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National Parks Service

Unsafe Social Distancing is Causing National, State and Regional Parks to Close All Over the Country

With people ignoring social distancing, national, state and regional parks are being forced to close.

Unsafe Social Distancing is Causing National, State and Regional Parks to Close All Over the Country
by Marin Staff
March 25, 2020
Muir Woods

Reservations Are Required For These Redwood Giants

The National Park Service will implement a parking reservation system for Muir Woods as of 2018. Associate Editor Kasia Pawlowska has the details.

by Kasia Pawlowska
April 25, 2016

A Bigger Budget And A Stronger Wild

With an expanded budget, the executive director of WildCare talks about the past, the present and the major plans for the organization’s future.

by PJ Bremier
April 25, 2016

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Marin Gives Back: Our Nonprofit Partners, 2025
Marin Gives Back: Our Nonprofit Partners, 2025
Marin Roots, SF Plates: 3 Chefs Bringing North Bay Flavor to the City
Marin Roots, SF Plates: 3 Chefs Bringing North Bay Flavor to the City
When Death is a Part of Life: How Death Doulas Use Love, Ritual and Courage to Reshape the Way We Say Goodbye
When Death is a Part of Life: How Death Doulas Use Love, Ritual and Courage to Reshape the Way We Say Goodbye
Why We Love Larkspur: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About This Friendly, Fascinating City
Why We Love Larkspur: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About This Friendly, Fascinating City
In the Company of Giants: How an Annual Trip Hosted by WILDCOAST Protects Whales
In the Company of Giants: How an Annual Trip Hosted by WILDCOAST Protects Whales
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Marin Gives Back: Our Nonprofit Partners in Giving, 2024


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When Ali Heston Wensley and Ben Wensley met on the When Ali Heston Wensley and Ben Wensley met on the first day of freshman year at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, they became fast friends, instantly drawn by a shared sense of humor. Though they didn’t start dating until many years later, Ali says that somehow, they always knew they would end up together. “‘Best friends’ is what we used to say, despite the many eye rolls from those close to us,” says Ali, who was born and raised in Marin. “I’ve been famously quoted saying, ‘I can’t start dating Ben yet because once I start, I’ll never stop!’”

The wedding planning got underway after a mid-hike proposal at the Marin Headlands near Fort Cronkite. While the couple originally thought they’d tie the knot in California, they ultimately chose T-Lazy-7 Ranch located in Aspen, Colorado, where Ali’s mom grew up. Ali recalls spending summers at the ranch with her sister, cousins and grandparents every year. “It’s always been such a special place for our family,” she says. “When Ben and I started dating, we began visiting once in the summer and once in the winter, and it quickly became a special place for us as a couple too.”

Witnessed by 115 of their closest friends and family, the couple said “I do” on a lush meadow surrounded by aspen trees beneath a snow-capped mountain with their best friend officiating. At the reception, the party kicked off with a 15-minute dance party following the couple’s first dance, with all of the guests invited to hit the dance floor before sitting down to dinner. “This idea came from our DJ, and although we were initially skeptical, it was a huge hit and ensured that even our youngest and oldest guests got some dance time,” Ali says. While the couple relished celebrating with their guests, one of their most meaningful experiences occurred before any of the festivities began, when they read their vows privately to each other by the river. “It was the perfect way to start the day and helped calm our nerves later — untraditional, but one of my favorite moments,” Ali says.

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Victoria Jeane Smith and Michael Sullivan met thro Victoria Jeane Smith and Michael Sullivan met through family in San Diego when they were just kids. Their lives would take them on different paths for many decades, however, until they got together about 15 years ago. “She was married until sometime in the late 1980s, and I was married until my wife died in 2010,” Michael explains. “Then I looked Vicky up, and we started a relationship.” Last year, the couple, who split their time between Marin and San Diego, decided to make their relationship official. “Our lives were already entwined, emotionally and economically, and ultimately it’s a lot easier to manage things when you’re married,” Michael says.

While it may have taken the couple years to reach the altar, planning the wedding took a mere matter of months. They said “I do” this past August aboard the Hotel California luxury yacht in Angel Island’s Ayala Cove surrounded by 40 close friends and family members. An additional 60 guests watched the ceremony via simulcast at the Golden Gate Yacht Club in San Francisco, where the reception was held later that day. “Given that we own the yacht and are members of the yacht club it seemed the logical solution,” says Sullivan, who owns Live it Up Charter.

Keeping the planning straightforward yet personal, Live It Up Charter coordinated all of the details of the wedding; the business’ captain, John Curry, officiated the ceremony; and Victoria’s daughters designed the floral arrangements. When it came to selecting wedding attire, the bride and groom made some intentionally untraditional choices: They both donned cowboy hats and she wore tall red cowboy boots. “We went shopping together to pick out clothes that would look special but weren’t particularly wedding attire,” Michael says. Doing the day their way ensured the celebration truly reflected the couple’s lives together. “It was the best wedding I’ve ever been to,” Michael says.

