Discovery Bay Press 02.22.19

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Fire district prepares for future

Lions’ golden goal

February 22, 2019

Enjoying Life At Fifty Plus

by Kyle Szymanski Staff Writer

As the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District (ECCFPD) searches for ways to increase resource levels, it’s also working to make sure the shortage doesn’t get worse.

The five-member district board recently agreed to hire six additional firefighters to prepare for an equal number of retirements in 2020.

“As we go forth and try to build the district to a staffing and station level that meets the needs of the community, we also need to keep an effective district going,” said ECCFPD Board Vice President Stephen Smith. “This is an important part of that.”

The yet-to-be hired firefighters – which the district will train, because nearby academies aren’t currently available – are expected to cost the district between $1.8 and $1.9 million total, though actual costs will depend on

This week’s special edition offers tips and tricks to enjoying the second half of life. Page 1B

A Daughter’s Legacy Photo by Tony Kukulich

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iberty squeezed past Berkeley 1-0 after Madison Del Gado scored a goal on an assist by Kaitlin Carlton in the second overtime period of the 2019 North Coast Section Division 1 Girls’ Soccer Championships quarterfinal round in Brentwood, To view a video Saturday, Feb. 16. For the full story, see page 19A. and a slideshow of the event, visit www.thepress.net/multimedia

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Twin tunnels project takes a turn

by Tony Kukulich Staff Writer

As Gov. Gavin Newsom delivered his first State of the State address on Feb. 12, he laid to rest any remaining hope that Gov. Jerry Brown’s contentious vision of twin tunnels delivering Delta water to the Central Valley and Southern California would see the light of day.

“Our water supply is becoming less reliable because of climate change,” said Newsom in his address. “And our population is growing because of a strong economy. That means a lot of demand on an unpredictable supply. There are no easy answers. But let me be direct about where I stand. I do not support the WaterFix as cur-

“ My take on one tunnel is that if they still follow the same route through the Delta, even one tunnel’s construction will destroy the legacy towns in the north, the Delta farms with construction and muck, will inundate all of our highways with traffic congestion and gridlock, and will shut down boating and recreation throughout the Delta causing marinas and other boating-related businesses to be ruined.

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Proponents and opponents of WaterFix both claimed victory in the aftermath of Newsom’s comments. What remains to be seen is how a major design change will impact the project, the environment, wildlife and the Delta communities in the tunnel’s path.

“My take on one tunnel is that if they still follow the same route through the Delta, even one tunnel’s construction will destroy the legacy towns in the north, the Delta farms with construction and muck, will inundate all of our highways with traffic congestion and gridlock, and will shut down boating and recreation throughout the Delsee Tunnels page 26A

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Discovery Bay mom publishes collection of late daughter’s poetry and art. Page 5A

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BVAL wrestlers advance to state meet after top performances at NCS championships. Page 21A Calendar.............................27A Classifieds..........................22A Cop Logs.............................25A Education.............................6A Entertainment..................15A Food.....................................14A Milestones.........................13A Opinion...............................18A Pets......................................11A Sports..................................19A

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Community NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS & EVENTS

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American Legion hosts monthly meeting On Wednesday, Feb. 13, the American Legion held their monthly meeting at the Brentwood Veterans Hall, located at 757 First St., in downtown Brentwood.

Despite cold and windy weather, a lively gathering of veterans and their family members were in attendance.

The meeting included patriotic ceremonies, a lasagna dinner and two guest speakers. Tito Ramos from Congressman McNerney’s office and Dawn Morrow from Contra Costa County Supervisor Burgis’ office were present for question and answer time. Many subjects were explored, including both county and federal veteran programs, as well as issues

dealing with housing, the upcoming census and how to effectively contact your government representatives.

The next monthly meeting will be March 13, with doors and bar opening at 6 p.m., and the dinner meeting beginning at 6:30 p.m.

Dinner cost is a $10 donation each, and the scheduled guest speaker is Sean Kearns from Assemblyman Frazier’s office.

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Meet The Manager

by Dawnmarie Fehr Correspondent

Feature: Dina Breitstein

Finance manager for the Town of Discovery Bay Discovery Bay may be a small town, but the books still need to be kept in order.

Dina Breitstein, finance manager for the Town of Discovery Bay, ensures that the town stays in the black.

“I field questions, find answers, deal with the public, monitor the budgets and make sure things are paid on time,” Breitsein explained. “I’m a pretty good stickler for making sure that everything is on time and in good standing here in Discovery Bay.” Breitstein has been keeping Discovery Bay’s books since 2011. Before that, she worked in finance at a software company, then at a manufacturing company.

“I enjoy working in finance,” Breitstein said. “I like trying to find things and put them together. Numbers are pretty pure, so you can backtrack and find things, and I like that.”

Breitstein is fortunate enough to work in the same community she lives in.

Like most of the town’s staff, she and her family live right in Discovery Bay, making the office more like a second home than a workplace.

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“It’s a small and team-oriented environment, and I like that,” Breitstein said with a smile. “There’s something different going on here every day, the projects are interesting and I enjoy working for our board. I think (they) are involved and care about the community, and the staff really care about what they are doing.”

Breitstein has had the opportunity to work on some large projects like bond procurement and the water-meter project.

She lives in town with her husband and two daughters. When she isn’t at the office, residents are likely to see her going for a run, at town meetings, or shopping at Safeway.

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California politicians react to Trump’s national emergency at the border

by Tony Kukulich Staff Writer

Reaction among California politicians to President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the southern border has been swift and unequivocal.

Here in East County, national politicians who serve the area’s residents came out with their comments this week.

“President Trump has upended our government,” wrote Congressman Jerry McNerney (CA-09) in a press release. “He forced a partial shutdown that hurt hundreds of thousands of federal employees and our economy. Even still, he is unable to gain the support needed to push his wall through the constitutionally-sanctioned process. As the commander in chief, he is willfully flouting his oath of office to protect and defend the constitution in favor of his own personal ambitions, and in doing so he sets a perilous precedent that would expand executive powers.

For a nation whose success is dependent upon checks and balances within a representative government, this is a disturbing move toward a dangerous concentration of power.”

Trump issued a presidential proclamation on Feb. 15 declaring the national emergency. The proclamation states that the southern border is an “entry point for criminals, gang members and illicit narcotics” and ref-

erenced a long-standing problem with largescale unlawful migration that has worsened in recent years.

Additionally, the proclamation states that the number families crossing the border has increased and that such families “are often difficult to remove from the U.S., because they fail to appear for hearings, do not comply with orders of removal or are otherwise difficult to locate.”

During the question and answer session that followed his Rose Garden speech, Trump contradicted Department of Homeland Security data indicating that border crossings are at a historic low and that illegal immigrants commit crimes at a lower rate than native-born Americans. Despite calling the situation at the southern border a national emergency, Trump’s own comments indicated a lack of urgency.

“I could do the wall over a longer period of time,” said Trump. “I didn’t need to do this, but I’d rather do it much faster.”

The Trump administration has identified approximately $8.1 billion that could be spent on the construction of a wall along the border with Mexico, though Trump originally sought only $5 billion for its construction. Congress approved $1.375 billion for roughly 55 miles of border barrier in the Rio Grande Valley as part of a deal to reopen the the government after a 35-day shutdown initiated by Trump

“ As the commander in chief, he is willfully flouting his oath of office to protect and defend the constitution in favor of his own personal ambitions, and in doing so he sets a perilous precedent that would expand executive powers. For a nation whose success is dependent upon checks and balances within a representative government, this is a disturbing move toward a dangerous concentration of power.

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Congressman Jerry McNerney when he did not receive the $5 billion. Another $601 million will come from the Treasury Forfeiture Fund, up to $2.5 billion will come from the Department of Defense funds and up to $3.6 billion could be reallocated from

Department of Defense military construction projects.

“President Trump is manufacturing a crisis and declaring a made-up national emergency in order to seize power and subvert the constitution,” said California Gov. Gavin Newsom. “This emergency is a national disgrace, and the blame lays solely at the feet of the president. Meanwhile, he plans to shutdown and divert funds used by California law enforcement that run counter-narcotics operations and fight drug cartels to build his wall. Our message back to the White House is simple and clear: California will see you in court. ” Trump said he expects to be sued, but he believes that his declaration will be upheld. And on Tuesday, California joined 15 other states in a lawsuit challenging Trump’s declaration of a national emergency and his attempt to divert funding appropriated by Congress for other purposes “This is ridiculous, said Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA). “I have opposed every effort to build the wall, because the American people should not have to pay for the president’s vanity project. We don’t need it.”

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Sunshine girl lives on through her art

by Dawnmarie Fehr Correspondent

Janet Sue Cole was many things: a daughter, a nature lover, an author and an artist.

She wrote poems about her thoughts, dreams and her struggle to believe in God. She painted on just about any surface she could get her hands on, from canvas and paper to cardboard boxes. She planned to publish a book of poetry and hoped to inspire the world with her art.

Her dreams, big and beautiful as they were, did not reach fruition during her lifetime. In 2009, at the age of 28, Cole was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. She passed away two years later.

Before she died, Cole had gathered her poems together, hoping they could one day be published. Cole’s mother, Debra Harder, was determined that her daughter’s hopes and dreams would not die with her.

“I want to continue her dream to make sure it doesn’t end,” Harder explained. “Our lives are short enough as it is and sometimes we don’t get that chance to complete the things we want to see completed. I wanted her dream to come true.”

Harder sorted through her daughter’s poems and paintings, often finding complementary themes and subjects between them. She dubbed the collection

“The Sunshine Girl,” a nod to the recurring sun theme present in most of Cole’s paintings. Expected to be published next month, the book will be available through Barnes & Noble and Amazon.

“My book is basically the story of my daughter’s life through a collection of her poetry and paintings,” Harder said.

“It’s written through the eyes of me, her mother, and I just want people to gather a sense of hope she had through the book.”

Cole’s sense of hope and her positive outlook transcended her cancer diagnosis, and carried her through to the end. While going through her chemotherapy treatments, Cole was often accompanied by her mother’s friend, Elaine Hull. The two formed a cross-generational friendship that left an impression Hull says she will never forget.

“Being on the chemo ward with Janet, that opened a lot of doors for me,” Hull recalled. “I learned a lot from her.

For her to paint like she did was astounding, and her poetry was that of someone who was looking to the future. Even till the day she died, she was planning for the future, and that speaks a lot, and it made me think, ‘What are we doing with our time, with our hopes and dreams?’”

During the long hours spent on the chemo ward, Hull and Cole noticed the other patients and learned about their struggles. Together they came up with a way to offer a small piece of hope.

“We got a small piece of candy and (attached) a note of encouragement to it,” Hull said. “We made up about 100 of them, and we passed them out to the other patients. One little word of hope can make such a difference when you are fighting a long battle.”

Hull said she has continued the legacy of a small treat and word of encouragement. Each month for the last nine years, she goes to the same chemo ward with a bag full of candy and support to offer the patients. People laughingly refer to her as “the candy lady” and she smiles, thinking of Cole, who inspired the tradition.

It is this spirit of kindness and inspiration that Harder hopes to have captured in her book.

“Janet had such an incredible spirit,” Harder said. “She fought so hard to live.

She loved life and she loved her friends and dreamed of going back home and being independent again. And the cancer was devastating. It just took so much. I don’t want that strength and fire to pass away, I want it to continue. She is gone, but I want her presence to continue.”

Harder, who lives in Discovery Bay with her husband David, will hold a book signing on March 9 from 2 – 4:30 p.m. at Tess’s Community Farm Kitchen, located at 8091 Balfour Road. Harder will read selected excerpts and answer audience questions For more information, visit www. thesunshinegirlproject.com.

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Debra Harder, seen here with a copy of a collection of works from her late daughter called “The Sunshine Girl.” Harder put together the book after she lost her daughter to Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in 2011.

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Once you decide to revert back to your old name you must contact the Clerk in the county in which your divorce was finalized.

You must provide information about your divorce, including your case number, name, and the date the divorce was finalized. The Clerk will also want a copy of the Notice of Entry of Judgment.

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Even if it is clear that the accident was not your fault you should always call the police and make a report of the accident. Some police departments will refuse to come to the scene of the accident unless someone is injured but a record of your call will still be available.

Don’t assume you are not injured. A car accident is a traumatic experience, which can cause a multitude of feelings including fear, shock and anger. A release of adrenaline is usually your body’s first physical reaction during such an experience. Because of this “adrenaline rush” you may not feel injured at the scene. Many injuries do not manifest themselves until a few hours after the accident, or even a couple of days later. Don’t assume that you are not injured at the accident scene.

Seek medical treatment right away if you feel injured.

Do take pictures at the scene of the accident.

Take pictures of your vehicle and the other driver’s vehicle. It is also a good idea to take a picture of their drivers license and their insurance information.

