Martinez Tribune The website of the Martinez Tribune.

By JULIE LINFORD Special to the Tribune Outcast Cat Help is out and about in Martinez and local communities a whole lot, and we meet many well-intentioned citizens who love animals and are trying to help with the free-roaming cats in their neighborhood or even their yard. We thought we’d …

RICHMOND, Calif. – Hundreds of women of all ages donned blue coveralls, red socks, and red bandannas with white polka dots and gathered near San Francisco in an attempt to set a Guinness World Record for the most Rosies in one place at one time since World War II – …

By JAMIE JOBB Special to the Tribune “Oh very young, what will you leave us this time You’re only dancin’ on this Earth for a short while And though your dreams may toss and turn you now They will vanish away like your dad’s best jeans Denim blue, faded up …

The Martinez Volunteer Fire Department, circa the 1920s, in front of their station at the old City Hall building in Martinez. From left: Chief John Briones, Guy Smith, Chris Koch, Ed Mc Donald, Harry Fierner, S. Sellick, Les Donnelly and Frank Larkin. (CONTRA COSTA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY / Courtesy)

MARTINEZ, Calif. – The third try isn’t the charm for one Martinez resident. Nineteen-year-old Antonio Neely of Martinez was arrested for the third time this month, on auto theft and burglary charges. According to a release by the Martinez Police Department (MPD), a resident in the 4900 block of Alhambra …

Two demolition permit applications turned into city thus far MARTINEZ, Calif. – The deadline to retrofit unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings in Martinez has come and gone, and according to City officials, 16 properties stand in non-compliance of the Seismic Hazard Retrofit Ordinance. The ordinance, passed in 2009, gave owners of …

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune MARTINEZ, Calif. – Residents and visitors in Martinez and surrounding areas may have noticed a grey curtain partially obscuring sunny skies this past week. After a weekend where daytime temperatures soared in the high 90s and even touched triple digits on more than one occasion, …

MARTINEZ, Calif. – Flags are being flown at half mast in Martinez after a sheriff’s deputy that served the community perished during an off-duty water rescue at Lake Tahoe today. The Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff was informed on Thursday by the South Lake Tahoe Police Department that …

By LOGAN W. Special to the Tribune Let’s talk about Wizard World Comic Con in Sacramento, California – the most exciting event I have ever witnessed. There were so many characters all around me. These people spend so many hours on their costumes and do an awesome job of making …

By JAMIE JOBB Special to the Martinez Tribune Those of us who knew Jonathan Demme in high school recall his undaunted enthusiasm, his fierce concentration, his persistent predisposition toward compelling sounds and sights – traits that over the next half century would fuel his development as one of the world’s …