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Teya and Max McKone dated for more than 10 years b Teya and Max McKone dated for more than 10 years before they were ready to say “I do.” The Marin locals met in high school in 2013 and started dating soon after. Both attended college at UC Berkeley and eventually moved in together after relocating to New York City, where they live now and where Max proposed. “Tey and I shared our first kiss under the Hippie Tree in Tiburon on June 22, 2013. And this past Saturday, over 10 years later, I asked Tey to marry me under the first blooming cherry blossom in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden,” Max shared in a letter to their friends and family announcing the happy news.

As the couple dove into wedding planning, it became clear to Teya that her parents’ backyard in Novato would be the perfect venue to host the celebration. “I realized how special it would be to have a wedding somewhere with so many precious memories not only for me and my family, but also for Max and his family, as they have been part of my life for more than 12 years,” Teya says. Making the occasion even more personal, the couple’s family and friends pitched in to help with everything from designing the wedding invitations to transforming the backyard into a wedding wonderland.

After reading their vows in private under a big oak tree, Teya and Max committed their lives to each other publicly before more than 200 friends and family members. Teya’s brother played guitar during the cocktail hour, and the guests dined and danced into the early hours of the morning. Still, they found time to share a few moments alone. “We managed to escape from the crowd and have a private dinner, just the two of us, behind my parents’ house in a little garden,” Teya recalls. “It allowed us to really take a breath, be present with each other and soak in the beauty of the day.” Once everyone left, Teya, Max and Teya’s siblings stayed up until 3 a.m., recapping the previous day’s celebration. “It unfolded exactly as we had hoped, and we wouldn’t change a thing!” Teya says.

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Here's what's driving Bay Area residents to invest Here's what's driving Bay Area residents to invest in life overseas 🌍

✔️ More stability 
✔️ Better quality of life 
✔️ Access to nature
✔️ Slower, more grounded pace

Read the full story in our bio 🔗

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The February issue is officially here! What’s ins The February issue is officially here!

What’s inside:

🌍 How to live abroad feature

🏡 A deep dive into Marin’s housing crisis

💒 4 unforgettable wedding stories

💍 Annual Wedding Guide

🧑‍⚕️ Marin Magazine’s Top Doctors 2026

🏥 Annual Health & Wellness Guide

➕ And so much more!

Tell us what you’re most excited to read👇

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Best of the County 2026 is officially underway 🥳 Best of the County 2026 is officially underway 🥳

We’re excited to introduce you to our new and improved voting system, starting off strong with nominations. 

Nominations will be accepted through March 11 and voting will begin March 18.

You can nominate businesses for any of the new categories, or nominate businesses you’d like to see added to last year’s list. In other words, did we miss your favorite sushi spot last year? Now’s the time to get them added to the ballot. 

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Before construction started on the Golden Gate Bri Before construction started on the Golden Gate Bridge, engineers calculated that the two main cables for the suspension bridge, including the cables that would hold up the roadway, would weigh 24,500 tons. “It was (and still is) impossible to fabricate these cables on land and then raise them 746 feet in the air and place them atop each tower,” reports Mill Valley author James W. Schock in his book The Bridge: A Celebration. “So the only answer was to fabricate them in midair.” And fabricate them they did. In this 1935 photo of the San Francisco side of the Golden Gate Bridge, a worker is separating a 9/16-inch wire (about the size of a water hose), one of hundreds holding up the catwalk the workers are standing on, from a 3/16-inch (the width of a pencil) galvanized steel wire that is being “spun” out of the galley wheel at the top of the photo in a process called “cable spinning.” And when that 3/16-inch galvanized steel wire was combined with 27,572 other pencil-size wires, it became one of the two main cables of the Golden Gate Bridge. The two cables each stretch 7,650 feet between San Francisco and Marin County with a graceful sag in the middle, essentially holding up the roadway. According to Schock’s book, Joseph B. Strauss, the bridge’s chief engineer, said 452 of the pencil-thin galvanized steel wires were banded with heavy-duty steel tape into 61 bundles — 452 times 61 equals 27,572 — then packed tightly together to form a main cable with a diameter of slightly more than one yard. In all, the two main cables, thanks to 117,000 splices, hold 80,000 miles of pencil-thin galvanized steel wires — enough to circle the earth three times with a round-trip to New York left over.

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Bob Weir, founding member, guitarist and vocalist Bob Weir, founding member, guitarist and vocalist of the Grateful Dead, leaves a lasting mark on Marin County, where he played unforgettable shows at @sweetwatermusichall, the Marin County Civic Center, @throckmortontheatre and @tri_studios, inspiring generations of musicians and fans.

We look back at Bob Weir over the decades, captured through the lens of photographer Bob Minkin, in a visual tribute to an artist whose influence continues to resonate. Link in bio 🔗

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