Hannah Weikel
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The West Coast's oldest, Belvedere's San Francisco Yacht Club turns 150
When a group of dedicated sailors formed the San Francisco Yacht Club in 1869, they became the first organized group of yachtsmen to drop...
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Cops: Active investigation into Belvedere boy’s boating death is complete
Law enforcement officials say they concluded their active investigation into the September boating death of an 11-year-old Belvedere boy,...
By HANNAH WEIKEL ·Lessons learned from power outage could boost preparedness on Tiburon Peninsula
While last week’s extended power outage didn’t quite measure up to a disaster, Tiburon Peninsula residents and most emergency officials...
By HANNAH WEIKEL ·Re-energized PG&E power line starts tree fire in Tiburon
A newly re-energized Pacific Gas and Electric Co. power line damaged by strong winds over the weekend ignited a tree dangerously close to...
By HANNAH WEIKEL ·Tiburon Peninsula parents, kids find ways to manage amid uncertainty as schools close for power shut
Tiburon area schools shut down for three consecutive days early last week due to widespread power outages that left many parents and...
By HANNAH WEIKEL ·Tiburon Peninsula hit with PG&E blackouts
Tiburon residents filled the Tiburon Police Department’s Emergency Operations Center and other rooms on Oct. 28 as the town used the...
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Belvedere joins Tiburon fire district in rejecting county wildfire agency, tax
Belvedere will not receive a potential influx of additional tax dollars to ramp up its wildfire-prevention efforts after city officials...
By HANNAH WEIKEL ·Tiburon fire district first to bow out of planned new agency, rejecting new tax
Following a contentious vote by its governing board, the Tiburon Fire Protection District will not be joining a new countywide agency...
By HANNAH WEIKEL ·Belvedere Lagoon gets second pump to help prevent flooding during storms
A second permanent pump has been installed in the Belvedere Lagoon that will double pumping capacity during extreme weather and high...
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‘Complete chaos’ after derelict boats drift across bay toward Belvedere shore
At least a half-dozen boats broke free of their Sausalito anchorage amid gusting winds Sept. 26 and drifted across Richardson Bay toward...
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Tiburon babysitter gets 13 years for producing, distributing child porn
SAN FRANCISCO — A Tiburon babysitter convicted of producing child pornography and trading it with another man online has been sentenced...
By HANNAH WEIKEL ·Investigation continues in boating death of 11-year-old Belvedere boy
Police officials say they’re still investigating the boating death of the 11-year-old son of a high-profile land developer and media heir...
By HANNAH WEIKEL ·Strawberry gun suspect surrenders after evacuation and manhunt
A Strawberry man surrendered himself to Marin County Sheriff’s deputies in Oakland one day after he allegedly brandished a gun during an...
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Unsolved slaying 10 years ago this week still mystifies Tiburon
The decade that has passed since Joan Rosenthal was killed has yielded no new information about the identity of her killer or what...
By HANNAH WEIKEL ·Belvedere boy killed, father arrested in boating accident
A prominent land developer was arrested at his Corinthian Island home after a fatal boating accident near Angel Island that killed his...
By HANNAH WEIKEL ·Belvedere developer fined $100,000 for unsanctioned work
The owners of an embattled Bella Vista Avenue property that’s been under construction since 2016 have been slapped with a $100,000 fine...
By HANNAH WEIKEL ·Belvedere seeks to crack down on FEMA rules for remodels
Amid growing concern that Belvedere Lagoon homeowners are using loopholes in city ordinances to skirt federal flood regulations — a...
By HANNAH WEIKEL ·Belvedere businessman helped turn ‘Back to the Future’ car into a reality
The DeLorean sports car — with its stainless-steel skin and gull-wing doors — has become an icon of the early 1980s, canonized as the...
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Tiburon swimmer earns first at world masters competition in South Korea
Tiburon resident Tate Holt is celebrating a major win this month after he placed first in the 50-meter freestyle swim at the FINA Masters...
By HANNAH WEIKEL ·Cops: Man seeking mental-health help arrested after leaving loaded gun at Tiburon park
A San Rafael man was arrested last week at Tiburon Fire Protection District headquarters after he allegedly abandoned a loaded handgun in...
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