Don’t give a recorded statement to the other driver’s insurance company. Do not provide a recorded statement to the other driver’s insurance company without first consulting with an attorney. Many insurance adjusters will ask you questions that you do not understand, that may be confusing or that try to minimize your injuries.

Do fill out a DMV Traffic Accident Report SR 1 after an accident if the total damage to your car is more than $1000.00 or someone is injured or killed. You have ten days to fill out the DMV SR 1, whether you caused

gt. Mark Louwerens of the Brentwood Police Department received his vet banner during a ceremony held in the community center last month. The City of Brentwood Military/Veteran Banner Program was established to recognize active duty military personnel and military veterans that reside in, or have immediate family living in Brentwood. The banners display the official military photo of the service member or veteran, as well as their name, rank and branch of the United States Armed Forces.

They are displayed in Veterans Park from Memorial Day to Veterans Day. After they are removed from the park, the banners are presented to the vet or the vet’s family.

the accident or not. The SR 1 form is available on the DMV website at www.dmv.ca.gov and can be filled out directly online, printed out and sent to the DMV from the comfort of your own home. If you fail to submit a completed SR 1 to the DMV, the DMV can suspend your drivers license.

Don’t post about your accident on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. While you may think that your accident is post-worthy because your car looks like you should not have walked away, you would be surprised at how far insurance companies will go to pay you as little as possible for any injuries you might have as a result of the accident. They also love it when you post photos of you riding on a jet ski during your twoweek vacation to Puerto Vallarta after the accident.

Do consult with an attorney. Talk to an attorney before trying to settle your case. There are insurance companies that will offer you small amounts of money to settle your case fast even though your case is worth a lot more. If you need additional assistance our office provides a free consultation for all personal injury matters.

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The curse of the dinnertime robocall There is nothing more irritating than sitting down to dinner and being harassed by a robocall. You know, those annoying sales calls that are pre-recorded and don’t even have a human at the other end of the phone. At first, you think you are talking to Hangin’ in a person until you try to interrupt their here sales pitch and they don’t stop talking.

In disgust, you slam down the receiver and return to your cold dinner. I guess I could just not answer the phone during Vicki dinner, but I am a McKenna worrier and always fear that it might be one of my kids calling with a dire emergency. Therefore, when the phone rings, I jump over furniture and perform other amazing feats trying to get to the phone before the fifth ring, which is when it rolls over to voice mail.

A few weeks ago I was getting dinner on the table, which is always a chaotic time at my house. I must have a bit of June Cleaver in me as I refuse to eat until everyone is taken care of.

At last, everyone had their plates and I had mine in hand when the phone rang.

I glanced around but couldn’t find the phone. It rang again. Where was that blasted phone? Ring number three...I was running out of time! I spotted the phone clear across the room on the couch. I made a mad dash for it and accidentally knocked over my large ceramic olive oil dispenser sitting on the kitchen counter, freshly filled to the brim with expensive, garlic-flavored olive oil. It crashed to the floor. Red ceramic pieces flew everywhere and floated about on a sea of oil. The fifth ring was coming, the mess would have to wait! Diving toward the couch, I grabbed the phone just in time. I expected to hear one of my kids’ voices on the other end, but no.

“Hi, this is Stan, your local air duct cleaning man. I’ll be in your area this week…” I stood there turning a deep, crimson red. My head throbbed with

anger. I hated Stan. The mess on my kitchen floor was going to take at least half an hour to clean up. Was Stan going to pay for my shattered oil dispenser?

Or the oil? I decided to call Stan and give him a piece of my mind, but when I dialed the number on my caller I.D. it was disconnected. Needless to say, dinner was over for me.

I keep a whistle by the phone specifically for the most tenacious of telemarketers. You may be familiar with the group of scammers that are supposedly with Windows support. In a language that is almost unintelligible they inform you that your computer is broken and they will fix it – for a fee. The phone connection is horrible and sounds like they are calling from another planet.

I let them ramble for a few seconds and then I grab my whistle and blow it as long and as hard as I can into the receiver. HA! They can’t hang up fast enough. But now that sales calls are all going robotic, my whistle trick doesn’t work because recordings don’t have ears.

I was so frustrated by the incident with Stan that I began investigating how I could stop these calls without changing my phone number. To my surprise, I found the answer. It’s called “nomorobo.” It’s a free service that works with your phone carrier. Land line or cell, you can stop those robocalls. You simply go to www.nomorobo. com and the website will instruct you how to quickly divert robocalls to a message that informs the caller that you do not accept unsolicited calls. Hey, if I can do it, you can do it. Now if my phone rings once and then stops, I know that “nomorobo” has intercepted a pesky telemarketer. If it rings more than once, I know it is actually someone I want to talk to. On occasion, a charity call will slip through, but overall this great service has reduced those unwanted calls by 95% I will still keep my whistle by the phone just in case the fake Windows support scammers manage to get through. But mostly I am hoping that one day I will finally talk to Stan in person. He’s going to need some new eardrums . . .

The Contra Costa County Office of Education (CCCOE) will present its annual Contra Costa County Teacher and Certificated Staff Recruitment Fair, on Saturday, Feb. 23, from 9 to 11:30 a.m., at Alhambra High School’s gymnasium, located at 150 E St., in Martinez.

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Preventing contraction is essential. Use of tick-repellent products can keep ticks from targeting pets. Avoiding high grasses and ensuring dogs remain on trails instead of dashing through woodlands can prevent contraction as well.

If a tick is found on an animal, remove it promptly. Researchers have learned that infected ticks must feed for about 24 hours to transmit the bacteria to an animal. While there is a Lyme disease vaccine approved for use in dogs, many in the veterinary profession recommend only vaccinating dogs that live in endemic areas.

Veterinarians can use a simple blood test to check for the presence of Lyme disease, but the animal may not have enough antibodies early on to show a positive test result.

If Lyme is present, antibiotic treatment is common, states the AKC. Lyme disease cannot be transmitted from dog or cat to human, but because people and their pets often spend time in the same environments where disease-transmitting ticks are found, the AVMF and the American Academy of Pediatrics are working together to offer advice to households with both children and pets. Routinely checking animals and family members for ticks is highly recommended.

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Lyme disease is caused by spiral-shaped bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi, which is transmitted through a tick’s secretions when it latches onto the skin of an unsuspecting host to feed. According to the American Kennel Club (AKC), once inside the bloodstream, the bacteria travel to different parts of the body and can cause problems like joint pain, organ complications or overall malaise.

The bacteria that transmit Lyme live predominantly in mice, deer and other small mammals. Ixodes scapularis, commonly known as the deer tick or the black-legged tick, is the most widely known culprit behind the spread of Lyme disease.

According to the Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine, the most common sign of Lyme disease in pets is arthritis, which can cause sudden lameness and pain and swelling in one or more joints.

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Helping troubled teens Statistics suggest that a disturbing percentage of America’s teenagers are in crisis.

In a given 24 hours in the U.S., 1,439 teens will attempt suicide; 2,795 teenage girls will become pregnant; 15,006 teens will use drugs for the first time; and 3,506 teens will run away, according to a report

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Health and education professionals cite numerous socio-economic factors for these youth problems, but some say adults could make a difference if they connected better with teenagers. Dr. Kim Metcalfe, and educational developmental psychologist and author of “Let’s Build ExtraOrdinary Youth Together” has some ideas that might improve adult connections with teens.

“America is unintentionally betraying the emotional and social needs of its adolescents ages 11 to 21,” said Metcalfe.

“We have parents, guardians, school teachers, administrators, coaches and volunteers working with youth every day who have no idea how to use meaningful

connections or even how significant they are. Adults focus mainly on a young person’s physical and educational needs, but when it comes to supporting adolescents in meeting their creative, social and emotional needs, most of us have limited time to do it. With the right approach and intentions, though, adults can make things better for (teens).”

Metcalfe notes five ways adults can make meaningful connections with teenagers that can help them navigate the journey to adulthood.

First, be sensitive. “The roadmap to their life journey starts with teen questions like, ‘who am I?’ and ‘what is my purpose?’ ” Metcalfe says. “Adults need to listen thoroughly and then take the time to guide or advise, and this starts with being sensitive to their intellectual, creative and emotional aspects.”

Second, offer encouragement. “Youth who are encouraged by adults will act in connected and cooperative ways,” Metcalfe says. “Encouragement helps youth feel capable and appreciated, but

when youth are discouraged, they act in unhealthy ways. The idea is to encourage the development of the whole young person.”

Third, elicit their creativity. An adult can empower a young person and give them self-confidence by making them feel important. “One way to do that is by asking them for ideas and possible solutions to problems outside of their own,” Metcalfe says. “You let them take the lead in something.

Getting them to think outside the box expedites growth.”

Fourth, let them know you care. “Tell kids that we are on their side, that we love and care about them unconditionally, and that we are there to support them despite

their mistakes,” Metcalfe says.

Fifth, emphasize resilience. “Help youth appropriately deal with adversity rather than attempting to remove it or allowing them to run away from it,” Metcalfe says. “That’s where much of the trouble starts – with escape. A strong foundation of support can build selfempowerment that makes them stronger.”

Metcalfe firmly believes that meaningful connections are the most powerful way to make a young person feel important and worthy.

“These are the messages that support a positive self-image,” she said.

For more information on Dr. Metcalfe’s book and methods, visit www.xtraordinaryyouth.com.

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Crab feed events It’s that time of year again when East County groups and organizations host a variety of the area’s best and most popular crab feeds. The following is a breakdown of some of the upcoming offerings.

West Delta Crab Feed – Saturday, Feb. 23 The West Delta Crab Feed to support the Kid’s Free Fishing Derby is scheduled for Feb. 23, at the Veterans Memorial Building, 757 First St., Brentwood. Tickets are $50 per person.

The Kid’s Derby will be scheduled later in the year and will be the 32nd annual derby held in memory of the late Uril “Compy” Compimizzo who started the “Get Kid’s Hooked on Fishing, Not Drugs or Gangs” program, which became the Derby’s theme. For tickets call Mike Hall at 925-634-6356. Tickets are limited.

Mardi Gras Crab Feed Discovery Bay Lions – Friday, March 1 Sponsored by the East Bay Lions Club, the annual event will be held at St. Anne Catholic Church, 2800 Camino Diablo Road, in Byron. Early bird

tickets are currently available through Eventbrite.com or at the UPS Store in the Sandy Cove Shopping Center in Discovery Bay. No tickets will be sold at the door. $60 per person, doors open at 6 p.m. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit http://bit.ly/thepressnet_mardigrascrabfeed.

The Network of Care’s 13th annual Crab Feed – Saturday, March 9 All proceeds benefit The Network of Care, feeding families of children in hospitals. Tickets are $60 and must be purchased ahead of time. No tickets will be sold at the door. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Dinner is at 7 p.m. There will be many raffle prizes, a dessert auction and a silent auction. Make sure to bring your Eventbrite ticket with you to the event for admission. Will be held at 1201 W. 10th St., at the Contra Costa County Event Center (Antioch fairgrounds). For more information, call 925-584-4086 or email janetfraz123@gmail.com.

Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps fundraiser – Saturday, March 23 Held at the Contra Costa Fairgrounds, 1201 W. 10th St., Antioch, this

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ner at 6 p.m. and dancing at 8 p.m. For more information, contact Teresa Saunders at Teresa@bluedevils.org or call 925-689-2918 ex. 3005.

One Day At a Time invites public to art show The public is invited to Youth Expressed, an art show, panel presentation and reception for One Day At a Time’s Youth Expression Project (YEP) at the Delta Art Gallery.

Over the last few months, students from Brentwood, Antioch and Oakley high schools have participated in writing or art workshops, gaining practical instruction on how to express what’s on their minds. The writers’ work has been published in a series of articles in both English and Spanish in The Brentwood Press, and they have produced a special YEP Journal that will be distributed with the paper, as well as at the Youth Expressed event.

The artists have produced dozens of ceramic masks, rainsticks and 3D paintings, which will be on display at the event and for approximately two weeks after. Interpretations of their work will be posted with the art, some of which will be available for purchase benefiting its creator.

The event will open with a panel of participants describing their work and the impact of participating in YEP. The Show and Panel Presentation will take place on Saturday, Feb. 23, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Delta Art Gallery, located at 2485 Sand Creek Road, Suite 128, in the Streets of Brentwood shopping center.

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“Bring It On: The Musical” comes to Liberty There is still time to get tickets for a series of performances of “Bring It On: The Musical” at the Liberty High School Performing Arts Center.

Bitingly relevant, sprinkled with sass and inspired by the hit film, “Bring It On: The Musical” the show features music from Broadway legend and “Hamilton” star Lin-Manuel Miranda, and takes audiences on a high-flying journey filled with the complexities of friendship, jealousy, betrayal and forgiveness.

The Feb. 27 show will feature a preshow performance by the Black Student Union with Teaching and Learning Careers Academy in attendance.

