MARTINEZ, Calif. – Over $500,000 in property damage occurred and 14 people were displaced when a fire ripped through an apartment complex on Arnold Drive near Morello Avenue early Tuesday morning. ConFire officials said they were able to save $756,000 in property, but that two units in the complex were …
Read More »BottleRock 2016 Electrifies Napa Valley
BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER The fourth annual BottleRock Napa Valley Music Festival concluded with a bang Sunday night as the Red Hot Chili Peppers brought the Memorial Day weekend event to a raucous close with over 120,000 fans attending the three day event. Touring in advance of releasing their twelfth studio …
Read More »TOP DOGS! Alhambra takes NCS Division II title
By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune Two years time was all it took. The perfect storm of a talented transfer student, a top-tier coach and a team that rallied around them all added up to Friday’s win over Las Lomas and the North Coast Section title. Alhambra was 2-15 in 2014, …
Read More »Stevens announces bid for City Council
MARTINEZ, Calif. – John Stevens, former CEO of the Martinez Chamber of Commerce, has announced his candidacy for Martinez City Council. Stevens says he has significant knowledge of Martinez and the issues important to its residents. “My experience at the Martinez Chamber of Commerce gave me daily contact with the …
Read More »City honors memory of accident victims
By DAVID SCHOLZ Martinez Tribune Forty years have passed but frozen in time are the faces of the 28 Yuba City Union High School students who perished in a local horrific school bus crash that made international headlines. Black and white photographs adorned the permanent memorial at the Martinez Regional …
Read More »Swimmers Duarte & Moore rep Bulldogs at State
By CLAIRE PULKOWNIK Martinez Tribune Alhambra junior Mackenzie Duarte and sophomore Tony Moore spent their weekend the way every high school swimmer dreams of, at the California State Finals in Clovis, California. The two qualified for state as they swam with their fellow Bulldogs at the North Coast Section on …
Read More »In their own words: District 5 supervisorial candidates address constituents
Candidates listed in alphabetical order by last name. Conrad Dandridge I am Conrad Dandridge. I am a candidate for the Board of Supervisors 5th District. Our county faces many challenges and issues, and the residents of District 5 have needs, simple to complex. These needs are not being addressed at …
Read More »What brings you to Martinez? What do you like best about the city?
Interviews and photographs by CLAIRE PULKOWNIK and GERARDO RECINOS Christine, 50, Juror “Today there was a woman from the historical society who came and she gave a little talk about Martinez, and I think that’s part of what gave me the impression too, of this community effort (to get more …
Read More »Clampers assist in cemetery cleanup
By DAVID SCHOLZ Martinez Tribune MARTINEZ, Calif. – Grave marker No. 525 is back where it belongs. Like with the care of a newborn, the non-descript headstone was respectfully set and lovingly secured with dirt to its rightful original place among the numerous other unnamed souls of “God’s Acre’’ in …
Read More »City to honor memory of those killed in Yuba City High bus tragedy
MARTINEZ, Calif. – Forty years ago this Saturday, May 21, 28 high school students and one adult were killed in Martinez after the bus they were riding in overturned from the Marina Vista off-ramp, landing on the roadway below. The Yuba City High School a cappella choir was traveling from …
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