SF News Martinez WWII Veteran and TikTok Star Turns 102 Years Old on Friday, Getting Deluged With Birthday Cards Army veteran-turned-TikTok celebrity “Papa Jake” Larson will celebrate his 102nd birthday in Martinez this week with his nearly 900,000 social media followers tuned in, and he is not bashful about wanting you to send him a birthday card.
SF News US Secret Service Arrests Man In Martinez For Unknown Reasons The US Secret Service descended on a home in a quiet neighborhood of Martinez Wednesday evening and served an arrest warrant for a male suspect who has not yet been publicly named.
SF News Martinez Refinery Flaring Again, Town Currently Reeks of Sulfur Dioxide Yet another flare-up at the oil refinery in Martinez has homes reportedly shaking, and as of Friday afternoon, the refinery is still spewing sulfur dioxide into the air of Martinez and Pacheco.
SF News Suspect In North Beach Assault, Pipe-Bomb-Throwing Had Federal Bomb Conviction, Domestic Violence History The suspect has now been named in Sunday's bizarre incident that began in North Beach and led to a police chase across the Bay that included improvised explosives.
SF News Man Suspected of Assault In SF Church Allegedly Tossed Multiple Explosives Out of His Car, Led Authorities on Chase Across the Bay A wacky story involving a chase from San Francisco deep into Contra Costa County began unfolding Sunday evening in North Beach, when a suspect allegedly assaulted a parishioner at Saints Peter and Paul Church on Filbert Street.
SF News Martinez, Pacheco Residents Urged Not to Eat Produce From Their Own Gardens, Thanks to Refinery Incident Folks in parts of Contra Costa County are being advised not to eat produce grown in soil near the Martinez Refining Company, after its November hazardous chemical release left white ash strewn about their neighborhoods.
SF News Fire at Martinez Home Injures One Person, Displaces 70 Dogs and Cats In Apparent Pet-Hoarding Situation A fire at a suburban residence in Martinez on Tuesday revealed an apparent pet hoard that included around 70 dogs and cats, all of which suddenly need new homes.
SF News Health Officials Urge Contra Costa DA To Investigate Martinez Refinery’s Unreported Hazardous Chemical Release Contra Costa Health Services is demanding the investigation of a release of hazardous metals into the air from a Thanksgiving weekend flare-up at the Martinez Refining Company, which left neighborhoods covered in “mysterious white ash.”
SF News Dramatic Flaring and Smoke Plumes at Martinez Oil Refinery Alarm Community Friday afternoon flaring at the Martinez Refinery Company sparked concerns among city residents, and the company also reportedly released hazardous materials on Thanksgiving Day without warning.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Brush Fire Near Martinez Prompts Brief Evacuation Scare A Monday evening brush fire in the hills near Martinez prompted an evacuation warning but was quickly contained, it hit 97 degrees in SF on Monday breaking an earlier record, and 18 people died in vehicle crashes statewide over the holiday weekend.
SF News Right-Wing Nutjob Couple Who Painted Over BLM Mural In Martinez Arrested For Burglary, Meth Possession Well well well. A couple hailed as heroes by Tucker Carlson for their brave work expressing the fears of ignorant white people back in 2020 has just been arrested for allegedly burglarizing a dead man's home and possessing meth.
SF News Video: 120 MPH Car Chase Ends When Suspect Tries to Swim Away in Bay at Emeryville Chevy’s, Does Not Get Far Fasten your seat belts for a wild, 11-minute California Highway Patrol high-speed car chase video, which ends with the suspect absconding into the bay, but lo, this tactic proves unsuccessful.
SF News Bay Area Ponzi Schemer Accused In Multi-Billion-Dollar Fraud Gets Sentenced to 30 Years One half of a Martinez couple who pleaded guilty last year in what's been described as the "biggest criminal fraud scheme in the history of the Eastern District of California" has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison.
SF News Sunday’s Storms Made Gas More Expensive, Thanks To Yet More East Bay Refinery Flare-Ups San Francisco gas prices are poised to hit their all-time high, as the heavy storms caused Richmond and Martinez refineries to experience what they call an “operational upset.”
SF News 12,500 Gallons of Raw Sewage Spills in Martinez It is not a good time to visit the Contra Costa County city of Martinez, as a burst sewer pipe has spewed more than 12,000 gallons of unpleasantness that’s bubbling up through the city’s storm drains.
SF News [Update] Three Teen Boys Playing With Fire Caused Destructive Blaze In Martinez A trio of boys who apparently dug a hole and lit a fire in the ground during windy conditions in the East Bay on Wednesday ended up causing an inferno that destroyed one home, dozens of vehicles, and threatened an entire neighborhood.
SF News Martinez Couple Who Painted Over 'Black Lives Matter' Mural Plead Not Guilty to Hate Crime The MAGA couple who took black paint to a Black Lives Matter street mural in the East Bay has pleaded not guilty, blaming George Soros for their legal predicament because of course they did.
SF News Martinez Man Seen Menacing Black Lives Matter Supporters With Gun Charged With Two Felonies A third Martinez resident has been charged with a crime following July 4th weekend dustups over a freshly painted Black Lives Matter mural in front of the county courthouse.
SF News Martinez Couple Seen Painting Over BLM Mural Charged With Hate Crime The East Bay pair that were videotaped Saturday painting over a Black Lives Matter street mural outside the county courthouse in Martinez have now been publicly identified, and the district attorney is charging them with a hate crime.
SF News Calling Racism a 'Leftist Lie,' Two Trump Supporters Attempt to Paint Over BLM Mural In Martinez A dude wearing a "Four More Years" Trump 2020 t-shirt and a female companion decided to make a statement Sunday in Martinez by painting over a yellow, block-lettered "Black Lives Matter" mural on a city street with black paint.
SF News East Bay Newspaper Founded in 1858 Rolls Out Its Final Print Edition Sunday The Martinez News-Gazette, in print for 161 years, is stopping the presses on its print edition for good this weekend, ending what may be the longest run for a newspaper anywhere in California. Its last edition will be on December 29.
SF News [Update] Woman Allegedly Runs Over Estranged Husband, Jumps To Her Death In Martinez An apparently intentional hit-and-run in Martinez this morning appears to have concluded with another tragedy: A suicide at the Benicia Bridge. Authorities tell CBS 5 that 20 minutes after they received a call
SF News Spurned Husband Allegedly Torches Groomsmen's Cars, Leaving Lube, Joker Cards Hell hath no fury like a husband scorned, and the Contra Costa Times has the story of one particularly hellish husband who, following a breakup, allegedly exacted his vengeance upon his onetime groomsmen
SF News Assault Rifles, Silencers, And Grenade Launcher Seized Following Raid Of Illegal Distillery An East Bay man was apparently channeling Al Capone, as a tip to agents of the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) led not only to the discovery yesterday of an illegal
SF News Video: 'Magnum, P.I.' Style Ferrari Blows Up At Bay Area Gas Station, Drives Itself To Safety It was a case of classic car tragedy and selflessness, when a a Ferrari that burst into flames at a Bay Area gas station somehow managed to drive itself away from the pumps
