🌱 Patch AM: Missing 69-Year-Old Mill Valley Man Last Seen In Richmond: Police

Hi Mill Valley! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Mill Valley police seek public's help to find missing 69-year-old man
• Fire damages three-story Mill Valley home; all residents escape unharmed
• How Mill Valley's early theaters helped launch a countywide movie legacy

Also on today's calendar: Bon Air Pet Fest! and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Low clouds, then some sun, with a high of 73 and low of 55 degrees.
• Saturday: Partly sunny and beautiful, temps: high: 77, low: 54.
• Sunday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 73 and low of 55 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Missing 69-Year-Old Mill Valley Man Last Seen In Richmond: Police (patch.com) — Mill Valley residents are being asked to help locate 69-year-old Alexander Drejes, who failed to return to his Mill Valley home after leaving work in Richmond on Wednesday. Police say he may become confused due to chemical exposure at work and was previously found in San Francisco after a similar disappearance. He is believed to be driving a white 2014 Mercedes Sprinter van with California plate 88196N2, and anyone with information should contact Mill Valley police.
   

• In Your Town for Aug. 20, 2026 (marinij.com) — A fire early Thursday damaged a three-story home on California Avenue in Mill Valley, but everyone inside got out safely as Southern Marin and Marin County firefighters knocked down the flames. The roundup also notes separate police and safety incidents in San Rafael and San Anselmo, including arrests in an assault case and a DUI checkpoint.
   

• Remembering Marin's lost movie theaters (marinij.com) — Mill Valley's historic Hub Theater and Sequoia Theatre get spotlighted in this sweeping look back at Marin's grand old movie houses and the rise of the Mill Valley Film Festival. The piece traces how single-screen palaces and drive-ins faded, which venues survived, and how art-house cinemas now anchor community film culture across the county.
   

📸 Around Mill Valley

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mill Valley

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 22
• Bon Air Pet Fest! →
  50 Bon Air Center, Larkspur
  11:00 am
Saturday August 29
• Marin Green@Home Tour 2026 →
  San Rafael
  11:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday August 22
• Unhinged: An Improv Extravaganza →
  Boomerang Lounge, 256 Shoreline Hwy, Mill Valley, CA 94941
  8:00 pm
Wednesday August 26
• Nick Waterhouse →
  Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley
  8:00 pm
Saturday August 29
• Homestead Valley Music Festival — Ronnie's Awesome List →
  Homestead Valley Community Association, 315 Montford Ave, Mill Valley
  11:30 am
Saturday September 5
• Guide Dogs for the Blind's Graduation Ceremonies Melt Hearts →
  Guide Dogs For The Blind Inc, 350 Los Ranchitos Rd, San Rafael
  1:30 pm
• The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band →
  Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley
  8:00 pm
Wednesday September 9
• San Miguel Fraser →
  Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley
  8:00 pm
Friday September 11
• You Should Be Dancing - A Tribute To The Bee Gees →
  Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley
  8:00 pm
Saturday September 12
• Sound Summit →
  Cushing Memorial Amphitheater, Easy Grade Trail, Mill Valley
  11:45 am
Sunday September 13
• Black Uhuru →
  Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley
  8:00 pm

📣 Mill Valley Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday August 21
• Welcome Back Assembly
  Cove Corte Madera, CA 94925
  8:20 am
• 5th Gr. Band Concert Assembly
  Cove Corte Madera, CA 94925
  8:20 am
• MILL VALLEY: Cabin for Creekside Unplugged — Ronnie's Awesome List →
  Tam Valley Community Center, 203 Marin Ave, Mill Valley
  5:30 pm
• Sunset Sail - Friday Nights – "Osprey" →
  Chamber of Commerce Sausalito Clipper Harbor Marina 310 Harbor Drive, Sausalito Meet at the entrance to the Sport Fishing dock. Plenty of easy free parking
  6:00 pm

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• Rachel Bourne Piano Lessons — (818) 309-9483

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Flashback to my Mill Valley Depot installation piece.
  "California Dreamin on Mountains of the Moon." Acrylic on metal… just an fyi, many of you take my art classes here in southern Marin, but I'm… (Nextdoor Panoramic)
• Waymo is coming.
  Can't wait to see how they handle the King Tide. https://www.pressdemocrat.com/2026/08/18/california-cities-waymo-expansion/ (Nextdoor Tamalpais Valley)

• TGA Sports posted a job opening for Golf Coach for Simulator in Mill Valley. Apply here.
• Mejuri posted a job opening for Seasonal Stylist (Retail) (Part-time) in Corte Madera. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mill Valley here.

🗞 Nearby News

Corte Madera

• Marin Water Board Appoints Shaun Horne as Next General Manager - Association of California Water Agencies (acwa.com)

Larkspur

• Precise Plumbing & Drain: San Rafael's Skilled Plumbers (bogalusadailynews.com)
• Oscar-winning Bay Area native Sam Rockwell to open 49th Mill Valley Film Festival (sfchronicle.com)
• Mildred Frances Minter (Milly) Jewell (thearknewspaper.com)

Sausalito

• Bond rating agency raps Sausalito Marin City School District (marinij.com)
• Sheriff's Office Deputies Arrest a Man in Sausalito with Outstanding Warrants (crimevoice.com)

Ok Mill Valley! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A sponge (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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