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2 hrs ago | KTLA-TV Los Angeles

Man Stabs Pit Bull to Save His Own Dog

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.

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Related Topix: Anaheim, CA

Wed Jan 07, 2009

ABC7News

Authorities are on the hunt for who stole rifles out of patrol cars in the East Bay.

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

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Related Topix: Contra Costa County, CA

SFGate

MARTINEZ / 2 suspects arraigned in lesbian rape case

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.

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Related Topix: Richmond, CA, Contra Costa County, CA, Hercules, CA, Berkeley, CA

Halfway to Concord

2009 Martinez Chamber mixers

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

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Tue Jan 06, 2009

Times-News

2 men, teen charged in gang rape of Calif. lesbian

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

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Violent Crime, San Francisco, CA, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Inside Bay Area

Guns stolen from sheriff's patrol cars in Martinez

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.

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Related Topix: Contra Costa County, CA

Mon Jan 05, 2009

The Reporter

New era in ferry travel planned for Bay Area

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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Related Topix: San Francisco, CA, US Travel, Travel, Russia Travel, San Francisco, Russia Travel, San Francisco Travel, San Francisco Metro

Sat Jan 03, 2009

Contra Costa Times

Taking the Kids: Rocking the Red House

WHY IT'S COOL: Looking for a rocking New Year's Eve celebration that's kid-friendly too? The Red House, Walnut Creek's very own house of rock - and jam sessions, workshops and music lessons too - is hosting the ...

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Related Topix: Walnut Creek, CA, San Francisco, CA, Life, Holidays, New Year's Day/Eve, San Francisco Metro

Thu Jan 01, 2009

Fort Mill Times

Salesman guilty in rape, murder of 90-year-old

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.

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Related Topix: Contra Costa County, CA, Death Penalty

Standard Speaker

Brothers sought in baseball attack may be in Hazleton area

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.

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Wed Dec 31, 2008

SFGate

Traveling salesman pleads guilty to rape-murder of 90-year-old woman

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.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Lafayette, CA, Contra Costa County, CA

Ledger Dispatch

Martinez police report

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

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Tue Dec 30, 2008

KTVU

Jurors Choose Death For Lafayette Woman's Rapist, Killer

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 ...

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Death Penalty, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Contra Costa County, CA

Sun Dec 28, 2008

Ledger Dispatch

Martinez may expand proposed annexation

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.

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Related Topix: Contra Costa County, CA

Fri Dec 26, 2008

Ledger Dispatch

Martinez, Pleasant Hill grow older, and more alike

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

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Thu Dec 25, 2008

Ledger Dispatch

Pleasant Hill/Martinez public meetings

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

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Related Topix: Pleasant Hill, CA, Diablo, CA, Contra Costa County, CA, Pittsburg, CA

Wed Dec 24, 2008

Inside Bay Area

Home to Mexico for the holidays, with a recession on the mind

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.

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Related Topix: San Francisco Metro, Oakland Metro, Oakland, CA, Life, Holidays, New Year's Day/Eve, San Francisco, CA

Tue Dec 23, 2008

Contra Costa Times

Martinez day care surrenders license

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.

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Inside Bay Area

Counselors help students and parents with teenage stress and depression

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.

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Related Topix: Depression, Health, Walnut Creek, CA, Family, Kids, Education Etc.

Mon Dec 22, 2008

Ledger Dispatch

Holiday sweaters -- you could even say they glow

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

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas, Orinda, CA, Thanksgiving

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