For the March 1 performance, Playmakers has partnered with Women’s Cancer Resource Center to raise awareness of cancer, and will donate proceeds from ticket sales that night.

March 2 and 8 are Youth Cheer Nights and youth cheer groups in attendance will receive a special ticket and pre-show activity on stage with the cast.

March 6 features the #Unpretty performance. Playmakers has partnered

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with The Body Positive organization to address issues associated with negative body image. Cast members will make a statement on what it means to be

‘pretty’ by reducing the amount of stage makeup for this performance. Proceeds from ticket sales for this performance will go to The Body Positive organiza-

tion. Body image related artwork will be displayed in the lobby courtesy of the Public Art and Design Academy and AP Art classes.

Information about any of the themed events or benefit nights can be found on the Playmakers website. Strut on over to Liberty’s Performing Arts Center and celebrate the performing arts and school spirit with Playmaker’s production of “Bring It On: The Musical.”

Playmakers is performing the Broadway version of “Bring It On,” which is rated PG-13.

Tickets are $16 for general admission, $12 for students, and are on sale now at https://goo.gl/aLfGsb. Show dates and times are Feb. 22, 23 and 27 and March 1, 2, 6 and 8, at 7 p.m.; and March 9 at 2 p.m.

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YEP reporters share their concerns about climate change Every Year is the “Hottest Year”

By Jaeden Gutierrez Every year we seem to set the record for “hottest year.”

It makes people like me live their life in fear.

Did five years in drought teach us nothing?

But when half the state burns it tells us something.

People act like they care and they donate what they can.

But why do we only do something when stuff hits the fan?

You see we sue every day with such “happiness and glory” But what needs to be understood is that I might die before I’m 40.

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By Julienne Ocean temperatures have risen 40% faster than projected by scientists due to climate change, with far reaching consequences according to the New York Times. How immediate a threat do teens and young adults in East Contra Costa view climate change, and what do they think needs to be done?

As a person born and raised in the Philippines, I know that the climate has been changing for as long as I’ve been alive. Back home, I noticed that during the summer season, the heat would range from 100 -200 degrees F. Normally, it would range from 80-90 degrees F. I remember in

fifth grade the heat was so bad that two of my classmates fainted. It even caused me to have a “hot head” – my head was boiling to the point that I head a headache.

Here in California the summer temperature wasn’t bad at first. As time went on, the temperature was roasting so that I had another “hot head.” The windows were open, the fans were on, but I needed a cold compress.

People don’t realize but even the small things they do can affect many – like throwing our trash in the water, burning stuff, gasses that come out from cars and factories. We don’t pay attention to our surroundings because there will always be another trend that distracts us.

The consequence of climate change is the warmer temperatures that will lead to more evaporation and precipitation. It will also warm the oceans, melt the glaciers, and produce sea level rise. Higher temperatures and shifting climate patterns may change the areas where crops grow and affect the makeup of plant communities.

In my opinion, the best way to help our home is to stop making excuses.

Our country and government laws are important, but Earth is slowly dying because of us. Please, pay attention to our environment. We have only one home, and only we can take care of it.

Climate Change Should Be Required Course for College Students

By Donny Lewis

I vaguely remember learning about environmental issues during my childhood.

From what I recall, environmental issues were thoroughly covered in my elementary curriculum. I reminisce on the songs I would sing along with my class. These songs were about saving our environment and the importance of cleaning up after oneself.

In addition, my teachers, would assign group projects dedicated to environmental awareness, while giving my class and I genuine support. These were incredible times, and even though these assignments were all the way back in elementary, they still hold a special place in my heart today.

Unfortunately this changed the further I traveled throughout my academic journey.

For instance, in middle, high school and even college learning about these issues were practically made optional (unless there was a teacher passionate enough about these issues to teach us).

Environmental issues went from being an entire curriculum, to a couple of powerpoint slides, and or a section of our textbook.

This is personally, this is highly alarming, because issues regarding the environment are the difference between life and death.

Today, we as a human race only inhabit one planet and that is Earth. Yet presently, conditions on our planet are worsening exponentially, with little to no attention.

These working conditions are displayed through the amount of waste we allow in our water, the endangerment of many

species due to hunting and how the public seemingly ignores issues such as global warming. If environmental issues continue to be ignored our planet will inevitably become uninhabitable. However, I am a firm believer that these conditions can be altered for the better if dealt with swiftly and consistently.

An idealistic method to change this negative trend would be to address the fact that environmental knowledge is taught less in higher education. I believe that it would be tremendously beneficial to our planet if environmental science was further embedded into the educational curriculum.

I also believe that stern pollution prevention laws should be created.

Admittedly, it is practically impossible for both of these methods to work, let alone be placed in our curriculum and our legislature overnight. However, positive environmental change will not occur until we as a society take a direct approach to these issues.

Los periodistas YEP comparten sus preocupaciones sobre el cambio climático Cada año es “El año de más calor” Por Jaeden Gutierrez Cada año parece que batimos récord para “el año de más calor”.

Hace que gente como yo vivamos con miedo. ¿No nos enseñaron nada los cinco años de sequía?

Pero cuando la mitad del estado se quema, eso sí que nos dice algo.

La gente hace como si le importara y donan lo que pueden.

Pero, ¿por qué solo hacemos algo cuando se arma la gorda?

Verá, demandamos todos los días con tanta “alegría y gloria” Pero lo que se tiene que entender es que puede que me muera antes de cumplir los 40.

Solo tenemos un hogar Por Julienne Debido al cambio climático, las temperaturas del océano han subido un 40% más rápidamente de lo que habían proyectado los científicos con consecuencias de gran alcance según el New York Times. ¿Qué grado de amenaza inmediata piensan los adolescentes y adultos jóvenes de East Contra Costa que tiene el cambio climático, y qué piensan que se debe hacer?

Como persona que nació y se crió en las Filipinas, sé que el clima ha estado cambiando a lo largo de mi vida. Allí en casa, durante el verano el calor llegaba a los 100 a 200 grados F. Cuando lo normal era que estuviera entre 80 y 90 grados F. Me acuerdo

una vez en quinto año, hacía tanto calor que dos de mis compañeros de clase se desmayaron. Incluso me causó una “cabeza caliente” - que mi cabeza estaba hirviendo hasta tal punto que me dio dolor de cabeza.

Aquí en California las temperaturas del verano no estaban tan mal al principio. Al paso del tiempo, las temperaturas estaban achicharrantes y me dio otra “cabeza caliente”. Las ventanas estaban abiertas, los ventiladores estaban encendidos, pero yo necesitaba una compresa fría.

La gente no se da cuenta pero incluso las pequeñas cosas que hace pueden afectar a muchos – como tirar la basura al agua, quemar cosas, los gases que salen de los coches y las fábricas. No ponemos atención a nuestro entorno porque siempre habrá otra tendencia que nos distraerá.

Las consecuencias del cambio climático son temperaturas más cálidas, que llevarán a más evaporación y precipitación. También calentará los océanos, derretirá los glaciares y causará que suban los niveles del mar.

Temperaturas más altas y patrones climáticos cambiantes pueden cambiar las zonas donde crecen las cosechas y afectar la composición de las comunidades de plantas.

En mi opinión, la mejor manera de ayudar a nuestro hogar es dejar de dar excusas. Nuestro país y las leyes del gobierno son importantes, pero la Tierra está muriendo lentamente por nuestra culpa. Por favor, ponga atención a nuestro medio ambiente.

Solo tenemos un hogar, y solo nosotros lo podemos cuidar.

El Cambio Climático debe ser una asignatura obligatoria para estudiantes universitarios Por Donny Lewis Me acuerdo vagamente de haber aprendido acerca de temas medioambientales durante mi niñez. Si no recuerdo mal, se habló extensamente sobre temas medioambientales en los estudios de la primaria. Recuerdo con nostalgia las canciones que cantaba junto con mis compañeros de clase. Estas canciones trataban sobre salvar nuestro medio ambiente y la importancia de limpiar lo que uno ensucia. Además, mis maestros nos asignaban proyectos en grupo enfocados a la conciencia medioambiental, mientras nos daban verdadero apoyo a mis compañeros y a mí. Eran momentos increíbles, y aunque estas tareas eran de hace mucho tiempo, en la primaria, aún tienen un lugar especial en mi corazón hoy en día. Lamentablemente, esto cambió con cada paso que avanzaba en mi recorrido académico. Por ejemplo, en las escuelas secundarias e incluso en la universidad, aprender acerca de estos temas era prácticamente opcional (a menos que hubiera un profesor lo suficientemente apasionado con estos temas como para enseñarnos). Los temas medioambientales pasaron de ser un programa completo de estudios a convertirse en unas pocas diapositivas de PowerPoint o una sección del libro de texto. En mi opinión, esto es bastante alarmante, porque los temas medioambientales son la diferencia entre la vida y la muerte.

Hoy en día, nosotros como seres humanos solo habitamos un solo planeta y ese es la Tierra. Sin embargo, las condiciones en nuestro planeta están empeorando exponencialmente, con poca o ninguna atención. Estas condiciones de trabajo se ven en la cantidad de residuos que permitimos en nuestra agua, el peligro en que se pone a muchas especies debido a la caza y la manera en que el público parece que hace caso omiso de temas como el calentamiento global. Si los temas medioambientales siguen ignorándose, será inevitable que nuestro planeta se vuelva inhabitable. Sin embargo, creo firmemente que estas condiciones se pueden cambiar a mejor si se tratan rápida y regularmente.

Un método idealista para cambiar esta tendencia negativa sería hacer frente al hecho de que los conocimientos medioambientales se enseñan cada vez menos en la educación superior. Pienso que sería tremendamente beneficioso para nuestro planeta si la ciencia medioambiental fuera una parte más íntegra de los estudios académicos. También creo que se deben crear leyes rígidas para prevenir la contaminación. Cierto es que es prácticamente imposible que estos dos métodos funcionen, menos aún que se incluyan en los estudios académicos y en nuestra legislatura de la noche a la mañana.

Sin embargo, un cambio positivo en el medio ambiente no ocurrirá si no abordamos nosotros como sociedad estos temas directamente.

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Vasco Road trash is unacceptable

Editor: If you drive Vasco Road like thousands of others every day, you may have noticed that this pristine area corridor from Brentwood to the Alameda County line of preserved-forever game refuge and our watershed source corridor is being overrun with unsightly, contaminating trash.

Some of the trash has chemicals and flammables. More importantly, this trash is decomposing while transferring into our ground water and wildlife habitat.

Several photos and communications have been sent to the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors, the board of the East Bay Regional Park District and the board members of the Contra Costa Water District this past year. While you may receive beautiful, pretty and costly color calendars, flyers and communications in the mail showing photos of how clean and beautifully they take care of the environment and the wildlife, the truth is, they only show the good stuff. Each of these agency’s leaders have all but ignored or pushed the responsibility for the Vasco Road issue to someone else.

A phone call and email to the county public works administrator made recently did not result in a return call or email.

Instead, the administrator pushed the issue to someone down the line to respond.

According to the county official that did respond in an email with a direct answer, “county staff does not remove litter from within our road right-of-way.”

The staff person states Contra Costa County has limited resources. It will pick up large items as it has the resources to do so.

So the question is, who does pick up the trash, gas cans, paint cans, plastics, batteries and more on the county area of Vasco Road? Cities take care of their trash on right of ways. Caltrans is always taking care of their trash on right of ways.

Well, according to Contra Costa County, no one takes care of Contra Costa County right of way trash. Yet they take in staggering sums of revenue money from citizens annually in the form of taxes, etc., with East Bay Regional Parks at $231 million, Contra Costa Water at $359,313,607 and Contra Costa County at $1.613 billion annual budgets. A total combined revenue

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of $2,203,313,607 annually and rising.

Vasco Road from Brentwood to the county line in Alameda itself brings in over $18,000 in just gas tax alone every day! Yet, there is no money for small debris and contaminants to be picked up. What happens when the water, the wildlife and the public are affected over time? The cost to reverse the damage will be too late.

It is time for these agencies in the Vasco Corridor to step up. I have attached a link to see some of the incredible, unacceptable trash photos no one is responsible to take care of, according to Contra Costa County Public Works. Go to this link and see for yourself –www.flickr.com/ photos/163792501@N07/.

The last say is our elected Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors. If they say no, then trash will continue to mount forever.

The public’s only recourse is to react and let them know this is unacceptable. Please call or email East County Supervisor Diane Burgis, urging her to do something now about the slow deterioration of the Vasco Road Corridor wildlife, water and environment.

She can be contacted at 3361 Walnut Blvd., Suite 140, in Brentwood; by phone at 925252-4500; by fax at 925-240-7261; or by email at supervisor_burgis@bos.cccounty.us.

Clean up the trash. It is unacceptable.

Her meetings regarding trash are done.

