The discovery of a body last week near China Camp State Park in San Rafael has evolved into a homicide investigation.
Authorities are investigating a suspicious death Friday near China Camp State Park in Marin County.
A look at some of this week's police, fire and courtroom stories from around Marin County and across the North Bay.
Unannounced searches were conducted in Central Marin, Novato and San Rafael.
The CHP shut down I-80 in both directions due to the blaze.
Christopher Allen Siegle, 36, was arrested on suspicion of commercial burglary, possession of a stolen vehicle and other charges.
The Marin County Probation Department contacted 21 offenders on supervised probation for alcohol-related offenses during the operation.
Two people were arrested after CHP officers performed a felony stop on an alleged stolen vehicle on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge.
The $80,000 grant will be part of a $190,000 package to purchase five extrication devices that will be deployed to crews in West Marin.
Authorities identified a man who was killed over the weekend when his vehicle went over a cliff in China Camp State Park in San Rafael.
The two East Bay men were apprehended Saturday in Petaluma, police said.
Jose Melgoza-Rojo and Douglas Mejia were booked into Marin County Jail on suspicion of possession of stolen property and other charges.
A witness spotted a man taking a 15-foot aluminum boat from a dock on Canal Street and rowing the boat into the bay, police said.
San Rafael police arrested a "high risk" sex offender after he allegedly chased after multiple women.
Sherry Marie Petrakis, 51, of San Rafael, was arrested for allegedly threatening officers and counselors with knives during a standoff.
Police spotted Robert Jean-Paul Acheritogaray, 28, of Corte Madera, make a suspected drug transaction from his parked car in San Rafael.
David Bransford Parker of San Rafael allegedly robbed Palace Market in Point Reyes Station – near the sheriff's National Night Out event.
A man found dead near Treasure Island has been identified as Martin Kaplan of San Rafael, according to the SF Medical Examiner's Office.
The unannounced probation searches took place in the city of San Rafael and surrounding areas within unincorporated Marin.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company will hold an open house on wildfire safety and emergency preparedness at Embassy Suites San Rafael.
PG&E has begun daily aerial fire and smoke detection patrols across the thousands of miles of its service area, the utility company said.
Four suspects broke into Villa Jewelers at 1307 Fourth St. in San Rafael, police said.
Police in San Rafael arrested a wanted man in connection with several crimes after a pursuit that ended in a crash on Interstate 580.
The victim gave the suspect $13,500 in cash for a truck that is owned by Hertz rental company.