By | | Bay Area News GroupLisa Brizendine, president of the Oakley Union Elementary School District Board, resigned and apologized on Thursday, one day after she and fellow trustees were caught making flippant remarks about parents minutes before a meeting when they thought their mics were turned off.Board members were preparing for the meeting and discussing some social media posts and letters when Brizendine brought up the growing criticism they’ve faced over closed schools, suggesting parents want them reopened so they can get their babysitters back.“They forget that there’s real people...…By | | Bay Area News GroupLisa Brizendine, president of the Oakley Union Elementary School District Board, resigned and apologized on Thursday, one day after she and fellow trustees were caught making flippant remarks about parents minutes before a meeting when they thought their mics were turned off.Board members were preparing for the meeting and discussing some social media posts and letters when Brizendine brought up the growing criticism they’ve faced over closed schools, suggesting parents want them reopened so they can get their babysitters back.“They forget that there’s real people...WW…

By | | Bay Area News GroupPolice are investigating a shooting on eastbound Highway 4, which shut down the freeway in Oakley, Brentwood and Antioch on Friday afternoon.Oakley police sent out a traffic alert at 1:34 p.m. to avoid the area of eastbound Highway 4 and Laurel Road after they were forced to divert traffic from the highway after the shooting. Police cautioned drivers to avoid the area due to heavy traffic.Authorities did not say what happened neither did they estimate when the highway would reopen, but there was a police presence at nearby John Muir Medical Center’s Urgent Care...…By | | Bay Area News GroupPolice are investigating a shooting on eastbound Highway 4, which shut down the freeway in Oakley, Brentwood and Antioch on Friday afternoon.Oakley police sent out a traffic alert at 1:34 p.m. to avoid the area of eastbound Highway 4 and Laurel Road after they were forced to divert traffic from the highway after the shooting. Police cautioned drivers to avoid the area due to heavy traffic.Authorities did not say what happened neither did they estimate when the highway would reopen, but there was a police presence at nearby John Muir Medical Center’s Urgent Care...WW…

By | | Bay Area News GroupUpdate: The City Council took action Friday night, removing the planning commission member. .The Antioch City Council will have a special meeting Friday to consider booting Ken Turnage II off the Planning Commission after his controversial post on Facebook that the coronavirus should be allowed to weed out the weak, elderly, homeless and others who can’t resist it.Mayor Sean Wright called for the special session after Turnage refused his request Thursday morning to resign. The mayor cited the need for “swift action” in seeking the meeting, according to a city...…By | | Bay Area News GroupUpdate: The City Council took action Friday night, removing the planning commission member. .The Antioch City Council will have a special meeting Friday to consider booting Ken Turnage II off the Planning Commission after his controversial post on Facebook that the coronavirus should be allowed to weed out the weak, elderly, homeless and others who can’t resist it.Mayor Sean Wright called for the special session after Turnage refused his request Thursday morning to resign. The mayor cited the need for “swift action” in seeking the meeting, according to a city...WW…

By | | Bay Area News GroupIn eastern Contra Costa County, where school traditionally begins in July, officials in five districts are mulling whether to start later this year because of the coronavirus pandemic and what the classes will look like.The five districts with modified traditional school calendars run campuses schools in Brentwood, Oakley, Byron, Knightsen and Discovery Bay, are jointly discussing potential opening dates and formats that will hinge on public health protocols.The schools usually open in late July and take a two-week break in October. The calendar was modified about...…By | | Bay Area News GroupIn eastern Contra Costa County, where school traditionally begins in July, officials in five districts are mulling whether to start later this year because of the coronavirus pandemic and what the classes will look like.The five districts with modified traditional school calendars run campuses schools in Brentwood, Oakley, Byron, Knightsen and Discovery Bay, are jointly discussing potential opening dates and formats that will hinge on public health protocols.The schools usually open in late July and take a two-week break in October. The calendar was modified about...WW…