2+ hour, 34+ min ago   (852+ words) The last time Greenland played a starring role in American foreign policy, the United States government sent a Marin millionaire on a secret mission. So when Germany moved in to occupy Denmark in 1940, the War Department had to act fast…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (710+ words) Editor's note: The IJ is reprinting some of the late Beth Ashley's columns. This is from 2013. When my book group elected to read "A Higher Call," about a World War II encounter in the skies between a German Messerschmitt and…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (654+ words) Our growth economy is incompatible with our quest for peace. We can't have both. It is becoming painfully clear that life on Earth will become unbearable if current trends in population growth, proliferation of advanced weaponry and environmental degradation continue…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (292+ words) Recognition: Kaiser Permanente's San Rafael hospital received an "A" grade in Leapfrog Group's Fall 2025 Hospital Safety Grade. The hospital was one of 11 Kaiser Permanente branches in California to receive "A" grades from the nonprofit, which reviews thousands of hospitals every…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (67+ words) Marin County supervisors have allocated $18.9 million to make major repairs to the interior of the 54-year-old Marin Veterans" Memorial Auditorium, as well as some cosmetic improvements to the exterior. Marin County supervisors have allocated $18.9 million to make major repairs to…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (584+ words) For the next three years, the Marin History Museum in San Rafael will receive an annual allocation of $100,000 from the county government to support its operating costs. The $300,000 outlay, approved by the Marin County Board of Supervisors, comes from a…...

4+ mon, 2+ day ago   (164+ words) The Sausalito Historical Society raised more than $75,000 at its 50th annual Making History Awards. The event, which honored Marin restaurateur Larry Mindel, took place at Casa Madrona Hotel & Spa's Alexandrite Suite in Sausalito. It was attended by 100 people, including Jim Gerney,…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (419+ words) The new pact between the city of San Rafael and the Marin History Museum reinforces the museum's important role in being a primary keeper of our county's history. The three-year contract keeps the museum in its historical quarters " the Boyd…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (648+ words) Lee Chisholm Colodzin knew little about her uncle, 2nd Lt. David McMahon until this spring. The World War II fighter pilot died in a plane crash a few years before she was born. "I learned more about him in the last…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago   (521+ words) The magnificent Impressionist painting of a rainy Paris streetscape that hung on a wall in Lilly Cassirer's home in Germany in 1939 was the price she paid to a Nazi art dealer in exchange for exit papers from the country. It…...