By JOEL TIMBRELL Martinez Tribune On Wednesday, Sept. 28, the Bulldog Cross Country team competed at the first dual meet of the season at Martinez’s Hidden Valley Park on Center Avenue. For over 10 years, Alhambra High School was included as part of the Diablo Foothill Athletic League (Miramonte, Campolindo, …

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune When the opposing teams shows up and before a game has even started is saying, “so we’re really going to go through with this?”, it’s easy to see who’s going to come out victorious. The Hercules Titans only had seven players suited up, so Alhambra …

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune Tuesday night’s romp of Mt. Diablo-Concord was probably one of the more lopsided victories you’ll see this year. Even with the division of the league. The Bulldog girls’ volleyball team ran away with the match without much of a doubt and continued to breeze through …

By JOEL TIMBRELL Martinez Tribune The Bulldogs stopped by Half Moon Bay High School for the 45th annual Artichoke Invitational this past Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016. While the Artichoke is mainly a Central Coast Section meet, it is a longtime Alhambra tradition going back to the 1990s. Unlike most other …

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune Alhambra’s girls water polo team put up on of their best scoring outputs of the season on Wednesday night, knocking in 24 goals in their league win over Hercules. Their Oct 5 win was a big one, it meant that as far as North Coast …

About a year ago, the principal owners of Nor Cal Courts opened a piece of their facility to house the ever popular bocce competitors that Martinez is famous for. Last seasons inaugural campaign was so successful that it would have been impossible to not do it again. Martinez is home …

By RICK HOCKER Special to the Tribune In continuing my theme on God’s love, I asked myself, “What situation most profoundly impacted me with a deeper understanding of God’s love?” The event that comes to mind was an unusual and memorable experience. It happened during a private time of silent …

By MICHAEL GOFF Recently an op-ed article was published in the West Hawaii Today (Sept. 2) by self-avowed liberal progressive Elizabeth Thompson. Ms. Thompson defends the backup quarterback of the 49ers, Colin Kaepernick, who sits during the national anthem in protest and who feels, “he cannot honor a flag with …

I’ve had a lot of time in the last year and a half to think about the concept of “legacy.”  (Spending time in a hospital, waiting on a transplant gives you that time.) Reflecting on my work as a County Supervisor has led to my realization that what I’m most …

Mr. Mayor, I received your mailer endorsing Federal Glover and shook my head in amazement. I couldn’t believe what I was reading, until I realized that those weren’t your words, but rather the words of the political hack Mary Jo Rossi who somehow got you to sign off on it …