The fateful crash was on a Friday; students from the Yuba City High School A Cappella Choir were on their way to Miramonte High School May 21, 1976. The bus transporting chorus students took the Martinez off-ramp southbound from the Martinez-Benicia Bridge when the bus hit the barrier and flipped over, falling 30 feet on [...]
By MIKE JONES Gazette contributor With all due respect to one William Shakespeare, we come here today not so much to praise Kylee Perez as much as we do to try to comprehend what exactly she’s all about. Besides winning, that is. The questions are how can one teenage girl, a mere 17 year-old junior [...]
May 21, 1932: Earhart completes transatlantic flight Five years after aviator Charles Lindbergh became the first pilot to accomplish a nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean, female aviator Amelia Earhart became the first pilot to repeat the feat, landing her plane in Ireland, ending her flight across the North Atlantic. She traveled 2,000 miles in [...]
MARTINEZ’S officialdom, as well as many of its citizens, is making certain that the proposed massive development up on Muir Station Road meets the desires of the community when it is finally approved … if it is. Each meeting with the City Council, as with the earlier meetings with the Planning Commission and the Design [...]
MARTINEZ, Calif. – The Martinez News-Gazette is proud to announce the return of its children’s art contest, the 33rd of its kind. Children in kindergarten through 6th grade are eligible to enter their original artwork for a chance to win one or more of numerous prizes. This year, the prize pool is bigger and better [...]
Contra Costa Health Plan (CCHP) has been selected to participate in California’s health benefit exchange, the state announced Thursday. CCHP is one of only 13 plans statewide chosen to be offered through Covered California, the new state insurance marketplace created by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to help insure access to health care coverage starting [...]
The fateful crash was on a Friday; students from the Yuba City High School A Cappella Choir were on their way to Miramonte High School May 21, 1976. The bus transporting chorus students took the Martinez off-ramp southbound from the Martinez-Benicia Bridge when the bus hit the barrier and flipped over, falling 30 feet on [...]
MARTINEZ, Calif. – The Martinez Parks, Recreation, Marina and Cultural Commission will have a special meeting on Tuesday May 28, at 7 p.m. at City Hall in Council Chambers. The PRMCC had previously canceled their meeting for May 21. They last met on April 16. Some of the items on the consent calendar are special [...]
The Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) Advisory Board is seeking applicants to fill several open seats. The board is comprised of 18 volunteers, appointed by the Board of Supervisors, who assess community needs regarding treatment and prevention of alcohol and drug abuse. The AOD board reports findings and recommendations to Contra Costa Health Services, the [...]
The Oakland Athletics and San Francisco Giants get into their yearly Bay Bridge duel this year starting Monday with two games in Oakland, followed by two games in San Francisco starting Wednesday. Typically, the two teams that reside on either side of the Bay Area face off in a traditional three-game set in May and [...]
By JOHN FULLER Gazette Contributor Lately I have been talking about Memorial Day weekend plans with other families and I was amazed about how many were doing weekend youth tournaments. I do not why know why, I am coaching in weekend soccer tournament for one of my boys. It made me stop and think about [...]
By MIKE JONES Gazette contributor With all due respect to one William Shakespeare, we come here today not so much to praise Kylee Perez as much as we do to try to comprehend what exactly she’s all about. Besides winning, that is. The questions are how can one teenage girl, a mere 17 year-old junior [...]
A date explored in every direction dictated by the ring of a bell, monkeys attempting to write Hamlet, a lonely girl with a speech problem and a wacky professor who made up a universal language, a psychedelic and manically musical purchase of a loaf of bread, stuck in parallel Philadelphia, and the many deaths of [...]
Back in 2009, director J. J. Abrams boldly took the Star Trek franchise where it had never been before, at least not in a long time, and that was a wildly successful reboot. Abrams was able to capture the great sense of adventure and spectacle and plenty of nods to the original films and series [...]
