News briefs from across Marin County.
NOVATO
Redwood Credit Union will offer free document shredding and electronics disposal Saturday.
The event will be held from 9 a.m. to noon in the parking lot at Novato Community Hospital at 180 Rowland Way.
Organizers will accept up to three boxes of documents. Conservation Corps North Bay will accept e-waste such as printers, computers, cellphones and other electronics.
SchoolsRule Marin will collect monetary donations at the event.
More information is available at redwoodcu.org/shred.
SAN RAFAEL
The Marin Women’s Political Action Committee will hold a workshop on July about running for public office.
The session is 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Club at McInnis at 350 Smith Ranch Road. The cost is $40 and includes a pasta buffet.
The registration deadline is Monday by emailing Bmatas8139@aol.com or calling 415-244-8597.
THE COUNTY
Two Marin restaurants have been awarded pandemic grants from the California Restaurant Foundation and the PG&E Corporation Foundation.
Caribbean Spices restaurant in San Rafael and Creekside Pizza & Taproom in San Anselmo each received $3,000. The money is earmarked for deferred equipment upgrades and staff retention.
Statewide, the organizations awarded 144 grants to businesses with three or fewer locations with less than $3 million in revenue. Women- and minority-owned businesses were prioritized, according to the foundations.
