Federal Bureau of Investigation agents raided the Martinez home of Jeff and Paulette Carpoff, owners of DC Solar and the Martinez Clippers baseball club. Armando Gomez, the Carpoffs lawyer, emailed a ...

MARTINEZ, Calif. – A vintage rail car that once was part of the award-winning Walnut Creek steakhouse, Vic Stewart’s, is out of Walnut Creek to Martinez, said Martinez Historical Society President ...

A 25-year-old Antioch woman died Saturday as the silver Honda she was driving crashed into a guardrail on eastbound California Highway 4 near Willow Pass Road. However, investigators also discovered ...

Carl Nagy, Dave Sperow and Francisco Castillo at the UPRR town hall. (DONNA BETH WEILNEMAN/MARTINEZ NEWS-GAZETTE) MARTINEZ, Calif. – While it’s inevitable that freight trains will block the two ...

Kelsey Plum scored 26 of her 37 points in the second half and the Los Angeles Sparks spoiled the first game in Golden State Valkyries history with a 84-67 victory Friday night. Even the loss couldn’t ...

PBF Energy Inc. announced today that it completed the acquisition of the Martinez refinery, and related logistics assets, from Shell Oil Products US. The purchase price for the assets was $960.0 ...

All of us who worked on the Gazette over the years have lots of memories. Some are funny, some are sad, some make us proud, many are of the people on the staff and the people who lived in town and ...

MARTINEZ, Calif. – A Contra Costa County Fire Protection District employee has filed suit in Contra Costa Superior Court, claiming her supervisor was abusive and that the District “neglected to take ...

Berkeley, CA: Cooperative Center FCU today announced the purchase of the former Union Bank building located at 634 Ferry St., Martinez, CA 94553. This new location will serve as the credit union’s ...

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez sentenced Paulette Carpoff, 51, of Martinez, to 11 years and three months in prison for her role in the biggest criminal fraud scheme in the ...

MARTINEZ, Calif. – “We are here to honor the greatest men and women the world has seen, from the greatest country the world will ever know,” United States Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Anthony Jenny told those ...