SF News Martinez Woman Arrested For Confessed Matricide A 53-year-old woman from Martinez, Calif. was arrested Sunday evening after calling police to confess that she had killed her own mother. Police arrived at the home Christy Lee Southwick shared with her
Arts & Entertainment Check Out These Cute, Young Beavers Up in Martinez, California the lodge of beavers that inhabits Alhambra Creek is doing just great after facing extermination due to anti-beaver sentiment back in 2007. Last month, three beaver kits appeared in
SF News Possibly Drunk Horses Attempt To Take The Freeway Two loose horses were found on an Interstate 680 freeway onramp outside of Martinez, California after last call Sunday night. The horses were rounded up around 2 a.m. on the Pachecho off-ramp
SF News Big Meteor Brightens Skies Over East Bay, Goes Boom Near Martinez A lot of people in the East Bay saw a big, bright ball of light streak across the sky last night, and it appears to have been a big chunk of meteor. This
SF News Local Metal Thieves Dig Up Graves To Steal Coffin Brass We've seen them take everything from the Harvey Milk plaque to a massive church bell to wire from BART tracks, but up metal thieves up in the old Gold Rush town of Martinez
SF News Alhambra High School in Martinez Placed on Lockdown for "Safety Search" Martinez police placed Alhambra High School in Martinez on lockdown to conduct a "safety search" around 11 a.m. this morning according to local news site Claycord.com. School officials later reported the
Arts & Entertainment Martinez Residents Distraught Over Local Beaver "Everyone's saying we hate beavers, but this is not about liking beavers or not liking beavers," said public works director Dave Scola, a third-generation Martinez native who ordered the beaver's removal. — From the
SF News Man Tries to Outrun Train In Martinez, Collapses in Custody Something we continue to find charming about old-school print media: They don't like to talk about drugs, or speculate about such matters, using terms like "acting strangely" to describe perps who are clearly
