The nationally award-winning independent weekly newspaper serving Tiburon, Belvedere and Strawberry, CA, since 1973.https://bsky.app/profile/thearknewspaper.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/thearknewspaper.com/post/3munnyvftg32yFive candidates are running for three seats on the Tiburon Town Council in the Nov. 3 election. https://www.thearknewspaper.com/live/election-2026-the-tiburon-town-council-candidates-at-a-glance04 Sep 2026 00:02 +0000at://did:plc:zd7vnf2ghqu2imofva323ijk/app.bsky.feed.post/3munnyvftg32yhttps://bsky.app/profile/thearknewspaper.com/post/3munhcnqu3t2hFive candidates seek three seats on the Tiburon Town Council Nov. 3: incumbents Alice Fredericks and Jack Ryan, challengers Kathleen Defever, Chuck Hornbrook and Faris Jafar. https://www.thearknewspaper.com/live/election-2026-tiburon-council-race-pits-five-candidates-over-parks-housing-finances-traffic03 Sep 2026 22:03 +0000at://did:plc:zd7vnf2ghqu2imofva323ijk/app.bsky.feed.post/3munhcnqu3t2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/thearknewspaper.com/post/3munamtpfzm2cWork by four artists with studios in Sausalito's Industrial Center Building hangs in the Community Room at Tiburon Town Hall through Oct. 29. https://www.thearknewspaper.com/live/four-artists-bring-their-icb-work-to-tiburon-town-hall-gallery03 Sep 2026 20:03 +0000at://did:plc:zd7vnf2ghqu2imofva323ijk/app.bsky.feed.post/3munamtpfzm2chttps://bsky.app/profile/thearknewspaper.com/post/3mukwufpre426Mark Hanf of Tiburon, founder and former CEO of Novato-based Pacific Private Money, has been charged with charged in federal court with money laundering and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. https://www.thearknewspaper.com/live/federal-prosecutors-charge-tiburon-man-in-103m-pacific-private-collapse02 Sep 2026 22:03 +0000at://did:plc:zd7vnf2ghqu2imofva323ijk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukwufpre426https://bsky.app/profile/thearknewspaper.com/post/3mu3u2engwm25Christina Altick grew up in Belvedere and Tiburon. Her first children's book, "Whimsy, the Little Dachshund," draws on the safety and warmth she remembers from the peninsula. https://www.thearknewspaper.com/live/author-draws-on-tiburon-peninsula-roots-for-her-first-children-s-book27 Aug 2026 22:03 +0000at://did:plc:zd7vnf2ghqu2imofva323ijk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3u2engwm25https://bsky.app/profile/thearknewspaper.com/post/3mu3ndcboyb25Now retired from a long career in medical-device sales, Tiburon’s Bonnie Bates has a new boss these days: her dog, Harper. https://www.thearknewspaper.com/live/everyday-encounters-a-former-medical-sales-rep-enjoys-retirement-with-husband-and-dog27 Aug 2026 20:02 +0000at://did:plc:zd7vnf2ghqu2imofva323ijk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3ndcboyb25https://bsky.app/profile/thearknewspaper.com/post/3mu3gnusgcz2fRichard “Dick” DeNezza passed away on August 13th at 88 years young. https://www.thearknewspaper.com/live/richard-dick-denezza27 Aug 2026 18:03 +0000at://did:plc:zd7vnf2ghqu2imofva323ijk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3gnusgcz2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/thearknewspaper.com/post/3mu3a4hjhsn2iTiburon's Town Council got its first monthly financial report Aug. 19, following months of resident pressure for more transparency about the town's books. https://www.thearknewspaper.com/live/tiburon-monthly-financial-reports-begin-as-audits-lag27 Aug 2026 16:06 +0000at://did:plc:zd7vnf2ghqu2imofva323ijk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3a4hjhsn2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/thearknewspaper.com/post/3mtzkcd3qm32uTiburon sent summer off with Friday Night on Main downtown Aug. 21, the day after Reed Elementary School and the rest of the Reed Union School District started classes. https://www.thearknewspaper.com/live/the-tiburon-peninsula-heads-back-to-school27 Aug 2026 00:03 +0000at://did:plc:zd7vnf2ghqu2imofva323ijk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzkcd3qm32uhttps://bsky.app/profile/thearknewspaper.com/post/3mtzdkilk2t2lWaylon Miller, the new principal of St. Hilary School in Tiburon, ran a public high school in Hayward. He says he wanted a job that let him bring his faith to work. https://www.thearknewspaper.com/live/new-principal-brings-public-school-experience-to-st-hilary26 Aug 2026 22:02 +0000at://did:plc:zd7vnf2ghqu2imofva323ijk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzdkilk2t2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/thearknewspaper.com/post/3mtz4v4btai2uWork to rebuild two eroding beaches at Blackie's Pasture in Tiburon begins the day after Labor Day, using sand, gravel and logs instead of seawalls and riprap. https://www.thearknewspaper.com/live/living-shoreline-restoration-at-blackie-s-starts-after-labor-day26 Aug 2026 20:03 +0000at://did:plc:zd7vnf2ghqu2imofva323ijk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtz4v4btai2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/thearknewspaper.com/post/3mtyw6h2w4k2pTiburon will strip about 1,800 tons of cattail, invasive plants and sediment from Railroad Marsh this fall to restore the basin's capacity to hold storm runoff. https://www.thearknewspaper.com/live/tiburon-will-clear-railroad-marsh-ahead-of-strong-el-ni%C3%B1o26 Aug 2026 18:03 +0000at://did:plc:zd7vnf2ghqu2imofva323ijk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyw6h2w4k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/thearknewspaper.com/post/3mtypnx4pvh2kThe Strawberry Recreation District has begun asking residents to help pay for its new playground under a program that would run from a $1,500 tile in aThe Strawberry Recreation District has begun asking residents to hel... https://www.thearknewspaper.com/live/strawberry-launches-fundraising-for-its-new-playground26 Aug 2026 16:06 +0000at://did:plc:zd7vnf2ghqu2imofva323ijk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtypnx4pvh2khttps://bsky.app/profile/thearknewspaper.com/post/3mtmrae62tr2zJanet Anne Benson (“Jan”) Pickett, a Tiburon resident for over 40 years, passed away peacefully at her home on June 23, 2026. https://www.thearknewspaper.com/live/janet-anne-benson-jan-pickett21 Aug 2026 22:02 +0000at://did:plc:zd7vnf2ghqu2imofva323ijk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmrae62tr2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/thearknewspaper.com/post/3mtmkjnnjnm2iDragonflies are carnivores that eat aphids, gnats, mosquitoes and flies, which makes them worth having around. https://www.thearknewspaper.com/live/garden-plot-dragonflies-bring-beauty-and-benefits-to-local-gardens21 Aug 2026 20:02 +0000at://did:plc:zd7vnf2ghqu2imofva323ijk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmkjnnjnm2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/thearknewspaper.com/post/3mtmdv57vjx2aStrawberry Rec's Community Night and the Tiburon chamber's Friday Nights on Main are Aug. 21, while Charlie Torch will play a bluegrass concert Aug. 23. https://www.thearknewspaper.com/live/picks-of-the-week-bluegrass-at-old-st-hilary-s-tiburon-strawberry-festivals21 Aug 2026 18:04 +0000at://did:plc:zd7vnf2ghqu2imofva323ijk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmdv57vjx2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/thearknewspaper.com/post/3mtm5c56dce2kGuides who led a Tiburon mother of three into a fatal Sierra avalanche were steering away from the slide path when an open creek turned them back, a commissioned report says. https://www.thearknewspaper.com/live/report-open-creek-sent-skiers-toward-fatal-avalanche-path21 Aug 2026 16:06 +0000at://did:plc:zd7vnf2ghqu2imofva323ijk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtm5c56dce2khttps://bsky.app/profile/thearknewspaper.com/post/3mtkhiyfh542fFormer Tiburon resident Mildred Frances Minter (Milly) Jewell, age 102, died July 3, 2026. https://www.thearknewspaper.com/live/mildred-frances-minter-milly-jewell21 Aug 2026 00:03 +0000at://did:plc:zd7vnf2ghqu2imofva323ijk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtkhiyfh542fhttps://bsky.app/profile/thearknewspaper.com/post/3mtkarrfnoe2zApollo, a French bulldog-pug mix, broke his leash. A drone with thermal detection, a PawBoost listing and local volunteers all joined the two-day search. https://www.thearknewspaper.com/live/tiburon-neighbors-rally-to-find-lost-dog-bring-him-home20 Aug 2026 22:03 +0000at://did:plc:zd7vnf2ghqu2imofva323ijk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtkarrfnoe2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/thearknewspaper.com/post/3mtk22di7tu25Belvedere has cut ties with the consulting firm it hired in April to oversee the Mallard Pointe redevelopment, weeks before demolition could begin on the 22-unit complex. https://www.thearknewspaper.com/live/belvedere-drops-mallard-pointe-project-manager20 Aug 2026 20:02 +0000at://did:plc:zd7vnf2ghqu2imofva323ijk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtk22di7tu25https://bsky.app/profile/thearknewspaper.com/post/3mtjtgiffka2pFive Points Fitness plans free weights, cardio, self-adjusting strength machines and a recovery area with two kinds of saunas. The owners are targeting a February 2027 opening. https://www.thearknewspaper.com/live/new-fitness-studio-approved-for-downtown-tiburon20 Aug 2026 18:04 +0000at://did:plc:zd7vnf2ghqu2imofva323ijk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjtgiffka2phttps://bsky.app/profile/thearknewspaper.com/post/3mtjmugezp72iThe Tiburon Fire Protection District board votedto partially disagree with all seven Marin County civil grand jury findings and to decline five of its nine recommendations. https://www.thearknewspaper.com/live/tiburon-fire-rejects-grand-jury-timeline-for-consolidation-talks20 Aug 2026 16:06 +0000at://did:plc:zd7vnf2ghqu2imofva323ijk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjmugezp72ihttps://bsky.app/profile/thearknewspaper.com/post/3mthwzjdyzu2iCaltrans expects to start its 4.6-mile Tiburon Boulevard maintenance project by the end of August or in September, with repaving targeted for next spring. https://www.thearknewspaper.com/live/caltrans-to-begin-tiburon-boulevard-work-by-september20 Aug 2026 00:03 +0000at://did:plc:zd7vnf2ghqu2imofva323ijk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthwzjdyzu2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/thearknewspaper.com/post/3mthqczm2jk2tResidents pressed for more stone seating and questioned whether new plantings would block water views as a Tiburon parks subcommittee showed an updated design for the ponds site. https://www.thearknewspaper.com/live/residents-weigh-updates-to-tiburon-ponds-site-park-design19 Aug 2026 22:03 +0000at://did:plc:zd7vnf2ghqu2imofva323ijk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthqczm2jk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/thearknewspaper.com/post/3mthjmmjoje2uSan Francisco State will close its Romberg Tiburon Campus on Sept. 30, ending a four-year fight to save the only marine research center on San Francisco Bay's shores. https://www.thearknewspaper.com/live/sf-state-s-estuary-ocean-science-center-in-tiburon-will-close-after-fight-to-save-it-falls-short19 Aug 2026 20:03 +0000at://did:plc:zd7vnf2ghqu2imofva323ijk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthjmmjoje2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/thearknewspaper.com/post/3mt3ephzpsn2qStaff training is underway at the new Tartine Bakery in Strawberry Village, which has been open intermittently since Aug. 13. The formal opening is set for Aug. 19. https://www.thearknewspaper.com/live/tartine-bakery-soft-opens-at-strawberry-village-grand-opening-aug-1915 Aug 2026 00:03 +0000at://did:plc:zd7vnf2ghqu2imofva323ijk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt3ephzpsn2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/thearknewspaper.com/post/3mt2k27paw62qEight local artists are showing work at Tiburon Town Hall in "We the People," an exhibit marking the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence. https://www.thearknewspaper.com/live/marin-artists-pay-tribute-to-the-spirit-of-america-in-we-the-people14 Aug 2026 16:06 +0000at://did:plc:zd7vnf2ghqu2imofva323ijk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2k27paw62qhttps://bsky.app/profile/thearknewspaper.com/post/3msyu6yl5bi2pJohn Cruger makes small-batch Italian-inspired bonbons in Tiburon and sells them at one place: the Paradise Coffee cart at Point Tiburon Plaza. https://www.thearknewspaper.com/live/everyday-encounters-a-passion-for-italy-inspires-chocolatier-s-small-batch-bonbons14 Aug 2026 00:02 +0000at://did:plc:zd7vnf2ghqu2imofva323ijk/app.bsky.feed.post/3msyu6yl5bi2phttps://bsky.app/profile/thearknewspaper.com/post/3msyniuqjxr2tJean Barnett, age 94, passed away in Santa Rosa on July 12, 2026. https://www.thearknewspaper.com/live/jean-barnett13 Aug 2026 22:02 +0000at://did:plc:zd7vnf2ghqu2imofva323ijk/app.bsky.feed.post/3msyniuqjxr2thttps://bsky.app/profile/thearknewspaper.com/post/3msygs72ie52pNorman Allen Spencer passed away peacefully at his home in Tiburon, California, on July 20, 2026, at the age of 83. https://www.thearknewspaper.com/live/a-life-well-lived-norman-allen-spencer13 Aug 2026 20:02 +0000at://did:plc:zd7vnf2ghqu2imofva323ijk/app.bsky.feed.post/3msygs72ie52p