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Editorial: Marin volunteers' outreach will help save lives
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.
Belvedere Tiburon Library launches teen summer reading program
"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.
Planned Parenthood opens new clinic Wednesday in San Rafael
The new Planned Parenthood building stands at the corner of Fourth and H Streets on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, in San Rafael, Calif.
Grass fire shuts down one lane of Andersen Drive in San Rafael
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.
Video of Guide Dogs trio escaping backwards-driving car goes viral
A Guide Dogs for the Blind yellow lab named O'Neil rests on the floor at the center's campus in San Rafael, Calif.
Video of Guide Dogs trio escaping backwards-driving car in San Rafael goes viral
A Guide Dogs for the Blind yellow lab named O'Neil rests on the floor at the center's campus in San Rafael, Calif.
Accused serial killer claims he is not the 'monster' prosecutors say he is
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.
Being a celebrity look-alike can be flattering -- or not
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.
School kids convince Crayola to start recycling their pens
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.
Guide Dog in Training Saves Two Trainers From Out-of-Control Car
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.
Prosecutor: Slaying suspect nabbed by luck
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.
Claude and DeBray (Fly Benzo) Carpenter: We demand work in our own neighborhood
Black people have largely been locked out of construction work in San Francisco since 1998.
County reviews Kentfield home project
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.
Opening remarks scheduled in Naso serial murder trial; defendant serving as own lawyer
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.
Marin's same-sex couples: the human face of marriage equality
Vincent Zappacosta, left, and Douglass Christensen look at their blog at home in San Rafael, Calif.
Coleman Elementary School principal retires after 18 years in San Rafael
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.
Accident on Highway 101 near Ignacio shuts down highway, sends one to hospital
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.