Chris Treadway: Community college student to help update historic resource list

Area community college students are getting a chance to see and learn firsthand about local historical sites while helping document them.

The Contra Costa County Historic Landmarks Advisory Committee, with the guidance of the Contra Costa County Historical Society, is updating its Historic Resource List for cities and areas around the county.

Interns will help by visiting and photographing the sites, updating ownership and condition details and researching other information needed to document historic homes and sites in the county.

Organizers are encouraging students at Contra Costa Community College District campuses to apply for the internships, particularly if they have an interest in state and local history.

Interns will be supervised by staff from the county society under the guidance of academic instructors.

Interns must provide their own transportation and the spots are unpaid, but there is the possibility they could receive academic credit through their college.

Areas to be updated in West County include Crockett, El Cerrito, El Sobrante, Hercules, Pinole and San Pablo. The area defined as North County includes Port Costa, Rodeo and Richmond.

Student interns are also needed for the east, central, south and mid county areas.

The experience would not only be educational but look good on a resume as well.

A list of historic resource sites in each of those areas is online at http://bit.ly/vjlGCK.

Details on the Historic Landmarks Advisory Committee can be found at www.contracosta.ca.gov/index.aspx?NID=539.

Interested students in West County can contact Webb Johnson at webbjohnson@comcast.net. The East County contact is Carol Jensen at historian@byronhotsprings.com, and the contact for all other areas is Mellissa Jacobsen at mjacobson@dvc.edu.

WEST COUNTY NOTES: The after-school program at the George Miller Center in Richmond reached its goal of collecting more than 172 warm coats this year to donate to the Bay Area Rescue Mission. The program has been holding a collection during the holidays for the past four years that has brought in more than 1,000 coats for the mission.

Jeff Rubin, the man behind that uniquely Pinole creation known as National Punctuation Day, has announced the winners of this year's paragraph contest. The contest, held in conjunction with National Punctuation Day on Sept. 24, brought in 220 entries from adults around the world, along with hundreds of entries from students at 38 schools. Rubin, aka "Punctuation Man," scrutinized the entries, and the winners can be found online at www.nationalpunctuationday.com.

The annual golf tournament held in November by the San Pablo Lytton Casino to benefit the Brookside Community Health Center raised more than $100,000, making it "our most successful tournament to date," said Margie Mejia, chairwoman of the Lytton Band of Pomo Indians.

Despite rainy weather, more than 140 golfers participated in the tournament at Hiddenbrooke Golf Course in Vallejo and the dinner and award ceremony that followed.

Martino Gonzalez, the well-established restaurateur who specializes in Italian cuisine at La Strada in San Pablo and Napa, has a new venture.

Restaurante La Revolucion, described as a "Latin-fusion bar and grill with California flair," opened earlier this month at the former Ground Round restaurant at 1900 Klose Way in Richmond.

Gonzalez, known professionally as simply Martino, has been known for his community involvement during his 15 years at La Strada.

He and his partners at the new restaurant, located near the Hilltop Cinemas, will hold a three-day grand opening on Jan. 6, 7 and 8.

Matthew Maclear of El Cerrito was appointed assistant general counsel for enforcement at the California Environmental Protection Agency this week by Gov. Jerry Brown.

Maclear, 39, had been the statewide environmental circuit prosecutor for the California District Attorneys Association since 2006.

He is a graduate of the McGeorge School of Law at the University of the Pacific.

Contact Chris Treadway at 510-262-2784 or ctreadway@bayareanewsgroup.com. Follow him at Twitter.com/christreadway. Stay up-to-date on West Contra Costa news at IBABuzz.com/westcounty.

Source: http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_19642196?source=rss

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