As of Friday, February 13, loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) are available to Marin County businesses, private nonprofits, and residents to offset physical and economic losses from the storm, flooding, and king tides from December 31 through January 5. The SBA, in collaboration with local agencies, has...
Coming together | video by Larry Clinton and Jared Brown | post by Larry HERE ARE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE DISCUSSED AT THE FEBRUARY 10 FHA BOARD MEETING. MORE DETAILS WILL BE REPORTED LATER IN THE FLOATING TIMES. The FHA Board met in person for the first time...
The FHA Annual Membership meeting on Saturday morning, February 21, promises to be chock full of important information for floating homes residents. There will be tables for FHA Membership, sponsors and the exciting silent auction. Bidding for the silent auction kicks off as soon as the doors open at 9:00...
A capacity crowd jammed the meeting room of the Bay Model on February 7 for a community gathering to discuss the effects of flooding due to high tides and storms. The event was hosted by Supervisor Stephanie Moulton-Peters and her aide Doreen Gounard, a long-term resident of Galilee Harbor. The...
The San Rafael Fire Department and Office of Emergency Services are offering free Community Emergency Response Team training sessions over two weekends next month. The CERT Basic Training is a comprehensive 20-hour course that combines classroom instruction with hands-on exercises. Topics to be covered include: Conducting an initial size-up of...
Melissa Blaustein, Vice Mayor of Sausalito, will be the featured speaker at the FHA Annual Membership Meeting Saturday morning, February 21, at the Bay Model. Melissa is serving her second four-year term on the City Council, having been elected the youngest mayor in Sausalito’s history in 2023. She serves as...
On Saturday, February 7, the Southern Marin Fire Protection District will test its outdoor notification system at 12:00 noon, as part of its regular monthly testing on the first Saturday of each month. The SMFPD wants to know whether floating home residents hear the siren and asks that we fill...
This Sunday, February 8, from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., the Sausalito Center For The Arts (SCA) will host a closing celebration for its Drawn from Life exhibition. This powerful show brings together evocative painting, drawing, and sculpture by Bay Area artists whose work captures emotion, story, and the beauty...
On January 24, the American Red Cross (ARC) inspected 49 floating homes and installed free 10-year smoke alarms. If you’d still like to take advantage of this free service call (415) 721-2381, leave your name, phone number, email address and home address. The Red Cross will get back to you...
According to Sausalito Currents, seasonal high tides, aka King Tides, will return to Southern Marin from Thursday, January 29 through Monday, February 2. Based on tide predictions from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), tide levels may be sufficient to impact roadways in low-lying coastal and bayside areas....