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Participants in the first Martinez Police Department Citizen Academy Class who recently completed their 10-week training. The academy gives participants an inside look at the Martinez Police Department’s operations through a series of lectures and hands-on training. For more information on the academy, visit www.cityofmartinez.org/depts/police. (MARTINEZ POLICE DEPARTMENT)

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune When you have half a team, you get half a game of solid play. Or so it seems for the Alhambra varsity lacrosse team, who lost on Tuesday, March 15, in Concord against Clayton Valley by a score of 10-2. After the game coach Al …

Dear Mr. Grinch, We are bees, not flies. Our buzz is productive buzz, signifying the telos (goal) of sweet honey. I think you have grown accustomed to the buzz of flies downtown, circling a decaying garden. We are a different creature. This is not the place to discuss why the …

By MANJIT SAPPAL Martinez Chief of Police Feb. 14, 2016, the police department made the transition to a new Neighborhood Policing Area structure. The Neighborhood Policing Areas (NPA) have been in existence for some time, but we have modified the geographic boundaries so that we now have 4 areas for …

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune This season has already gotten off to an unprecedented start for the Bulldogs, but nothing is more satisfying for those in blue and gold than beating the purple and black Falcons. The varsity boys volleyball team’s 3-0 victory over College Park on Thursday night (March …

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune Alhambra boys volleyball is in the second year of a rebuilding plan that has gone just about perfectly. Last year they went from the bottom of the league to a playoff team and fourth place in the Diablo Foothill Athletic League. They won a playoff …

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune For months you all probably got tired of hearing me say how competitive the Diablo Foothill Athletic League is when it comes to basketball. But when I glanced at the North Coast Section brackets and saw what I saw, I felt vindicated. It’s rough to …

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune The Bulldog tennis team powered through rainy conditions in their Diablo Foothill Athletic League opener against Miramonte, but the weather wasn’t the only foe they had to deal with. The Matadors have a stout program that has given the Bulldogs problems in recent memory. That …

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune In the first two years of John Sasaki’s time at the helm of the Lady Bulldog lacrosse program, the team had won a total of four games. Last season the team matched that total in a full season. And now, with five games having been …