jimw@patch.com
415.948.8919
San Francisco, CA
Bio: Born and raised in Philadelphia. Went to journalism school at Syracuse University, where I met the love of my life and learned the craft. Moved to the Bay Area nearly 15 years ago with several high school friends with open-ended plans to start careers and dig deeply into the incredible beauty and culture of the Bay Area. Not leaving. I love where I grew up and am always thrilled to go back, but my roots are here now, and they are deep. I love music, basketball, food, travel, and laughing as often as possible. We had a daughter this year, and I am over the moon.
Professionally, it's been a little bit of everything over the years, from doe-eyed sports reporter to music editor to newspaper and online reporter of many stripes. It's simple, really: whether it's the high school phenom or the 85-year-old who can still throw verbal haymakers with the best of them, I love telling people's stories.
Politics
I'm a registered Democrat who believes in fiscal conservatism unless you're dealt a ridiculously bad hand and have to spend your way out. I believe we're all created equal and should be treated as such. Pragmatic empathy is possible, and government is a much-needed, if often mismanaged, force for good in the world.
Religion
I was raised Roman Catholic in a comically large Irish Catholic family. I've drifted from the church quite a bit since then for a number of reasons, but I still hold dear the people and values that were a part of that upbringing.
Local Hot-Button Issues
After a rough economic stretch for downtown business, Mill Valley is in the midst of a push to stimulate downtown business. That effort must be willing to innovate but also strike a balance between promoting downtown business and retaining the town's inimitable character.
The city must remain vigilant on issues of emergency preparedness, vegetation management and evacuation planning. Despite an improving real estate market, the city should strive for a more affordable housing market.
With its Miller Avenue Streetscape plan and all of its road projects, the city should try to promote alternative forms of transit throughout town.
State Assemblyman and Tiburon investment exec head to Mill Valley senior community in quest to represent the new 2nd Congressional District.
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3 Day Walk for the Cure gets a rollicking start with the 900 walkers taking the 60-mile trek.
The following stories were the talk of the town in the 94941 over the past week.
Witness identifies 37-year-old San Rafael man as the person who set a grass fire in east San Rafael Friday and at least one other fire prior to that, police said.
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State Assemblyman and Tiburon investment exec head to Mill Valley senior community in quest to represent the new 2nd Congressional District.
State Assemblyman and Tiburon investment exec head to Mill Valley senior community in quest to represent the new 2nd Congressional District.
Here are some photos from Patti Ravitz of Novato, who is in Charlotte with other Democratic National Convention delegates.
Mill Valley singer-songwriter learns Thursday night if he stood out enough from an action-packed field to take one step closer to NBC show’s $1 million prize.
Kenyon Youngstrom, 37, was shot Tuesday morning after he and another CHP officer pulled over a Jeep Wrangler near the Livorna exit on southbound I-680.
"Protect Mill Valley Schools," a campaign to win voter approval for Measure B, a $196 parcel tax, begins in earnest.
Mill Valley native and Democratic delegate Jessica Jackson was introduced to politics at age 10 when she handed out flyers at Safeway on Camino Alto in support of President Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign. She's been hooked ever since.
Downtown event features an array of food trucks and food options along with live music, games, a photo booth and more.
Authorities say 38-year-old Christopher Boone Lacy of Corning, Calif., was arrested for driving under the influence in Sausalito six years ago but otherwise has no other criminal record.
Customers of stores in San Rafael and Marin City will not be charged $5 fee on orders placed before Oct. 31.
Mill Valley School District officials say that some aspects of the campus overhauls, particularly at Strawberry Point, Park and Edna Maguire elementary schools, will run well into the school year.
The California Department of Education released statewide results Friday. Compared to the rest of Marin County, the Mill Valley School District's six schools scored higher than the average in most subjects.
Tiburon photographer Rob Gieselmann snapped this colorful shot of the Sleeping Lady.
Organization’s board hopes to overcome financial woes and find a new strategy for promoting downtown business. Will it win the support of the city and the merchants?
