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- San Rafael aims to simplify project tracking for residentsBy Adrian Rodriguez | arodriguez@marinij.com | Marin Independent Journal UPDATED: September 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM PDT San Rafael officials are consolidating Canal neighborhood planning projects into a central database
- Where Heritage Lives: How Community Support has Helped the Canal District Grow its Local Businessesby Emma Robertson 2 weeks ago The Canal District understands the importance of community support. Take the ongoing work by grassroots organizations such as Marin Latino Leadership, Marin Promise
- Marin Co.: Marin County To Help San Rafael With New Canal District ParkBy Bay City News Service Sep 22, 2025 To better connect the Canal community to the rest of the city, the city of San Rafael
- Dominican University loses $3.1M in federal grantsBy Richard Halstead | rhalstead@marinij.com | Marin Independent Journal PUBLISHED: September 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM PDT Dominican University of California in San Rafael will lose $3.1 million in federal
- Marin contributes $1.35M for park in Canal areaBy Richard Halstead | rhalstead@marinij.com | Marin Independent Journal UPDATED: September 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM PDT Marin County supervisors have approved a $1.35 million allocation toward creating a park
- Regional: Bay Adapt Summit Brings Leaders Together To Discuss Shoreline Planning Amid Federal CutsBy Bay City News Service Sep 17, 2025 Despite the efforts of President Donald Trump’s administration to erase the concept of human-caused global warming by
- Marin Voice: Act now, avoid future San Rafael housing disastersJeffrey Rhoads PUBLISHED: September 13, 2025 at 12:54 PM PDT The fire at 516 Canal St. on Aug. 21 tragically took two lives. It also destroyed
- 14 Marin companies named ‘Best Places to Work’By North Bay Business Journal PUBLISHED: September 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM PDT Marin Humane was named one of the “Best Places to Work” by the North
- Marin Voice: In the face of tragedy, San Rafael came togetherBy Cristine Alilovich PUBLISHED: September 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM PDT In the early hours of the devastating Aug. 21 apartment complex fire in San Rafael’s Canal
- Marin Voice: Sea-level rise data shows the water is comingBy Gail Napell and Diana Benitez PUBLISHED: September 7, 2025 at 12:57 PM PDT It’s undeniable: The sea is rising. Property and infrastructure near and on the shoreline will
- Editorial: Community responds after tragic San Rafael fireBy Marin IJ Editorial Board The fast-moving blaze at a three-story apartment building at 516 Canal St. claimed the lives of at least two people. Eight
- Residents displaced in deadly San Rafael apartment fire struggle to find housingKPIX | CBS NEWS BAY AREA451K subscribers One week after two people were killed in an apartment complex fire in San Rafael, dozens of people
- Displaced Residents Receive Help After Losing Everything in San Rafael FireThe organization Canal Alliance stated they are working to find permanent housing for those affected. By Yomara López • Published August 28, 2025 • Updated
- San Rafael fire: Remains of the two victims identifiedTracey Lee Lowmiller, 62, and Pamela Lynn Scoggins, 68, have been identified as the women who died in the apartment building fire on Canal Street
- Victims killed in San Rafael apartment fire identifiedBy Tim Fang Updated on: August 28, 2025 / 12:25 PM PDT / CBS San Francisco Marin County authorities have positively identified the two people who were