In early March, the Marin County Flood Control & Water Conservation District held a community meeting to discuss Marin City Stormwater Plan Project concepts. The focus of the meeting was to get community input on ways to decrease flooding in and around Marin City, but residents of Gate 6 ½ attended...
The organizers of the Marin City Stormwater Plan are hosting a Community Meeting on Saturday March 9 to go over concepts being studied as part of developing a community led Stormwater Plan. Some of the concepts involve proposed drainage features near Gate 6 and Gate 6 ½. The meeting will...
Recently we reported that the Bay Area is overdue for a major earthquake, which raised the question of earthquake coverage for floating homes. According to Samantha Fazio of Hawser Marine Insurance, both the California Fair Plan (CAF) and Red Shield offer earthquake coverage as required for all California homeowners. CAF’s...
“Earthquakes are an inevitable part of life in California, a threat we live with daily,” states a recent supplement to the San Francisco Chronicle. Bringing that closer to home, the paper declares: “Experts predict, and history suggests, that we are overdue for a major quake, particularly along the Hayward Fault...
With the increased use of gas heating during the winter months comes a corresponding increase in the risk of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. Follow these tips to ensure that you and your loved ones remain safe. Install carbon monoxide detectors to warn when concentration levels are high. Never use products...
Marin County Health and Human Services and the Marin Medical Reserve Corps are offering free CPR and Stop The Bleed classes. The next classes are Thursday, Oct 19, at 7:00 p.m. in the Corte Madera Community Center Main Hall and Tuesday, Nov 14, at 2:00 PM at the Marin Health...
During the recent Ready Sausalito emergency preparedness fair at the MLK basketball courts off Coloma Street, 15 different community groups had booths dispensing invaluable life-saving information. Subjects ranged from animal safety to stroke awareness, and one booth provided tips for dealing with power outages as wildfire season approaches. Here are...
Sausalito Village will hold a READY SAUSALITO community-wide emergency preparedness fair on Saturday, September 9 in partnership with the Southern Marin Fire Department’s Neighborhood Resource Group program. Head over to the MLK Basketball court on Coloma Street in Sausalito from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. for this free event. At...
South 40 dock rep Michael Konrad sends along the following advice for anyone concerned about falling overboard: Living on the water has safety concerns that don’t apply to living on land. If you or a friend falls in the water, say from a float, it does help if they can...
A survival guide in the Sunday July 16 SF Chronicle carried a list of useful tech tools to help during a wildfire or other disaster. One article includes lists of free phone apps, numbers to text, systems to register for and technology to buy that can connect to the most...