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Martinez PD Finds Weed, Weapon After Welfare Check Monday

Martinez police were sent to the 400 block of Gilger Avenue at 8:13 p.m. Monday after a neighbor reported hearing a gunshot from the residence. Officers knocked on the door, but did not get a response and, fearing someone may have been injured inside, walked into the backyard through an open gate. Looking inside the…

Man Dead After Martinez Crash Thursday Night

A 37-year-old man died when his passenger car collided with a parked semi truck in the 800 block of Howe Rd. Thursday, according to Martinez police. Sgt. Patrick Salamid said the crash was reported at 10 p.m. The unidentified victim was unresponsive and had to be extricated from the vehicle by responding Contra Costa County…

Officer-Involved Shooting Reported, Suspect Killed, On Adelaide Dr. In Martinez Wednesday

The Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff and the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office are currently investigating an officer involved shooting per the county’s law enforcement involved fatal incident protocol. This morning, Wednesday, at about 9:03 a.m., two Deputy Sheriffs handled a call on Adelaide Drive in Pacheco. They cleared that call at…

Public Works To Close Main Street In Martinez Due To New Administration Building Construction

From Contra Costa County Public Works: September 18, 2018, Martinez, CA – Contra Costa County Public Works will close Main Street from the intersection of Pine Street to the driveway into the parking lot for the County Family Court Building. The closure will take place on Friday, September 21. Aztec and Bay Cities Paving and Grading will…

Three Alarm Grass Fire Burns 30 Acres Along Highway 4, Into Martinez Friday

Multiple fires spotted burning along Highway 4 in Martinez Friday evening have merged in areas and are burning swiftly, in some cases in the direction of local homes. Firefighters called for a 3 Alarm response to the blaze, reported at 7:14 p.m. by California Highway Patrol officers and motorists who saw the spot fires around…

Martinez Police Talk Man Down From Muir Trestle Friday

Martinez police sealed off a portion of Alhambra Way under the town’s fabled iron trestle bridge after a man climbed the structure and – apparently – threatened to leap off. Police said things first came to their attention at about 10:20 a.m., when their dispatch received a call of a subject jumping in and out…

HazMat Investigation Winding Down In Martinez Thursday; Rail Car Leaking Chemical

Firefighters implemented a HazMat response protocol after a chemical was found leaking from at least one rail car on a siding in Martinez Thursday. The discovery was made at around 10:50 a.m. and safety protocols enacted shortly afterward as both county fire and railway officials worked to identify the leaking substance and what, if any,…

Martinez Residents Soldier On Without Water Thursday; No Estimate Given For Repair

We first heard of this last night when readers in Martinez wrote that they were without water and repair work continues today, Thursday. A sizable water main break at Alhambra Avenue and John Muir Road has knocked out service to residents living in Muir Oaks, Pleasant Hill Road and Vine Hill Way and it looks…

Attempt At Unauthorized Withdrawal From Martinez Bank Goes Awry Thursday

Martinez Police Chief Manjit Sappal and his team have been busy lately, descending on the Chase Bank branch on Alhambra Avenue Thursday to arrest a man who had just passed a note demanding money to a teller – doing so before the suspect had a chance to get his cash. Chief Sappal says his team…

Elves Tiptoeing Around The 24/680 – Not All Of Them BRINGING Gifts

Don’t want to dampen the prevailing good cheer around town these days but we’re getting tons of calls about suspicious cars and people and suspicious cars with people and people apparently bent on taking what’s out on our porches this Holiday Season. Martinez police, tipped by an alert neighbor in their city yesterday, located a…