On Tuesday April 21, roughly 50 Mill Valley residents gathered at Sweetwater Music Hall for the launch of the Mill Valley Briefing. The evening opened with a conversation moderated by Joyce Kleiner and featuring four panelists: Erma Murphy, Tim Ryan, Veery Maxwell and Raven Twilling.
The panel explored what draws people to this community, what they hope to protect and pass on, and how Mill Valley continues to change. September 16 picks up where that conversation left off.
Where Mill Valley stands on wildfire, and what comes next
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Mill Valley just lived through a preview: its first pre-empted power shutoff in a few years, and a wildfire within a half mile of downtown. On September 16, Mill Valley Briefing and Sweetwater Music Hall bring together local fire, water and policy experts for a live conversation on what’s actually working, what isn’t, and what’s still ahead.
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On stage: Michael Wara of Stanford’s Woods Institute for the Environment on how Mill Valley compares statewide and what it means for insurance; Anne Crealock of the Marin Wildfire Prevention Authority on the fuel break now taking shape around town; Leah Curtis of Southern Marin Fire District on evacuation readiness and what residents still need to do; and Carl Sanders of Marin Water on the prescribed burn program reshaping the hills above Mill Valley.
