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Duane Betts, wearing a white cowboy hat and a Southwestern-patterned jacket, sits on a blue velvet couch.

Duane Betts plays Sweetwater Friday with new solo album

Duane Betts and Palmetto Motel play two nights at Mill Valley's Sweetwater Music Hall on Aug. 28-29, touring behind the deeply personal new album Isle of Hope, produced by Dave Cobb and shaped by his father Dickey Betts' death and a decade of sobriety.

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Duane Betts, wearing a white cowboy hat and a Southwestern-patterned jacket, sits on a blue velvet couch.

Duane Betts plays Sweetwater Friday with new solo album

Duane Betts and Palmetto Motel play two nights at Mill Valley's Sweetwater Music Hall on Aug. 28-29, touring behind the deeply personal new album Isle of Hope, produced by Dave Cobb and shaped by his father Dickey Betts' death and a decade of sobriety.

· 2 min read

Duane Betts, wearing a white cowboy hat and a Southwestern-patterned jacket, sits on a blue velvet couch.

Duane Betts plays Sweetwater Friday with new solo album

Duane Betts and Palmetto Motel play two nights at Mill Valley's Sweetwater Music Hall on Aug. 28-29, touring behind the deeply personal new album Isle of Hope, produced by Dave Cobb and shaped by his father Dickey Betts' death and a decade of sobriety.

· 2 min read

Young man in polka-dot shirt playing acoustic guitar and singing into a microphone on a dark stage.

Matt Jaffe headlines free show at Bon Air Center

Bon Air Center in Larkspur hosts a free Rhythm & Brews concert featuring Bay Area singer-songwriter Matt Jaffe on Thursday, Aug. 20, co-presented with nonprofit Bread and Roses Presents.

Orange and black butterfly resting with wings open, showing upper wing surface.

Millions of butterflies swarming Sierra trace back to Marin

Millions of California tortoiseshell butterflies are swarming Northern California's mountains in summer 2026, tracing back to a spring breeding boom in Marin County; Southern Marin hikers on Mount Tamalpais may see the species return in late September when the butterflies migrate downslope to hibernate.

Holiday Craft Fair flyer.

Mill Valley's Holiday Craft Fair seeks vendors by Aug. 21

Mill Valley Recreation's free Holiday Craft Fair returns Saturday, December 5, at the Mill Valley Community Center with 60-plus handmade artists; vendor applications close Friday, August 21, at 5 p.m.

A harbor porpoise swimming near the surface, dark gray with a small triangular dorsal fin.

Harbor porpoises return to Tiburon waters after decades

Almost 300 harbor porpoises have returned to San Francisco Bay after an 80-year absence, and Tiburon's fourth-generation ferry captain Maggie McDonogh says residents can watch for them along the Angel Island ferry route.

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