presents a
Community Conversation
Where Mill Valley Stands on Wildfire, and What Comes Next
Hosted at
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
presents a
Where Mill Valley Stands on Wildfire, and What Comes Next
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Presented by Mill Valley Briefing
Wednesday September 16, 2026
Doors 7:00pm · Program 7:30pm
Sweetwater Music Hall
19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley
Free — RSVP required
Local fire officials said in May that fire seasons no longer have an off-season. Mill Valley has felt that since: its first power shutoff in five years, a wildfire within a half mile of downtown. But the town has also spent years building toward this moment, a fuel break on pace to reach nearly 70% complete by year's end, an evacuation plan tested with FEMA, neighborhood coordinators going door to door. This panel asks what's working, and what still isn't.
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Meet the panelists
Michael Wara directs the Climate and Energy Policy Program at Stanford's Woods Institute for the Environment, studying wildfire policy, utility regulation and insurance markets across California. He's also a 25-plus-year Tam Valley resident.
Anne Crealock is Planning and Program Manager at the Marin Wildfire Prevention Authority, leading funding and permitting for the Greater Mill Valley Fuel Break.
Leah Curtis is Southern Marin Fire District's Preparedness and Education Coordinator and chairs Mill Valley's Emergency Preparedness Commission.
Carl Sanders oversees vegetation management and the prescribed burn program on Marin Water's watershed lands, the work reshaping the hills above Mill Valley.
From the first conversation — April 21, 2026
On Tuesday April 21, roughly 50 Mill Valley residents gathered at Sweetwater Music Hall for the launch of the Mill Valley Briefing. The evening opened with a conversation moderated by Joyce Kleiner and featuring four panelists: Erma Murphy, Tim Ryan, Veery Maxwell and Raven Twilling.
The panel explored what draws people to this community, what they hope to protect and pass on, and how Mill Valley continues to change. September 16 turns to wildfire: what's already been done, and what residents still need to do.
