UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Form 13F FORM 13F COVER PAGE Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: March 31, 2013 Check here if Amendment [ ]; Amendment Number: ______ This Amendment: [ ] is a restatement. [ ] adds new holdings entries. Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report: Name: Main Street Research LLC Address: 30 Liberty Ship Way, Suite 3330 	Sausalito, CA 94965 Form 13F File Number: 028-14411 The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form. Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager: Name: Charito A. Mittelman Title: Chief Compliance Officer Phone: 415-289-1010 Signature, Place, and Date of Signing: Charito A. Mittelman	Sausalito, CA May 13, 2013 Report Type: [x] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. [ ] 13F NOTICE. [ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT. FORM 13F SUMMARy: Report Summary: Number of Other Included Managers: 0 Form 13F Information Table Entry Total:151 Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $321,029 List of Other Included Managers: NONE FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE ------------------------------ ---------------- --------- -------- -------- --- ---- ------- ------------ -------- -------- -------- Berkshire Hathaway Cl A COM 084670108 781 5 SH Sole 5 3M Company COM 88579Y101 319 3000 SH Sole 3000 ASML Holdings COM N07059210 4838 71151 SH Sole 71151 AbbVie Inc COM 00287y109 886 21738 SH Sole 21738 Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 878 24868 SH Sole 24868 Ace Limited COM H0023R105 267 3000 SH Sole 3000 Agilent Technologies COM 00846u101 320 7624 SH Sole 7624 Altria Group Inc COM 02209S103 387 11246 SH Sole 11246 Amazon.com COM 023135106 229 860 SH Sole 860 Ambev-Cia De Bebidas Adr COM 20441w203 5945 140445 SH Sole 140445 American Electric Power COM 025537101 6845 140761 SH Sole 140761 American Express COM 025816109 3402 50435 SH Sole 50435 Amgen Inc COM 031162100 329 3214 SH Sole 3214 Anadarko Petroleum Corp COM 032511107 215 2454 SH Sole 2454 Apple Computer COM 037833100 5855 13227 SH Sole 13227 Astrazeneca Plc Adr F COM 046353108 4716 94348 SH Sole 94348 At&t Inc COM 00206R102 3040 82870 SH Sole 82870 Auto Data Processing COM 053015103 622 9570 SH Sole 9570 Babson Cap Corp COM 05617k109 1316 80527 SH Sole 80527 Banco Bradesco S.A. COM 059460303 2289 134481 SH Sole 134481 Bank America Corp New COM 060505104 363 29836 SH Sole 29836 Bank of Marin Bancorp COM 063425102 330 8239 SH Sole 8239 Bard C R Inc COM 067383109 1644 16317 SH Sole 16317 Bed Bath and Beyond COM 075896100 2181 33853 SH Sole 33853 Berkshire Hathaway CL B COM 084670702 407 3905 SH Sole 3905 BioMarin Pharmaceuticals Inc COM 09061G101 2854 45845 SH Sole 45845 Biogen IDEC Inc COM 09062X103 1144 5938 SH Sole 5938 Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. Com. COM 110122108 5643 136996 SH Sole 136996 C V S Caremark Corp COM 126650100 778 14149 SH Sole 14149 Cabot Oil and Gas COM 127097103 203 3000 SH Sole 3000 Cardinal Health COM 14149Y108 351 8440 SH Sole 8440 Caterpillar Inc COM 149123101 993 11412 SH Sole 11412 Celgene Corp COM 151020104 886 7644 SH Sole 7644 Charles Schwab Corp COM 808513105 1412 79827 SH Sole 79827 Chevron Corp COM 166764100 9234 77710 SH Sole 77710 China