With bands like the Black Keys, Zac Brown Band and Kings of Leon headlining the five-day festival in Napa Valley why wouldn’t you give the first year festival a chance. The festival, which will be held at Napa Expo, is just a couple blocks away from down town Napa, so before you go in or [...]
Monterey, one of the most iconic locations in California is hosting the California Roots festival, the music and arts festival is held over Memorial Day weekend, May 24 through 26 at the Monterey Fair Grounds. “This is one of the most legendary and beautiful venues in California,” said Dan Sheehan one of the producers for [...]
I’m getting married in the morning!/Ding dong!/The bells are gonna chime/Pull out the stopper!/Let’s have a whopper!/But get me to the church on time! – Lerner & Lowe I have weddings on my mind today. I received a wedding invitation in the mail last week for the daughter of a longtime friend. My inner voice [...]
This asparagus and snap pea salad brings together two of springtime’s stars. The veggies are only slightly blanched. The dressing couldn’t be lighter and more refreshing, allowing the sweet flavors of the veggies to really pop. Those fresh asparagus and peas will be gone before you know it. Enjoy! 1 bunch asparagus ½ pound sugar [...]
hoo! The Peddler’s Faire is coming this Saturday! I can hardly wait. Main Street will be lined on both sides with stalls filled with a huge assortment of antiques, porcelain, glassware, furniture, pottery, toys, and much more. In addition to the collectibles and antiques, over 50 arts and crafts vendors will be there. Bonus! Many [...]
It’s brunch season! With the many events that we celebrate in the spring, Mother’s Day, graduations, baby and bridal showers, what a good reason the have a brunch. This is my go-to recipe for brunch. It is much like a quiche, but so much simpler, with the added benefit of preparing the dish the night [...]
May 21, 1932: Earhart completes transatlantic flight Five years after aviator Charles Lindbergh became the first pilot to accomplish a nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean, female aviator Amelia Earhart became the first pilot to repeat the feat, landing her plane in Ireland, ending her flight across the North Atlantic. She traveled 2,000 miles in [...]
April 30, 1789: First presidential inauguration One of America’s great military leaders of the American Revolution, a head commander of the colonial army, George Washington is inaugurated as the first president of the newly formed United States. He was unanimously chosen by all sixty-nine electors in February 1789. The following month, the newly drafted constitution [...]
April 22, 1915: Germans introduce poisonous gas to the battlefield German Forces shocked Allied soldiers along the western front by firing more than 150 tons of lethal chlorine gas against two French divisions at Ypres Belgium. This was the first major gas attack used by the Germans. The French had used small amounts of tear [...]
MARTINEZ’S officialdom, as well as many of its citizens, is making certain that the proposed massive development up on Muir Station Road meets the desires of the community when it is finally approved … if it is. Each meeting with the City Council, as with the earlier meetings with the Planning Commission and the Design [...]
I’ve been involved in ministry or “church work” for over two decades. Don’t let my youthful persona fool you; I’m now closer to drawing Social Security than I am to drawing Crayola-inspired pictures on construction paper. Obviously, Social Security may not be an option for me or my generation, but that’s a column for another [...]
By BILL SHARKEY III Gazette Columnist NUMBER 100! As I tootle along each week trying to provide something of varied interests, the time has flown by. I suddenly realized last week that number 100 was due up next. In my editor days in the early 1960s, I did a column every issue, five days a week. Some [...]
“There is something rotten in the state of Denmark.” That is a centuries old phrase from William Shakespeare’s masterpiece, “Hamlet.” Going back to your high school English class, you might remember that strange things were indeed going on in Hamlet’s world. His father, the Danish king, had been murdered. His uncle was behind the conspiracy [...]
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The Martinez News-Gazette, established in 1858, is one of the oldest continuously operating newspapers in the United States, and one of the first newspapers in California. The tri-weekly serves the county seat of Contra Costa in the San Francisco Bay Area.