News
Transition plan falls short, say ranch tenants
With just nine months left until eviction, the 28 households still residing in the Point Reyes National Seashore are staring down a future of personal and economic upheaval. Many…
Shoreline’s superintendent leaves post
Superintendent Adam Jennings, who has spent more than half his career in the Shoreline Unified School District, will be leaving for a job with the Marin County Office of…
Valley kids spur changes in Stagecoach service
If you’ve ever taken the bus in West Marin, you may have come to the same conclusion as eighth graders Marshall Swenty and Zeya Bishay: it is slow, sporadic…
After festivities, saloon will close for renovations
If you need to wet your whistle at the Old Western Saloon, don’t show up on June 10. That’s the day the bar will close for renovations for a…
Comment period extended for Nicasio spillway plan
Marin Water has given the public an additional two months to weigh in on its controversial plan to raise the Nicasio Reservoir spillway, a move some fear would flood…
Point Reyes pantry moves indoors, aims for market-style experience
Shelves, tables, refrigerators and freezers are stocked with market-made meals, canned goods, eggs, produce and household staples in the West Marin Community Services food pantry in Point Reyes Station.…
Point Reyes native wins Pulitzer Prize
Tessa Hulls, an artist and writer raised in Point Reyes Station, won the Pulitzer Prize for Memoir or Autobiography last week for her graphic novel “Feeding Ghosts,” a visually arresting…
Press Democrat sold to cost-cutting juggernaut
In a gloomy media landscape, the Santa Rosa Press Democrat offered a sprout of hope. Locally owned and fiercely independent, its owners had resisted the deep cutbacks that afflict…
Features and Opinion
Joyce Kouffman: A joyous journey
“When we listen to music, we are carried along by the artist’s experience with multi-dimensional currents and energies. Temporarily entering a different dimension can be as simple as putting on a recording of a favorite piece of music and moving along with it….” So wrote Joyce Kouffman in her Point Reyes Light guest column on…
