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East Bay park district, habitat groups develop design concept
The East Bay Regional Park District now has a design concept for the future Deer Valley Regional Preserve off Deer Valley Road at the south end of Antioch.
by Melissa van Ruiten Staff Writer
REGIONAL After site studies and stakeholder and community feedback, the East Bay Regional Park District and East Contra Costa County Habitat Conservancy have developed a preferred design concept for the 230 acres of the former Roddy Ranch Golf Course. The 2018 acquisition of land on the Brentwood/Antioch border was a key step toward the much larger – 3,700 acres– Deer Valley Regional Preserve. “Roddy Ranch Golf Course and Deer Valley are also part of the larger habitat conservation system in Eastern Contra Costa
Photo courtesy of the East Bay Regional Park District.
County,” said EBRPD Planner Edward Willis. “These habitat conservation lands were primarily set aside for protection of endangered and threatened species, and the preservation and restoration of habitat.” Bay Miwok-speaking tribes
– including the Julpun, Ompin, and Volvon peoples – were the first stewards of this land, and the EBRPD would like to align their restoration efforts toward the seasonal streams, Delta waters, open grasslands and wooded foothills that made up the
original landscape, officials said. Their environmental goals include: • Enhance and restore landscape for sensitive species and habitat creation see New Park page 18A
Dolphin Park splash pad reopens with new restrictions by Jake Menez Staff Writer
BRENTWOOD City leaders have implemented new rules at Dolphin Park on Atterbury Lane in Brentwood in an effort to fix frequent municipal code violations and clean up the trash. The Brentwood City Council adopted the changes unanimously at its March 22 meeting. The adopted regulations would continue reduced week-
end hours for the park and its water feature, more frequent trash pickup, and establishing the park as a “special project for beat cops in that area,” according to the meeting minutes posted to the city’s website. The water feature was reactivated on April 1 after being turned off for the winter months. Other potential actions, such as the installation of split see Reopens page 18A
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Dolphin Park, located in Brentwood’s Prewett Ranch housing complex, has been discussed between residents and city officials because of municipal code violations.
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Family suspends search for Alexis Gabe by Jake Menez Staff Writer
OAKLEY Search efforts to locate missing Oakley resident Alexis Gabe will be temporarily discontinued, according to an April 3 statement from Gabe’s family. But the family also said it is planning fundraisers to fund a reward for information leading to her return. “After reviewing, analyzing, and discussing data and feedback from all the searches, the family has come to a decision to temporarily suspend the physical weekend search events being conducted,” the statement reads in part. Suspension of search efforts, according to the statement, was motivated both by safety concerns, such as the onset of rattlesnake season, as well as concerns that continued search efforts would not “produce any information that would assist or move the case forward.” Although search efforts have been halted, Gabe’s family made it clear that they are not abandoning efforts to locate the 25-year-old who has been missing since Jan. 26. Search efforts had been assisted by the nonprofit KlaasKids Foundation since late Februsee Search page 18A
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