount of taxpayer dollars that go to pay for pensions for current and former employees.

Nearly eight years since Al von der Worth proposed a residential, office and retail development on a steep hillside at 500 Miller Ave.

Originally built in 1926, this restored estate offers San Franciso views. The house sits on .75 acres of land that have heirloom gardens, fruit trees and sunlight.