Contra Costa County Supervisor Shanelle Scales-Preston will hold a town hall meeting Thursday evening on last month’s ...

The Bay Area Air District began getting complaints about odor coming from Martinez Refinery Company hours before a fire started earlier this month. In an incident report posted on its website ...

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In Nov. 2022, the refinery accidentally released tons of toxic spent-catalyst dust in the surrounding community. MRC’s 72-hour-report can be found at bit.ly/40 X A6BH. The post Martinez refinery ...

In a statement, Contra Costa County Health Officer Dr. Ori Tzvieli on Tuesday revealed how fortunate the Martinez community was that afternoon, and how close the refinery fire was to becoming a ...

The refinery obviously doesn't care. And so we've got to take care of each other," said Heidi Taylor, a founding member of Healthy Martinez. Taylor, who also lives near the refinery, was one of ...

Healthy Martinez and 350 Bay Area will be distributing 1,000 free air purifiers to community members neighboring the Martinez Refinery on Saturday, Feb. 22. The giveaway is scheduled from 12:30 p ...

Ten days after the refinery fire in Martinez, the Contra Costa Health says that cancer-causing chemicals were among the chemicals involved. “It is so frustrating for our community to had to wait ...