Martinez News

Police are looking for the owner of a pit bull who was stabbed to death by a man trying to protect his own dogs during a neighborhood walk.

A slew of law enforcement agencies are on the hunt for weapons stolen right out of patrol cars in Contra Costa County.

Two suspects in the December gang rape of a Richmond lesbian were arraigned Tuesday in Contra Costa County Superior Court on charges of sexual assault, carjacking, kidnapping and hate crime.

The Martinez Chamber of Commerce holds its after-hours business mixers on the second Thursday every month except May.

MARTINEZ, Calif. - Two men and a teenager were charged Tuesday in the alleged gang rape of a lesbian in the San Francisco Bay area.

Burglars who forced their way into a secured Contra Costa County sheriff's lot ransacked several patrol cars and stole weapons inside, the Sheriff's Office said Tuesday.

Bay Area residents cherished the rush of riding ferry boats across the region's blue highways before eight major bridges spanned Bay waters.

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A traveling salesman from Missouri is expected to receive life in prison without parole after pleading guilty to the rape and murder of a 90-year-old woman in her home in 2005.

City police have filed attempted homicide charges against a pair of brothers for allegedly beating two other men with baseball bats last weekend in South Scranton.

Richard Craig McNew, 34, a felon from St. Louis, is expected to be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for murdering Anna Elizabeth Vuori.

On Fushia Court, fraudulent charges on a credit card were reported at 11:54 a.m. due to a wallet lost months earlier.

After deliberating for less than two hours Tuesday, jurors in Martinez recommended the death penalty for Darryl Kemp, a 72-year-old serial rapist convicted earlier this month of the 1978 rape and murder of ...

The city is proceeding with plans to annex two upscale subdivisions in the Alhambra Valley area and a group of commercial properties near the intersection of Interstate 680 and North Pacheco Boulevard.

According to conventional wisdom, Martinez is a scrappy, blue-collar town, defined largely by its Italian heritage and hulking oil refineries.

There are no public meetings scheduled for the upcoming week. Martinez Martinez city offices are closed from noon Dec.

His suitcase stuffed with gifts for grandparents, aunts and uncles, Cesar Martinez arrived at Oakland International Airport with high expectations for his first Christmas in Mexico.

The state has temporarily shuttered a Martinez day care center where a man was arrested on suspicion of committing lewd and lascivious acts on a minor.

It could look like anger. Or sadness. Maybe a constant desire to sleep. Adolescent and teenage depression can be difficult for parents to recognize because mood swings are common as children grow up.

Judy Petsas displays her collection of 20 Christmas sweaters at her house in Martinez, Calif., on Wednesday Dec.