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Latest reporting from the Community desk.
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Documentary spotlights San Rafael’s Jeans to a T
“The Right Fit,” a documentary about San Rafael’s Jeans to a T owner Tom Diettrich, is scheduled to screen Oct. 6 at the Smith Rafael Film Center. Admission is currently on standby.
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Marin Interfaith Council marks new leadership chapter
Reuben Shank marks his first month leading the Marin Interfaith Council, the San Rafael nonprofit founded in 1982, outlining priorities in housing, immigrant accompaniment and racial justice while acknowledging areas where the organization has fallen short.
Community
Documentary spotlights San Rafael’s Jeans to a T
“The Right Fit,” a documentary about San Rafael’s Jeans to a T owner Tom Diettrich, is scheduled to screen Oct. 6 at the Smith Rafael Film Center. Admission is currently on standby.
Community
Documentary spotlights San Rafael’s Jeans to a T
“The Right Fit,” a documentary about San Rafael’s Jeans to a T owner Tom Diettrich, is scheduled to screen Oct. 6 at the Smith Rafael Film Center. Admission is currently on standby.
Community
Mill Valley Film Festival brings five screenings to San Rafael
The 49th Mill Valley Film Festival opens Oct. 1 with multiple screenings at San Rafael's Rafael Film Center, including Opening Night's Wild Horse Nine and the Closing Night Party at the San Rafael Elks Lodge.
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Costello, Miller join San Rafael's Hall of Honor
San Rafael High School inducted former teacher Bill Costello and alumnus Harry Miller into its Hall of Honor on Monday, with Pam and Tom Collins receiving the Golden Bulldog Award, as the school's "DAWGChella" Homecoming week got underway.
Community
SGRAIL Triathlon closes Point San Pedro Road Oct. 3
Point San Pedro Road through China Camp State Park will close from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Oct. 3 for the SGRAIL Triathlon, with CHP officers directing traffic at Biscayne Drive on Oct. 4 for a trail half marathon.
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SMART Pathway closes between Andersen and Rice drives Friday
The SMART Pathway between Andersen Drive and Rice Drive in San Rafael closes Friday through Sunday for maintenance and creek cleanup, with a detour routed along Rice Drive, Du Bois Street and Andersen Drive.
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Fourth Street's Hops & Vines Stroll returns with 20-plus stops
The sixth annual Hops & Vines Stroll returns to Fourth Street on Oct. 17, with more than 20 downtown San Rafael businesses pouring local beer, wine, spirits and cider from 2 to 6 p.m.
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Vivalon launches peer support program for San Rafael older adults
Vivalon, the downtown San Rafael nonprofit, is launching a 10-week peer support program called "Aging Together" for adults 50 and older, running Mondays from Oct. 5 through Dec. 7.
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San Rafael's Vivalon hosts free falls prevention week
Vivalon, the San Rafael healthy-aging nonprofit, is hosting a free Falls Prevention Week from Sept. 22 to 25 at its Third Street campus, with movement classes that instructors say help older adults rebuild strength and confidence.
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Marin fashion label heads to Civic Center for free retrospective
When Simon Met Ralph, a Marin-based sustainable luxury brand whose prints are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's permanent collection, opens a free retrospective at the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Civic Center on Oct. 1, featuring archival fashion, new graphic prints and a ceramics collaboration with Sausalito artist Susan McKinney.
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5,000 crisis calls spur San Rafael prevention events
Marin County's Behavioral Health and Recovery Services division is hosting seven free events in September as part of its "Connection Saves Lives" campaign, including four in-person sessions in San Rafael covering QPR training, firearm safety and mental health awareness.
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San Rafael screens free 1968 BBC film on Marin school desegregation
A rediscovered 1968 BBC documentary on school desegregation in Sausalito and Marin City screens free at San Rafael's Showcase Theater on Sept. 17, followed by a panel featuring Marin County Superintendent of Schools John Carroll and community educators.
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Volunteers triple shade canopy at Bahia Vista Elementary School
Canal Alliance volunteers planted 10 Coast Live Oaks and Western Sycamores at Bahia Vista and San Pedro elementary schools on Aug. 22, a project expected to triple Bahia Vista's shade canopy from 3% to 10% once the trees mature.
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Dee Wagner brings farm-to-table ethos to unhoused meals
Dee Wagner, founder of Roux Catering and the nonprofit NoHungerHere, has prepared more than 5,500 meals for unhoused San Rafael residents since launching the organization in April 2020 after the pandemic closed St. Vincent de Paul's dining room.
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