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A father grieving the loss of his son to a prescription medicine overdose has channeled his sorrow for good in helping organize and speak out for an innovative Marin County program that addresses the staggering epidemic of prescription drug abuse.
A Bay Area runner finished a grueling 7.4 mile Marin County competition despite suffering a heart attack while running.
Two women hikers who were found dead on Mt. Tamalpais trails in April died of accidental causes, not foul play, the Marin County coroner's office said Tuesday.
After spending more than 20 hours wandering alone in Marin County's dense redwood forest, 9-year-old Ida Rothschild was reunited with her family. She was found about 2.5 miles from her campsite.
Marin County Sheriff's Office officials are searching Samuel P. Taylor State Park in Marin County Friday night for a 9-year-old New Mexico girl who disappeared Friday afternoon.
Firefighters have contained a 5-acre, 2-alarm hillside grass and oak woodlands fire east of U.S. Highway 101 and are allowing residents back into their area on foot, San Rafael police spokeswoman Lynette Keller said.
A 35-acre wildfire burning in Samuel P. Taylor State Park in west Marin County is 50 percent contained as of Thursday afternoon, a Marin County Fire Department battalion chief said.
Firefighters are at the scene of a 10 to 15 acre vegetation fire at the Samuel P. Taylor State Park in west Marin County near Lagunitas on Thursday morning.
San Rafael is exploring whether it should emulate a plan used by the city of Albany to reduce the number of homeless people in the city by paying them to move.
A 9-year-old Kentfield girl who has pet chickens in her backyard has lost a referendum involving Kent Woodlands Property Owners Association members to change neighborhood rules to keep the birds.
PG&E is working to repair a power outage affecting hundreds of customers in Marin County on Tuesday, a PG&E spokeswoman said.
The Marin County coroner's office said on Monday foul play is not suspected at this time in the death of Marie Christine Sanner, the Mill Valley woman who was found dead on Mount Tamalpais on Thursday.
A second hiker recently found dead on Mount Tamalpais has been identified as 50-year-old Marie Sanner of Mill Valley, a spokesman for the Marin County Sheriff's Office said Friday.
A search for a woman reported missing after a hike on Mt. Tamalpais resulted in the discovery of a body, according to Marin County sheriff's office officials.
Muir Beach resident Jon Rauh probably thought he'd seen some impressive feats after returning from the San Francisco Giants home opening win over Arizona, but he says he soon became one of a handful of spectators to one of the rarest accomplishments in Bay Area athletics, one some say hasn't been done since 1967.
A large-scale search for a 33-year-old Menlo Park woman last seen on Mount Tamalpais in Marin County continues for the second day in a row Sunday.
For the fifth consecutive year, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has ranked Marin the healthiest county in California.
Marin County's garbage and sewer services have teamed up to turn food scraps and wastewater into energy in a new program unveiled Tuesday in San Rafael.
An armed man was taken into custody Monday night after he barricaded himself inside a home in a hilly Greenbrae neighborhood adjacent to U.S. Highway 101.
During the Cold War, Mount Tamalpais was altered to make way for nuclear missiles. Now, a unique collaboration of federal, state and local agencies will try to begin fixing the damage with a multimillion dollar project.
Frank Quan walks the long pier to his fishing boat most days at China Camp in Marin County. He has been doing this for more than 80 years. Quan is the last resident of this historic fishing village.
A group of dog-advocates in Marin County are mobilizing to preserve dog walking on parklands that a proposal by Golden Gate National Recreation Area's draft management may curtail.
A fisherman died off the coast of Marin County Monday afternoon, after apparently being swept into the water at Elephant Rock north of Point Reyes.
Fire officials in Marin County say a wildfire burning in the remote hills west of Fairfax since last night is now fully contained.
Two recent deaths in Marin County have been linked to the flu and another two in Santa Cruz County are suspected of being flu-related, public health officials said Wednesday. Meanwhile, a San Jose hospital has taken extra precautions to deal with a spike in cases.