Petroleum & Chemical Cor COM 16941R108 382 3267 SH Sole 3267 Chipotle Mexican Grill COM 169656105 304 933 SH Sole 933 Chubb Corp COM 171232101 298 3400 SH Sole 3400 Cisco Systems, Inc. COM 17275r102 372 17790 SH Sole 17790 Clorox Co. Calif. COM 189054109 1104 12469 SH Sole 12469 Cnooc Ltd COM 126132109 1946 10164 SH Sole 10164 Coca Cola Co. COM 191216100 1020 25212 SH Sole 25212 Colgate-Palmolive Co COM 194162103 2807 23781 SH Sole 23781 Comcast Corp Cl A COM 20030N101 500 11919 SH Sole 11919 Conoco Phillips COM 20825c104 327 5439 SH Sole 5439 Consolidated Edison COM 209115104 216 3532 SH Sole 3532 Costco Corp COM 22160K105 3461 32620 SH Sole 32620 Credit Suisse Group Adr COM 225401108 245 9360 SH Sole 9360 Danaher Corp Del COM 235851102 6388 102780 SH Sole 102780 Deutsche Bank AG COM D18190898 1080 27615 SH Sole 27615 Diageo Plc New ADR COM 25243q205 5879 46717 SH Sole 46717 Dominion Resources COM 25746u109 5708 98106 SH Sole 98106 Duke Energy Corp New COM 26441c105 224 3087 SH Sole 3087 Edison International COM 281020107 2462 48928 SH Sole 48928 Exxon Mobil Corp COM 30231G102 5526 61321 SH Sole 61321 Facebook Inc COM 30303m102 352 13743 SH Sole 13743 Fastenal Company COM 311900104 2474 48200 SH Sole 48200 Franklin Resources Inc COM 354613101 419 2779 SH Sole 2779 Gartner, Inc. COM 366651107 202 3705 SH Sole 3705 General Electric Co. COM 369604103 2376 102775 SH Sole 102775 General Mills, Inc. COM 370334104 1115 22619 SH Sole 22619 Gilead Sciences COM 375558103 3982 81362 SH Sole 81362 GlaxoSmithKline PLC COM 37733w105 225 4802 SH Sole 4802 Google Inc COM 38259p508 258 325 SH Sole 325 Heinz H J Co COM 423074103 755 10450 SH Sole 10450 Home Depot COM 437076102 6019 86250 SH Sole 86250 IAC Interactive Corp COM 44919p508 221 4950 SH Sole 4950 Int'l Business Machines COM 459200101 6082 28515 SH Sole 28515 Intuitive Surgical Inc COM 46120e602 2228 4535 SH Sole 4535 Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 1280 15698 SH Sole 15698 Kellogg Co. COM 487836108 344 5334 SH Sole 5334 Kimberly-Clark Corp COM 494368103 236 2410 SH Sole 2410 Kons Philips Elec NV New COM 500472303 2594 87780 SH Sole 87780 Kraft Foods Group COM 50076q106 2310 44830 SH Sole 44830 Lilly Eli Co COM 532457108 210 3690 SH Sole 3690 LinkedIn COM 53578a108 3932 22335 SH Sole 22335 McDonald's Corp. COM 580135101 4344 43579 SH Sole 43579 Merck & Co Inc COM 58933y105 534 12084 SH Sole 12084 Microsoft Corp COM 594918104 405 14166 SH Sole 14166 Mondelez Intl Inc COM 609207105 4086 133477 SH Sole 133477 Nike COM 654106103 235 3982 SH Sole 3982 Noble Energy Inc COM 655044105 1031 8910 SH Sole 8910 Nordstrom Inc COM 655664100 211 3825 SH Sole 3825 Norfolk Southern Corp. COM 655844108 231 3000 SH Sole 3000 Oracle COM 68389X105 775 23968 SH Sole 23968 Pac Mercantile Bancorp COM 694552100 74 12650 SH Sole 12650 Pacific Gas & Electric COM 69331C108 209 4701 SH Sole 4701 Parker-Hannifin Corp COM 701094104 2663 29078 SH Sole 29078 Pepsico COM 713448108 214 2703 SH Sole 2703 Perrigo Company COM 714290103 1349 11358 SH Sole 11358 Pfizer, Inc. COM 717081103 557 19310 SH Sole 19310 Philip Morris International COM 718172109 742 8002 SH Sole 8002 Polaris Industries Inc COM 731068102 278 3009 SH Sole 3009 Precision Castparts Corp COM 740189105 5263 27753 SH Sole 27753 Procter & Gamble Co. COM 