Vol. 24, No. 4
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January 28, 2022
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Big-box retailer Costco has submitted a planning application for a Costco wholesale warehouse and fuel facility just south of Lone Tree Plaza Drive in Brentwood. The initial plans call for a 152,000-square-foot, members-only Costco warehouse and separate fuel station — with room for 32 vehicles to fuel up at a time and up to 40 to wait in line — on the currently undeveloped property within the Lone Tree Plaza shopping center in west Brentwood, near the Antioch-Brentwood city limits.
A Costco corporate communications representative, who asked not to be identified, declined comment on the possible project, citing a company policy not to comment on new locations until they are close to opening. Costco currently operates 828 waresee Costco page 22A
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REGIONAL Brentwood resident Dean Javier walked out to his 1992 Toyota pickup truck recently after finishing up his shift at work like any other normal day. But upon starting
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REGIONAL “Sorry – I just got back from substitute teaching and custodian work,” began an email from Dana Eaton, Superintendent of Brentwood Union School District, about the impact COVID-19 has had on attendance as students and staff returned to campus. Although the online COVID tracking dashboards provided by Brentwood Union School District, Liberty Union High School District, and Oakley Union Elementary School District report low numbers of positive cases in schools, the dashboards do not tell the full story. According to Eaton, the low number of positive cases only reflects students who arrived on campus and then tested positive. Students who may have tested positive over winter break and stayed home from school would not be part of the statistics. The state does not require those numbers to be reported, according to Eaton, who added that the district is following county health guidelines for keeping children safe and in school. Prior to the end of winter break, each district held a distribution event for at-home test kits in an effort to keep students home who would otherwise have tested positive at school and risked spreading COVID. Brentwood Union School District gave out 9,000 tests, according to Eaton, while other district officials reported giving out thousands of kits as well. Oakley Union Elementary School District and Liberty Union see Cases page 22A
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BRENTWOOD Costco may soon be coming to Brentwood. The big-box retailer submitted a planning application to the city last week for a Costco wholesale warehouse and fuel facility just south of Lone Tree Plaza Drive, near Kohl’s and Home Depot. Brentwood City Manager Tim Ogden said if the planning commission and City Council approve the project, it could open as soon as summer 2023. “We have worked with them for years to land in Brentwood, and are excited to have the jobs and sales tax they’ll provide the city,” said Ogden, adding that ‘it’s too early to tell’ how much sales tax revenue would come from the store.
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