About MoreMarin

We’re a fast-growing news and features website bringing our readers more interesting, more compelling and more important stories about the people, places and things in Marin County.  

MoreMarin.com debuted in Spring of 2008, as a small, online-only news source.   Since then, we’ve added multiple sections including cultural, environmental and outdoor activities coverage, food reviews and the most comprehensive and up-to-date restaurant database in Marin.

The big guys have taken notice—we’ve recently partnered with SFGate.com.  Our stories now appear on their website daily, and that has boosted our traffic dramatically.

About our staff

MoreMarin.com was conceived by former television journalist Pam Gould.  Before MoreMarin.com, Pam worked for NBC News in New York, but she was happy to trade the East Coast lifestyle to return to Marin where she had happily lived during the 80s and 90s.  Pam is the story planner, writer and editor when she’s not busy exploring West Marin.

Most of the photography you see on our site is the work of Bill Scholtz.  His past life in high tech comes in handy because he is also the site webmaster.  As a transplanted Easterner, Bill is thrilled to live in a place where he can row nearly every day.

We also have guest contributors who help deliver our great content. Here's the current list--

Danielle Schubert, our dining diva, gives her readers the real deal in her Dining with Danielle restaurant reviews.  Danielle, who grew up in Marin and owns the Mill Valley Hat Box, spends a lot of her time in restaurants and considers herself a major foodie.  She delights in all cuisines and you'll delight in her reviews.



Chef Elizabeth Howes was raised in a family of inspired cooks.  Her bi-coastal upbringing, which exposed her to foods ranging from lobster in Boston to organic produce in Southern California, greatly influenced her style of cooking.  Elizabeth's recipe creations draw inspiration from seasonal, organic and locally available ingredients.  She is the chef/owner of Saffron Lane--a private chef and boutique catering company based in Marin, with clients in San Francisco and Marin.  Chef Howes writes on food in her column, Bonne Bouche, which translates loosely to "good bite".

Splash and Dash = sports in the water and on the land and nobody is better equipped to give you the drill than Coach Dorette Sommer-Franks.  Dorette, and her husband Duane, coach bikers, runners and swimmers for their business, Trifiniti Endurance Performance Coaching.  Most times the Marin native can be found running, swimming and on her stand up paddle board when not training other athletes.

Once a week, we run a small feature called SubUrban Legends.  These small snippets of Marin history, are provided by TMc, our resident mystery historian.  TMc prefers to remain anonymous but you will find her weekly 'legends' anything but invisible.  We post them every Wednesday around lunchtime.

Marin resident Annie Fox is a respected educator, award-winning author and a trusted online advisor.  Her life's work is helping teens become more self-aware, self-confident and better able to make choices that reflect who they really are.  She is also committed to working with parents and teachers.  You'll find her regular column, Parenting with Annie, written in an engaging and humorous way and  full of sound advice on teens, tweens and young adults.

Paul Miller's cartoons have appeared in several Marin-based newspapers including the Marin IJ, the Novato Advance, the Pacific Sun and The Ark.  He's also been published in the San Francisco Chronicle, and his book, "A Cartoonist's Guide to Prostate Cancer" was described by Dr. Dean Edell as "a must for any man facing prostate cancer." Paul will contribute editorial cartoons for MoreMarin in his new column, Hit It and Quit It: Paragraphs by Paul Miller.

Dr. Michelle Gannon is a Psychologist specializing in Relationships, Wellness and Women's Issues. She is an individual and couples therapist in private practice in San Francisco for over 20 years, workshop founder and media expert. She specializes in relationship issues, self esteem, health and wellness, work/life balance, communication, intimacy and sexuality, parenthood and life transitions. She also leads award winning Couples Workshops: Marriage Prep 101. Dr Gannon lives in San Rafael with her husband, two sons, dog and cat. Please check out her regular column: Musings by Dr Michelle Gannon.

Lisa Brookes Kift is a psychotherapist in San Rafael, Marin.  She has a private practice doing individual therapy, couples and premarital counseling.  Lisa is also the creator of The Toolbox at LisaKiftTherapy.com, containing articles, tips and tools by her and other therapy professionals. She is a Marin County native where she lives with her husband and young son.  See her regular column Emotional & Relationship Health.



Real Estate is always a hot subject and longtime Marin Realtor Wes Mayne gives us the "real deal" in his column, Real Estate/Real Info. Wes, affiliated with Coldwell-Banker Real Estate, has been helping people buy and sell property here in Marin County since 1984. He specializes in properties all over the county from Muir Beach to Mill Valley all the way north to Novato. His website, Great Homes of Marin, offers comprehensive information about Marin communities and also has a property search database. Wes lives with his family in San Rafael.

Jan Alff Wiegel writes Bright Green Marin, a column about sustainability, ecology and all things green. Jan is in the process of completing her Certificate of Sustainable Practices at Dominican University of California and has graduated from the Environmental Forum of Marin. She is a longtime Mill Valley resident and is Vice-President and Director of Sustainability for the Wiegel Law Group PLC in San Francisco.


An ultra athlete herself, Dr. Joan Steidenger is well equipped to write about the psychology of sports and what it means to be a competitive athlete. Dr. Steidenger has offices in Mill Valley and San Francisco and has been practicing sports psychology with clients ranging from recreational to pro athletes for the past 17 years. You can read her column, Dr. Joan's Sports Psych Talk in MoreSweat.


Tiburon resident Michele Benza has lived a fashionable life. Well let's just say she's into fashion. The Belgium native, owner of Michele Benza Image Consulting and Posture, happily coaches clients on how to dress appropriately for their age, life style and body type and attain their ideal posture. Michele works face-to-face with local clients and remotely with her clients that live farther away. She writes about image and style in her monthly column, Eye on Image.

Jan L. Herr, M.D., a board certified OB/Gyn at Kaiser Permanente San Rafael, is a women’s health champion with a passion to help women live the healthy lives they deserve. A doctor, a wife, a mother and an avid cyclist, she bikes to work daily from her San Anselmo home. Dr. Herr is a frequent speaker and writes educational materials for physicians and patients. Her passion... women’s health, her avocation... family, home, hiking, biking and word games. Dr. Herr writes about women's health in her column for MoreMarin, "for wellness. for women."

We are currently trying out other contributors and are always interested in welcoming new ones to the fold.  If you are a writer interested in contributing to our website, please email us at .

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