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The Canal neighborhood of San Rafael is among the most segregated districts in the Bay Area, according to a study.
Marin County has reached a milestone. 97 percent of this county's eligible residents have received at least one dose of the vaccine and 90 percent are fully vaccinated, but the milestones don't stop here.
The testing is being made available through a partnership between Canal Alliance, a nonprofit serving the city’s predominately Latino Canal community, and the University of California, San Francisco. They received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to offer the program to study the best ways to get people
Under the leadership of CEO, Omar Carrera, Canal Alliance has spent the past year helping Latino families in Marin get access to critical services, resources and information relating to COVID-19 and it’s impact on the community, including on-site testing, community-based contact investigating, health outreach and education, and financial assistance including
The mental toll of distance learning is taking a toll on students as many schools report dropping grades as the COVID-19 pandemic drags on and in-person instruction is delayed. Learning hubs are helping, but for the few students attending them.
Giving Marin Community Partnership has awarded a record $75,000 in financial awards to 12 nonprofit organizations for their work serving Marin residents.
Marin businesses struggling to stay afloat through the coronavirus pandemic are being tossed a life raft in the form of $915,000 of federal aid.
The Latino community has remained the group hardest hit by the coronavirus crisis in Marin, accounting for more than half of the county’s cases as the tally of infections has surpassed 10,000.
The San Rafael City Council has approved a temporary ban on residential rent increases in the Canal area, the neighborhood with the highest rate of coronavirus cases in Marin County.
A year before the 2020 census was to take place, Marin County granted the Canal Alliance funds to conduct census outreach across the county. The project lead, Stephanie McNally, the advocacy and policy senior manager at Canal Alliance, got to work with partners and nonprofits, especially in historically undercounted areas,
December 5

Sound The Alarm

December 5, 2026 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Smoke Alarms Save Lives! Working smoke alarms can cut the risk of death from home fires in half. That’s why

September 5

Our Canal, Our Bicycles

September 5, 2026 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Accessible transportation in the Canal is important! In collaboration with Redwood Bike Share, MCE, and Drop Mobility, Canal Alliance’s PACE

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