San Rafael News

An organization that provides suicide prevention and crisis counseling is in a little crisis of its own - Marin's 24-hour hotline staff needs a new home.

Although San Rafael resident John Parulis knew his blog targeting illegal mountain biking would draw attention, he never thought it would bring death threats.

Thomas Nave, formerly president of California Pacific Mortgage, has joined Tamalpais Bank as vice president.

As soon as Sara Taylor heard about the California Supreme Court ruling allowing same-sex couples to marry, she called her partner and proposed.

A Novato councilwoman has been named executive director of a public agency that provides in-home help to people with health care and other needs.

The award-winning Marin Shakespeare Company presents a full summer season of three different plays about love and romance for its 2008 Season, featuring a professional cast.

A minor traffic citation doesn't ordinarily lead to jail, but Eymard Eduardo Bracamontes is no ordinary driver.

Douglas Mundo demonstrates a new dental room during dedication Wednesday of the Marin Community Clinic in San Rafael.

One San Rafael Bulldog hoping to make his mark at a Central Valley college program in the fall got a little inspiration from a former San Rafael Bulldog already making one.

A suspected pimp from Hayward was arraigned in Marin Superior Court on Monday after his arrest in San Rafael with the help of an 18-year-old prostitute, authorities said.

A roofing crew finishing a job in San Rafael accidentally set the home on fire Wednesday, causing more than $50,000 in damage and sending more smoke into the existing pall over the city.

Ritter Center, a San Rafael-based organization that assists homeless and low-income people, is seeking paper grocery bags.

If it's midsummer, it must be time for the annual outdoor rock 'n' roll benefit concert at the San Geronimo Valley Community Center.

State law requires restaurants to post signs advising customers of their right to see eateries' most recent health inspection reports but, on Monday, manager Joe Breen of Max's Restaurant in Corte Madera wasn't ...

Members of a north-state Indian tribe were pleased Tuesday that a state Senate committee voted to support their effort to win back federal recognition.

Trudy Costas leads seniors in a group crossword puzzle in the recreation room at the Rafael Convalescent Hospital in San Rafael.

Here are five events or festivals from the hundreds happening this summer: 1. County fairs - Alameda County Fair, through July 6 at Alameda Fairgrounds, 4501 Pleasanton Ave., Pleasanton .

Against a backdrop of the first week of legal gay marriages in California, the nation's largest Presbyterian denomination opened its biennial meeting in San Jose on Saturday amid deep divisions over whether ...

Southern California's financial bigwigs rolled out thousands of dollars to hear that coveted opinion espoused by four economic gurus at UCLA's Anderson Forecast on Wednesday morning.

Melvin Parker Jr. pleaded guilty on Feb. 20 to one count of sex trafficking of a minor, admitting he paid for the 16-year-old girl's travel to Oakland, where he set her up briefly as a prostitute in July 2007.