Gannett turned over the newspaper to a partnership headed by Dean Singleton and it is now owned and operated by a company made up of investment bankers.

In 2002, former President George H. W. Bush described "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh as "some misguided Marin County hot-tubber.

"[6] His comment prompted criticism among readers of the Marin Independent Journal, until Bush sent the paper a letter of apology:Call off the dogs, please.

Previous to this position, Devincenzi was named editor and publisher of several South Bay weekly newspapers.

[citation needed] Of these awards, The Independent Journal won second place in the breaking news category for a report of a mudslide in Sausalito in 2019.