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Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
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Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Public Safety
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Public Safety
Police arrest man after San Rafael bank threats
San Rafael police arrested Frear Stephen Schmid, 72, of Petaluma after he allegedly threatened to shoot employees at a downtown Third Street Citibank; police said he was booked on suspicion of felony criminal threats and illegal possession of unserialized firearms, and detectives seized multiple firearms, including two unserialized rifles, from his home.
Public Safety
Smoke expected from Mt. Tam prescribed burns
Marin County Fire and Marin Water are conducting two prescribed burns on the Mt. Tamalpais Watershed on Aug. 25 and Aug. 26, closing Bon Tempe roads and producing visible smoke across surrounding communities including San Rafael; residents are asked not to call 9-1-1.
Public Safety
San Rafael firefighters rescue dog from kitchen fire
Public Safety
San Rafael gets $108K grant for traffic enforcement
Public Safety
Police arrest man after San Rafael bank threats
San Rafael police arrested Frear Stephen Schmid, 72, of Petaluma after he allegedly threatened to shoot employees at a downtown Third Street Citibank; police said he was booked on suspicion of felony criminal threats and illegal possession of unserialized firearms, and detectives seized multiple firearms, including two unserialized rifles, from his home.
Public Safety
Smoke expected from Mt. Tam prescribed burns
Public Safety
Police arrest man after San Rafael bank threats
San Rafael police arrested Frear Stephen Schmid, 72, of Petaluma after he allegedly threatened to shoot employees at a downtown Third Street Citibank; police said he was booked on suspicion of felony criminal threats and illegal possession of unserialized firearms, and detectives seized multiple firearms, including two unserialized rifles, from his home.
Public Safety
Smoke expected from Mt. Tam prescribed burns
Public Safety
San Rafael firefighters rescue dog from kitchen fire
Public Safety
San Rafael gets $108K grant for traffic enforcement
Public Safety
Marin readies for El Niño's record sea levels
Marin County will present its El Niño winter preparedness strategy to the Board of Supervisors on Aug. 18, detailing flood mitigation measures, emergency exercises and improved storm communication as scientists warn the combination of El Niño and king tides could produce record sea levels along the California coast this winter.
Public Safety
Only 35% of young Marin riders wear e-bike helmets
Only about 35% of younger e-bike riders observed by Marin County health officials wear helmets, adding urgency as San Rafael City Schools reopens Aug. 19 and county data show youth crashes spike in late summer and fall.
Public Safety
The Linc construction to shut down Tamalpais Avenue
Descor Builders will close Tamalpais Avenue in downtown San Rafael on Monday, Aug. 17, for striping work tied to The Linc, a 120-unit mixed-use apartment project at 703 Third St. being built for MBK Rental Living.
Public Safety
San Rafael drivers face Golden Gate Bridge lane closures
Two southbound lanes on the Golden Gate Bridge will close weekday middays starting Monday, Aug. 17, for pothole repairs, with three more rounds of closures scheduled through November affecting San Rafael commuters.
Public Safety
Marin youth e-bike crashes drop, but risk stays high
Marin County EMS data shows youth e-bike accident rates dropped from 16.25 to 11.65 per 10,000 residents in the two years spanning the county's pilot safety program, but kids ages 10–15 still crash at nearly four times the rate of other groups as San Rafael City Schools prepares to reopen Aug. 19.
Public Safety
Marin Humane warns pet owners: don't skip rabies shots
Marin Humane's Lisa Bloch warns San Rafael pet owners that anti-vaccine sentiment is spreading to veterinary medicine, threatening decades of rabies protection, and reminds residents that California and Marin County law require dog and cat vaccination.
Public Safety
King tides raise flooding risk in San Rafael
NOAA is forecasting exceptionally high king tides from Sunday, Aug. 9 through Thursday, Aug. 13, that could flood San Rafael's low-lying streets and Canal neighborhood, with county officials warning tides may run up to 0.8 feet above predictions due to warm ocean water and El Niño conditions.
Public Safety
Marin County manhunt underway after targeted Novato shooting
Travis Lee Wine, 31, was fatally shot in a targeted, gang-related attack in Novato's Ignacio neighborhood on Aug. 4, and the gunman remains at large after a multi-agency manhunt involving the Marin County Sheriff's Office, CHP aircraft and a K-9 unit.
Public Safety
San Rafael workers train as disaster service responders
San Rafael's Office of Emergency Services trained all city employees as Disaster Service Workers on Aug. 5, reinforcing the legal requirement that every municipal worker mobilize during a declared emergency and urging residents to take the same preparedness steps at home.
Public Safety
San Rafael's Canal faces worst flood risk in decades, scientists say
Climate scientists warned at a state senator's Aug. 4 town hall that record Pacific Ocean temperatures and converging tidal cycles could produce the highest sea levels ever recorded on the California coast around Christmas 2026, posing serious flooding risk to San Rafael's Canal neighborhood.
Public Safety
San Rafael sees second downtown emergency closure this week
Marin Water closed two lanes on 2nd Street between B and Brooks streets Thursday night to repair an urgent water leak at 1015 2nd St., with work scheduled from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. Friday.
Public Safety
Gas line rupture forces evacuations, shelter-in-place in downtown San Rafael
Workers struck a PG&E gas line near Fifth Avenue and B Street in downtown San Rafael on Wednesday, July 29, triggering evacuations at two buildings and a shelter-in-place order that lasted nearly three hours before the line was repaired.
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