San Rafael car burglary suspect arrested after chase
A San Rafael police officer arrested a suspected car burglar after a vehicle chase in Terra Linda. The officer witnessed the suspect stealing a bag from a vehicle on Golden Hinde Boulevard at about 9...
View ArticleShooting stuns whaling village on Alaska’s North Slope
By Mark Thiessen | Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A shooting that killed two adults and severely wounded two others has stunned a tiny Alaska Native whaling village above the Arctic Circle, where...
View ArticleMarin authorities allege manslaughter in fentanyl death
Marin County sheriff’s investigators have arrested a suspected drug dealer in connection with a fatal fentanyl overdose. The sheriff’s office announced the arrest Tuesday. The suspect allegedly...
View ArticleViolent rally shuts down Cal event featuring Israeli speaker
BERKELEY – An event at UC Berkeley featuring a speaker from Israel was canceled and its attendees escorted to safety Monday night after hundreds of protesters surrounded the venue and broke down the...
View ArticleDonald Trump offers $100 million on $454 million court fraud judgment
By Michael R. Sisak | Associated Press NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s lawyers told a New York appellate court Wednesday that he’s prepared to post a $100 million bond to halt collection of his staggering...
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Pregnancy care was always lacking in jails. It could get worse
Renuka Rayasam | (TNS) KFF Health News It was about midnight in June 2022 when police officers showed up at Angela Collier’s door and told her that someone anonymously requested a welfare check because...
View ArticleBail clampdowns don’t match what research says about suspects, experts say
Amanda Hernández | Stateline.org (TNS) Crime is shaping up as a potent election issue, and one of the key points of debate is over bail: Which suspects should be jailed before trial, and which ones...
View ArticleMarin supervisors to host forum on immigration law
The Marin County Board of Supervisors is set to hold the county’s annual TRUTH Act forum on Tuesday. State law requires counties to host annual forums on the Transparent Review of Unjust Transfers and...
View ArticleUniversity of California hit with $7.2 million jury verdict over firing of...
A jury has awarded more than $7 million in damages to a former University of California policeman who claimed he was illegally fired because he is Black. Former UC Santa Cruz Police Department Lt....
View ArticleAttorney charged in Marin bribery case pleads not guilty
A defense attorney pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he bribed a witness in a Marin County case. Tyler Rogers Smith was defending a vandalism suspect last year when he attempted to subvert...
View ArticleSan Rafael police probe robbery at Starbucks
San Rafael police are investigating an armed robbery at the Starbucks on Grand Avenue. The crime happened at about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, said police Sgt. Justin Graham. He said the robber brandished a...
View ArticleGuilty plea expected from Airman accused in document leak
By Hannah Rabinowitz | CNN Jack Teixeira, the Air National Guardsman accused of posting a trove of classified documents online, is expected to plead guilty to federal charges on Monday, according to a...
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Ferocious blizzard with ‘life threatening conditions’ hits Sierra Nevada as...
TRUCKEE — Communities around Lake Tahoe hunkered down Thursday as the biggest blizzard of the winter began to roar across California’s Sierra Nevada — a storm that forecasters said could bring up to 12...
View ArticleBusinessman pleads guilty to trying to bribe Sen. Menendez
By Larry Neumeister | Associated Press NEW YORK — A New Jersey businessman pleaded guilty Friday to trying to bribe U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, after signing a cooperation deal with prosecutors. Jose Uribe...
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Why health care has become a top target for cybercriminals
Elise Takahama | (TNS) The Seattle Times When a cyberattack hit Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center late last year and exposed the personal data of nearly a million patients, many were caught off...
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‘You can’t see anything’: Blizzard closes most Tahoe ski resorts and Yosemite...
TRUCKEE — Jeremy Fuentes and Jarad Baldwin packed up their Ford Explorer and left the Bay Area on Friday morning as the blizzard gripped the Sierra Nevada. With winds howling and snow blowing sideways,...
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Interstate 80 reopening through Sierra as threat of snow, showers lingers for...
A powerful storm finally departed the Sierra Nevada on Monday after stranding Bay Area residents, delighting skiers and heavily fortifying snow levels that had been lagging behind historical averages....
View ArticleMill Valley police pursue alleged vehicle thieves
Two alleged vehicle thieves escaped Monday after leading authorities on pursuit from Mill Valley to the East Bay, police said. The incident began around 2 a.m. when a police sergeant saw two drivers...
View ArticleArmed suspect killed, 4 deputies hurt after exchanging gunfire during Sonoma...
SANTA ROSA — A suspect was killed and four deputies were hurt after exchanging gunfire during a car chase that ended with a violent crash north of Marin County early Monday, authorities said. The...
View ArticleSen. Menendez hit with new conspiracy, obstruction charges
By Kara Scannell | CNN New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez was indicted Tuesday on a dozen new criminal charges related to a years-long bribery scheme involving the governments of Egypt and Qatar....
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