The Martinez Tribune is looking for both established and aspiring journalists to come join our …
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BY J.A. SCHWARTZ A little more than a year ago, Athletics rookie first baseman Nick …
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By DAVID SCHOLZ Martinez Tribune MARTINEZ, Calif. – This is a tale of a mysterious Steelhead fish that was recently observed swimming upstream in no more than a few inches of water within a stretch of Alhambra Creek near Ward Street last week. A sharing of the video posted on …
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By HANNAH HATCH Martinez Tribune I met Anthony Moore last Friday, Jan. 22, at his home in Martinez. He was accompanied by his wife, Perri. They gave me a tour around their home, which had bright orange-painted walls and band posters in the kitchen. Moore, whose art encompasses a range …
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By DAVID SCHOLZ Martinez Tribune MARTINEZ, Calif. – Time will tell if the Wright choice was made. Jonathan T. Wright, 35, that is, who was unanimously selected by the Martinez Unified School District Board on Monday to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Denise Elsken last December. One …
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By DANIEL GLUSKOTER The 2016 BottleRock Napa Valley music festival lineup has been announced with more than 70 artists scheduled to perform on four stages at the fourth annual celebration of music, wine and food in the heart of the Napa Valley. Scheduled for Friday, May 27 through Sunday, May …
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In Martinez, people know each other. We have strong personal networks that work. There are lots of benefits. An important one is keeping us safe. Our new police Chief Manjit Sappal considers trust and working together with the community as his most important jobs. His office door is open. Martinez …
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By HAMILTON FISH Special to the Tribune The best way to look forward is to start by looking back. If your interest is a half-century hence, focusing on last week isn’t helpful. Here’s my long-term prognostication about Martinez. I’ll be wrong about the details, but I bet I’ve got the …
Read More »Steven Payne found ‘unresponsive’ in cell; later perishes By DAVID SCHOLZ Martinez Tribune MARTINEZ, Calif. – Two investigations into a death stemming from an incident at the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Department’s main detention center in Martinez are in their early stages. At approximately 4 p.m. Dec. 30, 2015, jail …
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Jan. 24 marks anniversary of death of 9-year-old Martinez boy By DAVID SCHOLZ Martinez Tribune MARTINEZ, Calif. – The wet, sloppy conditions descending on the area in recent days are an eerie reminder of the brutal murder of a child nearly 30 years ago, that left a dark cloud over …
Read More »https://youtu.be/IzgJ280CVo0 By JAMIE JOBB Special to the Tribune A Gold Rush camp, former Sicilian fishing village, a cannery row, Joe DiMaggio’s birthplace, John Muir National Monument site, fountainhead of Alhambra Bottled Water and the Martini, home of the fighting Bulldogs – Martinez is an odd California town that needs to …
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BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER In an unexpected early Christmas gift that music fans have long hoped for, the newly reformed 4 Non Blondes performed the first of two sold out shows at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on Wednesday, part of a stretch of their first new shows …
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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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