Bay City Beat: Weekend of Nov. 21-23, 2025

This week’s lineup of arts events presented by Local News Matters and Bay City News spotlights women singer-songwriters in Mill Valley and San Rafael, jazz in Larkspur and student theater presentations in San Anselmo and San Rafael.

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Local News Matters: Week of Nov. 17, 2025

How the federal shutdown affected small farmers. San Francisco’s new supervisor steps down after one week. A Berkeley protester faces felony charges. Salmon return to parts of Marin County. Larkspur tops the charts form having good roads.

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Bay City Beat: Weekend of Nov. 14-16, 2025

This week’s lineup of arts and cultural events presented by Local News Matters and Bay City News includes improv theater and a joyful art show in San Rafael, a holiday marketplace in Novato and walking tours in Sausalito.

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Local News Matters: Week of Nov. 10, 2025

President Trump is ordered restore federal food assistance. Local voters decide how to deal with state housing mandates. Airports are operating with fewer flights. San Francisco gets a new supervisor. Federal land in Vallejo is piled high with garbage.

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Bay City Beat: Weekend of Nov. 7-9, 2025


This week’s lineup of arts and cultural events presented by Local News Matters and Bay City News includes author readings in Sausalito, documentaries in Stinson Beach, Marin Symphony concerts in Kentfield, an art fair and sale in San Rafael, and theater in Mill Valley, related to an author-filmmaker talk in Corte Madera.

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Local News Matters: Week of Nov. 1, 2025

Voters decide on Prop 50. Federal judges decide on the halting of federal food assistance. A verdict is issued in an animal rights case. And King tides return to the Bay Area.

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Bay City Beat: Weekend of Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 2025

This week’s lineup of arts and cultural events presented by Local News Matters and Bay City News includes Halloween events in Sausalito, Fairfax and Larkspur; a Sondheim musical in Mill Valley; and, in San Rafael, a salsa dance party, a cappella musical acts, and a chamber music concert.

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Local News Matters: Week of Oct. 27, 2025

Marin moves to restrict tobacco products. West Marin rushes to meet the demands of its shelter crisis. President Trump spooks the Bay Area. A ballot initiative calls for a tax on the state’s billionaires. Muir Woods National Park gets a week of normalcy.

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Bay City Beat: Weekend of Oct. 24-26, 2025

This week’s lineup of arts and cultural events presented by Local News Matters and Bay City News includes a Cannes film festival winner screening in Tiburon; Irish dance and music in Fairfax; a Halloween-themed improv show in Mill Valley; and family Halloween activities in San Anselmo, San Rafael, Greenbrae, Novato, Belvedere and Tiburon.

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Local News Matters – Week of Oct. 20, 2025

Sixty-five unhoused campers will get tiny homes in San Rafael. A police officer is acquitted after an assault case in San Rafael.  Local leaders push back against threats by Trump to send troops to San Francisco, while Alameda County increases spending on immigration protections. And there is a new gorilla in town at the San Francisco Zoo.

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Bay City Beat: Weekend of Oct. 17-19, 2025

This week’s lineup of arts and cultural events presented by Local News Matters and Bay City News includes fine art shows in Sausalito and San Rafael, music in Mill Valley and San Rafael, and a beer, wine and spirits festival in Sausalito.

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Local News Matters – Week of Oct. 13, 2025

Housing mandates erupt into a recall election. San Rafael is getting a new library. A Nobel prize in chemistry goes to a UC Berkeley professor. Sonoma State’s education students are deemed too diverse for federal funds. Migratory birds just got new state protections.

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Bay City Beats: Weekend of Oct. 10 -12, 2025

Free car shows in Novato and Greebrae; rocker Chuck Prophet in Novato; jazz singer Jackie Ryan and friends in Mill Valley; and and antique show and sale in San Rafael. 

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Sausalito Secret History 082: Coulter

In the 1800s, William Coulter was considered one of the foremost artists on San Francisco Bay. But, he only got here by accident.

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Local News Matters: Week of Oct. 6, 2025

Marin County supervisors join in support of Proposition 50.  A community of older renters move to buy their own mobile home park in Novato. Dozens of cities and counties sue the Trump Administration for withholding disaster relief funds. And a modified Fleet Week will go on despite the government shutdown.

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Bay City Beats: Weekend of Oct. 3 – 5

A vegan celebration throughout Marin, jazz vocals in Corte Madera, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass concerts in Mill Valley, Oktoberfest in Larkspur, and a tragic myth onstage in Kenfield.  

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Local News Matters – Sept. 29, 2025

San Rafael is making a new public space in the Canal district. A new survey reveals a shift in opinions for Latino voters. Monterey County puts its weight behind national anti-gerrymandering laws. A fake immigration lawyer is exposed in San Francisco, and Sausalito holds a special election.

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Bay City Beat – Weekend of Sept. 26 – 28

Theater in Ross and Novato, music in San Anselmo and Larkspur, and a community block party in San Rafael 

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Local News Matters: Week of Sept. 22, 2025

Shoreline cities prep for sea level rise. A San Francisco supervisor is removed from office. Professional women’s soccer moves Treasure Island. A history museum finds a new home in Novato. Marin County’s green homes are back.

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Bay City Beats: Weekend of Sept. 19-21

Boats in Sausalito, fine arts in Mill Valley, antiques in Santa Rosa, standup comedy in San Rafael and comedy great Molly Shannon at Sonoma State’s Green Center.

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Local News Matters: Week of Sept. 15, 2025

A new assisted living facility opens in San Rafael. Flu vaccines are still a thing in California. A regional airport gets a new airline. San Francisco makes a statement on the death penalty, and an agricultural report shows a spike in demand for vegetables.

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Bay City Beat – Weekend of Sept. 12 -14

A big concert on Mount Tam. Shows in two San Rafael theaters. Tom Petty tribute band in Fairfax. Garden Center fund raiser in Ross.

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Local News Matters: Week of Sept. 8, 2025

Marin County responds to a critical housing report. San Francisco’s Sunset District tries to recall its supervisor.  A century-old restaurant on Fisherman’s Wharf may be demolished. An airport in San Jose introduces autonomous vehicles.

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Bay City Beat, Weekend of Sept. 5-7, 2025

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Sausalito Secret History 083

How did a laurel wreath from Sausalito come to adorn the grave of Lord Byron? For that, we can thank Ina Coolbrith.

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