San Rafael News

Marin Emergency Services volunteers teach Rita Plattner CPR during "Don't Miss a Beat" hosted by Marin Emergency Services at the Northgate Mall in San Rafael, Calif.

"Beneath the Surface," a teen summer reading program sponsored by the Belvedere Tiburon Library, began this week and will continue till Aug. 16. Activities will include a reading challenge and prizes, arts and crafts, movie, pizza parties, gaming days, writing workshop and more.

The new Planned Parenthood building stands at the corner of Fourth and H Streets on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, in San Rafael, Calif.

A grass fire off of Andersen Drive in San Rafael has shut down the westbound lane of Andersen between Du Bois Street and West San Francisco Boulevard, according to the San Rafael Police Department.

A Guide Dogs for the Blind yellow lab named O'Neil rests on the floor at the center's campus in San Rafael, Calif.

A Guide Dogs for the Blind yellow lab named O'Neil rests on the floor at the center's campus in San Rafael, Calif.

Naso pleaded not guilty to four counts of first-degree murder with special circumstances for the slayings of four women, all with the same first and last initials: 18-year-old Roxene Roggasch in 1977; 22-year-old Carmen Colon in 1978; 38-year-old Pamela Parsons in 1993; and 31-year-old Tracy Tafoya in 1994.

Jesse Douglas Nadler of Tiburon resembled Don Johnson so much that he was Johnson's photo double when the actor was shooting 'Nash Bridges' in the Bay Area.

Like all schoolchildren, students at Sun Valley Elementary School, in San Rafael, California, just love to draw with colored markers, but hate the waste it produces.

In this security camera footage posted on YouTube by the Marin Independent Journal , a 93-year-old woman careens backward down a sidewalk in San Rafael, California, narrowly missing two Guide Dogs for the Blind trainers.

In this April 13, 2011 file photo, Joseph Naso appears in Marin County Superior Court during his arraignment on murder charges in San Rafael, Calif.

Black people have largely been locked out of construction work in San Francisco since 1998.

Jacqueline Hsu seeks a design review and tree removal permit to replace a garage, repair a deck, build a fence and make driveway improvements at 104 Estelle Ave. in Kentfield.

Two fresh-produce distributors in Marin and Sonoma counties have come together under one centralized roof in Petaluma, serendipitously providing a home for the People's Harvest occupational training business Buckelew Programs has been trying to launch for two years.

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. - The murder trial of Joseph Naso, charged with the decades-old slayings of four women in Northern California, is set to get under way Monday, with both sides presenting opening statements.

Vincent Zappacosta, left, and Douglass Christensen look at their blog at home in San Rafael, Calif.

A card made by a student sits on Coleman School Principal Ruth Reynolds' table on Wednesday, June 12, 2013, in San Rafael, Calif.

Can you smell the polyester? Dance to your favorite hits from the 80s, as well as today's most popular hits, with DJ Darryl K. $10 at the door includes a free Saturday Night Hustle dance lesson for those who come early.

Northbound traffic is diverted along the shoulder as a car is cleared from the scene of a roll-over accident on Highway 101 near the Bel Marin Keys Boulevard off ramp in Novato, Calif.

A house fire Saturday in San Rafael injured one person and destroyed the home's attached garage, leaving the residence in charred shambles.