MILL VALLEY Homeless Troll: A homeless man with suspected severe mental issues lives in the bushes near the Mill Valley post office. He is well known to police for popping out periodically to scream profanities at people. After receiving complaints for the umteenth time, police contacted him and … [Read more...] about Marin 911: A homeless troll lives in the bushes outside the Mill Valley post office and he’s just one of many misbehaving
Properly Subversive: Let’s be honest about Marin ‘electrification’ — we’re boiling frogs here for so little gain it can’t be measured
Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive On Nov. 15 the County Board of Supervisors will consider a new law to take another step in the “electrification” of Marin. The supervisors appear enthused, news reports indicate, and after passage they will try to convince every other Marin government to … [Read more...] about Properly Subversive: Let’s be honest about Marin ‘electrification’ — we’re boiling frogs here for so little gain it can’t be measured
Sausalito History: From boom to boneyard
Christopher VerPlanck and Larry Clinton/Sausalito Historical Society On Sept. 20 the Sausalito city council approved a refined citywide historic context statement, a survey of the city’s history underpinning its development. The statement was prepared by Christopher VerPlanck, principal of … [Read more...] about Sausalito History: From boom to boneyard
Two rapes on college campus unnerves students
Marinscope Two rapes in 60 days on the Stanford campus have brought silence from the school administrators and fear in the school community. The San Jose Mercury News reports that last Friday a man grabbed a woman from a university office and dragged her to a basement and raped her. Two … [Read more...] about Two rapes on college campus unnerves students
Assault by White Claw
Marinscope San Rafael police arrested Julian Carlos Rodriguez, 31, of San Anselmo when he showed up at work on Fourth Street and hit a co-worker with a full can of White Claw, a hard seltzer. Rodriguez was arrested and booked into jail. … [Read more...] about Assault by White Claw
Racial profiling by Mill Valley police debated
Marinscope Mark Twain once said that “facts are stubborn things, but statistics are pliable.” That became clear at a recent Mill Valley City Council meeting in which the stats on possible racial bias with police stops came to the fore. At issue was an analysis of police stops by the … [Read more...] about Racial profiling by Mill Valley police debated
Kidnap try in Novato
Marinscope On Oct. 11, Novato Police officers responded to a 911 call of a man trying to force a woman into a vehicle. The victim told police that over the past several weeks she has received unwanted requests for dates, sexual harassment, and unwanted touching from a male co-worker. The … [Read more...] about Kidnap try in Novato
AG backs Homekey project in Greenbrae; puts severely mentally ill near school kids
Marinscope California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed an amicus brief in Marin County Superior Court in defense of a proposed project that would convert a former nursing home in Marin County’s Greenbrae community into a permanent supportive housing facility for people with disabilities … [Read more...] about AG backs Homekey project in Greenbrae; puts severely mentally ill near school kids
Pages From The Past: Novato pharmacy sold
Mike Read/Pages From The Past (Editor’s Note: Pages From The Past remembers Novato through the years via the pages of the historic Novato Advance.) 100 Years Ago October 1922 – O.W. Hall has resigned as local station agent and is succeeded by Vernon Clark, who is promoted from … [Read more...] about Pages From The Past: Novato pharmacy sold
San Anselmo’s Recreation Department now rules the town’s community garden
Marinscope San Anselmo, how does your community garden grow? With love, care and a pinch of acrimony. The community gardens at Robson-Harrington Park have supported 33 individual plots for some 50 years. In that time, the place was self-governed and existed season to season without much … [Read more...] about San Anselmo’s Recreation Department now rules the town’s community garden