Talk is cheap. Trash is building up. Action is needed now to correct this serious environmental problem.

Thank you to everyone who responds for making East County a better place for our future generations by calling or writing.

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Disappointed in drag queen event

Editor: As residents of Brentwood for 47-plus years, Ike and I like our new library.

Kudos to Gari Schmidt’s letter. We are also disappointed with the board’s decision to approve the drag queen’s story time.

These performers’ costumes represent their lifestyles. Spiderman, Batman, Wonder Woman and the Disney princesses are gender-specific so that the kids can relate to them. I pray our children embrace the sex that they are born with.

Ginny Montanez Brentwood

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by Kyle Szymanski Staff Writer

Heritage girls basketball coach Rob Ocon isn’t known for predicting the future.

But the Patriots’ 77-53 win last week over San Leandro in the North Coast Section Division 1 quarterfinals might change his reputation. Ocon told his squad beforehand that if they followed his game plan, center Abby Muse would rack up an easy 20 points. It turned out he was correct.

Muse scored a game-high 31 points — including 22 in the second half — helping the Patriots cruise to victory.

“We knew going into the game they had some post players who could be a threat as long as we let them stand still in the paint,” Ocon said. “If we made them run, we had an advantage. We told Abby, ‘we are going to get the ball and run and you are going to have an easy 20 points based on just getting down the court.’ She did that.”

Second-seed Heritage (25-3) will now host third-seed San Ramon Valley at 7 p.m. on Feb. 20 for the right to play for a North Coast Section championship.

Muse and the Patriots dominated 10th-seed San Leandro (21-7) in the second half, outscoring the Pirates 40-26 to cement the win. Muse was aided in the scoring column by guards Jordan Sweeney (12 points) and Paige Ziemann (9 points), as well as forward Kidest Befikadu (8 points).

“I think we did well tonight,” said Muse, a 6-foot-2-inch center, who outran and outskilled the Pirates’ bigs all night.

“I think we pushed the ball really well.”

Heritage controlled the game from the start, but San Leandro, hungry for an upset, didn’t go down without a fight. The Patriots, who led by eight at the end of the first quarter, went on a 15-8 run in the first six minutes of the second quarter to go up 15. But San Leandro answered with a 10-5 run to cut its halftime deficit to 10.

San Leandro pulled within nine points with 5:48 left in the third quarter, but Muse and the Patriots closed the quarter on a 17-9 run to take a commanding 17-point lead at the end of the period. Muse scored 14 of the team’s 20 third-quarter points.

“We felt our bigs could outrun their bigs,” Sweeney

said. “Abby and Kiddy (Befikadu) definitely did that tonight. They had a heck of a game.”

San Leandro guards Janessa Defranco and Mykala Pakeman each scored 10 in the losing effort, and fellow Pirates guard Maya Pollard chipped in with nine.

The Patriots’ next contest — against San Ramon Valley (26-3) — looks to be their toughest home game in about two months, Ocon said, adding that the Wolves are a talented three-point shooting squad. Heritage will be playing without key guard Lacey Santos who tore her ACL and MCL in the Patriots’ 74-16 win over Freedom two games ago.

But the Patriots are battle-tested, having faced Clovis North, Sacramento, McClatchy, Granada Hills Charter and St. Mary’s, twice this season, finishing that series of games 3-3.

As for Ocon’s predictive abilities, they may continue for at least a second game. He forecasts a close game with either team capable of coming out on top.

“He (San Ramon Valley head coach John Cristiano) has a great team,” Ocon said. “It should be a battle. That game right there could go either way.”

Results of Heritage’s game with San Ramon Valley were not available as of press time. To view a complete recap, visit www.thepress.net.

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Heritage center Abby Muse (above) puts up a shot during the Patriots’ 77-53 win over San Leandro in the North Coast Section semifinals last week. Muse scored 31 points, including 22 in the second half. Heritage guard Jordan Sweeney (upper left) sinks a bucket during the Patriots’ victory. She finished with 12 points.

Golden goal sends Lions soccer team to NCS semis Liberty’s Ari Moore (19) turns upfield during the Lions’ victory over Berkeley in the North Coast Section Division 1 quarterfinals last week. Liberty traveled to Carondelet on Wednesday with a chance to advance to play for a North Coast Section Division 1 title.

by Kyle Szymanski Staff Writer

The Liberty girls’ soccer team’s 1-0 win over Berkeley in the North Coast Section quarterfinals took longer than most people wanted on a cold Brentwood night.

But the end result was worth the wait for the Lions and their fans as Madison Del Prado’s golden goal — eight minutes into the second overtime period — launched the Lions into the section semifinals against Carondelet.

“I thought the girl got it, I just took it and turned around and saw the goal wide open, so I took a shot and hoped it went in,” said Del Prado moments after she was sandwiched by her teammates as they celebrated the victory.

Third-seed Liberty (17-2-4) was scheduled play second-seed Carondelet (14-2-6) Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. at Carondelet Athletic Complex.

Del Prado’s magic emerged as she turned left around a defender near the 5-yard line, drilling the winning goal past the vertically stretched arms of Berkeley senior goalkeeper

Photo by Tony Kukulich

Leah Freeman.

The miss tarnished an otherwise spectacular evening for Freeman, who notched a season-high 14 saves in the losing effort.

Liberty also defeated Berkeley 1-0 on Dec. 20, the only other match between the two teams this season.

“We expected it to be as tight as it was,”

said Liberty head coach Tony Martins.

“Berkeley is a fantastic team with a fantastic goalkeeper … To have to go into overtime and win it makes it that much more gratifying, because it was so difficult to do.”

Liberty goalkeeper Kaelyn Adams preserved the victory with three saves on the night — her second straight shutout and Lib-

erty’s fifth in a row.

But by the end of the match, all eyes were on the freshman sensation Del Prado, who collected her team-leading 15th goal.

“We knew we were going to get it,” she said. “Because we were there and kept having chances, so we kept pushing and pushing and we finally got it.”

This victory sets up Liberty’s clash with Carondelet, the winner advancing to the section championship game against the victor of a match between top-seed Monte Vista and fifth-seed San Ramon Valley.

Minutes after the win, Martins admitted that Liberty will have its hands full playing the talented and well-coached Cougars. But before then, a little celebrating was in order, courtesy of Del Prado’s foot.

“I feel fantastic,” Martins said. “I feel fortunate (we won).”

Results of Liberty’s game with Carondelet were not available as of press time. To view a recap, visit www.thepress.net.

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Since the age of 8, the Freedom High School sophomore has been kicking a ball past the competition. A longtime club player, Padilla plays left wing on Freedom’s team, a position that has taught him when to push and when to run.

“Playing left wing, you have to be more aggressive and be able to read your opponent,” Padilla said. “You need to know your role, where you’re supposed to be on the field and what everyone else is doing.”

When he isn’t practicing with his team, Padilla likes watching soccer and working on his ball skills with his brother, who also plays. The boys have plenty of encouragement at home – their father played with Mexico’s Guadalajara team, and their mother played soccer as well.

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BVAL wrestlers move on to state tourney

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The best youth wrestlers in the area competed over the weekend in the North Coast Section (NCS) championships.

The grapplers were competing for a chance to wrestle at the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) state championship tournament.

James Logan High School hosted the boys’ tournament.

A total of six Bay Valley Athletic League (BVAL) wrestlers finished in the top three of their respective weight classes, earning their way to the state championship in Bakersfield.

Liberty senior Adrian Chavez was one of three BVAL grapplers to win his weight class. He claimed victory at 195 pounds. Freedom High’s Dakota Unpingco, meanwhile, emerged victorious at 126 pounds, while Pittsburg senior Isaiah Chatman won at 220.

Chavez will be joined by two Lions teammates, giving Liberty a BVAL-leading three wrestlers in Bakersfield.

Seniors Nate Paulson (second place, 145 pounds) and Wyatt Word (third place, 285 pounds) also earned spots in the state championship. Likewise for Freedom senior Nolan Marchetti (third place, 120 pounds) and Heritage senior Cody Pruis (third place, 160 pounds).

Other BVAL wrestlers to place at NCS included Heritage senior Jacob Alves (fourth place, 182 pounds), Liberty senior Cole Gregerson (fourth place, 126 pounds), Pittsburg senior Travis Laui (fourth place, 170 pounds), Freedom sophomores Albert Truong (fifth place, 106 pounds) and Caleb Hunter (fifth place, 285 pounds), Liberty senior Cade Martinez-Ignatov (fifth place, 132 pounds), Antioch senior Jakari Harris (fifth place, 154 pounds), Freedom senior Daniel Feustel (sixth place, 145 pounds), and Liberty junior

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Several boy and girl Bay Valley Athletic League wrestlers punched their tickets to the state tournament with impressive performances at the North Coast Section championships. The Liberty girls’ wrestling team, seen above, finished third as a squad, placing as a team for the first time in school history.

Daniel Canon (seventh place, 154 pounds).

While the boys faced off at James Logan, the girls were at Albany High School looking to advance by finishing in the top four of their respective weight classes. A total of nine competitors qualified.

As with the boys, three girls won in their weight classes: Liberty junior Jaden Wilson and senior Mary Lopez won at 111 and 131 pounds, respectively. Freedom senior Dalia Garibay claimed victory at 137 pounds.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. F-0000998-00 The name of the business: AVNZOTECH Located at: 277 Iris Rd In: Hercules, CA 94547, is hereby registered by the following owner: First Global Link LLC This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Co. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 2/15/19. Signature of registrant: Nasir Hamdani (President).

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Contra Costa County on: February 15, 2019 by Deputy C Garcia Expires 2/15/2024 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 79128 Publish dates: February 22, March 1, 8, 15, 2019.

OF APPLICABLE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, SECTION 21700-21707 OF THE BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE, SECTION 2328 OF THE COMMERCIAL CODE, SECTION 535 OF THE PENAL CODE, HEREBY GIVES NOTICE OF SALE UNDER SAID LAW TO WIT: ON 03/21/19, AT AFFORDABLE STORAGE; 95 FIRST AVENUE NORTH; PACHECO, CALIFORNIA 94553; (925) 825-3217; AT 8:00 AM OF THIS DAY, AFFORDABLE STORAGE WILL CONDUCT A PUBLIC SALE TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, FOR CASH, OF THE CONTENTS OF SPACE NUMBERS: B41 4X5DNI NIVEN, ROBERT B1015 5X10UP ANDROYNA, AMIE B1052 5X10UP KROHN, KENNETH C76 5X10DNI CASSEL, JANIS C89 10X10DNO CASSEL, JANIS C96 5X10DNI UNEZRIVAS, CIRLENY D150 4X10DNM DORT, YOLANDA D155 8X10UP CALOWELL, CORY E199 10X10DNO PAULSEN, EDWIN F228 8X10DNO CASSEL, JANIS F233 5X10DNI YOUNG, JACKIE F234 5X10DNI YOUNG, JACKIE F257 5X10DNI DELOSREYES, KAREN F283 10X10DNO BARTHELL, MARK F1360 5X5UP BRAY, JEFFREY F1366 5X5UP MILLER, MICHAEL H314 10X24DNO KELLY, LAUREN ITEMS TO BE AUCTIONED WILL CONSIST OF PERSONAL, HOUSEHOLD AND CORPORATE GOODS. LANDLORD RESERVES THE RIGHT TO BID. THIS SALE IS BEING MADE TO SATISFY A LANDLORD’S LIEN. THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ATTEND. DATED THIS 21ST DAY OF MARCH, 2019. AFFORDABLE STORAGE, LESSOR PH: (925) 825-3217 FX: (925) 825-3219 affordable_storage@ sbcglobal.net Brentwood Press No. 021273 79079 Publish dates: February 22, March 8, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. F-0000864-00 The name of the business: Safe And Sound Home Care Located at: 4708 Nunn Street In: Brentwood, CA 94513, is hereby registered by the following owner: Joralyn Gurion. This business is conducted by: An Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 2/8/19.

Signature of registrant: Joralyn Gurion.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Contra Costa County on: February 8, 2019 by Deputy C Pittman Expires 2/8/2024 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 78936 Publish dates: February 15, 22, March 1, 8, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. F-0001001-00 The name of the business: Got 2 Celebrate Located at: 55 Broderick Dr #B In: Brentwood, CA 94513, is hereby registered by the following owner: Douglas Lee Daley. This business is conducted by: An Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 2/1/19.

Signature of registrant: Doug Daley. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Contra Costa County on: February 15, 2019 by Deputy F Franklin Expires 2/15/2024 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 79126 Publish dates: February 22, March 1, 8, 15, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. F-0000865-00 The name of the business: A Tribe Called Yoga Located at: 238 Oak St In: Brentwood, CA 94513, is hereby registered by the following owner: Magdalena Hurtado. This business is conducted by: An Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 1/1/2019. Signature of registrant: Magdalena Hurtado.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Contra Costa County on: February 8, 2019 by Deputy C Pittman Expires 2/8/2024 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 79101 Publish dates: February 22, March 1, 8, 15, 2019.

