Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Public Safety
Southern Marin Fire Protection District will hold a public swearing-in ceremony for new Fire Chief Heather Marques on Thursday, Oct. 15, at Station 1 in Sausalito, marking a leadership change that has drawn both support and union pushback.
Public Safety
Southern Marin Fire Protection District will hold a public swearing-in ceremony for new Fire Chief Heather Marques on Thursday, Oct. 15, at Station 1 in Sausalito, marking a leadership change that has drawn both support and union pushback.
Southern Marin Fire Protection District will hold a public swearing-in ceremony for new Fire Chief Heather Marques on Thursday, Oct. 15, at Station 1 in Sausalito, marking a leadership change that has drawn both support and union pushback.
Public Safety
Deputies found three people shot dead inside a Strawberry Circle home near Mill Valley on Sunday evening, Oct. 11. The San Francisco Chronicle reported the deaths as a murder-suicide involving two retired SFPD officers and their adult daughter.
Public Safety
Corte Madera has opened its seasonal sandbag station at San Clemente Park and will host a free flood preparedness fair Oct. 24 at Cove School ahead of fall king tides and winter storms.
Public Safety
Southern Marin’s low-lying waterfront faces minor tidal flooding through Oct. 13, with the highest forecast tide Saturday. Officials urge residents to avoid flooded roads and protect vulnerable property.
Public Safety
Southern Marin residents are being urged to prepare for winter flooding as an ocean disturbance could raise Bay Area sea levels. Marin County approved $3.021 million for storm preparedness, and local agencies list sandbag sites.
Public Safety
Tiburon resident Mark Hanf, founder of Novato-based Pacific Private Money, pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering after admitting he and COO Nam Phan misled more than 175 investors in a $106.7 million scheme; both agreed to at least $71.8 million in restitution and face up to 20 years in prison.
Public Safety
The Marin County Board of Supervisors approved a $3.021 million investment in winter storm preparedness on Sept. 29, funding expanded flood barriers, shoreline protections and emergency alerts ahead of an El Niño season that scientists warn could bring record-high sea levels to the California coast.
Public Safety
Marin County Public Health issued a fall respiratory virus advisory classifying local risk as moderate, with COVID-19 wastewater levels climbing and expanded vaccine eligibility for anyone 6 months and older under state recommendations.
Public Safety
The National Weather Service issued a Coastal Flood Advisory for San Francisco Bay shorelines, in effect through 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, warning of up to 1.2 feet of water inundation in low-lying Marin areas including Tiburon, Greenbrae and Mill Valley.
Public Safety
Marin County will pay $1.25 million to settle two lawsuits over in-custody deaths at the Marin County Jail, including a $500,000 settlement for Dylan Baylacq's 2023 death by suicide and $750,000 for Derrek Leeds's 2024 death from a medical condition.
Public Safety
The Southern Marin Fire Protection District appointed Heather Marques, a 20-year Bay Area fire veteran and Alameda County Fire division chief, as its next fire chief effective Oct. 12.
Public Safety
California State Parks, CAL FIRE and the Marin County Fire Department plan to resume a prescribed burn on Angel Island as early as Wednesday, Sept. 23, with smoke visible over Mill Valley, Tiburon, Corte Madera and Larkspur between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Public Safety
Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Monday to fast-track flood protection permits ahead of a potentially historic El Niño season, a move with direct implications for flood-vulnerable southern Marin communities already bracing for what scientists warn could bring record sea levels to the California coast.
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