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Latest reporting from the Community desk.
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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.
Community
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
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.
Community
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.
Community
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.
Community
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.
Community
San Rafael firefighters host free 9/11 tribute Friday
The San Rafael Fire Department hosts a free public tribute at Lauren's Place on Fourth Street on Friday, Sept. 11, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., marking the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks with profiles of 343 fallen FDNY firefighters and hourly moments of silence.
Community
San Rafael's Freitas Park splash pad closes Sept. 7
The Freitas Park Splash Pad in San Rafael closes Monday, Sept. 7, but the Terra Linda Community Pool offers recreation swim through October and lap swim through mid-November.
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Marin students can join election ambassador program Sept. 15
The Marin County Elections Department invites high school and college students to a free Sept. 15 kickoff for its Student Elections Ambassadors Program at the Civic Center in San Rafael, with pizza, activities and a preview of expanded outreach opportunities ahead of the November election.
Community
Free giant kite workshops begin in San Rafael's Canal
Free eight-week workshops at the Albert J. Boro Community Center invite San Rafael residents to build traditional Guatemalan giant kites alongside local artists, with the finished pieces set to anchor the city's Día de Muertos celebration on Nov. 7.
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Greenbelt Alliance leads San Rafael housing tour Sept. 11
Greenbelt Alliance will lead a free walking tour of downtown San Rafael housing developments on Sept. 11, offering residents a firsthand look at the building projects reshaping the city's core.
Community
70-plus bands set for San Rafael's PorchFest
The seventh annual San Rafael PorchFest returns to the Gerstle Park neighborhood on Sunday, Sept. 20, with more than 70 bands performing for free across 20-plus porches, yards and driveways, plus a free shuttle, salsa dancing and a new custom sew lounge.
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EPIC campaign brings litter cleanup to Downtown San Rafael
Marin County and the Downtown San Rafael Business Improvement District are hosting a free community litter cleanup on Fourth Street on Friday, Sept. 4, as part of the EPIC Campaign to keep trash out of local waterways.
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