LIEN SALE NOTICE Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 3071 of the Civil Code of the State of California, the undersigned, Oliver’s Tow, Inc., 2800 Radiant Ave., Richmond, CA, 94801, will conduct a public sale on March 8, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. on the following vehicle: 2011 MercedesBenz, VIN #: WDDEJ9EB6BA026929, CA License Plate: 3QNY179. Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 79129 Publish date: February 22, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. F-0000609-00 The name of the business: Bruin Hues LLC Located at: 1209 Jacobsen St In: Antioch, CA 94509, is hereby registered by the following owner: Bruin Hues LLC. This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Co. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Signature of registrant: Brenda Ford, CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Contra Costa County on: January 29, 2019 by Deputy P Cornelius Expires 1/29/2024 Antioch Press No. 06-1617 78831 Publish dates: February 8. 15, 22, March 1, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. F-0000664-00 The name of the business: Royally Me Photography Located at: 3724 Colonial Ct In: Antioch, CA 94509, is hereby registered by the following owner: Yasmin Mari Delgado. This business is conducted by: An Individiual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 1/1/2019.

Signature of registrant: Yasmin Mari Delgado. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Contra Costa County on: January 31, 2019 by Deputy J Celestial Expires 1/31/2024 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 78893 Publish dates: February 22, March 1, 8, 15, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. F-0000370-00 The name of the business: Content Creators Corp. Located at: 1160 Chaucer Drive In: Brentwood, CA 94513, is hereby registered by the following owner: 1. Kimberley Doyal 2. Jodi Hersh. This business is conducted by: A General Partnership. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 1/18/19. Signature of registrant: Kim Doyal. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Contra Costa County on: January 18, 2019 by Deputy L Mae Expires 1/18/2024 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 78926 Publish dates: February 15, 22, March 1, 8, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. F-0000426-00 The name of the business: Naturals Handcrafted Located at: 2224 Spyglass Dr In: Brentwood, CA 94513, is hereby registered by the following owner: Ana Kory Moon. This business is conducted by: An Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 1/1/2019. Signature of registrant: Ana Kory Moon. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Contra Costa County on: January 23, 2019 by Deputy C Garcia Expires 1/23/2024 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 78938 Publish dates: February 15, 22, March 1, 8, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. F-0000754-00 The name of the business: Yursol Located at: 5209 Star Thistle Way In: Antioch, CA 94531, is hereby registered by the following owner: Adeline Roselyne Andree Clark. This business is conducted by: An Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Signature of registrant: Adeline Roselyne Andree Clark. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Contra Costa County on: February 5, 2019 by Deputy P Cornelius Expires 2/5/2024 Antioch Press No. 06-1617 78880 Publish dates: February 15, 22, March 1, 8, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. F-0000453-00 The name of the business: Altobello’s Wood Fired Pizza Located at: 1268 Blenheim Lane In: Concord, CA 94521, is hereby registered by the following owner: 1. John Bell 2.

Susan Bell. This business is conducted by: Married Couple. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Signature of registrant: Susan Bell. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Contra Costa County on: January 23, 2019 by Deputy L Fallas Expires 1/23/2024 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 78817 Publish dates: February 8, 15, 22, March 1, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. F-0000257-00 The name of the business: Blended Image Barbershop Located at: 1280 Central Blvd Ste J11 In: Brentwood, CA 94513, is hereby registered by the following owner: Laurice F. Williams III. This business is conducted by: An Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Signature of registrant: Laurice F. Williams III. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Contra Costa County on: January 14, 2019 by Deputy M Favro Expires 1/14/2024 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 78843 Publish dates: February 8, 15, 22, March 1, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. F-0000493-00 The name of the business: Salon Prive Located at: 206 East Linda Mesa In: Danville, CA 94526, is hereby registered by the following owner: Shirley Smith. This business is conducted by: An Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 1/24/2019. Signature of registrant: Shirley Smith. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Contra Costa County on: January 24, 2019 by Deputy H Franklin Expires 1/24/2024 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 78902 Publish dates: February 15, 22, March 1, 8, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. F-0000285-00 The name of the business: 1. Bay Area Builders 2. MDL Associates Inc. Located at: 910 Rutherford Cir In: Brentwood, CA 94513, is hereby registered by the following owner: MDL Associates Inc. This business is conducted by: A Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 1980. Signature of registrant: Mike Lucido, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Contra Costa County on: January 16, 2019 by Deputy L Mae Expires 1/16/2024 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 78820 Publish dates: February 8, 15, 22, March 1, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. F-0000518-00 The name of the business: Fallas Paredes Located at: 13220 San Pablo Avenue In: San Pablo, CA 94806, is hereby registered by the following owner: Pegasus Trucking, LLC. This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Co. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 10/19/2018. Signature of registrant: Michael Fallas, Manager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Contra Costa County on: January 25, 2019 by Deputy L Fallas Expires 1/25/2024 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 79109 Publish dates: February 22, March 1, 8, 15, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. F-0000573-00 The name of the business: Bay Area Floor Express, Inc Located at: 508 Piatta Court In: Brentwood, CA 94513, is hereby registered by the following owner: Bay Area Floor Express, Inc. This business is conducted by: A Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Signature of registrant: Carlos T. Dos Santos, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Contra Costa County on: January 28, 2019 by Deputy P Cornelius Expires 1/28/2024 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 78819 Publish dates: February 8, 15, 22, March 1, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. F-0000587-00 The name of the business: Express Logistics Located at: 1261 Locust St #142 In: Walnut Creek, CA 94596, is hereby registered by the following owner: TBG Enterprises LLC. This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Co. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 1/29/2019. Signature of registrant: Naenia Fountain, Managing Member.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Contra Costa County on: January 29, 2019 by Deputy C Preston Expires 1/29/2024 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 79083 Publish dates: February 22, March 1, 8, 15, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. F-0000598-00 The name of the business: Little Innovators Located at: 829 Bamboo Drive In: Brentwood, CA 94513, is hereby registered by the following owner: Little Innovators, LLC. This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Co. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Signature of registrant: Rachelle Hampton, Owner-Managing Member.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Contra Costa County on: January 29, 2019 by Deputy P Cornelius Expires 1/29/2024 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 78818 Publish dates: February 8, 15, 22, March 1, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. F-0000698-00 The name of the business: Pursuit Angler Located at: 2447 Berkshire Lane In: Brentwood, CA 94513, is hereby registered by the following owner: Phillip P. Lago. This business is conducted by: An Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 1/15/2019.

Signature of registrant: Phillip P. Lago.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Contra Costa County on: February 1, 2019 by Deputy A Gnecco Expires 2/1/2024 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 78811 Publish dates: February 8, 15, 22, March 1, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. F-0000752-00 The name of the business: Peaceful Pet Passing Located at: 2058 Navarra Way In: Brentwood, CA 94513, is hereby registered by the following owner: Robert Linett. This business is conducted by: An Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Signature of registrant: Robert Linett. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Contra Costa County on: February 5, 2019 by Deputy L Fallas Expires 2/5/2024 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 78873 Publish dates: February 15, 22, March 1, 8, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. F-0000867-00 The name of the business: Collab Loft, LLC Located at: 238 Oak St In: Brentwood, CA 94513, is hereby registered by the following owner: Collab Loft, LLC . This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Co. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 2/8/19. Signature of registrant: Magdalena Hurtado, Secretary. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Contra Costa County on: February 8, 2019 by Deputy L Fallas Expires 2/8/2024 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 79119 Publish dates: February 22, March 1, 8, 15, 2019.

NOTICE OF LIEN SALE SELF STORAGE AUCTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned intends to sell the liened personal property described below, pursuant to the provisions of the California Code of Civil Procedure and the provisions of the California Self-Storage Facilities Act, Business and Professions Code Sections 21700 et seq. On the 8th day of March 2019, at 10:00 AM, the undersigned will sell the contents of liened storage units by public sale by competitive bidding on the premises where said property has been stored and which are located at Acorn II Self Storage LLC, at 6900 Lone Tree Way, Brentwood, California 94513, Tel. (925) 240-5000. Selfstorage liened units generally include miscellaneous household goods, office or business equipment, furniture, furnishings, clothing and personal effects. In addition to those general contents, the pre-lien inventory revealed the following described goods: Names: 1. Anita Swab - Chairs, TV, doll collection, weed eater, board games, fire extinguisher, furniture, tools & kid’s toys.

2. Efrain Correal - Boxes, bins, drafting table, file cabinet & electric heater.

3. Jeffrey Phillips - Head board, coffee table, luggage & tool chest.

4. Michelle Wilson - Telescope, cruiser bike & key board.

5. Efrain Correal - Metal shelving, ladders, carpet, golf push cart, art work, fish tank & bongo drum.

6. Earline Walker - Folding chairs, auto body parts, deep fryer, restaurant equipment & bar stool.

7. Ray Hagler Jr. - Car seat, folding tables, drum set, ladders, standing lamp & BBQ. 8. Adrienne Thomas - Egyptian furniture, karaoke machine, 6 chairs, doll house, big screen TV & electric lawn mower.

9. Kimberly McBride - 2 flat screen TVs, baby stroller, high chair, couch, love seat, standing lamps, tables & baby car seat.

10. Edward F. Pike - 2 car speakers, nail guns, wood & construction equipment.

11. Jose Ruiz-Zamora - Cook ware, tile saw, tools & sleeping bags.

12. Liliana Pena - Fan, art work, toaster oven & glass table.

13. Marissa Boo - Drill press, weights, large play house, exercise equipment, metal shelving, refrigerator, tennis rackets, boxes & bins.

14. Gina Montoya - 3 vases, night stands, art work, glass table, dresser & purses.

15. Bonn Anthony Paje - Couches, ottoman bed, 2 large mirrors.

Purchases must be paid for at the time of purchase by cash only. All purchased items sold as is, where is, and must be removed at the time of sale. Sale subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between owner and obligated party. Call ahead to make sure sale is still scheduled.

Contraband, or items subject to regulation or registration will not be transferred with the liened unit unless otherwise noted.

Dates Published: 2/22/2019 and 3/1/2019 Nor Cal Storage Auctions, Inc., Bond #7900390179, Tel. (916) 604-9695 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 79080 Publish dates: February 22, March 1, 2019.

NOTICE OF LIEN SALE SELF STORAGE AUCTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned intends to sell the liened personal property described below, pursuant to the provisions of the California Code of Civil Procedure and the provisions of the California Self-Storage Facilities Act, Business and Professions Code Sections 21700 et seq. On the 8th day of March 2019 at 11:00 A.M., the undersigned will sell the contents of liened storage units by public sale by competitive bidding on the premises where said property has been stored and which are located at Acorn Self Storage LLC, at 5205 Railroad Avenue, Pittsburg, California 94565, Tel. (925) 432-3200. Self-storage liened units generally include miscellaneous household goods, office or business equipment, furniture, furnishings, clothing and personal effects. In addition to those general contents, the pre-lien inNOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE ventory revealed the following described AFFORDABLE STORAGE WISHING TO goods: AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THE PROVISION Customer Name:

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME PETITIONER OR ATTORNEY: Frank Edward Givens Jr. SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, 725 Court Street Martinez, CA 94553 PETITION OF: Frank Edward Givens Jr CASE NUMBER: N19-0189 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner Frank Edward Givens Jr. filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: a. Frank Edward Givens Jr to Proposed Name: Francis Edward Givens. 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING a. Date: 04/02/2019 Time: 9:00 a.m. Dept.: 14 Room: 212 b. The address of the court is same as noted above. 3. a. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Brentwood Press Date: 1/29/19 Judge of the Superior Court Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 78814 Publish Dates: February 8, 15, 22, March 1, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. F-0000184-00 The name of the business: Betties and Babes Located at: 1322 Portsmouth St In: Oakley, CA 94561, is hereby registered by the following owner: Tamara Picazo. This business is conducted by: An Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Signature of registrant: Tamara Picazo. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Contra Costa County on: January 10, 2019 by Deputy C Garcia Expires DATE 1/10/2024 Press No. 03-0477 78739 Publish dates: February 1, 8, 15, 22, 2019.

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Jan. 15, 8:17 p.m. Authorities received a report saying three subjects attempted to take alcohol on Balfour Road. One subject was tackled by an employee.

Jan. 16, 10:54 p.m. A person told authorities he did not receive payment for the sale of his vehicle. The purchaser is refusing to give back the keys. This report came from Blossom Drive.

Jan. 17, 7:35 p.m. Authorities received a report from Brentwood Boulevard of a runaway juvenile.

Jan. 18, 9:21 p.m. Authorities received a report of trespassing on Anderson Lane. The suspect was a female between 50 and 55 and was said to have only one tooth.

