West Marin pedestrian hit by chain dragging from truck
A pedestrian was injured in western Marin after being struck by a chain attached to a passing truck, the California Highway Patrol said. The incident happened at about 3:30 p.m. Thursday on Highway 1...
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Marin retailers frustrated by brazen thefts, weak defenses
Head clerk Charlie McCaffrey stocks a shelf at the United Markets store in San Rafael on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. San Rafael police say shoplifting calls have nearly doubled over the past several...
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Tropical Storm Hilary’s effects seem minimal for many Southern California...
Southern California residents dealt mostly with an array of inconveniences on Sunday — high water in spots, road closures and even the suspension of some DoorDash deliveries — as they braced for...
View ArticleInteractive map: Risk of Tropical Storm Hilary flash flooding in California
We are providing free access to this article. Please consider supporting local journalism like this by subscribing here. This map shows the likelihood that rainfall from tropical storm Hilary will...
View ArticleMarin’s swift water team to assist with storm response
Firefighters with the swift water rescue team have been sent to Kern County in central California to aid in the response to Tropical Storm Hilary, the Marin County Fire Department said. The team of 16...
View ArticleMap of Northern California wildfires: What to know about the evacuations,...
A week after lightning storms sparked dozens of wildfires, evacuation orders and warnings remain in place in four counties in California’s northwestern corner. The Smith River Complex in Del Norte...
View ArticleJudge sentences Bay Area man to a year for laundering $1.5 million for San...
SAN FRANCISCO — A Cupertino man has been sentenced to 12 months and one day in federal custody for laundering more than $1.5 million for an undercover FBI agent pretending to be a New York mob figure...
View ArticleDeadly Happy Camp Complex fires burn more than 11,000 acres near...
SISKIYOU COUNTY — A deadly and destructive complex fire raging in the Klamath National Forest has burned more than 11,000 acres, and it was only 2 percent contained as of Tuesday night, according to...
View ArticleFairfax business manager arrested in drug probe
Investigators seized several kilograms of a potential date-rape drug after a probe involving a business in Fairfax, the Marin County Sheriff’s Office said. The department’s Special Investigations Unit...
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At least 9 shot at Southern California biker bar; 4 confirmed dead
Deputies and medical personnel rushed Wednesday night to a mass shooting at a bar in Orange County’s Trabuco Canyon, with authorities saying four were confirmed dead at the scene, including the...
View ArticleCorte Madera man killed in Oakland shooting
A 20-year-old man has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting another man in East Oakland whom the defendant had met less than three hours earlier, according to authorities and court documents....
View ArticleMarin sex offender assigned work as caregiver
A registered sex offender who is facing new charges in Marin was assigned to work as a caregiver by a county agency. The agency — the In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority of Marin — matches...
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Bay Area waterway plagued by pirates and vigilantism
In recent weeks, the Oakland Estuary has morphed from an innocuous playground for water sports into what the local boating community describes as a semi-lawless stretch roamed by marauding thieves and...
View ArticleMarin woman’s murder linked to Oakland man, police say
Last month, Oakland police arrested Amadi Monroe after identifying him as a murder suspect who had been stalking his victim since his release from jail. But when the 34-year-old sat down in a police...
View ArticleHome insurer exodus: Are California lawmakers weighing a secret deal to keep...
In a state scorched by a series of devastating wildfires, Californians have seen the costs of insuring their homes soar and coverage options evaporate — if they can find a company to issue a policy at...
View ArticleConsumer group seeks California attorney general probe of home insurer...
A consumer group on Tuesday called on state Attorney General Rob Bonta to investigate whether insurance companies coordinated a massive pullback from covering California homes over the past year to...
View ArticleCalifornia lawmakers vote to become first state to ban caste-based...
By ADAM BEAM | Associated Press SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers on Tuesday voted to outlaw discrimination based on caste, adding protections for people of South Asian descent who say they have been...
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Reconstruction of storm-wrecked Northern California pier to begin
It was arguably the most dramatic image from the powerful storms that battered Northern California’s coastline in January: The Capitola Wharf, an 855-foot-long landmark that dates back to 1857, torn in...
View ArticleSan Quentin inmate convicted of 6 murders dies
A former police officer who was on death row at San Quentin prison for six murders in the early 1980s has died of natural causes, authorities said. Anthony Sully, 79, was pronounced dead around 2:20...
View ArticleSan Rafael police accuse suspect of robbery at home
San Rafael police arrested a man after he allegedly attacked a resident with a computer screen he tried to steal. The incident happened Monday night at a home on Octavia Street, where the suspect...
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