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By PAUL CRAIG Special to the Tribune City Manager Rob Braulik told Rotary that he sees Martinez in the context of history. One hundred sixty-five years ago, Martinez became the County seat. A century ago, Shell arrived. Today the County, Shell and the county hospital are our major employers. Over ...

Parents say preschool allowed parent/student education at affordable cost; urge board to bring program back By DONNA BETH WEILENMAN Martinez Tribune MARTINEZ, Calif. –A class offered through Martinez Adult Education for about 20 years established a cooperative opportunity for parents of young children to participate in their children’s preschool education ...

By KRISTIN HENDERSON Special to the Tribune Vince Ferrante of Pittsburg writes: “In 1978 when I was 13 … Dad took me to Amato’s bar to visit his cousin Vince who was working. … Vince Amato asked me if I liked baseball … he then asked me if I would ...

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune A formula for the amount of yardage flagged by officials is still in the works so we can’t quantify it quite yet, but make no mistake – it had an effect on the Bulldogs on Friday night. For the opening 30 minutes of the Oct. ...

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune There was a definite size difference in a lot of things when you get to the Soda Aquatic Center on the campus of Campolindo High School. The pool, the size of the team. All things considered, the Bulldog varsity water polo team battled back from ...

By JOEL TIMBRELL Special to the Tribune The Bulldog cross country team traveled to Daly City’s Westmoor High School for the 34th Annual Ram Invitational this past Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015. Westmoor’s qualifications for medaling were to place in the top 25 finishers that were not on the overall winning ...

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune The Lady Bulldog volleyball team dropped a real heartbreaker at home to Dublin on Tuesday night, ultimately losing in a tiebreaker fifth set after taking a 2-1 lead. Four of the five sets played on Tuesday night in the Alhambra gym were only decided by ...

By DONNA BETH WEILENMAN Martinez Tribune MARTINEZ, Calif. – A university researcher may have reported finding a couple of Africanized, or “killer” bees in Briones Regional Park, but park employees have found no evidence of any colonies there, Carolyn Jones, East Bay Regional Parks public information supervisor, said. Joshua Kohn, ...

By KERI LUIZ Martinez Tribune MARTINEZ, Calif. – John Kleber, artist and owner of ARTU4iA, recently received a grant from the Arts and Culture Commission of Contra Costa County (AC5) for a veteran-focused painting workshop. The program is called “About Face: Building Veterans’ Self-Understanding through Self-Portraits.” Kleber’s idea is to ...

By DONNA BETH WEILENMAN Martinez Tribune MARTINEZ, Calif. – Cpl. Mike Estanol, newly assigned to the city downtown beat by Martinez Police Chief Manjit Sappal, already is a familiar face to local merchants and shoppers. He’s on a first-name basis with most of them. He’s also active on pertinent social ...