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Police believe Gabe a victim of homicide Blue Bird by Jake Menez
Alexis Gabe’s parents, Gwyn and Rowena, comfort each other during an Oakley police news conference, where authorities revealed they believe Gabe is the victim of a homicide.
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OAKLEY Police and the family of Alexis Gabe are continuing to look for her body even after the suspect in her disappearance was fatally shot by police last week as they served an arrest warrant in Kent, Washington. Oakley police chief Paul Beard said at a news conference last Thursday that the $100,000 reward for information leading to finding the 27-year-old Oakley woman is still available as police still seek information about the whereabouts of her body. Law enforcement agencies were in Kent because the suspect in her disappearance since Jan. 27 -- Gabe’s ex-boyfriend, Marshall Jones, 27, of Antioch – has friends and associates in the Seattle suburb, Beard said. Jones was killed by police in Kent, Washington last Wednesday after police say he came at them with a knife as they attempted to arrest him in Gabe’s disappearance.
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Local police unsuccessfully tried to revive him using CPR, according to Seattle TV station KOMO. “Part of what has led us to believe Alexis is the victim of a homicide is the examination of a large amount of digital and forensic evidence that has been recovered over the course of several search warrants and over several acts of labor done by [Oakley police and Antioch police],” Beard said. “In conjunction with that is the fact
that there are no signs of life anywhere for Alexis.” Police did not disclose a motive in the killing, and did not offer details on the circumstances surrounding Gabe’s death. Examples of the evidence cited by Beard included a cellphone case, previously identified as Gabe’s in a May 13 statement by police, as well as images of Jones captured on surveillance cameras that “led him on a path” from where Gabe’s
vehicle was abandoned in Oakley to his home on Benttree Lane in Antioch. According to Beard, the phone case was found near Jones’ home and his DNA was recovered from it. Additionally, the GPS system in Gabe’s vehicle showed an exact path from Jones’ home to Trenton Street in Oakley, where the vehicle had been found. Jones was ‘uncooperative,’ acsee Gabe page 22A
More EV charging stations popping up by Sean Tongson Correspondent
REGIONAL Local residents and motorists traveling near buildings, retail complexes, commercial establishments and parking lots may notice more electric vehicle charging stations. They are large devices used to recharge an electric vehicle (EV) like one would recharge a phone or a laptop. With these devices popping up in more cities, buildings, and parking lots, questions still remain about their use. How do these devices work, how much do they cost to install, maintain, and use, and with the increasing number of electric and hybrid vehicles on the road, could there be more of these devices being installed in the future? “The chargers work much like the ones we use for our phones and laptops,” said Oakley Business............................................... 8B Calendar..............................................8A
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More electric vehicle charging stations, like this one in Brentwood, are appearing around East County.
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Assistant to the City Manager Felicia Escover. “At its most basic, an EV charging station pulls an electrical current from either a 240-volt outlet or the grid it’s hardwired to and delivers that electricity to the vehicle.” The increase in electric vehicle charging stations represents part of California’s $37.6 billion, multi-year plan to reduce carbon emissions and reliance on fossil fuels in an effort to strengthen the clean energy economy and protect Californians from the extreme effects of climate change in the future. According to data from Statista.com, California leads the nation with the most public and private electric vehicle charging stations with 41,300 as of January 2022. Further data from Plugshare.com, a website devoted to electric vehicle information, indicates that
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Village housing project scuttled
by Melissa van Ruiten Staff Writer
BRENTWOOD Plans for Blue Bird Village, the mixed-income, mixed-use development that was proposed to be built at the intersection of O’Hara Avenue and Lone Tree Way in Brentwood, will not be moving forward. “Eden Housing, in conjunction with our partner, the Episcopal Diocese of California, have made the business decision not to submit an application related to the Master Plan for Blue Bird Village at this time,” project developer Eden Housing stated in an email. “The Diocese is exploring options to continue with its Farm Church Ministry vision on the project site.” The proposed project would’ve included up to 100 units of rental housing for families with incomes of less than 60% of the area median income for Contra Costa County, with a portion of those serving homeless individuals and families. Also included were 26 to 30 units of market-rate, for-sale homes and 24 townhomes for affordable, first-time homeowner housing developed by Habitat for Humanity of the East Bay/Silicon Valley. The project design also featured a community center and farm. In order to accommodate the housing project, the property would have had to be rezoned. The land is currently zoned as R-1, see Blue Bird page 22A
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