Photos by Mark Fierner (Martinez News-Gazette)
As I was sitting in my dining room on Saturday night working on a quilt for my due-any-day grandson I heard music and laughter off …
MARTINEZ, Calif. – In a ceremony that blended laughter, applause and poignancy, Martinez police officers raised the rainbow-colored Pride flag and Vice Mayor Noralea Gipner …
More than 3,000 people will be lining Main Street Thursday morning to watch the Martinez Fourth of July Parade. Launching the holiday will be a …
Editor: I attended the informational meeting scheduled by Brandon Varise about his plans to open an indoor shooting range in the historic old opera house: …
Dear Martinez Residents; With the end of the rainy season the summer fire season starts up again. For a second year, Martinez Area CERT (Community …
Joe Gibbs, the Super Bowl-winning coach of the Washington Redskins who as race team owner has won four NASCAR Cup Series championships has been …
“I write for our readers” was one of the first things Donna Beth Weilenman said when she was hired at the Gazette and it stayed …
By BILL SHARKEY III Martinez News-Gazette Columnist 102 YEARS is a long time to live. Verner R. Anderson, long time Martinez resident, did it, passed …
Editor: “More people die in swimming pools than from guns.” That odd bird of a statement was casually flipped into the fray of Brandon Varise’s …