To assist the 100 or so people with finding a permanent housing destination, the Marin County Board of Supervisors was scheduled to hear an update on services provided to date and new actions to reduce the size of a large vehicle encampment along a County-maintained road just north of the Novato … [Read more...] about Millions in funding set aside by Marin County to help 100 or so people parked illegally on Binford Road
San Rafael
San Rafael cops chase down fleeing man; confiscate a loaded handgun
During the night of AUG. 11, SRPD Officers found a suspect who had two warrants for his arrest in the 400 block of Canal Street. When the officers went to stop the suspect, he began to run away on foot. After a brief foot chase into the 300 block of Canal Street, the suspect was captured. During … [Read more...] about San Rafael cops chase down fleeing man; confiscate a loaded handgun
San Rafael cops plead ‘not guilty’
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’
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
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
Marin’s Roman Catholic Diocese ‘very likely’ to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
After questions from the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper last week, the San Francisco Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church on Friday issued a statement saying that it is “very likely” to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection because of financial fallout from hundreds of sexual abuse … [Read more...] about Marin’s Roman Catholic Diocese ‘very likely’ to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Marin hears a story of freedom from a life of sexual oppression and crime from a Puna, Hawaii, girl who moved to Oakland and never gave up
Editor’s Note: This speech was given recently in Marin County.) Hello my name is Shani Shay. I am honored to be here today for the 2023 graduation ceremony of the Marin County Career Exploration Program. When I was asked to be a part of this program I was excited to help guide … [Read more...] about Marin hears a story of freedom from a life of sexual oppression and crime from a Puna, Hawaii, girl who moved to Oakland and never gave up
Marin cracks down on child sex slavery
As part of Operation Cross Country, the San Rafael Police Department, Marin County Sheriff's Office, Novato Police Department, Central Marin Police Authority, Marin County District Attorney’s Office, and the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center sought out victims of child sex trafficking … [Read more...] about Marin cracks down on child sex slavery
Marin 911: Bears in Novato, sex assalt in Fairfax and a nasty yeller in Mill Valley
(Editor's Note: Remember that you can see the full Marinscope Community Newspaper online at NovatoAdvance-ca.newsmemory.com.) MARIN COUNTY SHERIFF Arrest: On April 20, patrol deputies were dispatched to an armed robbery at the intersection of Sir Francis Drake Boulevard and La Cuesta Drive in … [Read more...] about Marin 911: Bears in Novato, sex assalt in Fairfax and a nasty yeller in Mill Valley