Golden Gate Bridge crash sickens police with fentanyl exposure
Four California Highway Patrol officers and a Golden Gate Bridge patrol officer were treated for possible fentanyl exposure after responding to a vehicle blocking Golden Gate Bridge lanes, authorities...
View ArticleNovato police arrest teen after armed robbery
Novato police arrested a 17-year-old suspect on allegations he robbed a market with a large kitchen knife. The incident happened at about 12:20 a.m. Friday at the Loop store at the Shell gas station at...
View ArticleSausalito police accuse suspect of auto theft, burglary
Sausalito police arrested a burglary suspect after stopping him in a vehicle that had been reported stolen. The 2006 Chevrolet Silverado entered the city on Alexander Avenue shortly before 9 p.m....
View ArticleSmoky air could begin to dissipate Monday, but high winds spell trouble for...
CLICK HERE if you’re having a problem viewing the photos on a mobile device. The choking smoke that has turned the region’s sky into an apocalyptic orange-red this month and pumped noxious ash into the...
View ArticleBay Area air: Does improving air quality mean it’s OK to go outside?
CLICK HERE if you’re having a problem viewing the photos on a mobile device. If you’ve sealed yourself inside your house over the past week because of the Bay Area’s unhealthy, smoke-filled air, you’re...
View ArticleMarin supervisors reject call for ‘sanctuary’ county
Marin supervisors adopted a resolution on Tuesday reaffirming their commitment to protecting undocumented immigrants but stopped short of declaring Marin a “sanctuary” county, to the dismay of critics....
View ArticleNovato man charged in San Rafael injury hit-and-run
Prosecutors have charged a Novato man in connection with a hit-and-run wreck in downtown San Rafael that sent a motorcyclist to the hospital over the weekend, the Marin District Attorney’s Office said...
View ArticleFormer SJSU athletic official accuses school president, AD of cover-up,...
The former deputy athletic director at San Jose State University is accusing the school’s athletic director and president, as well as other school officials, of covering up wrongdoing and retaliating...
View ArticleCalifornia wildfires: Firefighter killed battling blaze sparked by...
A firefighter was killed Thursday while battling the blaze in San Bernardino County that was sparked by a gender-reveal party, the U.S. Forest Service said Friday. The cause of death was still under...
View ArticleSpare the Air alert returns following a two-day break
The region’s break from smoky weather proved to be a brief one, and Bay Area residents must return to using caution in dirty air again this weekend, officials said Friday. The area’s 31st Spare the Air...
View ArticleNCAA tells California Supreme Court the USOPC has no legal duty to protect...
The NCAA has filed a brief in support of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee in a potential landmark California Supreme Court case, asking the court to rule that the USOPC does not have a legal...
View ArticleSmoke from California fires may have killed more than 1,000 people
Heavy smoke from wildfires that choked much of California in recent weeks was more than an annoyance. It was deadly. And it almost certainly killed more people than the flames from the massive fires...
View ArticleNovato police arrest suspect in ATM arson
A man accused of using a lighter to burn two automated teller machines at a Novato bank has been arrested, police said. Jose Agustin Hernandez-Torres, 34, of Novato was booked into Marin County Jail on...
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Breonna Taylor: Bay Area protests follow grand jury’s decision not to charge...
SAN JOSE — Hundreds of people gathered Wednesday evening across the Bay Area to protest a Kentucky grand jury’s decision not to charge any police officers for their role in Breonna Taylor’s death in...
View ArticleMill Valley bans sale of flavored tobacco
Mill Valley is the latest city to ban the sale of flavored tobacco products. The City Council voted 4-1 to enact the ban at its meeting Monday. It is the last city or town in Marin to implement the...
View ArticleMarin board of education race pits newcomer against longtime incumbent
Robert Goldman, a 10-year incumbent on the Marin County Board of Education, is being challenged in the Nov. 3 election by Felicia Agrelius, a 25-year-old youth program director for Marin’s Spahr...
View ArticleMarin set to bake as heat wave dials up fire risk
Marin could reach the century mark as a scorching fall forecast is expected to bring heightened fire danger to the North and East Bay hills. Temperatures that could top 100 degrees combined with strong...
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San Rafael faces claim over Black driver’s detention
The detainment of an innocent Black man during a carjacking investigation has prompted a claim against San Rafael and an apology from city officials. Lawyers for Karl Bracy filed the tort claim after...
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Evacuations ordered as Glass fire burns in Napa, Zogg Fire spreads outside...
Fast-moving fires west of Redding in Shasta County and near St. Helena in Napa County and Santa Rosa in Sonoma County forced the evacuations of thousands of people Sunday, an ominous development as a...
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Bay Area wildfires: Glass Fire forces all of Calistoga to evacuate as North...
SANTA ROSA — A fast-moving wildfire that tore across Napa and Sonoma counties in the early hours of Monday morning destroyed homes on the eastern edge of this city and forced at least 70,000 North Bay...
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