News

Dairy legend to lead parade

Finding individual Giacominis in the West Marin ranch family’s sprawling family tree—all those sisters, brothers, uncles, aunts, grandparents, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, cousins and cousins of cousins—is a complicated affair. But…

Features and Opinion

Preserving what matters in Point Reyes

A lot of people in town have asked what the Point Reyes Good Luck Fund is all about. The short answer is we’re buying and preserving key buildings so they stay in local hands, funding projects that honor the town’s past while shaping its future, and ensuring the spaces that define Point Reyes aren’t turned…

Flood of concern in Nicasio

In 1960, when Marin Water, then the Marin Municipal Water District, constructed the Seeger Dam and Nicasio Reservoir, six flourishing dairy and beef ranches—the McIsaac, Farley, Tognalda, Garzoli, Tom Gallagher and Tomasini ranches—were flooded and forced completely out of business. Four more—the northern Gallagher, Dolcini, Lafranchi and Bill Hall ranches—were stunted by lost acreage. Longtime…

The charismatic insects of West Marin

The world of insects is ancient, impossibly diverse and critical to the underlying workings of nature. Yet in some ways, insects seem so utterly alien that they often serve as models for science fiction creatures invading from other galaxies.  Insects preceded the move by four-footed creatures out of ancient seas and onto land by hundreds…