The county, along with much of the state, will remain under a flood watch through the evening Monday as saturated soils struggle to absorb storm runoff. Urban and small stream flooding is expected, according to the National Weather Service.

On Monday morning, flooded Highway 37 remained closed in Novato between Highway 101 and Atherton Avenue — the second lengthy closure since the rains began. Caltrans announced that as of 11 a.m. the eastbound lanes and one westbound lane had reopened, but that the rightmost westbound lane would remain closed with no projection yet on when it would reopen.

Monday is expected to remain partly sunny and with sun forecast all day Tuesday. A rainy afternoon Wednesday will clear out overnight before a sunny end to the week and weekend, according to the NWS.

Wednesday’s weather system “will be the final rainmaker for a while and thankfully this will move through the area quickly,” according to the agency’s forecast. “High pressure then builds over the region allowing things to dry out into at least early next week, if not beyond.”

There will be colder overnight temperatures in the next week, increasing risk of frost, according to the NWS.

Approximately 75 Pacific Gas and Electric Co. customers had no power on Monday morning, according to the utility’s outage map.

Several roads in West Marin remained closed Monday according to the county’s website, including Fairfax-Bolinas Road, which has been closed since Jan. 4.

One measure wipes out penalties incurred between March 20, 2020, and Jan. 1, 2023, for households making less than twice the federal poverty level.

A person living alone making less than $27,180 in 2022 — or twice the federal poverty level of $13,590 — would qualify for relief. For a family of four, households making less than $55,500 in 2022 — or twice the federal poverty level of $27,750 for a daily of four — would qualify.

Drivers who meet the income requirements can begin seeking waivers on July 1.

“We shouldn’t be saddling Californians with unrelenting debt just for driving to work,” Assemblymember Phil Ting, a San Francisco Democrat who sponsored the waiver bill, said after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed it in September.

The waiver will apply to penalties from the Golden Gate Bridge and all Bay Area state-owned bridges, including the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, officials said.

Drivers seeking waivers will have to contact FasTrak and demonstrate their income. The details on how to do that are still being worked out, said John Goodwin, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.

The new law also orders all electronic toll collection companies to publish information on where motorists can pay their invoices in cash. It also allows drivers to buy transponders and load accounts with cash rather than with credit cards or bank information.

The waivers will not exempt drivers from penalties imposed by the state Department of Motor Vehicles related to unpaid tolls.

Costly tolls in California could keep veterans from finding jobs or seeking medical care, according to the office of Assemblymember Alex Lee, a San Jose Democrat and sponsor of the veterans’ discount bill.

Veterans with the qualifying plates do not need FasTrak accounts to qualify for free crossings, but will need to sign up in the future.

Qualifying veterans who already have FasTrak accounts should put their transponders inside mylar bags when crossing the Bay Area bridges to avoid being charged a toll, transportation officials said. The bags are available on request from FasTrak.

The penalty relief and veterans’ discount will not result in a hike in rate for other motorists, said Goodwin and Paolo Cosulich-Schwartz, a spokesperson for the Golden Gate Bridge district.

James Henry Flournoy, 44, of Oakland, was arrested Monday by San Pablo police as authorities there were searching for a stolen vehicle, according to San Rafael police and Contra Costa County jail records.

Police said Flournoy is suspected in a Dec. 8 confrontation with officers at the San Rafael Yacht Harbor. After allegedly pinning and injuring one officer, police said Flournoy drove toward him a second time before two other officers pointed their guns at the stolen SUV, said police Sgt. Justin Graham.

Flournoy was booked into the Martinez Detention Center in lieu of $357,500 bail. He will be extradited to Marin County on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer, obstruction and possession of a stolen vehicle, authorities said.

The injured officer is recovering. Police say he is expected to return to full duty next week.

