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Flex-Space Topic At Upcoming Meeting
This week's city council meeting is expected to be a lengthy and lively one with members to discuss and vote on a number of significant issues, including a planned increase in garbage rates,... -
Anthony Spoke In Martinez In 1896
When the lights went down at the Martinez Veterans Hall on Monday, March 19, 2012, for the first night of the Suffrage Film Fest and the DVD of "One Woman, One Vote" began to spin,... -
The Race Is On
"Last year's political redistricting shook up long-established boundaries and created entirely new districts. For the first time, a panel of citizens – not California legislators – -
Recognition For Students Of Excellence
Two Alhambra High School and two College Park High School students will be recognized, along with 34 other Contra Costa and Alameda county seniors,...
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New Budget Aims To Support Education
In November, California governor Jerry Brown will ask Martinez voters to approve income tax increases on the state's wealthiest residents for a seven year period and ratchet up the state sales tax by one quarter of one percent for the next four years.
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Flex-Space Topics At Upcoming Meeting
This week's city council meeting is expected to be a lengthy and lively one with members to discuss and vote on a number of significant issues, including a planned increase in garbage rates, the approval or denial of a new "flex-space" outdoor dining policy...
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Anthony Spoke In Martinez In 1896
When the lights went down at the Martinez Veterans Hall on Monday, March 19, 2012, for the first night of the Suffrage Film Fest and the DVD of "One Woman, One Vote" began to spin, everyone in the audience would have heard of Susan B. Anthony and...
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All Aboard!
Vince (center) shows sons Naveen (at left) and Kiran how to "switch" train cars on a "Time-Saver" game at the Contra Costa County History Center, Saturday, May 12. The game was part of a National Train Day exhibit at the Center.
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Prepare Your Palette For International Fair
Get your taste buds ready for a whirlwind, round-the-world adventure. Wednesday brings the annual International Faire to the Martinez Adult Education (MAE) campus.
Held each May in the main auditorium, the Faire offers customary dishes from countries around the world, prepared and dished out by students enrolled in the MAE's Martinez Institute of English.
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Joltin´Joe Restoration Continues
"It's become more than a labor of love," said Sons of Italy member Ray Raineri in his recent City Council presentation describing work progress on the Joltin' Joe.
The cultural heritage project dedicated to refurbishing the 22-foot, 1949 speedboat once owned by Martinez son Joe DiMaggio has served to spiritually nourish a handful of local craftsmen during a tough period of unemployment and economic hardship.
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Students Of Exellence To Receive Recognition
Two Alhambra High School and two College Park High School students will be recognized, along with 34 other Contra Costa and Alameda county seniors, this afternoon at the Contra Costa County Office of Education's (CCCOE) Students of Excellence Awards.
Held in Concord between 4 and 5 p.m., the award ceremony honors students for their achievements in Regional Occupational Program (ROP) classes.
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Alhambra Highlands Discussed
"The clock is ticking," city council member Mark Ross reminded his colleagues and staff at last week's meeting. "April 1, 2014, will be here before you know it," he added.
The following day, city-approved grading permits kick into effect, allowing bulldozers to start work on what is known as the Alhambra Highlands property, according to city manager Phil Vince.
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Bay Area Craft Beer Festival Heads Outdoors
Good beer, good music, good times ... is there a better way to spend an afternoon? asks Main Street Martinez in the civic group's advertising of Saturday's Bay Area Craft Beer Festival.
With spectacular sunny skies predicted for the fourth installment of the wildly popular event, it promises to attract up to 2,000 visitors to downtown to sample the products of local breweries and eateries, hang out in Waterfront Park and listen to a line-up of live bands.
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Pit Bull Bite Sends Toddler To Hospital
Less than two hours after a three-year-old Martinez girl was bitten by a reported family dog Friday morning, news outlets around the Bay Area were reporting another "mauling" by a pit bull.
That wasn't exactly what happened, said Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office spokesman Jimmy Lee and Lewis Broschard, public information officer for Contra Costa County Fire Protection District.
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USW Unions Prepare For Day Of Action
Area union workers are poised to strike at Tesoro's Golden Eagle Martinez refinery should current negotiations with management reach an impasse.
Last weekend, drivers filling up at Tesoro-owned gas stations around Contra Costa were approached by union members handing out leaflets and urging solidarity in boycotting the company should workers hit the picket line.
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Seafarer´s Regatta Kicks Off Season
Drenching rainstorms didn't put a damper on the 32nd annual Sea Scout Seafarer's Regatta at the Martinez Marina Saturday.
"Our number one rule in Sea Scouts is you're going to get wet. If you have a problem getting wet, then the Sea Scouts may not be for you," quipped an officer on the Sea Scout Ship Albatross, Melissa Howell, yesterday.
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Vivian's first flash mob
"I'm going to be in an opera," my daughter Marion announced when she was 16.
She'd been invited to be in the chorus of Madam Butterfly with North Bay Opera. Opera? I had never been to an opera in my life. I wasn't sure how to take the news. After all, everyone knows that operas have fat ladies with horns on their heads singing with such pitch and volume as to break crystal glasses. Right? Oh, so wrong!
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Whedon & crew make a marvel of a hero movie
Well true believers, causal viewers and Marvel fan boys and girls, the moment we've all been waiting for has finally arrived. The Avengers have assembled on the screen! We finally get to see Marvel's dream team in action. "Iron Man" (Robert Downey Jr.) , "Captain America" (Chris Evans), "Thor" (Chris Hemsworth), and "Hulk" (Mark Ruffalo) share the screen and fight side by side. The thought is enough to give fans chills and get all our inner fan boys/girls giddy...
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Norah Jones: dirty, little heartbreaker
Norah Jones sheds her goody-goody image to cop a Russ Meyers sexploitation film pose for the cover of her new album, ...Little Broken Hearts (Blue Note). No complaints from this reviewer, since Miss Jones' image, as well as her music, has been long overdue for a makeover. I hate to use the word coasting for someone so active and talented, but her full length releases have all had a certain "feels like home" quality ... until now.
