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Condemned killer of 12-year-old Polly Klaas makes new bid to overturn death...

Richard Allen Davis, one of California’s most notorious convicted killers, whose 1993 kidnapping and murder of 12-year-old Polly Klaas inspired a crackdown on serial offenders, is making a fresh bid to...

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San Anselmo man sues police over restraint after brain seizure

A San Anselmo resident has sued the Central Marin Police Authority, alleging an officer mistreated him soon after he suffered a brain seizure at his home. Bruce Frankel claims he was injured when the...

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Nighttime gunshots may harm health and sleep of millions, Mass General study...

Nighttime gunshots and the sirens wailing right after may be a larger factor in the health and well-being of millions of people than previously considered, Mass General Brigham researchers report. The...

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Judge denies Trump bid to toss classified documents case

By Eric Tucker | Associated Press WASHINGTON — A federal judge refused Thursday to throw out the classified documents prosecution against Donald Trump, turning aside defense arguments that a...

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Novato police arrest suspect with ‘ghost gun’

An East Bay man was arrested at a Novato hotel on Friday on suspicion of possessing suspected narcotics and a “ghost gun,” police said. Police contacted the man at about 5:30 a.m. after receiving a...

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President Biden tells Baltimore ‘your nation has your back’

By Will Weissert | Associated Press BALTIMORE — President Joe Biden got a firsthand look Friday at efforts to clear away the “mangled mess” of remains of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in...

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Attorneys for condemned killer of 12-year-old Polly Klaas ask judge to...

Attorneys for the man convicted in the 1993 kidnapping and murder of 12-year-old Polly Klaas pleaded with a Santa Clara County judge on Friday to reconsider their client’s decades-old death sentence,...

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Tamalpais High School investigates students over bigoted photo

At least two Tamalpais High School students are under investigation over a photo that surfaced in school and on social media of a girl with a racist slur and a swastika written on her face, officials...

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Marin embezzler pardoned by governor

At age 82, Michael Woodson said he feels like he has earned a measure of redemption. In the 1980s, Woodson became notorious for mishandling $13.5 million invested in a San Rafael mortgage brokerage...

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San Rafael adopts road safety plan

San Rafael city streets — which have the county’s highest number of repeat injury collision locations — could become safer under a new plan. The city adopted a road safety plan that aims to eliminate...

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Sausalito police investigate stabbing at residence

Sausalito police are investigating an attack that left a man with stab wounds. The crime was reported at about 9:15 p.m. Saturday at a residence on Cable Roadway, police Lt. Brian Mather said. Police...

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New Marin jail program aims to reconnect inmates with families

Deja Munson kisses her 1-year-old son, TiAnte Cook, as her other son, Rayvontay Parker, 7, plays nearby, during a visit at the Marin County Jail in San Rafael, Calif. on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. Munson,...

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New York Judge rejects Trump bid to delay hush-money trial

By Michael R. Sisak, Jake Offenhartz and Jennifer Peltz | Associated Press NEW YORK — A New York appeals court judge on Monday rejected Donald Trump’s bid to delay his April 15 hush money criminal...

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Tesla settles lawsuit over Apple engineer’s Autopilot death on eve of trial

On the eve of a jury trial expected to delve deeply into Tesla’s controversial “Autopilot” technology, the company has settled a lawsuit filed by the family of an Apple engineer killed on Highway 101...

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Novato suspect accused of attempted carjacking

An assault suspect allegedly tried to carjack a driver while fleeing from authorities in Novato. The suspect, who is described as an unhoused resident on Binford Road, attacked a neighbor with a pole...

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Marin carjacking and robbery suspect pleads not guilty

A suspect pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of carjacking a driver in San Rafael, stealing a car in San Anselmo and committing other offenses during a police pursuit. Richard Montiel Contreras,...

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New York appeals court rejects Donald Trump’s third request to delay Monday’s...

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JAKE OFFENHARTZ, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is now 0 for 3 in last-minute attempts to get a New York appeals court to delay his looming hush money criminal...

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Trump is about to go on trial in New York. Here’s what to expect

By Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, is expected to be pulled from the campaign trail for at least two months starting next...

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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg says Trump’s hush money criminal...

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — When he was elected two years ago as Manhattan’s first Black district attorney, Alvin Bragg spoke candidly about his unease with the job’s political...

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Mount Tam rescue effort saves driver in ravine

A Sonoma County sheriff’s helicopter crew rescued a driver from a ravine on the west side of Mount Tamalpais. The vehicle plunged about 200 feet down from Panoramic Highway on Wednesday afternoon,...

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