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Oct 14, 2025

San Rafael cop acquitted of assault as city settles civil case for $999,000

A Marin County jury has acquitted San Rafael police officer Brandon Nail of all charges in the beating of a local man, Julio Jimenez Lopez, who was stopped for drinking in public in July 2022. A full courtroom looked on as the court clerk read the verdicts for the...
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Jul 15, 2025

Saving or Taking Lives? Controversy Over Restraint Device Used by Local Police

Part two of a series about a Marin family, mental health and local law enforcement. Critics liken the WRAP restraint...
Jun 24, 2025

Brother’s Keeper: Marin Man Suing Police Over the Use of Body Restraint Device

Part one of a series about a Marin family, mental health and local law enforcement. Michael Little never believed his...
Jun 19, 2025

‘Marin Lately.’ Who’s Behind the County’s New Satirical Website?

About three months ago, while researching some random topic on Google, “Marin Lately” popped up in the search results....
Jun 10, 2025

Tech4Youth: Student Launches Nonprofit to Provide Computer Access for Local Kids

At just 15, Natty Gove has already done something most adults haven’t: He founded a nonprofit to get laptops...
May 20, 2025

Homeless Shuffle on Gov. Newsom’s Road to Nowhere

Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom continued his blustery rhetoric about clearing homeless encampments at the local level. Too bad...
May 13, 2025

Misbehavin’ Marin, Bad Neighbors Create Havoc

When I put out the call for bad neighbor stories, I expected a few responses. Instead, my inbox overfloweth. My...
Apr 29, 2025

Dereliction of Duty: Novato Rejected County’s Advice on Homeless Camp

Two months passed quickly for the homeless people living in a city-sanctioned encampment at Novato’s Lee Gerner Park. At a...
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