Public Safety
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Public Safety
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Public Safety
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Public Safety
Hayward man arrested in Marinwood lottery-ticket burglary
Marin County Sheriff's detectives arrested Mario Anthony Bass, 39, of Hayward after he allegedly broke into the Marinwood 76 station with a crowbar and stole more than $5,000 in scratch-off lottery tickets, then tried to cash them in Alameda County.
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San Rafael launches donated Yamaha rescue WaveRunner
San Rafael Fire held an Oct. 8 launch ceremony for a Yamaha water rescue craft donated by Jeff Craemer and the San Rafael Fire Foundation.
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Hayward man arrested in Marinwood lottery-ticket burglary
Marin County Sheriff's detectives arrested Mario Anthony Bass, 39, of Hayward after he allegedly broke into the Marinwood 76 station with a crowbar and stole more than $5,000 in scratch-off lottery tickets, then tried to cash them in Alameda County.
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Hayward man arrested in Marinwood lottery-ticket burglary
Marin County Sheriff's detectives arrested Mario Anthony Bass, 39, of Hayward after he allegedly broke into the Marinwood 76 station with a crowbar and stole more than $5,000 in scratch-off lottery tickets, then tried to cash them in Alameda County.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Prescribed burn near Martin Griffin Preserve sends smoke over Marin
Marin County Fire Department conducted a prescribed burn near Martin Griffin Preserve on Tuesday, July 28, starting at 8 a.m., and officials asked residents not to call 911 about the smoke.
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San Rafael police drone leads to arrest of two in Irwin Street shooting
San Rafael police used their Drone as First Responder to track and help arrest two juveniles who fired a handgun at a passing vehicle on Irwin Street on Tuesday, July 28, booking both into Marin Juvenile Hall on felony charges.
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Family sues Marin County over jail death of Tammy Manzanilla
The family of Tammy Manzanilla filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Marin County and the Central Marin Police Authority, alleging jail staff ignored her worsening medical condition during 18 hours in a sobering cell before she was released and died at a hospital in April.
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Peacock Gap Garage Fire Destroys Rare DeLorean, No Injuries
A 1984 DMC DeLorean was destroyed in a garage fire at 141 San Marino Drive in San Rafael's Peacock Gap neighborhood on Sunday, July 26, after a mechanical malfunction ignited the engine; two residents escaped unharmed.
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San Rafael youth basketball coach charged with felony sex crimes against teen
Charles Ramon Huff, 57, a Mill Valley man who coached at the San Rafael-based North Bay Basketball Academy, faces three felony counts of lewd acts upon a 15-year-old girl and is scheduled for arraignment Tuesday, July 28, in Marin County.
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