The two ex-San Rafael police officers accused of roughing up a day worker drinking on the curb have last summer pleaded not guilty. They appeared in court on Aug. 11 along with many police supporters critical of the charges. The alleged victim – Julio Jimenez Lopez, 37 – also had supporters in the … [Read more...] about San Rafael cops plead ‘not guilty’
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No. 1 rule in Marin: Don’t mess with seniors in the wild, especially when startled or threatened, or ‘how I got booed while speaking at the Novato Rotary Club’
Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive I don’t often get booed when speaking publicly. That's mostly because I don’t often speak publicly. But, I was at the Sunrise Rotary Club on Tuesday talking to Rotarians at Moylan’s in Novato. The meeting started at 7 a.m. I arrived half an hour … [Read more...] about No. 1 rule in Marin: Don’t mess with seniors in the wild, especially when startled or threatened, or ‘how I got booed while speaking at the Novato Rotary Club’
This week’s ‘Spin Around Marin’: Theater, health care quality & Mill Valley Library talks
Novato Theater The Novato Theater Company’s first show of its 103rd season is The Addams Family. The show is based on the characters created by Charles Addams in his ghoulish cartoons with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa and book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. Opening on … [Read more...] about This week’s ‘Spin Around Marin’: Theater, health care quality & Mill Valley Library talks
Marin 911: Drunk Sausalito woman says she was assaulted while dancing in a bar
MILL VALLEY Flashing Gun: A kid entered a coffee shop on Camino Alto on Aug. 8 and brandished a gold toy gun, pulling it out in front of other kids. A concerned citizen called the cops who had a talk with the kid. Cops released the kid to his parents. Gone: A resident of Lovell Avenue … [Read more...] about Marin 911: Drunk Sausalito woman says she was assaulted while dancing in a bar
Tequila Sunrise – a drink with big Marin history
PHOTO FROM www.TheTrident.Net Bobby Lazoff, above, in his element at the Trident. Larry Clinton/Sausalito Historical Society June 19 was National Tequila Sunrise Day, and nowhere was that momentous occasion celebrated more righteously than here in Sausalito, where the modern version of … [Read more...] about Tequila Sunrise – a drink with big Marin history
1923: A bumper apricot crop in Novato
Mike Read/Pages From The Past 100 Years AgoAugust 1923– Peoples’ garage is building an additional shop for their new garage which will be run under the management.– A Heavy Fruit Crop. – Marin county soil will produce virtually every kind of fruit, and it is seldom that you find a home without … [Read more...] about 1923: A bumper apricot crop in Novato
This week in History – Aug. 16 – 23
1305 On Aug. 23 in London, William Wallace was executed for treason, condemned for leading Scottish resistance forces during the first years of the long and ultimately successful struggle to free Scotland from English rule. 1827 Jedediah Smith and his party returned from California … [Read more...] about This week in History – Aug. 16 – 23
Novato man arrested again for alleged hate crime
A Novato man who was arrested and charged with a hate crime on Wednesday, Aug. 2, bailed out of jail and did it again, police said. The Novato Police Department reported that Brian Collins, who resides in Novato, attempted to ram a bicyclist with his truck on Aug. 2. A man in a pick-up … [Read more...] about Novato man arrested again for alleged hate crime
Don’t blame me: Marin D.A. fires back at the Civil Grand Jury
Sherman R. Frederick Marinscope Marin County District Attorney Lori Frugoli has issued her response to a critical report on her office by the Marin County Civil Grand Jury. The Grand Jury last spring issued a report that found justice in Marin had ground to a near halt and most of it … [Read more...] about Don’t blame me: Marin D.A. fires back at the Civil Grand Jury
MarinHealth announces it has earned a 5-star rating
MarinHealth announced this week that it has earned a five-star rating, the highest possible, through the Overall Hospital Star Ratings program by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for 2023. This award represents a leading resource consumers use to determine where they’ll … [Read more...] about MarinHealth announces it has earned a 5-star rating