A coalition led by Ritter Center and Marin VOAD is planning pop‑up inclement‑weather shelters to cover gaps in the county’s severe‑weather program. Organizers say the move aims to reduce preventable harm among people sleeping outside.

AIM and Marin County finalized a 40-year lease to place the Marin Farmers Market on the Civic Center’s 3.7‑acre Christmas‑tree lot, with construction set to start in 2026 and a mid‑2027 opening planned.

Nurses at MarinHealth plan a Dec. 12 informational picket, saying understaffing and proposed benefit changes threaten patient care as contract talks continue.

College of Marin is ending its Library Textbook Program as the library readies a move to a new student center. Faculty and students are split over how course materials will be managed next term.

Tenants at the RV Park of San Rafael sued Harmony Communities, alleging unlawful evictions and retaliatory rent hikes and asking a court to protect local rent‑control rights.

An interactive Chronicle database compiles thousands of California inspection reports and flags possible patient-harm incidents. What Bay Area patients should know before choosing care.

Novato ended formal talks with residents over the Marin Valley mobile‑home park. The city says offers couldn't guarantee long-term affordability.

A December UC Merced report links summer immigration enforcement to a 2.9% drop in California private‑sector employment — roughly 447,000 jobs lost, with noncitizen workers hit hardest.

New numbers and local reporting show zero confirmed suicides at the Golden Gate Bridge in the second half of 2025 after stainless‑steel nets were completed. Officials and research advocates call the early results a major win for means‑restriction efforts.

A 2026 Zillow-based ranking finds multiple Bay Area ZIP codes among the nation's 50 most expensive for renters; Water Mill tops the list at nearly $96k/month.

Bay Area residents formed a human chain on the Golden Gate Bridge on Jan. 31 to show solidarity with protesters in Iran amid reports of a deadly crackdown.

Caltrans reports nearly 600 encampments cleared and 27,000 cubic yards of debris removed across the Bay Area, with Santa Clara county accounting for 223 sites.

BAAQMD’s Clean HEET grants will pay homeowners up to $10,500 to replace wood or pellet stoves with electric heat pumps; applications are open through July 14, 2026.

Two Sonoma women turned survival into a support network that helped deliver courtroom testimony as Nathan Chasing Horse heads to sentencing on March 11.

San Rafael approved project‑management and design contracts to ready a 65‑cabin interim shelter at 350 Merrydale, even as neighbors press legal challenges and funding questions.

An SF Chronicle tract‑level map ranks Bay Area neighborhoods by how evenly incomes are spread, highlighting surprising pockets of mix and entrenched zones of wealth or poverty.

A CHIS briefing shows food insecurity among Bay Area low‑income adults jumped sharply in 2024, with county rates varying widely and charities shifting operations.

Neighbors and the developer struck a settlement that caps commuting students and narrows the Seminary at Strawberry plan, clearing a path to a March 30 Planning Commission review. The deal also raises questions about displacement and relocation for current renters.

A Mill Valley Middle School world‑languages teacher was placed on leave after a parent complaint flagged social‑media posts parents say promoted violence and targeted protected groups.

Longtime Reason editor Brian Doherty died after a fall at Battery Yates in the Marin Headlands. He was 57 and was known for Radicals for Capitalism.

Tamalpais trustees will debate a campuswide cellphone policy April 14, weighing locking pouches against teacher collection as parents and students split.

Marin County is holding meetings across West Marin to update septic rules. Residents say long permits and steep replacement bills are putting seniors and ADUs at risk.

Skyrocketing child care bills are forcing Bay Area parents to cut hours, quit jobs or cobble together care while local fixes remain patchy.

A new bill would formalize and fund organized sports in California prisons, using San Quentin's teams and outside partnerships as a possible statewide model.

April EDD data show North Bay jobless rates fell for a second month, with Marin at 3.7% and Lake County still highest at 6.7%. Industry shifts in health care and information shaped the changes.

The ICC approved model-code changes that extend ASTM gate-safety standards to manual sliding and swing gates after a Marin child's 2019 death. Advocates say simple fixes could save lives.