The beavers made their home in Alhambra Creek about 18 months ago. The city of Martinez claims that the beaver lodge weakened a retaining wall in the heart of downtown Martinez.

Martinez may be the most beaver-friendly town in the United States. It will still celebrate its former downtown residents eight years after they vacated their Alhambra Creek home with Saturday’s ...

Published May 25, 2009•Updated on May 25, 2009 at 2:45 pm Four new beaver kits have been spotted in Alhambra creek in downtown Martinez, bringing the colony to a total of nine beavers, a ...

Officers responded to the Alhambra Creek around 10:30 a.m. on Nov. 16 and saw William Deignan, 50, of Martinez in the water.

Heidi Perryman, the founder of the local beaver advocacy group Worth a Dam, said the group got a report about a month ago that a baby beaver had been spotted.