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
Marin 911: Vagrants, residents tangle in Mill Valley
MILL VALLEY Move Along: A woman complained to police that a homeless man had set up camp across from her house and she wanted police to move him along. Police said they contacted the homeless man and offered him services but he refused. Police told them woman that the state of the law as it … [Read more...] about Marin 911: Vagrants, residents tangle in Mill Valley
Binford Road progress, more Nazi flyers in Marin and John Kerry is the wrong guy for Joe Biden’s ‘starve people to save the planet’ message.
Properly Subversive/Sherman R. Frederick Life ain’t fair. We know this from a number of things. Joe Biden, who can’t find his way off stage and habitually mixes up Ukraine with Iran as he reads major speeches on a teleprompter, is the leader of the free world. How in a just world did … [Read more...] about Binford Road progress, more Nazi flyers in Marin and John Kerry is the wrong guy for Joe Biden’s ‘starve people to save the planet’ message.
911 Cop Log: Man freaks out Sausalito beach walkers
SAUSALITO Bad Behavior: A man walked along the shoreline. He approached several women and said stuff that freaked them out. He appeared to be drunk or mentally ill. He wore a blue tank top and an American flag bandana on his head. He told one woman that he was going to stab her … [Read more...] about 911 Cop Log: Man freaks out Sausalito beach walkers
Novato police make arrest in a racial hate incident
On Aug. 2, NPD patrol officers responded to a report of a driver attempting to ram a bicyclist with his truck. Officers located the victim near his home and interviewed him. The adult victim told officers that a male driver in a pick-up truck approached him on Fourth Street and accused him of … [Read more...] about Novato police make arrest in a racial hate incident
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