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Seaman Recruit Received Recognition
A local man received recognition of his exemplary service in his graduation from basic training at the Navy's Recruit Training Command last week. -
Martizian Preserves Film History
Half of all U.S. films made prior to 1950 – and 80 percent of early movies made in the 1910s and '20s – no longer exist; victims of the passage of time, poor storage, obsolescence and apathy. -
New Restaurant To Open On Main
The outside signage is up, the lead chef hired and construction workers are busy completing renovations to the kitchen and expansive dining areas of 802 Main Street. -
Local Artist Utilizes Waterfront Glass
Tony Kalfos can see beauty where most people might just see trash. A regular sight along the Martinez waterfront, he's been fishing there since 1960.
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Pendleton Receives Military Leadership Award
A local man received recognition of his exemplary service in his graduation from basic training at the Navy's Recruit Training Command last week.
Seaman Recruit Paul Pendleton of Martinez was awarded the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) Leadership Award as he graduated from the Great Lakes, Ill. boot camp on May 11.
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Martizian Preserves (& Makes) Film History
Half of all U.S. films made prior to 1950 – and 80 percent of early movies made in the 1910s and '20s – no longer exist; victims of the passage of time, poor storage, obsolescence and apathy.
Forever lost with those cinematic creations were revealing and salient ethnographic chronicles of over one hundred years of American life, in all its wildly diverse splendor.
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Spotlight On Opera: The Barber Of Seville
Martinez Opera Contra Costa plans to provide some culture and class this weekend in its performance of one of the world's most beloved operas, Gioachino Rossini's "The Barber of Seville."
As with many comic operas, it's a familiar story of love and avarice, successful disguises and happy endings all around.
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New Restaurant To Open On Main
The outside signage is up, the lead chef hired and construction workers are busy completing renovations to the kitchen and expansive dining areas of 802 Main Street.
Marty Ochoa is edging ever closer to realizing his "almighty" dream – to own and operate a brick and mortar restaurant, he said this week.
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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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Three friends bring tabletop gaming biz to the Frontline
Along Alhambra Avenue amidst a humble strip of business offices and storefronts lies an unexpected surprise from the other side of the window – towering robots, tanks, monsters and soldiers. They look like they're torn from the pages of a dense sci-fi or fantasy novel, and stand proudly in force, arranged in a array of display cases....
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Party rockin' at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards
Anticipation is soaring for the 2012 Billboard Music Awards (BBMA) and it's no wonder considering the abundance of unanswered questions to ponder. Will Adele actually win eighteen awards? Will someone named Wiz win Best New Artist? Will Justin Bieber wear white fringe leather? But the question burning most brightly for this reviewer is ... who will do the wiggle dance with LMFAO?
