Judge issues gag order in Trump’s hush-money trial
By Michael R. Sisak | Associated Press NEW YORK — A New York judge Tuesday issued a gag order barring Donald Trump from making public statements about witnesses, prosecutors, court staff and jurors in...
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Baltimore bridge disaster: Could it happen here?
The dramatic footage of a huge cargo ship colliding with a bridge near Baltimore and causing it to collapse like a scene from a Hollywood disaster movie riveted people around the world Tuesday. In the...
View ArticleUK court denies bid to extradite Assange to the US
By Sylvia Hui and Jill Lawless | Associated Press LONDON — A British court ruled Tuesday that Julian Assange can’t be extradited to the United States on espionage charges unless U.S. authorities...
View ArticlePG&E ranks in bottom third in U.S. customer satisfaction survey: new report
OAKLAND — PG&E languishes in the bottom third of a list of dozens of big utilities nationwide in terms of customer satisfaction, although the embattled power company’s rank is improving, a new...
View Article4th Mississippi cop gets 40 years for racist torture of Black men
By Michael Goldberg and Emily Wagster Pettus | Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. — A fourth former Mississippi sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced for his part in the racist torture of two Black men by a...
View ArticleOfficials probe bridge collapse, bodies of 2 workers recovered
By Lea Skene and Brian Witte | Associated Press BALTIMORE — The cargo ship that lost power and crashed into a bridge in Baltimore underwent “routine engine maintenance” in the port beforehand, the U.S....
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California law enforcement agencies have hindered transparency efforts in...
Despite laws intended to “pierce the secrecy” protecting California police officers, law enforcement agencies have thwarted those who seek information on cases of alleged misconduct — in some instances...
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Bay Area experts: Bridge disaster like Baltimore’s unlikely here
The dramatic footage of a huge cargo ship colliding with a bridge near Baltimore and causing it to collapse like a scene from a Hollywood disaster movie riveted people around the world this week. In...
View ArticleNovato police arrest suspect in Goodwill theft
Novato police arrested a suspect in an alleged burglary at the Goodwill store on Seventh Street. A store alarm system alerted police early Thursday morning, police Lt. Nick Frey said. Officers...
View ArticleMarin woman loses $30K in alleged online scam
Investigators arrested a suspect who allegedly stole $30,000 from an 83-year-old Marin County woman in an online scam. The scam involved a communication claiming to be from the “fraud department” of...
View ArticleNovato men arrested on child porn allegations
Authorities have arrested two Novato men in separate child pornography investigations. The Novato Police Department, which works with the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and the National...
View ArticleMarin coastal rescue effort reveals dead boater
Authorities are investigating the death of a man found on a boat that crashed along the Marin County coast. The boat was spotted late Thursday afternoon near Chimney Rock in the Point Reyes National...
View ArticleMarin fentanyl overdoses trigger use of new alert system
Marin County officials have issued their first public health alert about rising fentanyl overdoses. The new alert system was prompted by not only spikes in 911 calls for fatal and non-fatal overdoses...
View ArticleNovato police find gun, drugs in traffic incident
Novato police arrested a driver Monday after discovering allegedly illegal items in his vehicle. Police received a report of a suspicious vehicle near the corner of Santolina and San Marin drives at...
View ArticleMarin Headlands rescue effort pulls man from cliff
A helicopter crew rescued a man who fell from a cliff in the Marin Headlands over the weekend. The incident happened at about 7:40 p.m. Sunday near Battery Alexander in the Golden Gate National...
View ArticleMarin supervisors disband beleaguered Human Rights Commission
Marin County supervisors have decided to do away with the Human Rights Commission, an institution in place for nearly six decades. The decision this month to “sunset” the panel was part of a larger...
View ArticleCollege of Marin panel urges scrutiny of sheriff’s substation lease
Members of a police advisory committee at College of Marin are calling for changes in the Marin County Sheriff’s Office lease for a substation at the Kentfield campus. Members of the Campus Policing...
View ArticleMagnitude 3.2 earthquake rattles Santa Rosa area
SANTA ROSA – A magnitude 3.2 earthquake rattled the North Bay on Tuesday night, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor was reported around 8:25 p.m. roughly 3½ miles northeast of Santa...
View ArticleMarin defendant denies guilt in fentanyl homicide case
A man accused of supplying the fentanyl that killed a friend pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter on Wednesday in Marin County Superior Court. Callen Scheffler, 34, of Santa Rosa could face...
View ArticleNovato man accused of hate crime against neighbor
Novato police arrested a resident on suspicion of a hate crime after an alleged argument with a neighbor. The incident happened at about 1 p.m. Tuesday, when police received a report about a dispute...
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