In Your Town for April 29, 2025
MILL VALLEY
Police accuse teen
of DUI hit-and-run
A 17-year-old girl was arrested on suspicion of intoxicated hit-and-run driving after crashing into several parked vehicles, police said.
The incident happened early Sunday morning near the corner of Miller Avenue and Millwood Street, Mill Valley police Lt. Shaun McCracken said. The driver fled, but police found her a short time time later.
Police did not release the suspect’s name because she is younger than 18. McCracken said the driver was the second youth arrested in a DUI-related collision in Mill Valley since last week.
LARKSPUR
Board backs changes
to restaurant building
The Heritage Preservation Board has approved plans to remodel the restaurant at 455 Magnolia Ave.
The former Don Antonio Ristorante is being turned into a restaurant called Feerma. The proprietors, among other changes, want to expand and enclose the outer seating area and expand the second story, which was part of the original house built in 1908, according to a report by Alex Othon, a city planner. The building, which is next to St. Patrick’s Church and St. Patrick School, is owned by the Archdiocese of San Francisco.
“The property is not individually listed as a historic resource on the City’s Historic Resources Inventory; however it is within the H District and any proposed exterior alterations require review by the Heritage Preservation Board,” Othon wrote. “The structure was briefly reviewed during the 1975 evaluation of structures in the downtown district, at the time it was noted that the structure no longer has historic integrity due to additions and alterations made to it previously.”
The board held a hearing on the project on Thursday.
KENTFIELD
Applicants named to
planning committee
The Board of Supervisors has appointed five residents to two-year terms on the Kentfield Planning Advisory Board.
Four were incumbents with expiring terms who applied for reappointment: Allison Crawford, Elizabeth Freeman, Cara Lowe and Ross McKenna. The fifth was Heather McPhail Sridharan.
The supervisors approved the appointments at their meeting on April 22.
WEST MARIN
Boaters in distress
retrieved by crews
Rescuers brought five people and a dog to shore after their boat started to sink in Tomales Bay, the Marin County Fire Department reported.
The small boat started to take on water in the middle of the bay early Sunday afternoon.
“Three individuals ended up in the water for an extended period, holding on to the boat as it began to sink,” the fire department said in a statement. “Camping gear had to be jettisoned to stay afloat.”
Firefighters and National Park Service rangers took the boaters and the dog to the Miller Park boat launch, and they were sent home after a medical evaluation.