Public Safety
Mill Valley police chief Navarro departs for Rohnert Park
Mill Valley Police Chief Rick Navarro, who has led the department since 2021, will become Rohnert Park's director of public safety; no successor or interim chief has been named.
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Crews stop 3-acre fire near Wolf Ridge Trail
A vegetation fire near Wolf Ridge Trail burned about 3 acres on Aug. 27 before crews stopped its forward progress by 1:40 p.m., marking the second significant wildland fire near Mill Valley this summer.
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Crews stop 3-acre fire near Wolf Ridge Trail
A vegetation fire near Wolf Ridge Trail burned about 3 acres on Aug. 27 before crews stopped its forward progress by 1:40 p.m., marking the second significant wildland fire near Mill Valley this summer.
A vegetation fire near Wolf Ridge Trail burned about 3 acres on Aug. 27 before crews stopped its forward progress by 1:40 p.m., marking the second significant wildland fire near Mill Valley this summer.
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Explosion injures officer at Mill Valley church fire
A Mill Valley police officer was moderately injured Sunday evening when an object packed with aerosol cans exploded during an attempt to extinguish a suspicious fire at the First Church of Christ, Scientist, on Camino Alto; investigators are seeking surveillance footage as they work to identify who set the blaze.
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Mt. Tam burns may close roads, bring smoke
Marin County Fire begins two prescribed burns totaling up to 123 acres near Sky Oaks Ranger Station and Bon Tempe Reservoir on Aug. 25–26, closing several roads and producing visible smoke; residents are asked not to call 9-1-1.
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Marin sets new flood warning triggers ahead of winter
Marin County has set specific AlertMarin trigger thresholds, readied 11 portable pumps for vulnerable Southern Marin neighborhoods and launched a 32-location sandbag site as officials prepare for a winter with greater than 90% El Niño probability.
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Tiburon police report 851 calls, four DUI arrests in July
Tiburon Police Department's July 2026 statistics show 851 calls for service, four DUI arrests following a checkpoint operation, and a third straight reporting period with zero vehicle thefts.
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New report details what blocked Tiburon mother's escape route
A commissioned report finds that an open creek, normally snow-bridged in winter, blocked guides' planned escape route and forced the group carrying Tiburon mother Kate Morse into the avalanche path that killed nine near Castle Peak in February.
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AlertMarin wins Best of Marin as El Niño looms
AlertMarin, Marin County's emergency notification system, won the Pacific Sun's 2026 Best of Marin readers' award for Best Emergency Preparedness Service as federal forecasters predict a very strong El Niño for fall and winter, raising flood concerns across Southern Marin.
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Highway 101 pursuit ends in Sausalito arrest, 10 warrants
A 34-year-old Ukiah man carrying 10 outstanding warrants was arrested the morning of Aug. 13 after a Highway 101 pursuit near the Spencer Avenue exit prompted a shelter-in-place order for a Sausalito neighborhood.
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Distant wildfires still choke Marin's air, new guide warns
Fire Safe Marin published new wildfire smoke preparedness guidance on Aug. 11 as the Timber Fire near Big Sur sent haze into the Bay Area, advising Southern Marin residents to set up clean-air rooms, sign up for AlertMarin alerts and ask schools about emergency protocols.
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New guide explains Marin's wildfire home evaluation reports
Fire Safe Marin published new guidance explaining how Southern Marin homeowners should interpret and act on their Wildfire Risk Home Evaluation reports, distinguishing legally required defensible space violations from optional recommendations and pointing to financial assistance programs.
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King tides raise flooding risk across southern Marin
NOAA forecasts a five-day king tide event Aug. 9–13 that could flood low-lying roads in Corte Madera, Larkspur and Tiburon, with tides running up to 0.8 feet higher than predicted due to warmer ocean water and El Niño conditions.
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Nearly 3,000 lose power in Kentfield outage
An unplanned PG&E outage on Wednesday, Aug. 5, knocked out power to 2,866 customers near Kentfield starting around 1:10 p.m., with restoration estimated by 6 p.m. and the cause still unknown.
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