She was wearing a bright pink jacket, jeans, and pink boots. She was reported loitering around the fence line, but was gone at the time of the call. The reporting person also said that their mailbox was stolen the prior day and does not know if she could be connected.

Jan. 19, 7:36 a.m. Authorities were notified that Mod’s Pizza on Lone Tree Way was burglarized and the windows were smashed.

Jan. 20, 12:28 a.m. A person told authorities that they heard a loud argument go on for three hours.

Jan. 21, 9:23 p.m. Authorities received a call from a man on Whisper Creek Court saying his son is out of control and is currently driving around without a license.

Jan. 22, 1:42 p.m. A person told authorities that a male transient was sleeping in a vacant unit on Sand Creek Road.

Jan. 23, 12:37 p.m. A woman told authorities that while she was running a car moving in reverse hit her. She said that the driver saw her, showed the peace sign and drove off. The car was a gray Jetta driven by a male in his late teens. The vehicle left towards Sycamore Avenue.

Jan. 24, 9:49 a.m. A vehicle burglary occurred on Lone Tree Way. The window was smashed and a backpack was taken.

Jan. 25, 9:30 a.m. A person found a license plate near a garbage bin on Balfour Road.

OAKLEY Jan. 27, 12:24 a.m. A loud party was reported on Matisse Court

and Matisse Drive.

Jan. 27, 1:56 p.m. A disturbance of the peace was reported on the 10 block of Sandhill Crane Court.

Jan. 27, 4:57 p.m. Complaints of a barking dog were reported on the 4600 block of Bayside Way. Jan. 27, 10:23 p.m. An intruder was reported on the 70 block of Gull View Court.

Jan. 28, 8:12 a.m. A reckless driver was reported on West Cypress Place and Empire Avenue.

Jan. 28, 2:27 p.m. A case of shoplifting occurred at Grocery Outlet.

Jan. 28, 9:19 p.m. Authorities halted a suspicious vehicle on the 1300 block of Port Court.

Jan. 28, 10:18 p.m. A suspicious person was stopped at the Cypress Road and Main Street Chevron.

Jan. 29, 5:47 a.m. Authorities were notified of a loud noise on the 10 block of Meeks Lane.

Jan. 29, 9:52 A warrant arrest was made on Las Dunas Avenue.

Jan. 29, 4:06 p.m. A case of battery was reported at Vintage Elementary School.

Jan. 29, 11:33 a.m. A traffic hazard was reported at Oakley Road and Montevino Way. Jan. 30, 2 a.m. A suspicious person was halted on Empire Avenue and Gateway Drive.

Jan. 30, 8:41 a.m. An abandoned vehicle was in the 1700 block of Chandon Way. Jan. 30, 2:34 p.m. An identity theft was reported on the 400 block of Pinenut Street.

Jan. 30, 3:52 p.m. A vehicle was towed on the 100 block of Monet Drive.

Jan, 30, 8:22 p.m. A person was reported shoplifting at the 7-Eleven.

Jan. 31, 2:06 a.m. A suspicious vehicle was stopped on Creekside Way. Jan. 31, 7:17 p.m. A public nuisance was reported on the 2000 block of Rubens Way. Jan. 31, 11:31 a.m. Authorities were notified of complaints of loud music on the 5000 block of Teakwood Drive.

Jan. 31, 6:25 p.m. A verbal dispute was reported at Delta Vista Middle School.

Jan. 31, 11:18 p.m. A suspicious person was stopped behind Goodwill.

Feb. 1, 4:25 p.m. A traffic hazard was reported on East Cypress Road and Summer Lake Drive.

Feb. 1, 9:37 a.m. A terroristic threat was mad on the 5000 block

of Teakwood Drive.

Feb. 1, 2:40 p.m. A service to a citizen was made on the 4800 block of Teakwood Drive.

Feb. 1, 4:18 p.m. A case of trespass was reported at Raleys.

Feb. 1, 8:39 p.m. A disturbance of the peace was reported on the 300 block of Lorenz Drive.

Feb. 2, 3:45 a.m. A suspicious person was stopped on Creekside Way and Hacienda Drive.

Feb. 2, 10:24 a.m. An intruder was spotted on the 200 block of Carol Lane.

Feb. 2, 5:34 p.m. A verbal dispute was reported on the 700 block of Wood meadow Plaza.

ANTIOCH Jan. 13, 5:38 a.m. A person told authorities that they returned home from a trip when they found their home Mandarin Way had been burglarized. They said that the suspects broke in through the garage door.

Jan. 13, 11:51 a.m. A person told authorities that they woke up and found items missing from their residence. This report was made from Roca Street.

Jan. 13, 12:31 p.m. A reporting person told authorities that he was house sitting for his parents. When he arrived at the residence on Mark Twain Drive, he found items missing including. He believes that the entry was made through a window.

Jan. 14, 3:58 a.m. A person with blood on their face was reported on Deer Valley Road. The man said he was stabbed in the eye.

Jan. 14, 2:58 p.m. A man told authorities that he and his girlfriend were robbed the prior night at Oakwood Village on Sycamore Drive.

He said that his girlfriend was hit in the face and the suspects took a bag with medicine and a backpack.

The suspect had a knife and wore a ski mask. The reporting person didn’t tell authorities the prior day because he was flustered after the incident.

Jan. 15, 1:41 p.m. A man told authorities that as he was getting out of his car, a couple of subjects with guns came up and took his wallet and other items. There were no injuries reported and the suspects left in an older black car. This occurred on D Street.

Jan. 15, 9:11 p.m. A person told authorities that they were flagged down by a man who said he was stabbed in the top part of his hand on Delta Fair Boulevard. It is unknown how it happened.

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when current firefighters retire and how quickly new ones can be hired, board member Joe Young said.

The district plans to use its operating fund excess, currently at about $8 million, to cover the costs if possible grant opportunities don’t materialize, district officials said.

“This (succession planning) is critical, something that I feel we need to do and take action on immediately,” Fire Chief Brian Helmick said.

With no nearby academies available, and because the district doesn’t have training grounds, it’s anticipated the future hires will be assigned as the fourth crew member for

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ta causing marinas and other boatingrelated businesses to be ruined,” wrote Jan McCleery, past-president of Save the California Delta Association, in an email to The Press. “So for the Delta communities, one tunnel is as bad as two concerning construction destruction.”

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD), a driving force behind WaterFix, is committed to funding $11 billion of the construction cost. Reducing the project to a single tunnel potentially means less water than originally predicted will reach MWD customers. But Jeffrey Kightlinger, MWD general manager, remained positive.

“Metropolitan welcomes Governor Newsom’s endorsement of modernizing California’s water conveyance system in the Delta,” said Kightlinger. “While a single tunnel project will not resolve all pumping problems in the Delta and is less flexible for dealing with climate change impacts, it is imperative that we move forward rapidly on a conveyance project.

Having no Delta fix imperils all of California. We intend to work constructively with the Newsom administration on developing a refined California WaterFix project that addresses the needs of cities, farms and the environment.”

In early 2018, the Department of Water Resources (DWR), the agency charged with the design, construction and operation of the project, reduced WaterFix to a single tunnel as a means to cut expenses. The project was faltering due to a lack of funding commitments, particularly from water agencies in the Central Valley that had balked at the project’s enormous price tag. Under pres-

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six months to complete an orientation and evaluation task book before becoming probationary firefighters on district engines for an additional 18 months.

“Not having training grounds makes this critically difficult,” Helmick said.

The plan is one small segment in the district’s effort to at least maintain current service levels until additional funds are garnered to beef up station and personnel numbers.

The agency’s three current stations cover 249 square miles and an estimated 119,000 residents.

To ensure that service levels don’t drop further, district officials will also begin a series of additional succession

sure from then-Governor Jerry Brown, MWD increased it’s promised funding and the project was restored to the twotunnel configuration.

“Two tunnels better accomplishes WaterFix’s coequal goals of improving the environment and securing supply reliability,” said Kightlinger in April 2018.

“With them, we’re better able to capture the high flows of big storms that climate change is expected to bring. We’ll better address the reverse flows that disrupt the Delta’s ecology. And we’ll have more flexibility to operate the water delivery system.”

The California WaterFix project as previously proposed would have used three newly constructed intakes, each with a capacity to draw water at the rate of 3,000 cubic feet per second. Located just south of Sacramento, the intakes would take water from the Sacramento River and channel it more than 30 miles south to the Clifton Court Forebay near Tracy through two tunnels, each measuring 40 feet in diameter and buried 150 feet below ground. From that point, the water would enter the existing Central Valley Project and State Water Project distribution networks and be delivered throughout the Central Valley and Southern California. The price tag for the construction of the twin tunnels was estimated at nearly $20 billion and the construction timeline stretched for more than 13 years according to DWR. While Newsom advocated for a single-tunnel approach, he did not provide any actual size or design details, and at this point it is unclear who will be making those critical design decisions. The tunnel capacity, the number of intakes and the

plans, including evaluating current members’ retirement age eligibility, interviewing personnel within five years of possible retirement to gauge their plans, providing internal training practices to foster competitive promotional opportunities, and proposing annual pre-hire funding to address any needed staffing-level changes.

Early indications are that the district will need to hire six additional firefighters in 2023 and 2024, according to district documents.

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placement and capacity of those intakes are just a few of the items that will have a dramatic impact on the project. One thing that does seem clear is that cutting the number of tunnels in half is unlikely to reduce the cost, construction timeline or Delta water quality, fisheries and other impacts by half. Whether the reduced volume of water moved south would allow the project to remain financially viable for the agencies providing funding also remains an open question.

“It’s great to have confirmation from the governor that he’s moving away from the twin tunnel plan,” said Erik Vink, executive director of the Delta Protection Commission. “But, we don’t know the details about what a single tunnel means. It’s not necessarily true, and it’s probably not true, that downsizing to a single tunnel would mitigate enough of the problems to make this workable from a Delta perspective. A lot of the concerns that the (Delta Protection) Commission had expressed with WaterFix had to do with the construction effects of this, and one tunnel will mean fewer construction effects than two. But it was a massive impact before and it’s still probably a very large, an incredibly large impact.”

Osha Meserve, a Sacramento-based environmental attorney, also expressed concern that simply reducing the scope of WaterFix would not be enough to make the project acceptable for those living in the Delta or change the environmental opposition to the tunnels project.

“I don’t see a change to a half or even a third (of the) project in size is going to allay the concerns (of) the communities or the environmental groups much unless they really change the character

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of the project, including adding components that would reduce reliance on the Delta,” said Meserve. “We’re not to the rainbows and butterflies yet.”

Vink questioned whether the environmental reports prepared as part of WaterFix and hearings before the State Water Resources Control Board pertaining to DWR’s request for permits to construct the tunnel intakes would need to be revisited in light of the design change.

In a DWR press release, Director Karla Nemeth alluded to both of these activities and said DWR expects to provide supplemental information for the existing environmental reports and permit applications as a result of the change to a single tunnel. A draft order from the Water Board on the water rights permits necessary to commence construction has yet to materialize.

“It provides a glimmer of hope that there is a better way forward,” said Meserve of Newsom’s position on WaterFix. “We’re excited about where that might lead, but at the same time we’re concerned about the pursuit of a project that doesn’t really work in any form.”

To read a transcript of Gov. Newsom’s State of the State address, visit: https://www.gov.ca.gov/2019/02/12/stateof-the-state-address/ For more information on Waterfix, visit: Save the California Delta Alliance - https://nodeltagates.com/, the Department of Water Resources - https://water. ca.gov/, Restore the Delta - https://www. restorethedelta.org/, the Delta Protection Commission - http://delta.ca.gov/ or the Water Maven - https://mavensnotebook. com/.

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Calendar LOCAL EVENTS & SERVICE CLUBS

For print, email your events to calendar@brentwoodpress.com one week prior to publication. For online, post your events for free on The Press Community Calendar www.thepress.net/calendar.

Events Friday, Feb. 22 Blues for the Delta

Restore the Delta hosts an evening of blues, jazz, Latin and soul music, performed by Papa Hip. The fundraiser is to raise awareness for the future of the San Francisco Bay-Delta. The Blues for the Delta event will be held at 2900 Franklin Boulevard in Sacramento, from 7 to 9:30 p.m.

Tickets are $20 per person. For more information, contact bit.ly/2HC3IPF.

“Bring It On: The Musical” at Liberty High

Liberty High School presents “Bring It On: The Musical” Feb. 22, 23 and 27 and March 1, 2, 6 and 8 at 7 p.m. and March 9 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $16 for adult and $12 for students and children.

For more information, contact Kyle Roman at romank@luhsd.net or visit lhsplaymakers.weebly. com/

Wine, Cheese and Keys, Please!

