PG&E faces questions amid wildfire prevention strategy shift from tree...
Heading into California’s peak wildfire season, Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has shifted its strategy to avoid sparking another devastating blaze: It’s focusing less aggressively on trimming trees...
View ArticleWoman pinned between cars at Novato Safeway
A San Rafael resident was seriously injured after being pinned between two cars in the parking lot at Safeway in southern Novato. The incident occurred around 10:30 a.m. Monday. Police said a Novato...
View ArticleEast Palo Alto: Four indicted in 2022 park shootout that killed cousin of...
EAST PALO ALTO — The last suspect in a deadly 2022 shootout at a city park teeming with children has been arrested, following several criminal indictments being handed down in connection with the...
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Nancy Pelosi to let husband’s alleged attacker inspect her San Francisco home
By Joel Rosenblatt | Bloomberg Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband agreed to let lawyers defending the man charged with assaulting Paul Pelosi inspect their home in preparation for his...
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‘It’s just completely gone’: Harrowing Maui fire escape for Bay Area vacationer
Dave Hovis and his friends hardly noticed the advisories for strong wind gusts from faraway Hurricane Dora earlier this week as they enjoyed a relaxing vacation in a friend’s waterfront home at Baby...
View ArticleAG Garland appoints special counsel in Hunter Biden probe
By Lindsay Whitehurst | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Friday he has appointed a special counsel in the Hunter Biden probe, deepening the investigation of the...
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Marin: Former officers arraigned on assault charges in bloody arrest
Former San Rafael police officer Brandon Nail and his attorney Julia Fox head to Nail’s arraignment on assault charges in Marin Superior Court in San Rafael on Friday. Nail and former officer Daisy...
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Photos: Survivors begin recovery efforts in Maui fires aftermath
The death toll is expected to climb after officials in Hawaii confirmed Friday at least 55 people were killed in wildfires that started Tuesday night, forced thousands to evacuate and scorched...
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Maui fire: ‘This whole town of Paradise knows exactly what they’re feeling’
Tamra Fisher forced herself to stop watching the harrowing videos of the wildfire racing through Maui. The sense of doom was overwhelming her. She has videos of her own terrifying escape from fire, the...
View ArticleSan Rafael woman found shot dead inside vehicle in Oakland
OAKLAND — A 30-year-old San Rafael woman was found shot dead Friday morning inside a vehicle in East Oakland, authorities said. Her name has not yet been released. She was found shot about 10:06 a.m....
View ArticleSan Rafael police arrest Novato man after foot chase
San Rafael police arrested a Novato man with outstanding warrants after a foot chase in the Canal neighborhood. The scene unfolded at 10:49 p.m. Friday when an officer attempted to stop a man he...
View ArticleFBI-led task force targeting major Bay Area fentanyl operation underway
OAKLAND — An FBI law enforcement task force has thus far seized at least 14 pounds of fentanyl and $28,000 in cash, and arrested a 29-year-old man believed to be a supplier to other Bay Area dealers...
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Could California’s powerline strategy have saved Maui?
As Hawaii’s electric utility faces scrutiny for active power lines that fell in high winds during last week’s catastrophic fires, Pacific Gas & Electric says it’s prepared to cut the power as a...
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‘Everyone called us liars for so long’: Former San Jose State athletic...
SAN JOSE – For more than a decade, dozens of San Jose State female athletes were told they were exaggerating, mistaken or naïve when they complained about the head athletic trainer massaging their...
View ArticleSouthern California football legend drowns in Oregon river
A Southern California high school football legend, Herman Ho-Ching, drowned Sunday after jumping into an Oregon river. Ho-Ching, 44, was with family members at Riverside Park in Clackamas, a Portland...
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What is RICO, the law at the heart of Donald Trump’s Georgia criminal case?
By Devan Cole | CNN Washington — Former President Donald Trump and his 18 co-defendants have been accused of breaking a variety of criminal laws in the Georgia 2020 election subversion case, but one...
View ArticleMarin County Jail inmate dies at hospital
Authorities are investigating the death of a Marin County Jail inmate, the Marin County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday. The inmate, who shared the cell with another inmate, was found hanging by a...
View ArticleNovato molestation suspect identified as dead jail inmate
A Marin County Jail inmate who died over the weekend was identified as a Novato man charged with child molestation, authorities said Thursday. A deputy found Carlos Alejandro Chi-Chi, 36, hanging in...
View Article‘Blood for blood’: Indictments detail East Contra Costa cops’ alleged crimes...
The FBI’s sprawling investigation into widespread corruption across the Antioch and Pittsburg police departments led to the indictment of 10 people on Thursday, marking one of the Bay Area’s largest...
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Court documents allege ‘elder financial abuse’ of Sen. Dianne Feinstein
By Clare Foran | CNN A petition filed in San Francisco Superior Court alleges that California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein has been the victim of “elder financial abuse” with regard to the...
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