Marin County News

Craig Benedict Lee, 54, pleaded no contest on March 11 to one count of possessing child pornography.

A Marin County man faces 77 years to life in prison after being convicted of murdering one man and injuring another in a 2006 shooting.

Amanda Gold, Chronicle Staff Writer -- The San Francisco Chronicle , July 20, 2008 Sunday FINAL Edition If you've dined out recently, you might have noticed the vegetables taking up significantly more real ...

PT. REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE, Calif. - A federal investigation found no evidence that National Park Service officials tried to prematurely close an oyster company engaged in a dispute with the agency over its ...

When is one, one too many? By Mary Jane Burke Marin County Superintendent of Schools Wednesday, July 23, 2008 2:12 PM PDT When is one, one too many? It is too many when that one is a young person who does not ...

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission is scheduled to consider a plan Wednesday to establish 800 miles of carpool and toll lanes on more than 12 freeways in the Bay Area.

Just two weeks before her own book lands on the bookshelves, and Annie Barrows is animatedly speaking of the 16th century British essayist Charles Lamb while nibbling on a quesadilla in Oakland's Rockridge ...

A former school superintendent has been sentenced to six months in jail for possession of child pornography.

A former gang member who murdered a rival at San Quentin State Prison more than three decades ago has won a rare prize in California - a release recommendation from the parole board.

Olivia Crowther left her London flat last month to become a statistic in San Francisco.

John Cota is charged with two misdemeanor counts of criminal negligence for sailing the 901-foot Cosco Busan in the fog, allegedly proceeding at an unsafe speed and making other errors that led to vessel ...

A 21-year-old Mill Valley man accused of trying to rape a woman in the Marin Headlands could face seven years to life in prison under charges filed Wednesday by the district attorney's office.

WHEN ASSEMBLYMAN Mark Leno was challenging Sen. Carole Migden's bid for a second term this year, one aspect of their campaigns was what one might term chemical warfare.

A Marin County woman will be the nation's next poet laureate. The Library of Congress announced today that Kay Ryan will succeed Charles Simic as the 16th U.S. poet laureate, starting this fall.

Ricky Green wandered into this town some months ago, a stranger just a bit stranger than most.

He had shed his middle-class respectability _ a job as a graphic artist in the 'burbs _ strapped a guitar over his shoulder and landed here on what he told people was 'a spiritual journey.'

Bolinas seemed like a good fit. The unincorporated town of 1,600 on the Pacific coast is Marin County's most blatant throwback to the Summer of Love, a hippie haven that is bent on stopping tourists from spoiling its laid-back groove.

Placer County is laying off eight building department employees because of declining housing construction and decreased workloads for inspectors.

Seated behind the wheel of a fire engine, Dave Breglia follows a map dotted with expensive homes threatened by wildfires.

A San Rafael man was in Marin County Jail on $50,000 bail and an immigration hold Monday after his arrest over the weekend on suspicion of drunken driving, hit-run driving and driving without a license, ...

It looks like the third time's a charm, for a sea lion that had been trapped in an aqueduct in Santa Clara.

A small fire burned trees and grass in northwestern Marin near the Sonoma border Saturday morning, charring about a half-acre. Marin County firefighters arrived at 5:05 a.m. to a site on Valley Ford Road and ...