The Loan Ninja presents Wine, Cheese and Keys, Please! at Attraversiamo, from 6 to 9 p.m. Come chat about what it actually takes to become a homeowner. Learn about credit, down payment, down payment assistance and mortgage loan options. For tickets visit www.eventbrite.com/e/wine-cheese-and-keysplease-tickets-54291879473 or text RENTSUCKS to 555888. Seating is limited. For more information, contact Stephanie Whiting at 925305-6639 or thehomeloanninja@gmail.com.

Saturday, Feb. 23 Annual Heart to Heart Gala

An Elderly Wish Foundation presents Up and Away with Wishes, from 5:30 to 11 p.m., at the Lone Tree Golf and Event Center. Come enjoy the 17th annual Heart to Heart Ball along with auctions, cocktails and more. Seating is limited and tickets must be purchased in advance. For more information and tickets, contact info@ elderlywish.org.

Striped Bass Crab Feed

The West Delta Chapter of the California Striped Bass Association will hold its ninth annual Crab and Pasta Feed Fundraiser, at 6 p.m., at the Brentwood Veterans Hall, 757 First Street. The crab feed supports the Kids Free Fishing Derby held every October. Come and enjoy great crabs, pasta, salad, bread, dessert, raffle prizes and games. Wine, beer and soda will be available.

Tickets are $50 and are limited. Come support kids getting hooked on fishing, not drugs or gangs. For more information, call 925-634-6356.

Painting for a Cure

Relay for Life of the Delta presents Painting For a Cure, from 6 to 9 p.m., at the Starry Nite Studio.

Come enjoy Bunco, prizes, raffles, treats and more. Tickets are $45. For more information, contact Tina Hannon at RelayPiratesTina@ gmail.com or 707-548-3819 or visit http://bit.ly/ thepressnet_paintingcure.

Youth Expressed at Delta Gallery

The Delta Art Gallery presents “Youth Expressed,” from 4 to 7 p.m. at 2485 Sand Creek Rd. Attend for an art show, panel presentation and reception for One Day At a Time’s Youth Expression Project.

For more information, contact Rick Lemyre at ricklemyre@gmail.com or 925-286-4591.

Sunday, Feb. 24 Pizza Party, Community Service Project and Information

The Diablo Valley Assembly #84 International Order of the Rainbow for Girls is hosting a pizza party along with a meeting for Rainbow Girls involved in community service projects. The event is at Straw Hat Pizza, 6680 Lone Tree Way from 1 - 3 p.m. All girls ages 8-20 are invited to

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Monday, Feb. 25 AARP Tax-Aide Free Tax Preparation

Friday, March 8 Mar “Tee” Gras Crab Feed

Thursday, Feb. 28 Homebuyers Workshop

The First Tee Contra Costa will hold a Mar “Tee” Gras Crab Feed at The Clarion Hotel, 1550 Burnett Ave., in Concord, from 6 to 9 p.m. Tickets are $75 per person and children’s tickets are available. For more information, visit www. thefirstteecontracosta.org/mar-tee-gras.

Saturday, March 9 Heritage Patriot Athletic Booster Club-Casino Night

Live Music by “Cross Town 5”

The Heritage Patriot Athletic Booster Club will hold a Club Los Meganos at Trilogy, from 6 to 11 p.m. The cost is $85 per person.

For more information, contact the Heritage Patriot Athletic Booster Club vice president at vicepresidenthpabc@gmail.com or 925-480-7189 or visit squareup.com/store/ heritage-athletic-boosters.

Friday, March 1 Discovery Bay Lions Crab Feed

Stonecrest Lending and VFW 10789 will hold a VFW Bowling Fundraiser at Harvest Park Bowl, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. All money raised will go toward the VFW’s relief fund to help local veterans in need. Tickets are $15 per person.

For more information, conntact Liz at liz@ stonecrestlending.net or 925-625-1471 or visit http://bit.ly/ thepressnet_bowlingfundraiser.

A free homebuyers workshop will take place at Straw Hat Pizza on Lone Tree Way, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Come and learn the next steps toward owning your own home. For more information, contact Holly Thorpe at loanladies@homebridge. com or 925-706-6703.

Brentwood Boogie Nites presents live music by Cross Town 5, at the Brentwood Community Center from 7 to 10 p.m. The cost is $10 for preregistered members and $12 for preregistered nonmembers and tickets bought at the door.

For more information, contact the Brentwood Community Center at 925-516-5380.

Sponsored by the East Bay Lions Club, the annual Mardi Gras Crab Feed will be held at St. Anne Catholic Church, 2800 Camino Diablo Rd. in Byron. Early bird tickets are currently available through Eventbrite.com or at the UPS Store in the Sandy Cove Shopping Center in Discovery Bay. Tickets are $60 and will not be sold at the door. Doors open at 6 p.m. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit http://bit. ly/thepressnet_mardigrascrabfeed.

Saturday, March 2 LMC Equity Series

The Pittsburg California Theatre presents “What They Said About Love,” from 8 to 10:30 p.m., at the California Theatre. Steve Budd brings 12 characters to life using their words from hours of interviews and weaves in the story of his own search for a life partner. Cost is $10 to $12. For more information, contact Carolyn August at info@pittsburgcaliforniatheatre.com or 925-427-1611.

Oakley Youth Job Fair and Employment Workshop

The Oakley Youth Advisory Council invites you to participate in the Youth Employment and Job Fair at Oakley City Hall from noon to 2 p.m.

Be a part of this event and get a chance to connect with local teens looking for employment opportunities. For more information, contact Lindsey Bruno at bruno@ci.oakley.ca.us or 925625-7042 or visit www.ci.oakley.ca.us/events/ youth-job-fair-and-employment-workshop.

American Legion Post 202 Annual Crab Feed

American Legion Post 202 will hold their Annual Crab Feed at the Brentwood Veterans Memorial Building, from 5 to 10 p.m. Tickets are $55. For more information, contact the Veterans Building at vetsbuilding@gmail.com or 925-787-8087 or visit https://www.aml202.org/

Tuesday, March 5 Rock of Ages Musical

Heritage High School presents Rock of Ages Musical, from 7 to 10 p.m. at Heritage High

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an afternoon of food, fun, service and making new friends. Learn about community service, fun activities, leadership training, scholarships, travel opportunities and more. For more information, contact Tammy at 925-457-7265 or visit www. gocarainbow.org.

AARP Tax-Aide free tax preparation will take place every Monday at the Brentwood Civic Center, Tuesday at Pittsburg Senior Center, and Thursday at Antioch Senior Center, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

For more information, contact Karen Nunez at onlyyesterday@comcast.net or 925-989-7482.

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Annual Crab Feed

The Delta Dawgs baseball club will hold its annual crab feed, from 6 to 11 p.m., at Brentwood Veterans Memorial Hall. There will be crab, pasta, salad, bread, dessert, DJ music and more. Tickets are $60 per person. For more information, contact Sylvina Goff at 925-978-3535 or ylgoff1028@ gmail.com.

Network of Care Crab Feed

The Network of Care will host its 13th annual crab feed with all proceeds benefiting The Network of Care, which feeds families of children in hospitals. The crab feed will be held at the Contra Costa County Event Center (Antioch fairgrounds), 1201 W. 10th Street. Tickets are $60 and must be purchased ahead of time. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. with dinner at 7 p.m. There will be raffle prizes, a dessert auction and a silent auction. For more information, call 925-584-4086 or email: janetfraz123@gmail.com.

Sunday, March 10 Discovery Bay Big Bass Family Fishing Tournament

The Discovery Bay Bass Family Fishing Tournament will be held at the Discovery Bay Marina, 5901 Marina Road, from 7 to 11 a.m. Come enjoy a fun morning of fishing with payouts and raffle prizes.

The cost is $100 per boat. For more information, contact Jim Mattison jmattison@sbcglobal.net or call 925-698-1590 or visit www.dbcf.info.

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The Bethel Island Lions Club presents a St. Patrick’s Day Feast, at Scout Hall, from 4 to 8 p.m.

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Wednesday, March 13 Oakley Chamber of Commerce Mixer The Oakley Chamber of commerce will be hosting a March Business mixer, from 6 to 7:30 p.m., at the Oakley Chamber of Commerce 3300 Main Street, Suite B. This event is free for members and first time guests.

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She isn’t alone. A growing number of people struggle to juggle their jobs with caring for aging parents. After receiving a recommendation, Best turned to HomeLife Senior Care for support.

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Standing up to osteoporosis after 50 B ACK IN 2010 AN X-RAY OF MY entire body revealed that I had osteopenia.

This diagnosis alerts the patient to watch for the beginnings of osteoporosis – which directly translates as “porous bone” – a disease in which the density and quality of bone are reduced.

Senior As our bones orner become more porous and fragile, the risk of fracture greatly increases. This bone loss occurs progressively and shows little or no outward symptoms until a fracture occurs.

Marla Once bones have Luckhardt been weakened by osteoporosis, symptoms may arise such as back pain caused by a slight fracture or damaged vertebrae, loss of height or stooped posture. It’s even possible to suffer a fracture without knowing how or when it occurred.

Last week I had a new X-ray performed.

Known as a bone density scan, the test was quick, easy and painless. I simply made an appointment at the lab and was done in less than half an hour.

Osteoporosis causes bones to become weak and brittle. In severe cases, a seemingly minor fall can cause a fracture. The same may even occur from mild stresses such as bending over or coughing. Such fractures most commonly occur in the hip, wrist or

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spine. As we age the creation of new bone can’t keep up with the deterioration of old bone. Osteoporosis can affect both men and women, but as with all the other annoying things that come post-menopause, women are more likely to suffer from it and are at higher risk after age 50.

My doctor and I have an appointment next week to discuss options, but of course I had to find out all I could on the subject.

I don’t want to end up like a bag of empty skin with only bone fragments holding me together! I found out the bone density scan results lay out a comparison of healthy bone levels to mine, and I seemed to be right over the healthy limit. I hope that I’m correct in assuming that I can control or even reverse my diagnosis with suggested diet, supplements and exercise. My favorite thing to do ... NOT! Since I don’t smoke or consume alcohol anymore, both of which contribute to osteoporosis, I chalk up my diagnosis to a more sedentary lifestyle and lack of weightbearing exercise. I guess that needs to change right now. Warm up that treadmill, Grandpa!

I try to have a balanced diet and not overeat, but doctors encourage patients to increase consumption of protein and calcium-enriched foods as they’re two of the essential building blocks of good bone health. Chicken, eggs, low-fat dairy products such as milk and cottage cheese, soy, nuts, salmon, sardines, dark leafy vegetables and lentils are excellent

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sources.

I began drinking a whey protein shake every day. They’re not only high in protein, but they taste pretty good, too. Try the chocolate. Calcium is also a balancing act.

I read that supplements can help, but that too much calcium can cause kidney stones.

I wish this was easier, but like everything else, good health is a constant juggling act.

The Institute of Medicine recommends a total daily calcium intake for people over 50 — from supplements and diet combined — should be no more than 2,000 milligrams.

I also take vitamin D. It improves the body’s ability to absorb calcium and assists bone

health in other ways. People are physically able to absorb adequate amounts of vitamin D from sunlight, but the sun may not be a good source if you’re housebound or if you regularly use sunscreen. Some people avoid the sun entirely due to skin cancer risk. Although there’s no standard dosage of vitamin D, a good starting point for adults is 600 to 800 international units (IU) a day through food or supplements. For people without other sources of vitamin D, and especially those with limited sun exposure, a supplement may be needed. Most multivitamin products contain between 600 and 800 IU of vitamin D. According to the Mayo Clinic, up to 4,000 IU per day is safe for most people.

Since balance becomes more difficult as we age, we’re at greater risk of falls.

Bone density scan tests are covered by most Medicare plans. After the test is complete, you’ll sit down with your doctor to discuss options for care and treatment of osteopenia or osteoporosis. Also, taking extra care by holding onto things or using a walker may just save you from a dreadful tumble. If it turns out that the condition is severe, you may need medication. Only you and your doctor can determine the right path for you.

I’m hoping my physician will tell me that I’m now on that right path.

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Around 10,000 people retire each day in the U.S., according to a study by Merrill Lynch and Age Wave, a consultancy studying the cultural and economic impacts of aging. But many soon-to-be retirees are not fully prepared for life after their work life ends. Shedding light on this next chapter can make retirement something to look forward to even more.

Retirement may no longer mean what it once did. Some retirees remove themselves entirely from the active employment market, while others prefer to keep at least one toe in the professional water. Some retirees change fields and do part-time work. Others may volunteer their time. Still, some choose to use retirement as an opportunity to spearhead a new business venture that may not have been possible beforehand. Retirees should reflect on their goals as well as their finances, and make plans accordingly.

Retiring may involve finding health insurance and preparing for other types of health care later in life.

