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🌱 Patch AM: Could your empty Mill Valley unit earn you up to $14,000?
You won't want to miss Wrap A Neighbor in Kindness - An Urgent Appeal on the Mill Valley Patch calendar
Hello Mill Valley! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Could your empty Mill Valley unit earn you up to $14,000?
- Why did Peet’s shut its Mill Valley shop this fall?
Also on today's calendar: Wrap A Neighbor in Kindness - An Urgent Appeal and 2 more events.
Find out what's happening in Mill Valleyfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Find out what's happening in Mill Valleyfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- Saturday: Occasional rain and drizzle, with a high of 57 and low of 51 degrees.
- Sunday: Rain; breezy in the morning, temps: high: 58, low: 52.
- Monday: Rain; breezy in the morning, with a high of 56 and low of 48 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Here's how much this swanky Marin County city will pay you to house its workforce (sfchronicle.com) — Mill Valley is rolling out a new “Lease to Locals” program that pays property owners up to $14,000 to rent vacant or underused units to local workers who meet income limits. Aimed at teachers, first responders, and small-business employees priced out of town, the one-year pilot hopes to convert empty homes and cottages into long-term workforce housing and ease traffic-clogging commutes. 
• Starbucks rival chain closes key location, might file bankruptcy (thestreet.com) — A Peet’s Coffee location in Mill Valley quietly closed in November as part of a broader round of California shutdowns, even while the chain’s parent company is being acquired for $18 billion. The story also details Starbucks’ planned store reductions and another regional chain’s financial troubles, signaling a choppy period for the coffee business overall.
📸 Around Mill Valley
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mill Valley
★ Featured events ★
- Wrap A Neighbor in Kindness - An Urgent Appeal
50 Bon Air Center, Larkspur
10:00 am - Downtown San Rafael's 4th Annual Giant Menorah Lighting & Gelt Drop
Downtown San Rafael,
5:00 pm
Sunday December 21
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Other local events
- A Holiday Tribute to Vince Guaraldi's A Charlie Brown Christmas
Sweetwater Music Hall , 19 Corte Madera Ave , Mill Valley
1:00 pm - Winter Solstice: A Magical Sound Bath Journey
333 Ellen Dr , San Rafael
6:00 pm - Monophonics
Sweetwater Music Hall , 19 Corte Madera Ave , Mill Valley
8:00 pm
Sunday December 21
Wednesday December 31
📣 Mill Valley Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- The Farmers' Market — Marin Country Mart
Marin Country Mart , 2257 Larkspur Landing Cir , Larkspur
9:00 am - Dungeons & Dragons Club
Belvedere Tiburon Library , 1501 Tiburon Blvd Belvedere , 1501 Tiburon Blvd , Tiburon
10:00 am - Holiday Art Open Studio Series
the shack , 236 Magnolia Ave , Larkspur
10:00 am - Gingerbread House Decorating Workshop — Ronnie's Awesome List
Corte Madera Community Center , 498 Tamalpais Dr , Corte Madera
10:00 am - Corte Madera: Gingerbread House Decorating Workshop — Ronnie's Awesome List
Corte Madera Community Center , 498 Tamalpais Dr , Corte Madera
10:00 am - Corte Madera Gingerbread House Decorating — Ronnie's Awesome List
Corte Madera Community Center , 498 Tamalpais Dr , Corte Madera
10:00 am - Rivertown Skifflers: Marin Country Mart Farmer's Market in Larkspur, CA
Marin Country Mart , 2257 Larkspur Landing Cir , Larkspur
11:00 am - Drop in Nutcracker decorating workshop
P.A.I.N.T Art Collective , 8 Princess St , Sausalito
12:00 pm - Long Day's Journey Into Night
The Village at Corte Madera , 1618 Redwood Hwy , Corte Madera
1:00 pm
Saturday December 20
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Stinson.
20 x 24 in. Acrylic on canvas… loose and light with this study of our local… (Nextdoor Panoramic)
- McDonald's Restaurants posted a job opening for Crew Team Member in Mill Valley. Apply here.
- Bright Horizons posted a job opening for Early Childhood Substitute Preschool Teacher in Mill Valley. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mill Valley here.
🗞 Nearby News
Corte Madera
- Marin IJ Readers' Forum for Dec. 20, 2025 (marinij.com)
Larkspur
- This former stage director's next act? Running a movie theater (sfchronicle.com)
Marin City
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-- The Patch AM Team
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