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Local man on the ground at Capitol protest by Aly Brown Staff Writer
BRENTWOOD Following the protests that led to a deadly attack on the nation’s Capitol last week, President Donald Trump became the first American president in history to be impeached twice. The House of Representatives on Tuesday voted 232-197 to impeach Trump a second time for “inciting violence” on Jan. 6 ahead of Congress certifying the electoral college votes to name President-elect Joe Biden as the winner. While the events of the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol have made headlines around the world and left at least five dead, those who experienced the day from inside
and outside the building reported different perspectives. A 2011 Heritage High School graduate, Taylor Stromgren, was on the outside. He shared with The Press last week that he had only recently become involved in rallies supporting President Donald Trump. He decided at the last minute to attend the Capitol protest on Jan. 6. “I just bought the plane ticket last week and said, ‘You know what, I’m going to go,’” Stromgren said last Friday night. Stromgren called the experience “incredible.” “It was really cool to see that many people coming together of all creeds, races, colors, everything see Protest page 22
Residents support Deer Ridge upkeep by Kyle Szymanski Staff Writer
who wants a COVID vaccine will be able to get one. While we aren’t there yet, making vaccines available to everyone is our top priority.” Eligibility to receive a vaccine is determined according to a plan developed by the California Department of Public Health. In that plan, there are four phases identified as 1A, 1B, 1C and 2, and there can be multiple tiers within each phase. The county, which administered its first vaccine Dec. 15, is currently vaccinating individuals in all three tiers of Phase 1A. That phase
BRENTWOOD Deer Ridge residents have offered preliminary support for plans to fund and maintain landscaping improvements to 14 golf course frontage areas that fell into disrepair when the nearby golf club closed in 2019. Now city leaders have teed off on the idea. The city council unanimously agreed this week to pay $102,600, kick-starting the formal process of eventually asking residents about their willingness to pay between $70 and $90 annually to turn the area’s landscaping responsibilities over to the city. Deer Ridge Golf Club, LP stopped maintaining the course, including the 14 landscaped frontage areas, after the course closed in September 2019, drawing the ire of Deer Ridge residents. “At $90 a year, that’s $7.50 a month that they (Deer Ridge property owners) would pay to have a beautification that would help raise their property values,” said City Councilmember Karen Rarey. “We owe it to them to be able to do this for them.” The city’s step forward this week begins a process that, possibly in the second quarter of this year, could lead to Deer Ridge Subdivision property owners voting on the creation of a Deer Ridge property owner-funded Landscape and Lighting Assess-
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Photo courtesy of Taylor Stromgren
Trump supporters gather at the U.S. Capitol to protest the certification of the November 2020 presidential election results.
County officials discuss vaccination plans “ There is nothing that we’re focused more on
by Tony Kukulich Staff writer
REGIONAL An ambitious plan to vaccinate up to 7,000 residents a day against the COVID-19 virus was presented by county health officials earlier this week. “We see the vaccine effort as the highest priority for Contra Costa County,” said Anna Roth, director at Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS). “There is nothing that we’re focused more on right now than vaccinating our residents from COVID-19 quickly, safely and efficiently. We feel the public’s urgency, and we share that ur-
right now than vaccinating our residents from COVID-19 quickly, safely and efficiently.
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Anna Roth, Contra Costa Health Services director gency.” CCHS representatives said they hope to vaccinate 725,000 county residents within six months. That is the number of vaccinated individuals necessary to reach community resistance to the novel coronavirus and stop the spread of the disease. To date, the COVID-19 pandemic has led to more than
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48,000 infections in the county and 392 deaths while also interrupting schooling and wreaking havoc on every level of the economy. “We are at the beginning of the biggest public health immunization campaign in history, and it’s going to take time,” CCHS Director Anna Roth said. “At some point, everyone
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