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A former swim coach is charged with sending lewd texts and photos to a 13-year-old girl on his Marinwood team, authorities said.

SAN FRANCISCO — Drakes Bay Oyster Co. owner Kevin Lunny will now have to wait on a decision by the 9th U.

Marin breast health officials applauded actress Angelina Jolie's decision to have a preventative double mastectomy and said they hope her experience will encourage others with similar genetics to examine their family's health history.

The Novato City Council Tuesday night unanimously approved a moratorium on building in the city's north Redwood Boulevard corridor.

Regulations over property near streams in Marin's unincorporated neighborhoods got the green light from county planners.

Ross and Central Marin police are looking for a man suspected in a series of vehicle thefts and burglaries, including one incident where a witness was nearly struck by a getaway vehicle.

An outboard motor fell off a rescue boat being towed through Mill Valley on Tuesday, hitting a car and forcing a lane closure on the freeway.

Authorities are investigating the death of a man whose body was found Tuesday in the San Rafael Canal.

The controversial Plan Bay Area promoted by regional government to coordinate housing growth is generally in line with Marin County's general plan, but county officials want reassurance to make sure it stays that way.

Gov. Jerry Brown wants to use higher-than-expected tax revenue so far this fiscal year to boost funding to California schools in his revised budget proposal released Tuesday.

Two baby screech owls were discovered near a driveway in San Anselmo. WildCare in San Rafael took the two birds in. One didn't survive and attempts to find the family of the other have been unsuccessful.

Regulations over property near streams in Marin's unincorporated neighborhoods were approved by county planners Monday following debate from a disparate crowd.

Marin filmmaker Brenda Chapman, who won an Oscar for writing and co-directing the animated feature "Brave," blasted Disney's sexy makeover of her movie's feisty heroine, Merida, as "a blatantly sexist marketing move based on money.

Friends and educators remembered Dino Ghilotti as a charismatic, intelligent, warm and giving man who was looking forward to putting his business degree to work at his family's company, Ghilotti Construction of Santa Rosa.

Four workers were injured, including one who went into surgery, after an SUV went out of control Monday at a carwash in downtown San Rafael.

A Marin-based group is documenting the return of North American river otters to waterways around the county and Bay Area, a good sign for the species and a likely indicator of improving water conditions.

Planting a tree is good for the Earth; but it may not have turned out so well for the owner of a building in downtown Fairfax.

Drakes Bay Oyster Co.'s fight for survival, which has divided West Marin neighbors and gained national attention, resumes Tuesday at a federal courthouse in San Francisco.

Sutter Health, which operates Novato Community Hospital, announced Monday that the hospital will have a new chief administrative officer as of July 1.

A Novato High School graduate will be honored by San Francisco State University as one of its top graduates of 2013.