Marin County News

A San Rafael High School biology teacher accused of steering her car toward a man to threaten him last week faces a felony assault charge after surrendering to authorities, Novato police said.

By Ryan Holliday What is Judge James Chou hiding? Is it his lack of experience in the law he was selected - not elected - to preside over? Both the Marin County League of Women Voters and the Marin County Bar Association requested that Chou debate his opponent, Russell Marne.

The Marin Independent Journal reports that the five defendants in the Tong Van Le murder case have all been found guilty .

The alleged Tong Van Le conspirators, : Larry Blay Jr.; his brother, Deandre; the accused triggerman, Kevin Abram; the prosecution's star witness, Sean Washington; his sexual partner, Anchulita Uribe; her son, C. Autis Johnson.

Chris Furbee is in a race against a disease that killed his mother, his aunt and his grandfather.

Discussions continued late into the night Tuesday over a hotly contested $6 million to $8 million soccer complex at San Rafael Airport.

A display case in the lobby of the new Twin Cities Police headquarters will give you a quick history behind the shield in Corte Madera and Larkspur.

As the new Pizzalina works towards its planned September opening in San Anselmo, there's an extra treat for people wanting to follow the progress of the Neapolitan-style pizzeria.

A 44-year-old Novato man who was crushed May 3 when his broken-down truck rolled onto him has died, Novato police said Tuesday.

Sheila Sammon Milosky, the principal at the Paul Revere Middle School in Bernal Heights, is to appear in court in Marin County this morning to be arraigned.

Two Novato residents face counts of armed robbery and one of them is a suspect in a stabbing after an incident Saturday night in Ignacio, Novato police said Monday.

Having a hard time keeping track of people to vote for in the June 5 Primary Election? The Marin County Elections Department wants to help out by offering a free smart phone app of the County's Voter Information Pamphlet.

Desiree Soumoy helps her son Dean Ohnsat, 2, touch a memorial to Jake Velloza and Nicholas Olson on Memorial Day, Monday, May 28, 2012, in San Rafael, Calif.

The Novato Fire District, the Marin County Fire Chiefs Association and the International Association of Firefighters recently hosted 30 Marin firefighters for a survival program in which participants were trained to respond to becoming lost, disoriented, injured, low on air or trapped in a structure fire.

Highlights: In 1937, the new Golden Gate Bridge connecting San Francisco and Marin County, Calif., was opened to pedestrian traffic .

One of the Marin Board of Supervisors' newest members emerged as the big spender from a controversial "discretionary" account to finance pet projects over the past three months.

* What: Head up to the shady ridge and see what's in the deep layer of leaves that carpet the forest floor at this kid-friendly event.

IMAGINE FOR A moment that the Golden Gate Bridge has vanished like in a tale by Haruki Murakami -- nothing left but sea, sky and howling wind.

It's still May, summer is not yet officially here. It's 93 degrees and humid in Kansas City, it's 95 degrees in Houston and 101 degrees in Phoenix.

Army Pfc. William R. Lechner of San Rafael graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C. Brett Smith of Larkspur was named to the dean's list for the winter quarter at California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo.