Rattlesnakes are native to California and, like other snakes, emerge from winter hibernation in early …
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BY HELEN LAME’ Kelsey Plum exploded for 37 points in her debut with the Sparks …
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Miramonte High School boys basketball takes easy victory over Bulldogs By LUKE JOHNSON Special to the Tribune A tag team effort – 6-foot-5 wing Eddy Ionesco’s 20 points and six rebounds with 6-foot-7 power forward Charlie Hocking’s 15 points and eight rebounds – allowed Miramonte High School boys’ basketball to …
Read More »By LUKE JOHNSON Special to the Tribune To put this into perspective, Miramonte High School girls’ basketball is ranked fifth in the nation on Maxpreps, while Alhambra is ranked 9,524th. Both are in the Diablo Foothill Athletic League. Miramonte coach Kelly Sopak sat his top three players the entire first …
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By DAVID SCHOLZ Martinez Tribune Sand piles, like this one at the top of F Street near Alhambra High School, are ready and waiting for local residents who come bearing sandbags. As reminders of the latest El Niño season move through the area, well over 2,500 sandbags have been snapped …
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By DAVID SCHOLZ Martinez Tribune MARTINEZ, Calif. – Eight district residents have stepped up to be considered to fill the approaching vacancy on the Martinez Unified School District Board. The group includes a mix of educators, a program analyst and laboratory technician, a labor activist, and a retiree who previously …
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By DAVID SCHOLZ Martinez Tribune MARTINEZ, Calif. – An investigation continues in a weekend shooting that left one person with non-life-threatening injuries. Martinez Police Det. Gerardo Espinoza declined to go into specifics about the investigation, but said a “person of interest’’ is being sought in connection with the case. The …
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By DAVID SCHOLZ Martinez Tribune History buffs may enjoy hearing the perspectives of Diane Donovan who will be speaking on her book, “San Francisco Relocated,” on Tuesday at the Martinez Library. The hour-long presentation about the City’s amazing building moves from the time of the Gold Rush to modern times …
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By DAVID SCHOLZ Martinez Tribune Human trafficking is not a problem limited to the grainy, dimly lit cable television news exposés in foreign lands or slick Hollywood dramas. It is in Contra Costa County’s backyard and it has been here for some time. A report presented Feb. 12 to the …
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By DANIEL GLUSKOTER While the official announcement from the NFL on Tuesday that the St. Louis Rams were moving back to Los Angeles was good news for the San Francisco 49ers, it only served to add more uncertainty to the status of the Oakland Raiders. Where the 49ers now have …
Read More »By DAVID SCHOLZ Martinez Tribune MARTINEZ, Calif. – With two elections on the docket for 2016, the coming year is already setting up to be an exciting one in the Contra Costa County Election Offices. And to county residents more involved in the process, officials kicked off the year by …
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By DONNA BETH WEILENMAN Martinez Tribune MARTINEZ, Calif. – When Martinez residents want a strong, spacious, attractive storage shed, they don’t have to call a carpenter or wonder how the structure will get delivered from a home improvement store. They can buy one from Alhambra High School (AHS) and order …
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BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy’s musical tribute to the 40th anniversary of R.E.M.’s Fables of the Reconstruction was a both a thrilling and highly energetic treat for those in attendance at the Fillmore in San Francisco on Tuesday night. Shannon, an American actor, is the recipient of …
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For slaughtering the right tools come in handy, especially if you want to be efficient, safe and precise. Slaughtering knives are designed to do certain tasks, requiring sharpness and control — separating meat from bone, skirting or breaking down large cuts. In this article, we will cover knife materials, different …
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