PG&E Blames Squirrel For Large Marin County Power Outage
A large power outage that affected about 24,000 PG&E customers in Marin County Wednesday morning was caused by a squirrel, a utility spokesman said.
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A large power outage that affected about 24,000 PG&E customers in Marin County Wednesday morning was caused by a squirrel, a utility spokesman said.
Health officials in Marin County report they are seeing an increase in the number of people contracting the swine flu virus which killed thousands of people worldwide in 2009.
One person died after a car went into the water near Tomales Bay in Marin County Tuesday evening.
The Marin County beach reopened Saturday after getting a $4 million facelift that includes a new parking lot, new restrooms, restored wetlands and an extended bridge overlooking the wetlands.
An elderly male pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle this morning outside the Marin County Civic Center, a police spokeswoman said.
Shelters, mostly run by churches in the county, are struggling to provide help.
In Marin County, the department of health and human services are looking for people willing to become foster parents, especially for teens transitioning into adulthood.
Voters in Marin County approved nine of 10 measures on the November ballot, including four sales tax measures and a $394 million bond issue for new construction and improvements to Marin General Hospital, according to unofficial final results.
The Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District's board of directors voted Friday morning to accept the final design and approve the purchase and installation of a moveable median barrier on the bridge.
Drivers in the Bay Area will have to endure another bridge closure sometime next year, as the Golden Gate Bridge will be closed for more than two days to install a movable median barrier.
The National Park Service unveiled a revised dog management plan for 21 locations within the 125-square mile Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
A man who was shot by police officers in San Francisco Friday is suspected of fatally stabbing his mother in her Marin City home earlier in the evening.
A fin whale measuring roughly 50 feet died after washing ashore on the north end of Stinson Beach on Monday. There was no word yet on what caused the whale to wash ashore; a necropsy was being conducted to determine the whale's cause of death.
A Marin County resident has tested positive for the West Nile virus, marking the first case detected in a person in the county this year, health officials said Friday.
A Martinez man who was on a hunting trip suffered a fatal gunshot wound while traveling in a car in Tomales Saturday afternoon, the Marin County coroner's office said.
The couple's daughter Everest Hobson Lucas was born via surrogate over the weekend...
Joseph Naso, the former self-employed models photographer who is charged with the murders of four prostitutes in three counties between 1977 and 1994, elected not to testify at his trial in Marin County Superior Court and rested his case.
The Marin County Search and Rescue Team was conducting its annual training in the right place at the right time Saturday afternoon when a 19-year-old man fell from a rock into Emerald Pool in Yosemite National Park.
Supporters of Chaka Grayson, the Marin City man who was shot by a Marin County sheriff's deputy during a traffic stop this month, are calling for an independent investigation of the incident.
The Marin County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday formally adopted a dress code policy targeting gang members at the upcoming County Fair. But some are concerned the policy could lead to racial profiling.
Condemned San Quentin State Prison inmate Richard Ramirez, known as the "Night Stalker," has been determined to have died from complications from B-cell lymphoma, according to a Marin County coroner's report.
Linda Gregory found joy in becoming a foster parent, and purpose in helping families like hers. Gregory and her husband became foster parents to little Eddie when he was just 10 months old.
A Marin County woman gave birth to a girl on the side of southbound U.S. Highway 101 on Thursday night, a fire captain said Friday.
The Marin County Sheriff's Office and the National Park Service are investigating the discovery of a body off Sir Francis Drake Boulevard in west Marin County Thursday morning.
Jury selection begins Monday at the trial of alleged serial killer Joseph Naso, charged with killing four women whose bodies were found along rural roads in Yuba, Marin and Contra Costa counties between 1977 and 1994.
