In Your Town for Jan. 25, 2022
SAN RAFAEL
Retired civil engineer
tapped for sewer board
The Las Gallinas Valley Sanitary District Board of Directors has appointed Gary Robards to a vacant seat on the board following the death of board member Judy Schriebman.
A retired civil engineer and 32-year district resident, Robards earned undergraduate degrees in biology and environmental studies, and a master’s degree in civil and sanitary engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.
He served as district engineer for the Richardson Bay Sanitary District for 30 years and has worked on projects with Las Gallinas and the Sewerage Agency of Southern Marin.
Robards will serve through the end of the term in December 2024. The seat will appear on the November 2024 ballot.
TIBURON
Police investigate
suspected road rage
A Rohnert Park man is suspected of pulling a knife on a bicyclist in a possible road rage incident in Tiburon on Monday, police said.
Police responded at about 3 p.m. to Tiburon Boulevard and San Rafael Avenue.
Gennady Yeltchev, 70, who was driving a Toyota Prius, told police that a cyclist hit his car with his hand at Tiburon Boulevard at Trestle Glen, said Laurie Nilsen, a spokesperson for the department.
The cyclist turned into Blackie’s Pasture and pedaled east down the Old Rail Trail. Yeltchev pursued the cyclist and stopped at San Rafael Avenue, where he exited his vehicle, wielding a knife as he approached the cyclist, she said.
The cyclist knocked Yeltchev to the ground and called for help, she said. Witnesses helped the victim restrain Yeltchev until police arrived.
Yeltchev suffered abrasions, and because of his age and medical history, was taken to the MarinHealth Medical Center. He was booked into Marin County Jail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and making criminal threats.
Nilsen said there was no evidence that the bicyclist struck the vehicle. The victim was not injured.
THE COUNTY
Group to host
talk on aging
The Aging Action Initiative will host a talk on the state of gerontology on Jan. 30.
Speakers include initiative director Linda Jackson and Gina Tucker-Roghi, chair and occupational therapy program director at the Department of Occupational Therapy at Dominican University.
Also presenting will be Dan Steckline, supervisor of the long-term care ombudsman program at the county’s Division of Aging and Adult Services and Dr. Wynn Canio, San Rafael geriatric medicine chief at Kaiser Permanente.
The session will be held at 2 p.m. via videoconference. Register at bit.ly/3DfItxo.