Community Focus
At Home With Jeff: What’s my line?
By JEFF ROUBAL Martinez News-Gazette Contributor A friend at the American Legion asked me last week to update his telephone number on the membership list. He and his wife had just disconnected their home phone permanently. From now on, they will be using their cell phones exclusively while away and while at home. I was […]
Unusual trash, correct tarping to be shown Thursday
MARTINEZ, Calif. – Caltrans District 4 will have peculiar and unusual trash item on display Thursday during its “Protect Every Drop” education campaign, and officials will demonstrate how to tarp hauled materials so they don’t escape. The District wants to impress upon residents how items can impact local waterways, and will have some of the […]
Martinez scholars among county’s 2018 Student Leaders of the Year
U.S. Rep Mike Thompson, Kate Wohlford, Juliet Stephenson, Harmony Soffe, and Phoebe Tang. Several Alhambra High School students are among those chosen the 2018 Student leaders of the Year for Contra Costa County, U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson has announced. Among the six chosen for the recognition are Juliet Stephenson, Harmony Soffer, Phebe Tang and Kate […]
Martinez Business Beat, May 23, 2018
Thursday Is Red Nose Charity Day At Walgreens Don’t laugh at anyone wearing a red clown nose Thursday. Walgreens is selling the bright accessory to raise money for children who are living in difficult situations. Red Nose Day is a fundraising campaign run by the nonprofit organization Comic Relief Inc., a registered charity, and it […]
County tells homeowner maple is not ‘heritage tree’
MARTINEZ, Calif. – A homeowner who lives in unincorporated Contra Costa County near Martinez has been told her large silver maple is not a “heritage tree,” although she’s convinced it qualifies under the county’s own definition. Diana Daniels, who lives at 1049 Sierra Ave., has been living since 1998 in a house built on a […]
St. Catherine’s teacher wins Energy Conference Scholarship from Shell
Caroline Knapp, a 5th-grade science teacher at St. Catherine’s Elementary School, has been awarded a $2,000 scholarship from Shell to attend the National Energy Conference for Educators in Galveston, Texas, in July. Ms. Knapp was given the scholarship after attending an April 18 Shell-sponsored National Energy Education Development Teacher Seminar at the Shell Martinez Refinery’s […]
Residents can see plans for Golden Hills Park during workshop Thursday
The Park Subcommittee of the Martinez Parks, Recreation, Marina and Cultural Commission will share the city’s proposals for Golden Hills Park Thursday during a public workshop. Among the preliminary improvements are new restrooms and a community building that would meet Americans with Disabilities Act requirements; a new rentable picnic area; new benches and trash receptacles; […]
Downtown Cleanup
Volunteers from the Martinez Church of Christ at the Downtown Cleanup Day. “BIG thank you to all who came out and helped clean up the city on cleanup day. You made the city shine. Pat yourself on the back. – Barbara Kapsalis
At Home With Vivian: How I Met Your Father
My mother believed in fate. She’d often say, “It will happen when it’s supposed to happen but it wouldn’t hurt to help it along.” When something happened, good or bad, she’d say, “It was meant to be.” On one fateful day in 1973…. My college roommate, Katie, knew that a young man from the sixth […]
Public opinions on Mount Wanda sought
The National Park Service is welcoming public comment Saturday about what its future plans for Mount Wanda should be. This is the second opportunity residents and visitors will have to weigh in on plans for the Mount Wanda unit of John Muir National Historic Site. The first took place last month on John Muir’s birthday […]