Brandon Joseph Conwell, 35, of Vacaville fled at the sight of a patrol officer in the 700 block of Francisco Boulevard East shortly before 8 p.m. Thursday, police said. Officers caught up to Conwell, searched him and the path he’d taken, and found the marijuana, bags for packaging and sales and the gun with five rounds in the cylinder, police said.

“We are extraordinarily sad to report the loss of Sgt. Sean Christopher,” police Chief Ryan Monaghan said in a prepared statement.

The shooting happened Monday afternoon.

“Out of respect for Sgt. Christopher’s family and coworkers as well as the investigation being led by the Marin County Sheriff’s Office, we cannot make any additional comments at this time,” Monaghan wrote.

Christopher was born in Sacramento and lived in Novato by the time he joined the Tiburon Police Department in February 2019, according to town records. He had worked as a Marin County sheriff’s deputy beginning in 2009, and the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office before that.

Christopher was promoted to sergeant in October, according to a department social media post. He was the department’s end-of-the-week, night-shift supervisor.

The sheriff’s office declined to comment on the investigation into Christopher’s death.

Detectives had been investigating Hector David Rodriguez, 22, of Richmond for several months and bought more than a half-pound of methamphetamine from him, according to sheriff’s Sgt. Brenton Schneider.

Detectives arrested Rodriguez and Brenis Maribel Diaz Maldonado, 26, in Richmond on Friday. The suspects had the fentanyl supply in the home, some of it already packaged for sales, as well as $15,000 in cash and “additional packaging materials,” Schneider said.

Investigators also found their 10-month-old child in the home and left the baby in the care of a relative, Schneider said.

Diaz Maldonado and Rodriguez were arrested on suspicion of narcotics sales, conspiracy and child endangerment and booked into the Marin County Jail. Bail was set at $250,000 for Diaz Maldonado. Rodriguez was held in lieu of $500,000.

Both suspects remained in custody Monday.

According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, just 2 milligrams of fentanyl, or a little more than 4 one-millionths of a pound, can be lethal.

An undercover detective bought fentanyl from Jesus Samael Irias Gamaz, 26, of Oakland repeatedly over the course of several months, said sheriff’s Sgt. Brenton Schneider. During the most recent purchase on Wednesday, an associate of Irias Gamaz — Angel Henrriquez, 22, of Oakland — was with him, Schneider said.

When they searched an Oakland home related to the investigation, detectives found another 2.2 pounds of suspected fentanyl and $3,000 in cash, Schneider said.

Both men were arrested on suspicion of drug crimes and conspiracy and booked into the Marin County Jail. Detectives obtained bail enhancements for both.

Irias Gamaz remained in custody Friday in lieu of $500,000 bail. Henrriquez remained in custody in lieu of $150,000 bail.

Police cited three juveniles during Nov. 5 incident, including the one who allegedly hosted the Ashford Avenue party where it all started. Investigators have been reviewing video and conducting interviews since then.

“We still have people to arrest,” police Chief Rick Navarro said Wednesday.

The chief’s remarks echoed those from City Manager Todd Cusimano, who addressed the matter in a report to the City Council on Nov. 7. Cusimano, a former chief at the Central Marin Police Authority, expressed concerns over general disrespect to “law enforcement and public safety.”

“We’ve had this conversation with e-bikes where, when we detain juveniles and take action against them, I can tell you more than 50% of the time, the first thing out of a parent’s mouth is, ‘Why did you detain my child?’” Cusimano said. “That’s the first question out of their mouth, and that’s a problem.”

Residents in the area called police to report the teens were drinking, yelling, fighting and possibly setting off fireworks, Cusimano said.

But when police showed up — it was just three officers at first — instead of dispersing and dropping the alcohol, the crowd advanced on the officers, shouting profanities and antagonizing the officers.

When officers from other agencies arrived, the youths started jumping on and pelting their cruisers with bottles and cans, ultimately hitting a sheriff’s deputy in the head. The deputy suffered a minor injury, according to sheriff’s Sgt. Brenton Schneider.

