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Last week on Take Your Dog to Work Day, Martinez Police Department welcomed their newest K9 and Officer Breinig’s new partner, Brut (pictured).(MARTINEZ POLICE DEPARTMENT / Courtesy)

The Martinez Bocce Federation consists of 235 teams within excess of 500 players participating across 32 different divisions. The courts are located at the Martinez Marina. MBF Standings current as of Saturday, June 18, 2016.

By DAVID SCHOLZ Martinez Tribune Multiple new faces and a host of familiar ones were approved to serve on three local commissions by the Martinez City Council at its June 15 meeting. The following were appointed: Civil Service Commission: Johnathan Taylor Bash was appointed, and Sally Sweetzer reappointed. This body …

By DAVID SCHOLZ Martinez Tribune MARTINEZ, Calif. – After seeing the Virginia Hills Shopping Center space formerly occupied by Round Table Pizza sit vacant for several years, Cordoza Properties Inc. is now investing $400,000 to reconfigure the space in hopes smaller spaces will spark renewed interest from prospective tenants. The …

By DAVID SCHOLZ Martinez Tribune MARTINEZ, Calif. – One arrest and the seizure of multiple weapons was made after gunfire broke out at a Shell Avenue residence in unincorporated Martinez. The gunfire came moments before local law enforcement was preparing to serve a warrant at the home. An investigation followed …

JoJo (pictured) will swoop in with Mary Pickett June 28 to Martinez Library as part of its continuing Lunch at the Library summer program. Pickett is an investigator from the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Investigation Unit, while JoJo provides emotional comfort to children and adults who are being interviewed …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Musicians are famous for having side-projects. While Eddie Vedder has taken a pair of hiatuses from Pearl Jam to record solo albums and Jack White balanced fronting The White Stripes with The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather, just to name a pair, the list of established performers …

The Martinez Bocce Federation consists of 235 teams within excess of 500 players participating across 32 different divisions. The courts are located at the Martinez Marina. MBF Standings current as of Saturday, June 11, 2016.

Martinez’s own Karlee Sparacino has been named a finalist for the annual Cal-Hi Sports Ms. Softball State Player of the Year. She joins eight other candidates in the most hotly-contested race in the competition’s history. Sparacino, an Oregon commit from Alhambra High School, hit .620 with seven homers and 40 …

By LAUREL PUREWAL Special to the Tribune The Martinez Community Swim Team (MCST) Otters kicked off the swim season Saturday, June 4, with the team’s New Swimmers Meet. This event allows all new members of the swim team to experience their first competitive swim meet in a relaxed and friendly …