Robert's Dairy - Where Salvation Army Stands Today
By Constanza Perry Roberts Dairy, located in Happy Valley, which is now the Montecito neighborhood in San Rafael, was a prominent Marin...
Broncho Billy and The Essanay Film Company in Happy Valley
By Constanza Perry There was a [happy] valley with farmland and cattle ranches. The little nearby towns gave the area a decided western...
Blossoms for Irwin Street
This second “triangle” project of MARA's was conceived when an Irwin Street member of MARA attended a board meeting and requested help to...
MARA Newsletter Repository
We're excited that our new website is now live, but we didn't want to lose some of the history captured on our old website. So, we've...
Check out Jewell Park Triangle
The last Saturday in November of 2005, MARA volunteers placed a plaque on the first triangle project, at Park and Jewell streets. Read More
Gardening with a Conscious
When the Montecito Area Residents' Association decided to landscape several pie-shaped plots of land in their hilly neighborhood, they...
