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Omar Carrera of San Rafael’s Canal Alliance wins a North Bay Business Journal Nonprofit Leadership Award

Omar Carrera is a strategic thinker and social entrepreneur with more than 18 years of experience in business operations management in both the nonprofit and for-profit sectors.
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Marin Voice: Bold, innovative actions for pandemic survival, recovery needed now

In the first peak of COVID-19 in July, Latinos in Marin County (most of whom reside in the Canal neighborhood of San Rafael) accounted for almost 80% of cases, while only comprising 16% of the overall population.
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Marin renters, businesses allotted $3.2M in pandemic aid

Marin County and the Marin Community Foundation will distribute $3.2 million in emergency rental assistance and financial aid to small businesses in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Here’s why Marin continues to be the Bay Area’s most segregated county

A new UC Berkeley study showing that Marin County leads the Bay Area in segregation. The report from UC Berkeley’s Othering & Belonging Institute found that six of the 10 most racially segregated municipalities in the Bay Area are in Marin County.
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Marin jail ICE pickup shakes up immigration forum

Lucia Martel-Dow, Director of Immigration and Social Services at Canal Alliance, displayed screen shots from a video that she said was taken outside the Marin County jail involving a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent. Images of a Latino man being handcuffed and taken away in an unmarked van after
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Latinos make up 71% of Covid-19 cases in Marin. Will new equity efforts help?

Officials in the San Rafael tech shop were able to build a mesh Wi-Fi network to connect students in the dense Canal Neighborhood with the help of volunteer expertise and funding from across sectors.
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California community leaders call for urgent action on broadband access

More than fifty California organizations, businesses, and public officials—including the AARP of California, the San Francisco Tech Council, the California Center for Rural Policy, the Khan Academy, and a number of California cities and counties—join Common Sense Kids Action and EFF in urging Governor Gavin Newsom to call the legislature
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Marin virus containment effort gets new $1M influx

Another $1 million is being set aside to help cover the expenses of low-income Marin residents who test positive for COVID-19 and need to quarantine.
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Marin inequity could slow coronavirus reopening process

Marin’s chances of getting approval from the state for further reopenings in three weeks under coronavirus rules are slim, and the odds may become longer due to an “equity metric” in the works.
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Neighborhoods like the Canal are where we will win or lose our fight against Covid-19

In this week's edition, we asked our reporters and editors to detail how six months of Covid-19 and shelter-in-place have changed the neighborhoods where they live. They came back with vivid, compelling stories. One such neighborhood, one near me, is the Canal district of San Rafael in Marin County.
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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

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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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