Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Public Safety
Mill Valley's fuel break directly stopped the July 27 Hillside Fire, Division Chief Fred Hilliard told the City Council on Aug. 27, as officials urged continued funding and homeowner preparedness amid an active fire season.
Public Safety
Mill Valley's fuel break directly stopped the July 27 Hillside Fire, Division Chief Fred Hilliard told the City Council on Aug. 27, as officials urged continued funding and homeowner preparedness amid an active fire season.
Mill Valley's fuel break directly stopped the July 27 Hillside Fire, Division Chief Fred Hilliard told the City Council on Aug. 27, as officials urged continued funding and homeowner preparedness amid an active fire season.
Public Safety
Sheriff Jamie Scardina used a Tuesday, July 21 community newsletter to explain the Marin County Sheriff's Office 31-camera Flock Safety license plate reader system, detailing training requirements, monthly audits, written data-sharing agreements that bar immigration and federal use, and 2025 statistics showing 71 arrests from 354 cases.
Public Safety
Central Marin Fire Battalion Chief Todd Lando argues that traffic-gridlock fears are pushing Larkspur, Corte Madera, and Greenbrae residents toward dangerous alternatives to car evacuation, and that wildfire fatality data shows the road remains the safest place to be.
Public Safety
The Mill Valley Police Department warned residents on Thursday, July 16, about a phone scam in which callers impersonate police officers or sheriff's deputies to demand money or gift cards, and urged anyone receiving such calls to hang up and verify by calling MVPD at 415-389-4100.
Public Safety
Mill Valley's $350,000 Caltrans-funded pedestrian safety project began construction Wednesday, July 15, bringing new sidewalk on Throckmorton Avenue and flashing crosswalk beacons to three Miller Avenue crossings through August 2026.
Public Safety
Mill Valley police reported zero operational uses of military-grade equipment in 2025/2026, spending $17,858 on LRAD maintenance funded by the Marin Wildfire Prevention Authority, ahead of a required council review on Monday, August 17.
Public Safety
The Southern Marin Fire Protection District board meets Wednesday, July 22, in Sausalito to authorize negotiations with a Fire Chief candidate, advancing a search that began publicly in March and affects fire protection across Mill Valley, Tiburon, and surrounding communities.
Public Safety
The Marin County Fire Department's FIRE Foundry workforce program has put more than 80 recruits through its paid fuels crew pathway since 2022, offering full-time positions, college credits, and career mentorship as wildfire risk intensifies across Southern Marin.
Public Safety
PG&E restored power to more than 2,000 Mill Valley customers Thursday morning, July 16, ending a 16-hour wildfire safety shutoff driven by 36 mph gusts on Mount Tamalpais, with no further outages planned for Marin County.
Public Safety
Fire Safe Marin is urging Southern Marin homeowners to check their wildfire insurance coverage, warning that two-thirds of fire survivors are underinsured and that Marin rebuilding costs start at $500 per square foot.
Public Safety
Marin County sheriff's deputies arrested three men on suspicion of stealing nearly $4,000 from the Strawberry Safeway on Wednesday, July 8, using license plate reader cameras to track the suspects to San Francisco, where SFPD detained them. A fourth suspect remains at large.
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