Marin IJ Editorial Board

A yellow school bus rolls up Third Street near Shaver Street in San Rafael, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal)

Editorial: Commitment to school buses helps with goal to reduce Marin traffic

April 23, 2025 at 12:59 p.m.

According to Marin Transit, more than 3,200 students ride the Measure AA-supported buses. In San Rafael alone, the number is 1,466, according to the district’s 2023-24 statistics.

Novato Unified School District. (Robert Tong/Marin Independent Journal file photo)

Editorial: Report on Novato school safety valuable for all Marin districts

April 20, 2025 at 12:58 p.m.

The Marin County Civil Grand Jury's investigation – “Feeling Safe at School – Let’s Get Educated” – centers on a 2024 assault at Sinaloa Middle School in which two students...

Traffic flows down Medway Road past crosswalk signs in San Rafael, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal)

Editorial: Marin organizations recognize importance of Canal neighborhood’s future

April 19, 2025 at 12:58 p.m.

A collection of local public agencies and nonprofits have formed a coalition called the “Canal Promise Neighborhood Plan” with a goal of doing a better job of addressing the needs...

Ross Valley School District teachers rally for higher pay at Red Hill Avenue and Sir Francis Drake Boulevard during a demonstration in San Anselmo, Calif. on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal)

Editorial: Ross Valley School District’s Measure E deserves support

April 18, 2025 at 2:54 p.m.

Measure E extends and increases funding that the district counts on. The increase is needed to keep pace with salaries offered in other districts, including many in Marin.

Jason Sarris, left, and attorney Anthony Prince, prominent advocates for homeless people, attend a rally at the city-sanctioned camp at Lee Gerner Park in Novato on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal)

Editorial: Novato needs to make decision about homelessness committee

April 16, 2025 at 12:59 p.m.

The committee was formed as part of a stipulated judgment in a federal lawsuit filed against the city and its enforcement of Novato’s anti-camping ordinances.

Marquel Robinson helps set up a safety sign before picking up trash along Highway 101 in Novato, Calif., on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. Robinson and the cleanup crew are part of a job training program with the Center for Employment Opportunities. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal)

Editorial: Marin highway cleanup program a benefit to many

April 13, 2025 at 12:58 p.m.

People who enroll with the center – among them people on probation – learn how to search for a job, handle employment interviews and write a resume.

Protestors carry signs as they join nationwide protests of President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk on Saturday April 5, 2025 in San Rafael, Calif. (Frankie Frost/Special to the Marin Independent Journal)

Editorial: Marin message heard loud and clear at Trump protest

April 12, 2025 at 12:58 p.m.

They are angered by the road that Trump, whose autocratic hand is wielding wide-ranging executive powers that are going unchecked by Congress or the courts, has our country heading down.

A bicyclist and motorist travel along Bridgeway in Sausalito, Calif. on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal)

Editorial: Sausalito council made hard decision about Bridgeway

April 10, 2025 at 12:59 p.m.

The bike committee members deserve to be disappointed, but the council has decided to consider other possible safety improvements — improved signage and crosswalks – without losing the median.

Cards from the Mill Valley School District sit on their table at a job fair at the Marin County Office of Education in San Rafael, Calif. on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal)

Editorial: Mill Valley’s transitional kindergarten quandary shows how state plan impacts districts

April 9, 2025 at 12:59 p.m.

The state doesn’t fund the program for “basic aid” districts, those like Mill Valley that derive their basic funding from local property tax.

A young e-bike rider travels along College Avenue in Kentfield, Calif. on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal)

Editorial: Marin’s new e-bike rules make sense

April 6, 2025 at 12:58 p.m.

These are public safety measures that make sense. They may not be popular with all e-bike sellers and riders, but the new rules are measures meant to save lives or...

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