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Southern Marin: Driver sentenced in hit-and-run death
Frank Anthony Barone Jr. was arrested on April 4, 2019, in death of motorcyclist Marie Siegenthaler in 2018. (Marin County Jail photo) The driver in a felony hit-and-run case which resulted in the...
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Bay Area fires: Kirker Fire near Concord breaks out amid multiple blazes...
Firefighters continued Friday to battle blazes across the Bay Area, including in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, Solano and Santa Cruz counties. Some fires had started earlier this week, including...
View ArticleCongress sends landmark gun bill to President Biden
By Alan Fram | Associated Press WASHINGTON — The House sent President Joe Biden the most wide-ranging gun violence bill Congress has passed in decades on Friday, a measured compromise that at once...
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Longtime Marin Sheriff Robert Doyle set to retire
Marin Sheriff Robert Doyle is photographed outside the Marin County Sheriff's office in San Rafael, on Thursday, June 4, 2015. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal)James McClain, left, holds a revolver...
View ArticleNovato police investigate $300K in damage after arson, burglary
A San Mateo County man was arrested in Novato on suspicion of commercial burglaries, vandalism and arson. Conn Michael Prescott, 61, of Emerald Lake Hills, was held at Marin County Jail on Tuesday...
View ArticleMarin grand jury endorses citizens oversight board for sheriff
A new Marin County civil grand jury report calls for the creation of a citizens board provided with subpoena power to oversee the Marin County Sheriff’s Office. In its report, the grand jury states...
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Scott Peterson’s lawyer gets COVID, Peterson in ‘loose quarantine’ at San...
REDWOOD CITY – Final arguments in Scott Peterson’s attempt to overturn his murder conviction were postponed Tuesday after his lead lawyer contracted COVID-19 and Peterson was put on “loose quarantine”...
View ArticleCalifornia exposes personal data of potentially hundreds of thousands of...
SACRAMENTO – The personal information of California residents who received or were denied concealed carry weapons permits between 2011 and 2021 was mistakenly exposed this week, according to the...
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Sonny Barger, famous Hells Angel and bestselling author, dead at 83 of cancer
OAKLAND — Sonny Barger, the founding member of the Hells Angels who rode the country by motorcycle, wrote bestselling books, fought the law and won on several occasions, and advocated against smoking...
View ArticleCalifornia adds laws targeting ghost guns, sales to minors
California, which already has some of the nation’s toughest gun laws, has added new restrictions on untraceable “ghost guns” and on marketing firearms to minors, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday. “As the...
View ArticleSupreme Court ruling triggers new gun laws, legal challenges
They wasted no time. Just days after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down New York restrictions on carrying guns in public, gun rights supporters cited the high court’s decision in lawsuits over...
View ArticleSan Rafael police arrest hit-and-run suspect
San Rafael police arrested a suspect in a hit-and-run case in the Canal neighborhood. The incident happened Thursday in a parking lot at 260 Canal St., said police Sgt. Christopher Duncan. The alleged...
View ArticleMill Valley police arrest driver after pursuit, crash
Police arrested a driver after a chase and crash in a Mill Valley neighborhood. The chase began late Friday night after a police street camera in Tiburon detected a vehicle linked to a felony...
View ArticleFormer Marin accountant sentenced for embezzlement
A former accountant who worked for a Marin Headlands resort has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for embezzlement and tax evasion. Stephanie Simontacchi, 48, of Petaluma stole 81 checks...
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Electra Fire: Fourth of July visitors evacuated as Amador County fire...
The Electra Fire, which ignited on July 4 along the Amador-Calaveras county line, tripled in size entering Tuesday morning, as firefighters struggled to contain the blaze amid the steep and rugged...
View ArticleElectra Fire near Amador-Calaveras county line grows to 4,112 acres,...
JACKSON — Firefighters increased their containment early Wednesday against a wildfire raging near the Amador-Calaveras county line and closed in on fully containing another blaze burning in Nevada...
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San Quentin death row inmate dead at 74
Harvey L. Heishman III, 74, died at San Quentin State Prison. (CDCR photo) Harvey L. Heishman III, a convicted murderer on death row at San Quentin State Prison, died Tuesday. The California Department...
View ArticleComcast impersonator arrested after entering San Rafael home
A San Francisco man was arrested this week for impersonating a Comcast employee while breaking into a home in San Rafael. The suspect was identified as Tyler Christopher Ramirez, 30, the Marin...
View ArticleContainment of Electra Fire near Amador-Calaveras county line surges to 40%
JACKSON – Unseasonably cool weather and higher-than-normal humidity helped firefighters make considerable progress in containing the Electra Fire burning along the Amador-Calaveras county line, Cal...
View ArticleIncrease in smoke expected as crews continue efforts to contain Electra Fire
JACKSON – Containment of the Electra Fire burning along the Amador-Calaveras county line jumped to 65% Friday morning, but local residents can expect to see increased smoke as firefighters work to...
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