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As foundation for ‘excited delirium’ diagnosis cracks, fallout spreads
Renuka Rayasam, Markian Hawryluk, Samantha Young | KFF Health News (TNS) When Angelo Quinto’s family learned that officials blamed his 2020 death on “excited delirium,” a term they had never heard...
View ArticleEx-Proud Boy who cooperated gets reduced Jan. 6 sentence
By Holmes Lybrand | CNN A former Proud Boys lieutenant and US Marine, whose cooperation was key to the prosecution of the far-right group’s leaders for conspiring to stop Joe Biden from becoming...
View ArticleMarin County delays intervention for gravely disabled
Marin will delay implementing a new state law that would make it easier to detain and place into conservatorship people deemed “gravely disabled.” Senate Bill 43, which was signed into law by Gov....
View ArticleSan Rafael teen dies in Richmond bridge crash
A 19-year-old passenger died when the sedan she was riding in crashed into an SUV on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. The crash, reported around 8 p.m. Sunday, prompted the closure of the bridge’s...
View ArticleNovato man killed in head-on crash near Petaluma ID’d
By Madison Smalstig Officials identified a Novato man killed Saturday in a head-on collision near Petaluma. Lemuel Rodas Diaz, 53, was driving a Toyota pickup truck east on Roblar Road just before 5:15...
View ArticleJudge: Ex-election workers can go after Giuliani’s assets immediately
By Katelyn Polantz | CNN Two Georgia election workers awarded nearly $150 million by a jury for the harm caused by defamatory statements Rudy Giuliani made about them following the 2020 election can...
View ArticleSentencing postponed for former Shoreline school superintendent
A Marin County Superior Court judge on Wednesday postponed the sentencing for a former school superintendent who was found guilty of lewd conduct with a minor. Judge Beth Jordan accepted a request from...
View ArticleCan California really keep Trump off the ballot?
Back in September, Assemblyman Evan Low of San Jose and eight other state lawmakers asked the Attorney General to determine whether the U.S. Constitution’s Fourteenth Amendment bars former President...
View ArticleDeputy-turned-killer dies at San Quentin prison
A former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy who was sentenced to death for fatally shooting a Yorba Linda supermarket manager during a robbery in 1994 died at San Quentin prison, authorities said....
View ArticleFormer San Rafael officers enter pleas in misconduct case
Two former San Rafael police officers on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to charges they assaulted an arrestee and then filed a false report about what transpired. They entered new pleas following the...
View ArticleSan Rafael fire chief resigns top job
San Rafael’s fire chief has stepped down, the city said. Darin White was Oakland’s top fire official when he took over for former San Rafael fire chief Chris Gray, who retired in 2019. Abraham Roman, a...
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Year in review: Marin’s top stories of 2023
After several years of coping with crises — drought, wildfire smoke, mass power outages, the pandemic — Marin residents had the biggest shock of all: a relatively crisis-free 2023. Still, Marin being...
View ArticleNovato pedestrian hit by car, severely injured
A pedestrian suffered major injuries after a sedan driver struck her in Novato on Tuesday, police said. The incident was reported around 7 a.m. near the intersection of South Novato Boulevard and...
View ArticleSan Rafael suspect accused of illegal fireworks sale
San Rafael police cited a suspect who allegedly held a sidewalk sale of fireworks for New Year’s Eve. Anderson Espinoza Ordonez, 32, of San Rafael set up a table Saturday to sell fireworks packages...
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Police converge on People’s Park at UC Berkeley in attempt to wall off for...
BERKELEY — An overnight move by UC Berkeley to wall off historic People’s Park in preparation for a long-term construction project was met with a heated swarm of protesters early Thursday morning,...
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Big Sur bridge railing proposal pits Caltrans against locals
To drive over Big Sur’s Garrapata Creek Bridge is to witness a magic trick. The railing of the historic bridge doesn’t conceal the stunning view — rather, the beach sails majestically into sight,...
View ArticlePleasanton, Fremont men sentenced to prison over insider trading of tech...
Two Bay Area men are going to prison for an insider-trading scheme among friends who traded illegally on tips from the former information-security chief at San Jose technology firm Lumentum. Srinivasa...
View ArticleMarin investigators find gun cache, drugs in San Rafael probe
A San Rafael man is being held in lieu of $1 million bail following his arrest for alleged drug and firearms offenses. Alson Scott Conkey, 58, was targeted by detectives with the Specialized...
View ArticleSausalito promotes police veteran to chief position
Sausalito officials have selected Stacie Gregory, a longtime member of the police department, as its next chief, City Manager Chris Zapata announced Friday. Gregory has been acting police chief since...
View ArticleSan Rafael police: Gun-carrying felon carjacked, injured woman
San Rafael police arrested a convicted felon Sunday after a string of alleged crimes that started at a bar and continued to a hotel. The investigation started at about 2:50 a.m. after police received a...
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