Water flows down the dam at Alpine Lake, a reservoir in the Marin Municipal Water District system, on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal) Marin County’s top ...

Parts of some bayside communities in Marin are sinking at an accelerated pace, making them more vulnerable to threats from the rising sea, according to a federal study.

Researchers found Alpine County, one of the state’s least populous counties just south of Lake Tahoe, was the “happiest.” ...