San Rafael DUI suspect arrested after rollover crash
A San Rafael resident was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs after a rollover crash on Fifth Avenue, police said Wednesday. The incident happened at about 6:20 p.m. Tuesday...
View ArticleBay Area lawmaker’s bill would discourage workers from confronting shoplifters
How do you keep retail workers safe from ransacking shoplifters and keep the doors open for business? A bill aimed at curbing workplace violence has sparked pushback from the California Retailers...
View ArticleStanford professor accused of domestic abuse blames disappearance on hiking...
A Stanford biology professor accused of assaulting his then-girlfriend in 2022 blamed his recent overdue return from a backpacking trip in Washington state on having slipped on a snowy slope, leaving...
View ArticleFormer California college basketball player who killed ex-girlfriend dies in...
A former Cal State Fullerton basketball player who killed his ex-girlfriend in Las Vegas, dumped her body in the desert and set her on fire in 2010, recently died in prison. Justin Burns, 39, was...
View ArticleNewsom touts CHP fentanyl seizures in San Francisco since May start to operation
In the six weeks since the state joined the crackdown on fentanyl in and around San Francisco’s troubled Tenderloin district, state law enforcement officers have seized more than nine pounds of the...
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Marin care home cited by state over alleged rape
State regulators have filed a slate of citations against a Marin County care home where an employee allegedly raped a resident. Cogir of San Rafael Memory Care — which specializes in services for...
View ArticleArson suspect arrested in California wildfire that destroyed 127 homes
A 71-year-old man was arrested and accused of starting the devastating Oak Fire in Mariposa County in 2020, the Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office said Friday. Edward Fredrick Wackerman of Mariposa faces...
View ArticleNewsom proposes rolling back access to police misconduct records
By TRÂN NGUYỄN SACRAMENTO — California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration has proposed an end to public disclosure of investigations of abusive and corrupt police officers, handing the responsibility...
View ArticleStudy highlights pregnancy-related deaths, domestic violence link
Roughly a third of pregnancy-associated deaths in Connecticut involved individuals who had experienced intimate partner violence at some point during their lives, according to a study released...
View ArticleSan Rafael firefighters rescue rafters in bay
San Rafael firefighters rescued two people after their inflatable raft was swept out into San Francisco Bay by high winds. The incident was reported just before 6:30 p.m. Sunday during winds of about...
View ArticleSan Rafael police arrest alleged serial robber
A man suspected of armed robberies Marin County and San Francisco was arrested after a pursuit in San Rafael, police said. The chase started at about 6 a.m. Monday when an officer spotted a vehicle at...
View ArticleHunter Biden to plead guilty to federal income tax charges, strikes deal on...
By Lindsay Whitehurst | Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s son Hunter will plead guilty to federal tax offenses but avoid prosecution on a separate gun charge in a deal with the...
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California Attorney General faces tough questions as he touts organized...
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced what he called an unprecedented agreement Tuesday with large retailers and online marketplaces aimed at cracking down on organized theft rings that...
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DeSantis releases ad blasting ‘madness’ of ‘once-great’ San Francisco
He came to the Bay Area this week to fill up his presidential campaign coffers with Californians’ cash, but Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ video memories of San Francisco’s world-famous postcard views...
View ArticleWoodacre vegetation fire near homes quickly contained
A spark from a chainsaw is being blamed for a vegetation fire in Woodacre this week. The Marin County Fire Department responded to the fire around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in the area of 48 Fire Road. The...
View ArticleMill Valley police probe robbery, assault at home
Police are investigating an assault and robbery at a residence in Mill Valley. The crime happened Friday morning on Thoreau Circle, according to the Mill Valley Police Department. Police said more than...
View Article$3,500 in Legos stolen from San Mateo mall. Here’s how police caught up with...
Police arrested four people in connection with a Lego Store theft at a popular San Mateo mall on Friday where police say the suspects walked out with over $3,500 worth of the Danish toy building...
View ArticleSan Rafael police allege sexual assault at school
Four youths were arrested this month in connection with a sexual assault at an athletic field at Terra Linda High School, police said. The names of the suspects, who were all under 17, were not...
View ArticleOakland police chase ends in San Rafael
A police pursuit that began in Oakland ended in the suspects’ capture in San Rafael. The incident began around 4 p.m. Monday as police and California Highway Patrol officers chased armed robbery...
View ArticleCalifornia lawmakers reach budget deals over access to police misconduct...
California leaders late Monday made a final deal on a 2023-24 state budget after reaching hard-fought compromises to speed environmental reviews for big public projects and release records about bad...
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