In Your Town for Feb. 22, 2024

NOVATO

Ex-sheriff tapped for
state police board

Gov. Gavin Newsom Tuesday reappointed former Marin County Sheriff Robert Doyle to a state board that advises the Police Officer Standards and Training (POST) Commission.

Doyle is also a former POST commissioner. As a member of the Peace Officer Standards Accountability Advisory Board, he now reviews police misconduct cases and provides recommendations to the POST Commission. Doyle joined the Marin County sheriff’s department in 1969 and would later serve as the county’s sheriff from 1996 until his retirement in 2022.

For his role on the advisory board, he will be compensated at $350 per diem, according to the governor’s office.

Bicycle stop leads to
arrest of local man

A Novato man on a bicycle was arrested after a search yielded a firearm, drugs and suspected burglary tools in his possession, authorities reported Wednesday.

Police saw the suspect around midnight on Saturday riding a bike without lights near the corner of Redwood Boulevard and Ranch Drive. After conducting a probation search, they found he was carrying a loaded, semi-automatic firearm that was reported stolen, police said.

Travis Lee Wine, 28, of Novato was booked into Marin County Jail on suspicion of probation violation, several weapons offenses, possessing a controlled substance, and carrying burglary tools. His bail was set at $25,000, according to jail records.

THE COUNTY

Group talk set
on conservation

The Marin Coalition will hold a talk, “How an Epic Conservation Victory Became a Tipping Point for Environmental Policy Action,” on March 6.

The discussion will be led by Gerald Warburg, a Marin native and author of the book “Saving Point Reyes.” Warburg is a professor of practice of public policy at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia.

The session begins at noon at the Club at McInnis, 350 Smith Ranch Road.

Register at marincoalition.org.