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: A high school newspaper is caught in a free speech controversy. Marin County appoints its first inspector general. Candidates for Marin Board of Supervisors compare solutions for flooding. An obsolete women’s prison could be reopened as an immigration detention center. The legal battle between Elon Musk and Sam Altman continues.
Meet your host
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.