Contra Costa DA Release Martinez, Calif. – Today, the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office charged Nichole Anderson (42-years old Martinez resident) and David Nelson (53-years-old Martinez ...

Carl Nagy, Dave Sperow and Francisco Castillo at the UPRR town hall. (DONNA BETH WEILNEMAN/MARTINEZ NEWS-GAZETTE) MARTINEZ, Calif. – While it’s inevitable that freight trains will block the two ...

Courtesy Martinez Historical Society Contra Costa Gazette paper boys are shown in 1933. They covered Martinez, Pittsburg, Concord, Pleasant Hill among other communities receiving $10 a month salary ...

A local group gathered Saturday morning to paint ‘Black Lives Matters’ in huge, yellow letters on Court Street in from the of Contra Costa County … ...

PBF Energy Inc. announced today that it completed the acquisition of the Martinez refinery, and related logistics assets, from Shell Oil Products US. The purchase price for the assets was $960.0 ...

MARTINEZ, Calif. – A vintage rail car that once was part of the award-winning Walnut Creek steakhouse, Vic Stewart’s, is out of Walnut Creek to Martinez, said Martinez Historical Society President ...

I feel blessed to have two daughters who have lived in Martinez for at least 30 years. They live among intelligent, caring, and empathetic neighbors, people who are achievers and hard workers, and for ...

HOW IT HAPPENED In a battle of the conference’s top scorers, bested BYU’s Yoeli Childs as the Gaels’ guard Jordan Ford put up a game-high 23 points. The Folsom, Calif. native found himself in a ...

This week would be the best time to notify your next of kin that you might possibly be attending the state-side version of Bullshot Crummond; a very cool, corny and silly British low-budget comedy at ...

Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office press release SACRAMENTO, Calif. — U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez sentenced Paulette Carpoff, 51, of Martinez, to 11 years and three months in prison ...

Kelsey Plum scored 26 of her 37 points in the second half and the Los Angeles Sparks spoiled the first game in Golden State Valkyries history with a 84-67 victory Friday night. Even the loss couldn’t ...

By HARRIETT BURT Martinez News-Gazette Contributor Editor’s Note: Recently digging through Martinez Historical Society archives of newsletter articles, I found a 1994 column by then Society president ...