License plate-reading cameras getting safeguards in Mill Valley

The city of Mill Valley became the last town along the North Bay's Highway 101 to adopt license plate reader technology. But with stories of the technology being used by the federal government as part of its immigration crackdown, the technology is under scrutiny.

Golden Gate Bridge suicide prevention net a success two years in, data shows

We hear of failures of government so often, that we rarely speak of provable successes. This bridge, an international icon and a taxpayer and toll payer paid for structure, has a governing body that pulled it off.

21-year-old soccer star from Corte Madera dies of rare kidney cancer

Mia Hamant, who went on to play soccer at the University of Washington, grew up in Corte Madera and attended Redwood High School in Larkspur.

Bolinas Post Office back in business after 948 days

The somewhat remote and tiny town of Bolinas, population of about twelve hundred, lost its post office almost three years ago. Many folks thought it was gone for good until some relentless people got folks involved in a way the Postal Service could not ignore.

Helping Canal San Rafael fire survivors
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Omar Carrera, Canal Alliance, chief executive officer, talks San Rafael fire victims and how community can help. Fire officials say some residents jumped from upper windows to escape a fire that tore through a 19-unit apartment complex in San Rafael Thursday morning.

Bay Area family missing in Texas amid deadly floods

The Walker family – Mark, Sara and Johnny – live in Marin County and were reported missing in Hunt, Texas by family members.

Live 2024 Election Results: Marin County

Marin County residents are voting on various city council and county supervisor seats. Here are the latest live election results.

Bay Area eyewear company offers free glasses to hurricane victims

Marin-based Zenni Optical is offering free reading and sunglasses to people living in the areas impacted by the hurricanes.

Novato business burglary turns into police chase

A 26-year-old man was arrested in Novato early Saturday morning for allegedly participating in a scheme to smash a vehicle into a storefront to burglarize the business.   

College of Marin vandalized: police

Early Saturday morning, a fire alarm rang out at College of Marin's Indian Valley Campus in Marin, and as first responders arrived, they saw a suspect actively vandalizing a campus building.

San Anselmo man tased by police during medical seizure, alleges cover-up

A San Anselmo man on Wednesday sued police after they stunned him with a Taser and arrested him while he was having a grand mal seizure in his bedroom – all captured on body camera video obtained by KTVU. 

2 Bay Area men are back in Italian court after convictions in officer’s slaying were thrown out

A new trial opened Friday for two American men – former Marin classmates -- in the slaying of an Italian plainclothes police officer during a botched sting operation after Italy’s highest court threw out their convictions.

Suspected drug dealer arrested on manslaughter charge in Santa Rosa after woman dies from fentanyl overdose

A Santa Rosa man has been arrested on manslaughter and drug charges, accused of supplying fentanyl to two women who overdosed. One of the women died, Marin County sheriff’s officials said.  

16-year-old Marin boy volunteers at Israeli farms near Gaza over Thanksgiving

A 16-year-old from Marin County embarked on an unusual Thanksgiving Break, flying all the way to Israel to help farmers struggling to tend to their fields amid the ongoing war between Hamas and the country.

College of Marin hosts the second annual Don Barksdale invitational
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LyRyan Russell, head men's basketball coach at the College of Marin, joins KTVU to discuss the legacy and historic career of Don Barksdale. Barksdale, an Oakland-native, helped break racial barriers when he played in the NBA in the 1950s, he was also one of the Bay Area's first Black DJs and television hosts.

Black couple in Marin City settle home appraisal suit

A Black couple in Marin City has settled a lawsuit against an appraiser who assessed their home for a far lower price than a white couple.