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Caregiver ‘brutally’ attacks woman when she finds him raping her mother, CA cops say
A caregiver was arrested after he was accused of “brutally” attacking a woman who found him raping her mother, California deputies say. Yumi Zingkhai, 23, of Rohnert Park, faces a number of charges, including rape, attempted murder and elder abuse against a dependent adult, the Marin County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
At-home caregiver in Marin County charged with raping patient, attacking patient’s daughter
An at-home caregiver was arrested on charges of raping his elderly patient and kidnapping the woman’s daughter when she attempted to stop it, Marin County sheriff’s deputies said Tuesday. Yuimi Zingkhai, a 23-year-old Rohnert Park resident, was arrested on Sunday after the adult daughter of his patient arrived...
Home battery backup explodes in Marin County house
An explosion linked to lithium ion batteries was reported in a Sausalito home. No injuries were reported. Southern Marin firefighters responded around 2:20 a.m. Monday to a reported structure fire at 30 Atwood Ave. Sprinklers extinguished a fire in the garage, said Elysha Omoomy Costella, a fire spokesperson. The fire...
She donated her home to Sausalito. 5 years after her death, it's still empty
Longtime Sausalito resident Dorothy Gibson had spent years frustrated by the rising cost of housing in Marin County. Close friends of Gibson said she found it dismaying that city employees endured punishing commutes because they couldn’t afford to live in the place where they worked. So months before she passed away at age 95, Gibson came up with an unusual idea: Donate her single-family home to the city after her death. Officials could use it to house a local employee in a place where the affordability crisis had pushed out so many.
Marin IJ Readers’ Forum for July 19, 2024
I would like to credit Marin Municipal Water District for the low-impact manner with which it is replacing an ancient, leaking, failing water main in the middle of Sir Francis Drake Boulevard in San Anselmo. The contractor, Maggiora and Ghilotti Inc., is working at a rapid, expertly managed pace, which...
Italian house arrest approved for Bay Area man convicted in Rome officer death
An Italian court has approved house arrest for a Marin County man convicted in the killing of an Italian police officer.The home detention was approved for 23-year-old Gabriel Natale-Hjorth. The court had reduced his crime to what amounts to negligence in the death of a police officer in Rome in July 2019. Then, his attorneys argued that he should be allowed to serve the rest of his 11-year sentence at his grandmother's home near Rome. On Monday, a judge agreed.WATCH: California college students accused of killing police officer - '32 Seconds: A Deadly Night in Rome'ABC7 I-Team's Dan Noyes reveals...
Marin mini food hall revamp is part of Local Kitchens’ expansion after $40 million investment
Local Kitchens, a fast-growing virtual restaurant concept, is opening its wallet in a big way for upgraded and new locations across Northern California. Co-founder and CEO Jon Goldsmith said the company last week finished a revamp of its Mill Valley location as part of the San Francisco-based chain’s move beyond its initial model for pandemic-inspired takeout.
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