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Child care advocates, warning that Gov. Jerry Brown's austere budget proposal guts programs benefiting hundreds of Marin children, are enlisting county officials in a campaign to restore funding benefiting children of the working poor.

Timbers fan Nels Hesseldahl: "I'm really excited to see the progression of Diego Chara. I think that after having a full preseason to train with the team he'll be ready to guide us to the next level."

A gunshot in a Terra Linda apartment lit up the 911 switchboard Tuesday night and sent San Rafael police officers scrambling to a Merrydale Road complex, where two tenants said a firearm accidentally discharged.