742718109 20439 265233 SH Sole 265233 Qualcomm Inc COM 747525103 3356 50130 SH Sole 50130 Rackspace Hosting Inc. COM 750086100 1760 34862 SH Sole 34862 Ross Stores Inc COM 778296103 2897 47787 SH Sole 47787 Royal Bank of Canada COM 780087102 5827 96640 SH Sole 96640 Royal Dutch Shell Plc Cl B COM 780259107 3785 56640 SH Sole 56640 S A P Aktiengesell ADR COM 803054204 2369 29418 SH Sole 29418 Salesforce.com COM 79466l302 1368 7648 SH Sole 7648 Sanofi Aventis Adr COM 80105n105 1193 23359 SH Sole 23359 Schlumberger Ltd. COM 806857108 229 3061 SH Sole 3061 Sempra Energy COM 816851109 1415 17700 SH Sole 17700 Siemens AG Adr COM 826197501 1963 18213 SH Sole 18213 Sirius XM Radio COM 82967N108 165 53630 SH Sole 53630 Smith & Nephew Adr COM 83175M205 1260 21820 SH Sole 21820 Smucker JM Company COM 832696405 399 4028 SH Sole 4028 Snap-on Inc. COM 833034101 2916 35260 SH Sole 35260 Sony Corp COM 835699307 456 26200 SH Sole 26200 Stanley Black & Decker COM 854502101 1392 17196 SH Sole 17196 Starbucks Corp COM 855244109 642 11265 SH Sole 11265 Suncor Energy Inc COM 867224107 822 27375 SH Sole 27375 Taiwan Semiconductor Adr COM 874039100 1697 98733 SH Sole 98733 Target Corp COM 87612E106 5071 74078 SH Sole 74078 Tata Motors Ltd COM 876568502 4149 169975 SH Sole 169975 Teradata Corp COM 88076W103 283 4836 SH Sole 4836 The Southern Company COM 842587107 786 16762 SH Sole 16762 Total Fina Elf COM 89151e109 3676 76615 SH Sole 76615 Toyota Motor Adr COM 892331307 667 6500 SH Sole 6500 Tractor Supply Company COM 892356106 1872 17975 SH Sole 17975 US Bancorp DEL COM 902973304 4297 126640 SH Sole 126640 Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. COM 90400p101 3404 134135 SH Sole 134135 Unilever PLC Amer Shs F COM 904767704 2285 54086 SH Sole 54086 Union Pacific Corp COM 907818108 492 3453 SH Sole 3453 United Technologies COM 913017109 4752 50866 SH Sole 50866 VMware Inc COM 928563402 1155 14642 SH Sole 14642 Verizon Communications COM 92343v104 6010 122284 SH Sole 122284 Visa Inc COM 92826c839 3745 22050 SH Sole 22050 Wal-Mart Stores Inc. COM 931142103 251 3349 SH Sole 3349 Walt Disney Holding Co. COM 254687106 346 6091 SH Sole 6091 Wells Fargo COM 949746101 3276 88560 SH Sole 88560 Whole Foods Market Inc COM 966837106 4955 57118 SH Sole 57118 Xilinx Inc COM 983919101 4455 116721 SH Sole 116721 Yum Brands Inc COM 988498101 5513 76634 SH Sole 76634 Zimmer Holdings Inc COM 98956P102 243 3224 SH Sole 3224 Vanguard Wellsley Income 921938106 275 11032 SH Sole 11032 PowerShares QQQ Trust ETF 73935a104 338 4896 SH Sole 4896 Vanguard Total Stock Market VI ETF 922908769 453 5589 SH Sole 5589 Buckeye Partners LP MLP 118230101 2327 38045 SH Sole 38045 Enterprise Prd Partners LP MLP 293792107 207 3436 SH Sole 3436 Kinder Morgan Energy LP MLP 494550106 3252 36225 SH Sole 36225 Magellan Midstream Partners MLP 559080106 6324 118364 SH Sole 118364 Oneok Partners LP MLP 68268N103 1375 23946 SH Sole 23946 American Tower Corp REIT 03027x100 5801 75411 SH Sole 75411 Boston Properties Inc REIT 101121101 1922 19015 SH Sole 19015 Digital Realty Trust Inc REIT 253868103 2827 42257 SH Sole 42257 H C P Inc Reit REIT 40414L109 221 4435 SH Sole 4435 Health Care Reit REIT 42217K106 4499 66253 SH Sole 66253 Simon Property Group REIT 828806109 212 1335 SH Sole 1335 Total							 $321,029