Martinez News

Word of the death spread rapidly through downtown Martinez. Merchants were talking about it.

A year after voters approved funding to replace the swimming pool and renovate the library, the final designs have been completed.

The financially strapped Willows Theatre Company announced its 2010 season Tuesday, featuring six productions, all of which will be performed in the Campbell Theatre, the company's refurbished cabaret-style performance venue in downtown Martinez.

Dianne Dunlap of Martinez has been appointed to the Contra Costa Commission for Women as the representative of District 2 Supervisor Gayle B. Uilkema.

On Monday a Contra Costa County Superior Court judge in Martinez found a Richmond woman not guilty by reason of insanity to charges that she murdered her 8-year-old son in 2006.

The drama surrounding Contra Costa County's about-face on the proposed Point Molate Indian casino illustrates a powerful political reality: Opposition pays.

A Diablo man jailed on domestic violence charges is accused of trying to get a fellow inmate to murder his wife.

The threat of a strike is looming over the West Contra Costa County school district, after teachers narrowly rejected a contract proposal.

A former Martinez resident pleaded not guilty before a federal magistrate in Riverside today to a charge of wearing unauthorized military service medals.

A PALM Springs man who was never in the military has been charged with wearing the Navy's highest honour.

My friend has a large lemon tree with a steady supply of lemons. As he watches a lemon ripen, readying for the harvest, something takes it just as it's perfect for the picking! Every time.

Two more people have been arrested in connection with last month's fatal shooting at a downtown Tracy restaurant.

Workers check the railroad ties after a freight train derailed in Pittsburg, Calif., Tuesday, Nov.

Tolls on seven Bay Area bridges should be raised from $4 to $5, but a proposal to start collecting tolls from carpools during the rush hour should be dropped, a transportation advocacy group said.

A man who witnessed his uncle murder his parents in their El Cerrito home in 2006 told his parents' killer in court in Martinez Monday that he does not think he should be executed for his crimes.

TWISTS AND TURNS abound in Center Rep's intriguing production of "Witness for the Prosecution," which opened last week at the Lesher Center for the Arts.

Jurors in Martinez have decided Edward Wycoff should be sentenced to death for killing his sister and brother-in-law in their El Cerrito home in 2006.

Nathan Burris pleaded not guilty today to charges that he fatally shot his former girlfriend and her friend at the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge toll plaza Aug.

MARTINEZ, Calif. a " A Sacramento County trucker will be executed for killing his sister and brother-in-law despite pleas from the victims' son against the death penalty.Jurors decided on a death sentence Thursday for 40-year-old Edward Wycoff.

The Willows Theatre Company announced Tuesday that its theater in Concord will close Sunday, but the cabaret in downtown Martinez will remain open.