In the News
- 1,000 Narcan kits distributed in San Rafael to fight fentanyl crisisby: Hamza Fahmy | Kron 4 (KRON) — Marin Health and Human Services reported on Friday that community health members in San Rafael gathered on March
- Healthy Places Index Helps Community Members Identify Funding Priorities in Marin County’s Under-Resourced NeighborhoodsBy: Public Health Institute Highlights The California Healthy PIaces Index is helping to engage Marin County community members from neighborhoods facing disproportionate economic, health and
- Transportation officials weigh in on San Rafael Transit CenterBy: KRISSY WAITE | Marin Independent Journal A view of the customer service building along Tamalpais Avenue from a presentation of conceptual designs for the San
- Marin Voice: ‘Opportunity zones’ paving the way for displacement, not prosperityBy OMAR CARRERA | Opinion | Marin Independent Journal In the first week of 2024, 17 families at 400 Canal St. in San Rafael opened their
- San Rafael eviction wave in Canal area revives pleas for helpBy ADRIAN RODRIGUEZ | Marin Independent Journal Another eviction of renters from an apartment complex in San Rafael’s Canal neighborhood has spurred a renewed call for tenant
- Elevate Communities to Lead: A Story from San Rafael’s Canal NeighborhoodBy: Annie Sneed, Bay Adapt Sea level rise will impact all Bay Area shoreline communities, but it will hit some harder and faster. This includes San
- Medi-Cal deal benefits 5K Marin undocumented residentsBy RICHARD HALSTEAD | rhalstead@marinij.com | Marin Independent Journal Nearly 5,200 undocumented Marin County residents became eligible for full Medi-Cal coverage at the beginning of this year because of
- Former councilmembers chosen as Belvedere citizens of the yearSteve Block is a retired lawyer who has done pro-bono legal work for many Marin nonprofits including Canal Alliance and Marin Legal Aid.
- Canal Alliance Immigration Legal Services SuccessUnivisión reports the importance of the Immigration Legal Services program at Canal Alliance.
- Canal Alliance and Marin Housing Leaders Convene for SummitSFF addresses the housing issue in the Bay Area and in Marin by cosponsoring the Building Bridges Marin Housing solutions event.
- San Rafael Transit Center preliminary design unveiledPlanners have revealed the conceptual design of the new San Rafael Transit Center, Marin County’s local and regional transportation hub.
- Historias de éxito de Canal Alliance: Negocios que nacieron en la pandemiaUnivision reports on the “Construyendo Mi Negocio,” program that helps the Latino community start their own business!
- What Food Pantries Really Want You to DonateHere’s what to donate—edible and nonedible items alike. BY ALI FRANCIS, BON APETITE Every holiday season, Alex Nava, a health specialist in San Rafael, California, sees
- Apoyando a latinos de San Rafael para estudiar carreras técnicasBy Univision14, Dayanna Monroy Canal Alliance ofrece programas de educación gratuitos a la comunidad latina y brinda ayuda para que los participantes sean ubicados en
- Editorial: Canal Alliance Continues to connect as it ExpandsCanal Alliance has taken a huge step in its history of serving and representing one of San Rafael’s largest and most challenged communities. The nonprofit, formed in the 1980s to provide services for the residents of San Rafael’s most racially and economically diverse neighborhoods, is moving into larger quarters and, for the first time, a building that it owns.