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Nominations sought for Citizen of Year Awards

MARTINEZ, Calif. – The Martinez Chamber of Commerce announced this week that it is now accepting letters of nomination for the annual  Citizen of the Year Awards. The awards are given in the following categories: Man of the Year, Woman of the Year, Young Man of the Year, Young Woman …

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Athlete of the Week: Jack Fuller

Alhambra High School senior Jack Fuller (6) is this week’s Tribune Athlete of the Week, sponsored by Matthew C Rinn of State Farm. Fuller’s last three-game run was unlike anything Alhambra soccer has seen in quite some time. Coincidentally, it also happened to launch one of the more successful runs …

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Valentine’s Day gifts from Farmers Market

With Valentine’s Day approaching, what better way to show your loved ones you care than by making them a delicious culinary masterpiece that you’ve prepared with fresh locally-grown produce from the farmers market. Fresh lettuce and greens, plump strawberries and juicy oranges, and local cheeses are all here. Alhambra Valley …

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Concord boys use height to beat Alhambra

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune The Bulldog boys are reeling. They’ve lost four in a row, they’ve yet to get their first Diablo Athletic League win, and they’ve hit the point of the season where winning out is the only way the playoffs are a reality. Their 62-46 loss to …

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Alhambra boys drop fifth straight

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune It only took three minutes and 45 seconds for Clayton Valley Charter to effectively seal the fate of the reeling Bulldogs on Tuesday night. Prior to that stretch, every thing looked peachy for Alhambra. But a 16-0 Ugly Eagle run was the key turning point …

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Historical Society receives National Endowment for Humanities grant

The Contra Costa County Historical Society has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). In part, the grant will fund monitoring equipment that will allow the Society to track environmental conditions in the various rooms of the Society’s History Center in Martinez.  It will also provide …

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Athlete of the Week: Karissa Wiebalk

Alhambra High School senior Karissa Wiebalk (21) is this week’s Tribune Athlete of the Week, sponsored by Matthew C Rinn of State Farm. Wiebalk has made a triumphant return to the Bulldog lineup after an ACL tear and broken meniscus halfway through the last basketball season. She scored 21 points …

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Lady Dogs win 16th straight

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune The day before the Lady Bulldog basketball takes on their next opponent, they will hit 50 calendar days since the last time they lost a basketball contest. To this day it’s still the only one they’ve lost all season. But on the 44th day of …

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Alhambra boys basketball runs into wall late in home loss

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune As the season wears on for the Bulldog boys, and the list of games left to play gets shorter, they’re going to want this one back. The facts are simple. Alhambra had a seven-point lead in the game before basically disappearing in the fourth quarter …

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