Listen in Marin (also known as Local News Matters on Radio Sausalito) is a weekly roundup of stories affecting Marin County and the greater Bay Area. The program is a partnership between Radio Sausalito and Bay City News — the only 24/7 news outlet dedicated to covering local news in the entire Bay Area region.

To hear the broadcasts, tune in to Radio Sausalito every Monday at 8 a.m., noon and 5 p.m., or stream the segments here on Marin News Matters.

In this episode: Cattle ranchers race to meet a departer deadline from Point Reyes National Seashore. A major property development in Strawberry moves forward. An environmental screening tool gets screened by local leaders. Funding begins for new experiment in wetland restoration. SMART trains get a boost in service.

Meet your host

Ruth Dusseault is a Bay City News investigative reporter.

Listen in Marin is hosted by Ruth Dusseault, an investigative reporter and multimedia journalist focused on environment and energy. Her position is supported by the California Local News Fellowship, a statewide initiative hosted by UC Berkeley aimed at providing underserved communities with local news. Before attending UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism (’23), she was an assistant professor at Georgia Tech’s School of Architecture where she taught digital storytelling and reported on the engineered systems that undergird modern life.