https://www.marinij.com/local-news/Scraped RSS feed for Marin Independent Journal local news.Sat, 16 May 2026 17:48:11 +0000empirereport-feedshttps://www.marinij.com/2026/05/16/race-for-marins-seat-in-assembly-draws-1-5m-in-donations/https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/16/race-for-marins-seat-in-assembly-draws-1-5m-in-donations/Who's leading and who's lagging after the latest financial disclosure filings for the June 2...https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/16/marin-firefighters-prepare-for-summer-season/https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/16/marin-firefighters-prepare-for-summer-season/The task could be complicated by record heat in March that dried out grasses, followed...https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/16/tam-union-trustee-cleared-by-fppc-as-district-rancor-escalates/https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/16/tam-union-trustee-cleared-by-fppc-as-district-rancor-escalates/Kevin Saavedra said the accusation of financial disclosure violations was a "creepy" personal attack in...https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/15/former-san-quentin-worker-pleads-guilty-in-drug-smuggling-probe/https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/15/former-san-quentin-worker-pleads-guilty-in-drug-smuggling-probe/The Vallejo resident collected more than $100,000 in bribes from the scheme, according to federal...https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/15/sausalito-blocks-marina-owner-from-expanding/https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/15/sausalito-blocks-marina-owner-from-expanding/The city rejected a tidelands lease transfer in the face of community opposition and a...https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/15/novato-residents-revive-campaign-to-own-mobile-home-park/https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/15/novato-residents-revive-campaign-to-own-mobile-home-park/The Marin Valley Mobile Country Club is demanding that the city turn over the property...https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/15/dominican-university-graduates-celebrate-degrees-community/https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/15/dominican-university-graduates-celebrate-degrees-community/The San Rafael college plans its spring commencement ceremony Saturday with Mary Jane Burke, the...https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/15/bay-area-weather-gusty-winds-hazardous-beach-conditions/https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/15/bay-area-weather-gusty-winds-hazardous-beach-conditions/Gusts could reach 40 to 50 mph in parts of the region, according to the...https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/15/the-bay-area-historian-behind-the-latest-biography-on-filipino-boxing-world-champion-pancho-villa/https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/15/the-bay-area-historian-behind-the-latest-biography-on-filipino-boxing-world-champion-pancho-villa/The Philippines had a world champion boxer before Manny Pacquiao -- and his name was...https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/14/smart-proposes-101-5m-budget-for-next-fiscal-year/https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/14/smart-proposes-101-5m-budget-for-next-fiscal-year/The rail service receives more than half of its operations revenue from a quarter-cent sales...https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/14/in-your-town-for-may-15-2026/https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/14/in-your-town-for-may-15-2026/News briefs from across Marin County.https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/14/corte-madera-house-damaged-in-fire/https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/14/corte-madera-house-damaged-in-fire/Crews confined the fire at 385 Corte Madera Ave. to a bedroom, according to the...https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/14/san-rafael-scrutinizes-kaiser-hospital-overhaul-plan/https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/14/san-rafael-scrutinizes-kaiser-hospital-overhaul-plan/The Planning Commission and residents weighed in on the company's demolition and reconstruction proposal in...https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/14/college-of-marin-investigates-sexual-harassment-claim-against-professor/https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/14/college-of-marin-investigates-sexual-harassment-claim-against-professor/A student alleges that a veteran member of the faculty whom she dated became coercive...https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/14/larkspur-rethinks-strategy-to-balance-pickleball-tennis-demand-at-park/https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/14/larkspur-rethinks-strategy-to-balance-pickleball-tennis-demand-at-park/The city recreation director has proposed a new plan that eliminates dual-use courts at Piper...https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/14/alameda-county-sheriffs-deputy-former-killing-settlement-family-36-million/https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/14/alameda-county-sheriffs-deputy-former-killing-settlement-family-36-million/A lawsuit filed by the mother of one of the victims alleged that Devin Williams...https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/14/7-incredible-bay-area-things-to-this-weekend-may-15-17/https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/14/7-incredible-bay-area-things-to-this-weekend-may-15-17/Got your weekend plans? We have some nifty ideas, including some exciting movies and concerts...https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/13/bay-area-air-regulators-split-on-whether-to-move-forward-with-ban-on-gas-water-heaters-that-will-cost-homeowners-3500/https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/13/bay-area-air-regulators-split-on-whether-to-move-forward-with-ban-on-gas-water-heaters-that-will-cost-homeowners-3500/A divided board at the agency sent the controversial plan to a final vote in...https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/13/larkspur-approves-off-leash-dog-program-at-park/https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/13/larkspur-approves-off-leash-dog-program-at-park/The City Council decided against a proposal for a one-year trial at Niven Park, the...https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/13/belvedere-projects-2m-deficit-linked-to-seawall-repairs/https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/13/belvedere-projects-2m-deficit-linked-to-seawall-repairs/The cost to fortify the structure, which consists of decades-old earthen levees under Beach Road,...https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/13/marin-county-moves-to-lock-in-offsite-development-standards/https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/13/marin-county-moves-to-lock-in-offsite-development-standards/Planners are creating another set of guidelines to cover infrastructural aspects of housing projects like...https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/13/marin-man-sentenced-for-crash-that-killed-girl-14/https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/13/marin-man-sentenced-for-crash-that-killed-girl-14/Cristofer Larreinaga Corea, 19, was driving the victim and another teenage passenger when he crashed...https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/13/in-your-town-for-may-14-2026/https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/13/in-your-town-for-may-14-2026/News briefs from across Marin County.https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/13/marin-detectives-arrest-suspect-in-20k-fraud-case/https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/13/marin-detectives-arrest-suspect-in-20k-fraud-case/The victim is a Santa Venetia resident who was scammed through an email, according to...https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/13/paypal-30-million-settlement-diversity-fund/https://www.marinij.com/2026/05/13/paypal-30-million-settlement-diversity-fund/The government claimed that the $500 million Economic Opportunity Fund was discriminatory.