Novato hires former officer as new police chief
A former Novato police officer is returning after a 25-year law enforcement career to become the city’s new police chief. City Manager Adam McGill hired Sonoma County Assistant Sheriff Jim Naugle to...
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San Anselmo to study downtown for cyclist, pedestrian safety
Lined with shops and eateries, San Anselmo’s main street not only functions as a destination, but as a major bicycle route connecting travelers to and from West Marin. With thousands of pedestrians,...
View ArticleSan Rafael adopts emergency operations plan update
San Rafael has updated its emergency operations plan, a document to guide disaster workers on how to manage a crisis. Last updated in 2007, the plan is intended to help officials coordinate a disaster...
View Article‘An unconscionable failure’: New evidence shows deputies at Santa Rita Jail...
DUBLIN — The 2021 death of an East Bay man at Santa Rita Jail is being intensely scrutinized after body camera footage released this week shows deputies ignored warning signs of his ailing health and...
View ArticleMarin County to expand involuntary medication of inmates
Marin County plans to expand a program that allows medications to be administered to jail inmates against their will. Last fall, the Board of Supervisors allowed court-ordered medications to be given...
View ArticleRoss Valley Fire Department aims to increase staffing
The Ross Valley Fire Department is proposing to increase its staffing to accommodate three people per fire engine, starting in San Anselmo on July 1. The plan, which was presented to the board on...
View ArticleSan Rafael man, 44, charged with child molestation
A San Rafael man was arraigned Monday on a charge he molested a child younger than 14. Juan Guzman Perez, 44, and the alleged victim both live in the Canal neighborhood, said San Rafael police Lt....
View ArticleSan Rafael utility equipment failure cuts power to thousands
Thousands of San Rafael residents lost power Tuesday after underground utility equipment malfunctioned, authorities said. The equipment was located near a building on Grand Avenue at Second Street,...
View ArticleEast Bay hit with magnitude 4.1 earthquake
A 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck the Bay Area early Wednesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake was initially measured at a 4.5 magnitude when it struck at about 9:29 a.m., but was...
View Article‘A great prep for the ShakeOut’: Magnitude 4.2 earthquake rattles East Bay
With millions of Californians planning to practice their “drop, cover, and hold on” routines Thursday morning as part of a statewide earthquake drill, residents throughout the Bay Area and the...
View ArticleThieves ram storefront at Corte Madera mall
Thieves used a vehicle to ram a storefront at a Corte Madera mall early Wednesday, authorities said. Central Marin police were called around 4:23 a.m. to Sunglass Hut at the Village at Corte Madera,...
View ArticleCalifornia DOJ claims Vallejo police violated U.S. Constitution
The California Department of Justice alleges that Vallejo police have violated people’s constitutional rights for years, engaging in “biased policing,” “using unreasonable force” and conducting illegal...
View ArticleCalifornians rattled awake by early-morning ShakeAlert messages
Californians and others across the West Coast were rattled awake early Thursday morning when a planned test of the ShakeAlert earthquake warning system misfired seven hours ahead of time. The messages...
View ArticleTupac Shakur homicide: Defense attorney sees holes in case
LAS VEGAS — A lawyer speaking for the former street gang leader charged with killing Tupac Shakur in 1996 said Thursday he sees “obvious defenses” in the murder case in Las Vegas. “There’s no gun,...
View ArticleSan Rafael Home Depot bookkeeper accused of $1.2M theft
An employee at the Home Depot in San Rafael was arrested on allegations she embezzled about $1.2 million from the store, police said. Letitia Marie McAdoo, 42, of Richmond was arraigned in Marin County...
View ArticleSan Rafael crash kills motorcyclist on Highway 101
A motorcyclist died after crashing on Highway 101 near Interstate 580, according to the California Highway Patrol. The motorcycle was traveling northbound just after 8 a.m. Friday when it struck a Ford...
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Off-duty pilot tried to take control of Alaska Airlines flight to San...
(CNN) — An off-duty pilot riding as a passenger in the cockpit of an Alaska Airlines flight tried to seize control of a plane headed from Seattle to San Francisco on Sunday, the airline and a source...
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Shock over off-duty Bay Area pilot accused of trying to shut off plane’s...
There was nothing about Alaska Airlines pilot Joseph David Emerson that suggested a simmering cauldron of rage or despair that might drive a seemingly successful and happy Pleasant Hill family man to...
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Four years after fire engulfed scuba dive boat killing 34 people, captain’s...
Lisa Fiedler of Mill Valley was on the dive boat Conception at the Channel Islands when it caught fire early Sept. 2, 2019. (Photo provided by Alicia Love) By STEFANIE DAZIO | Associated Press LOS...
View ArticleMarin detectives arrest brothers after Mill Valley drug bust
Marin investigators arrested two alleged drug dealers in Larkspur after setting up a bust in Mill Valley. The case started when an undercover detective with the Marin County Special Investigations Unit...
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