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percent of the population in 2015, the most recent years for figures, followed by Medicaid (19.5 percent) and Medicare (16 percent). It pays to know the rules of each plan to avoid unnecessary expenses that can eat into retirement dollars. For those who will be relying solely on Medicare, find a counselor who can spell out the intricacies of the plan or use the free tool on Medicare.gov.

Quite often, soon-to-be retirees focus on the end of a career or the end of a stage in life without putting enough focus on the possibilities ahead. This is a prime time to find a new social network, travel, join a ministry and much more.

Retirement can be an opportunity to shed an old skin and try on a new one – especially as it pertains to housing.

There are options to downsize for empty nesters or even to secure resources to age in place. According to United Income, a money-management service, retirees should try out particular scenarios and locations prior to jumping in. Rent in a particular neighborhood, or house sit and try things on for size. Airbnb and other types of services can make this trial easy.

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“Before seniors or anyone starts a new fitness routine, we recommend that they consult their physician to make sure they are healthy enough to start a program,” said James Wilson, general manager at Fit Republic in Brentwood.

After consulting your physician and getting the green light, Wilson recommends incorporating resistance training and cardio into a fitness routine. Resistance training helps to build muscles and keep bones healthy.

“Resistance training is easier on joints than weightlifting, and consists of isolated, functional movements with added resistance,” said Wilson. “This helps to retain and add

muscle mass.”

Besides getting advice from your doctor, fitness trainers can also help members create a personalized training program.

“It is highly encouraged that members meet with a trainer prior to any fitness routine at our club,” said Brandon Lim, fitness director at Diamond Hills Sports Club in Oakley. “We can assist in finding the best approach to each person’s fitness journey and recommend classes.”

Group exercise classes are a great way for seniors to stay fit, and they offer additional benefits. Lim recommends seniors try aquatic classes because they are easiest on the joints and are low impact.

Delta Valley Health Club (DVHC) in Brentwood offers over 50 group classes per week that can all be tailored to accommodate seniors.

“Group exercise classes are a great social activity, especially for seniors,” said Sandy McCaslin, DVHC’s chief operating officer.

“Studies show more and more seniors need social engagement, and classes encourage people to meet someone new.”

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find their keys. And once the keys are found, they move on without giving much thought as to why they did not immediately remember where they left their keys in the first place.

Minor bouts of forgetfulness do not occur by accident. In fact, the Harvard Medical School notes that they are likely byproducts of age-related changes in thinking skills. When people reach their 50s, chemical and structural changes in the brain may begin to occur, and these changes can affect a person’s ability to process memories.

Father Time may be a formidable foe, but people can take steps to give their memories a boost as they get older. ♦♦ Recognize the value of repetition.

Harvard Medical School notes that people might be more inclined to remember what they hear if they repeat it out loud.

Repetition increases the likelihood that the brain will record the information and be capable of retrieving it later. When studying for exams, many students repeat important points to themselves time and again, and

that same approach can be applied by adults who are trying to improve their memories. ♦♦ Eat a healthy diet. A 2015 study published the journal “Neurology” found people who eat healthy diets with lots of fruits, vegetables, nuts and fish and little alcohol and red meat may be less likely to experience declines in their memory and thinking skills. Authored by Andrew Smyth of McMaster University in Ontario and the National University of Ireland in Galway, the study followed more than 27,000 people in 40 countries for roughly five years. All participants were 55 years and older and had diabetes or a history of heart disease, stroke or peripheral artery disease. Those who ate the healthiest diets were 24 percent less likely to experience cognitive decline than people with the least healthy diets. ♦♦ Break things down. Breaking things down into small chunks also can help improve memory. If tasked with remembering something extensive like a speech, focus on a single sentence at a time. Only move on to the next sentence when you’re confident you have successfully committed the preceding sentence to memory.

Periodic memory lapses are often nothing to worry about, but those concerned about maintaining their memories can employ various strategies to do just that.

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THINKING ABOUT CHANGING YOUR TRUST? DECIDING BETWEEN AN AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT by Joan M.Grimes. and Jennifer L.Wallis Are you thinking about changing your Revocable Living Trust (“Trust”)? When considering a change, many clients ask whether they can simply amend the Trust or whether the entire Trust should be restated.

Simply amending sounds easier, right? But, here are a couple of things you should know.

In general, if you wish to make a minor change (i.e. changing Successor Trustees or adding a Co-Trustee), an amendment is fine. Go for it!

However, a restatement is recommended for major changes. For example, if you decide that you want to remove a beneficiary or change your distribution scheme, a restatement is a better option. You might ask why this is necessary when an amendment sounds easier. This is because the law requires that after you die, a copy of your trust plus all amendments must be provided to any named beneficiaries and your heirs at law. For example, let’s say after careful consideration you decide you want to remove your friend, Sally, from your Trust. If you only remove Sally from your Trust by amending your trust, when you die Sally will receive a copy of you original Trust (which includes her as a beneficiary) plus the amendment in which you removed her from your Trust. (Awkward!) However, if the Trust is restated rather than amended, the restated Trust supersedes the prior Trust and any amendments. Therefore,

under this restated Trust, Sally will not be entitled to receive a copy of your Trust since she is not included anywhere in your new restated Trust.

The good news is that restating your Trust is simple and does not require your new restated Trust be funded again (i.e. you don’t need to record new deeds for real property, change any bank accounts or other assets that are already in the Trust). This is because the restated Trust will have the same name and date as your original Trust. Since the name and date of the restated Trust will be the same as the original Trust, you won’t need to fund your Trust again.

So what’s the point? If you have a Trust, you should review it to make sure it still says what you want. If you decide you want to remove Sally or make another major change, you should consider a restatement rather than an amendment. If you would like us to review your Trust, we see people every day for a FREE 30 minute consultation in Walnut Creek and Brentwood.

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CBD has shown to be effective with a variety of conditions including: chronic pain from cancer, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, multiple sclerosis and schizophrenia.

Research also suggests cannabinoids may prevent Alzheimer’s and dementia, but more research is needed.

CBD is one compound out of over a hundred different cannabinoids that are the naturally occurring chemical compounds found in the cannabis plant. Cannabinoids are partly responsible for the wide-array of medicinal and psychoactive effects cannabis may provide. Currently there are over 110 known cannabinoids with more likely to be discovered as studies continue to reveal the complex molecular structures of the cannabis plant. The reason I point this out is CBD is the most used word when describing cannabinoids.

Cannabinoids such as CBC (cannabichromene), CBDA (cannabidiolic acid), CBDV (cannabidivarin), CBG (cannabigerol) Each cannabinoid holds unique characteristics of their own that are worth noting in order to maximize desired effects from medicating with cannabis. These compounds along with the terpenes and a smidge of THC create what is called the entourage effect. The bringing together of these compounds that create a much greater effect when combined as opposed to their individual effectiveness.

These compounds work within our endo-cannabinoid system. The ECS has two primary receptors, the CB1 and CB2. The CB1 receptor binds primarily to the brain and nervous system, while the CB2 receptor interacts largely with the immune system. The cannabis plant relies on cannabinoids binding to these receptors to produce the array of potential benefits and effects.

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The company also has a strict policy that a staff coordinator or member of senior management is available 24/7, 365 days a year.

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by Shea Homes is located at the foot of Mt. Diablo and offers 72 ‘duets’ with amenities like a park, clubhouse and spa.

Originally from the Peninsula, LaRue and Jeffrey LaRussa are the first owners of one of Barcelona’s duets. Since their children moved to Brentwood, the couple

has been waiting for the right opportunity to move to the area.

“We did not want a big home,” LaRue LaRussa said of the couple’s search for a new house.

She explained that they received an email from Shea advertising their newest active adult development, and were interested right away.

“This smaller home meets our checklist,” LaRue LaRussa said. “And we love Brentwood, love the weather, love the hills, love that it’s not congested.

(Shea) has done such a nice job. We like the open (floor plan) and the size was right.”

She added that being in a community of active adults was also important. The LaRussas hope that many of their new neighbors will be in similar situations – moving from other cities and eager to make new friends.

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Shape from page 6B “Many of our members report working out with a buddy is fun and keeps them accountable,” said McCaslin.“Just knowing you are accountable to show up makes a huge difference and is more motivating.”

Yoga is also a great option for seniors looking to try something new.

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assistant, explained that Barcelona’s duets may look like duplexes, but have one important difference. The homes — though occupying the same building — have separate lots.

“We have 36 buildings, which means 72 homes on 72 lots,” Skuba said.

The LaRussas look forward to living in Brentwood, spending time with their grandchildren and participating in community events. Their story is exactly what the company has in mind when designing these types of communities.

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“The smaller lots make it easier for residents with maintenance.”

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We all know about the 4% rule. The problem with it is that when we are 62, or 65, or 75, we are still out and about engaging in activities, traveling, dining, hobbies, etc. We still want spendable money to be able to appreciate, enjoy, and participate in our retirement years. No matter how you cut it, 4% of even $1,000,000 is only $40,000. That is not a whole lot of money to really enjoy our many years of retirement.

work. Before I even blink my eyes, I am home

making dinner, and heading off to bed again.

As with every year, there were highs and lows in 2018. I lost my cousin and a very dear friend to heart disease. I lost three friends to cancer; and I have several other friends who are fighting the good fight against cancer. On the brighter side, my oldest graduated from college and started their master’s program. My youngest began his senior year of high school and is eagerly looking forward to Senior Ball and Grad night.

The consistent outcome of the research shows that using home equity as part of your retirement spending plan will likely extend the overall life of your retirement savings to last you through-out your years; And it may even increase the ultimate value of your legacy.

I have said it before, and I will say it again, I can look back and see each moment of my life; I can play it like a movie through my mind’s eye. Yet I still wake up in the morning and say, ‘I’m going to be 60 years old this year, where in the world has the time gone’. I am just glad 60 is the new 40!

As I face the realities of growing older, I realize that we all encounter similar challenges. We begin to confront our own mortality; we begin to cherish each moment more fiercely; we wonder what the future will bring. It is as though we begin to realize that the future is no longer ‘indefinite’. There is an ending and we can see it off in the distance.

I was reading a study last week by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, about the biggest challenges’ seniors are facing in 2019 and into the future.

They list the biggest hurdles as 1. Out of pocket medical expenses; 2. Cognitive decline; and 3. Widowhood.

Certainly, out of pocket medical expenses are headline news as they sky-rocket out of control.

Cognitive decline is also at the forefront of everyone thoughts as we are all touched by someone affected by some level of dementia.

The one topic that I was surprised to see in this top 3 list is widowhood. We hear the tragic stories of a couple finally reaching retirement and then one spouse unexpectedly passes, leaving the other grieving, certainly for the loss of their spouse, and also for the loss of their future – the future they had both dreamed of together – one of travel, excitement, relaxation, and security. Yes, these are heart-breaking stories.

To see this possibility in the top 3 challenges that seniors are facing in the coming years is shocking to me. I truly thought it was an occasional tragedy, not in the top three probabilities.

One challenge that I would add to this list is divorce. According to the Pew Research Center, the number of people 50 years and older getting divorced has roughly doubled over the last 25 years. There are many reasons for this trend. As people are living longer, they reach retirement and may not like what they see as they envision the next 30-40 years ahead of them. Perhaps it is due to the reduced stigma once associated with divorce. Whatever the reason, the trend is undeniable.

The bottom line is that we are seeing a significant trend where people are finding themselves ‘single’ at the very point in time when financial security may also be rocked due to retirement. Retirement, by its very nature, moves us from the ‘accumulation phase’ of life

The real bottom line is that we are living longer, and we are young at heart. We are still ready, willing, and wanting to live out our dreams. We want to revel in our retirement years, we want to travel, and play, and experience new adventures.

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into the ‘decumulation phase’ of life.

When we are suddenly on our own due to tragic loss, whether that is death, disease, or divorce, we face the unthinkable. We look in the mirror, while grieving our loss, and here we are, at our age, wondering if we are going to be financially secure.

The financial equation is clearly impacted by illness of, or the death of, a loved one. We are impacted by increased expenses from caring for our spouse or partner during an illness, or the loss of income altogether upon the death of our life partner. The financial equation is also significantly impacted by divorce.

The effect on the income and expense side of the financial statement is clear cut. What we have to evaluate is the “asset” side of the equation.

How might we utilize our assets to set ourselves up for longer term financial security, even if we face unexpected life events.

There has been a tremendous amount of retirement research done by Drs. Barry and Stephen Sacks, Wade Pfau, Robert Merton, Jamie Patrick Hopkins, and Robert Powell. All of these retirement researchers are addressing the same question – how we make our retirement savings last through-out the new longevity spectrum and to survive through the challenges we face as well.

What we don’t want is to be stuck at home, so we can leave our equity, that we have worked so hard to accumulate, to our kids, or a charity, or to a niece or cousin. That is just not who we are – if there is something leftover, that is fabulous, but while we are alive, we are going to live our best life!

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What should be included in the spendable pool of funds.

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