“They were surrounded,” Navarro said. “This is extremely dangerous behavior, where people can get seriously injured.”

The crowd, which was estimated at up to 200 youths at its largest, moved in and out of the CVS on East Blithedale Avenue as police tried to disperse them. Later they congregated at the nearby Safeway and Whole Foods, police said.

One of the citations that night was for a juvenile allegedly driving recklessly at Bayfront Park. Sheriff’s deputies were also summoned to the In-N-Out Burger in Strawberry for a “juvenile disturbance” the same evening, according to the department’s call log.

The youths involved are believed to attend several high schools around Marin County, including Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley, Navarro said.

The parents of the youth who allegedly hosted the party were not at home when it happened, but they came to collect their child after the incident, Navarro said.

The incident happened the night of a football game between Tamalpais and Redwood high schools, both part of the Tamalpais Union High School District. Tara Taupier, the district’s superintendent, said, “We have no indication that the event was in any way related to the football game that occurred hours earlier in Larkspur.”

Another smaller group of teens went on a “looting” spree at the 7-Eleven on Miller Avenue in October, the night of the Tamalpais High School homecoming football game and dance, Cusimano said in his remarks on Nov. 7.

When police went to investigate, the looting in the store was over, and by the time police discussed it with store management, “they did not want to prosecute anyone for any of the behavior that occurred inside the store,” Navarro said.

The sort of behavior displayed in the two incidents “has not been the norm here in Mill Valley,” Navarro said.

Cusimano praised police for their handling of the Nov. 5 incident in his remarks to the council.

“I’m really proud of how they handled themselves,” he said. “I’m embarrassed for our city, for the officers that came into it and what they had to endure. That’s on us and so we’re going to fix that.”

One adult has also been arrested on suspicion of felony conspiracy and abetting in the attack, which left a 16-year-old victim critically hurt and another 17-year-old with minor injuries.

Police led an operation early Tuesday to round up the five teen suspects and the one adult, followed by residential search warrants to collect still more evidence, according to a prepared statement from the police department.

The five teen suspects were taken to the Marin County Juvenile Hall and the adult, 19-year-old Emerson Gonzalez Ordonez, to the Marin County Jail. All six are from Novato.

Police first went to Lynwood shortly before 7 p.m. on Oct. 24 after staff members who working after students had left for the day called to report a disturbance, police said.

Police found the 16-year-old victim bleeding from several stab wounds and, along with medics from the Novato Fire Protection District, “rendered life-saving medical aid” until the victim could be taken to a local trauma center, according to police. When they searched the area they found the older victim, whom they said the same group had attacked and who was later released to his parents.

Witnesses told police that several juveniles had left the area in a car after the attack, police said.

Police have referred to the stabbing as “gang-related” but have not specified what gangs may have been involved, nor have they reported any possible motive. School officials have referred to the stabbing victim as a “student” but not specified which school he attends.

Police said Tuesday that the victim “remains in critical condition at a Bay Area hospital, facing a lengthy recovery.”

An initial incident was reported in May during a screening of “Sonic the Hedgehog 2” at the Century Northgate in Terra Linda. Police advised theater workers to call them immediately if the suspect ever came back.

On Oct. 14, a theater worker recognized the man and notified police. Officers found the 65-year-old man sitting behind a child “with one shoe off and his bare foot exposed,” said police Lt. Scott Eberle.

The child and a parent told police that the man had been “touching the minor in an inappropriate manner with his bare foot,” Eberle said.

When the officers took him outside they found he had bought tickets to three showings of the same movie, “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile.”

Police booked him on suspicion of annoying or molesting a child, a misdemeanor, and followed up with the family of the May incident. On Wednesday, the Marin County District Attorney’s Office filed misdemeanor molestation and sexual battery charges in both incidents.

Families of other potential victims can call Detective Justin Dodson at 415-485-3430.

The suspect is scheduled for arraignment on Nov. 1. He declined to comment when reached by phone.