Ron Parks's (marinrealestate) Blog

"Project Restore", a habitat protection program, is sponsored by the Marin Municipal Water District. They will be hosting an event offering more info on "Project Restore" on September the ninth between six to nine in the evening. The location is at Sky Oaks watershed headquarters (49 Sky Oaks Roa...

A man recently died of swine flu in Marin. He was over seveny years of age and was said to already have medical conditions that made him more susceptible to the virus. In related news, a student at Windsor High School, located in Sonoma County, has caught swine flu and is currently out of school ...

 Three nonprofit organizations teamed up this week to launch Marinhelpers.com. The website connects household employers and temporary workers in a database by phone and email. Workers register with the website and are entered in a database, which the project manager, and sole employee, uses to fi...

More Information - www.dsama.org The downtown area of San Anselmo in Marin County, will be graced with the 4th annual "Hot August / Cool Cars" show this Sunday from eleven to five. The show has been put together by the Downtown San Anselmo Merchants Association and will feature some wonderful vin...

Well, for some rather entertaining news.......police found two California parolees hiding in a Marin vineyard. The police had been in a high-speed chase of more than 100 mph that took place from San Rafael to Sonoma. After the parolees ditched the car they apparently ran into the vineyard to hide...

A Mill Valley resident will be featuring his watercolor artwork a week from today, on August 14th. Ian Wilson has lived in Marin for a quarter of a century and originally came to the area from South Africa. The artist will showcase his talents at the Belvedere-Tiburon Library located at 1501 Tibu...

I just posted a blog on my website giving my current assessment fo the Marin real estate market, after seven long months into the year.  The article is located HERE.

128 political positions from the Marin area are scheduled to be filled in elections November 3rd. Many of those seats will be filled by the incumbent without contest as no one has filed to run against them. The deadline for filing candidacy is Friday at 5PM, unless the incumbent chooses not to ru...

There could be something off with Marin's ecosystem, as of late. For years a bird called the double crested cormorant has been coming to the Marin / Bay area to nest. However, recently there has been a decline in the number of birds coming to do so. Biologists in the area are concerned that there...

On August 10th, officials in Marin County will come together to draw up a plan that will help salmon and trout conditions in the San Geronimo Valley watershed. For the last year, Marin County officials have been working alongside scientists and community residents to formulate a plan to enhance t...