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Alhambra league foes running wild in NCS playoffs

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 …

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Bulldog tennis opens league play with tough Matadors on the road

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 …

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Lady Bulldogs rout Newark 14-1

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 …

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The Grinch

The Grinch Slowly comes the gossip, Quickly comes the yack. The more you treat a grinch right, The more he shows his back. – Harlan Bailey

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Grinch responds to Rishell’s letter

Dear Mr. Rishell, Thank you for illustrating my point so beautifully (see the March 4-10, 2016 edition). All that yapping about bees buzzing, feasting off organically grown fruit in the garden … going “paleo.” Your letter reminded me of the old radio broadcasts, full of metaphors and sound effects. Only …

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Miramonte High comes out on top in Contra Costa Mock Trials

By JONATHAN B. LANCE After a number of speeches made by coaches and individual awards were presented to exceptionally performing students, the 35th annual Contra Costa County High School Mock Trial awards ceremony concluded with the naming of this year’s championship team: Miramonte High (Orinda). Miramonte beat Acalanes High Feb. …

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Rotary Report: ‘What can be done about the mentally ill?’

By PAUL CRAIG Special to the Tribune Elizabeth Koehler-Pentakoff is one of Martinez’s best-known writers. Her latest book has lessons for all of us. “The Missing Kennedy” is the story of Rosemary Kennedy, brother of President John F. Kennedy. Rosemary was born in 1918, with intellectual disabilities. Despite the best …

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Woman killed in Pacheco Boulevard collision

By E. CLARK Martinez Tribune California Highway Patrol (CHP) is investigating a Wednesday morning traffic collision on Pacheco Boulevard that left one dead and another with minor injuries. According to CHP officials, a woman driving a silver Honda Civic was traveling eastbound on Pacheco Boulevard just before 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, …

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Artist of Week: Lorena Castillo

By HANNAH HATCH Martinez Tribune I visited Lorena Castillo, visual artist as well as community and environmental activist, at her beautiful, colorful home near downtown Martinez. Castillo has a “really cool landlord” who let her paint her home’s walls in all colors of the rainbow. We sat down in her …

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