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Spring Forward March 10
Vol. 19, No. 10
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City to Celebrating Seuss improve V crosswalk
On Worship And Inclusion
intage Parkway Elementary School celebrated Read Across America Day with a number of guest readers including Oakley Union Elementary School District Superintendent Greg Hetrick. The event on March 1 coincided with the birthday of Dr. Seuss. To view more photos of the event, visit www.thepress. net/multimedia/ slideshows
by Kyle Szymanski Staff Writer
Oakley officials will remove a crosswalk, install a traffic signal system and alter the allowable speed limit along a busy stretch of Laurel Road near the ball fields, to streamline vehicle and pedestrian movement and improve safety. The plans call for the existing uncontrolled crosswalk at the Laurel Road intersection of Cloverbrook Avenue to be removed as part of a larger project to install a traffic signal system with pedestrian crossing protection at the nearby Laurel Road and Rose Avenue intersection. The current 25 mph speed limit along the
A recent vote by the United Methodist Church may affect LGBTQ+ community. Page 5
Making Music Meaningful
Photo by Tony Kukulich
see Crosswalk page 30
Water Resources hits pause on WaterFix by Tony Kukulich Staff Writer
The real-world implications of Gov. Newsom’s rejection of the twin tunnels project became more apparent last week as the Department of Water Resources (DWR) and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation requested and were granted a 60-day stay of hearings with the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB). “We agree that the SWRCB water rights hearing should be stayed while the state determines what project it wishes to pursue,” said Osha Meserve, a Sacramento-based environmental attorney representing counties, local agencies and environmental groups opposed to WaterFix. “We are urging an
“ It would not make sense for the water board to move ahead to a final decision on the current project, which will never be built. It makes sense to wait until the governor fleshes out his plan for the new project …
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Michael Brodsky, legal council for Save the California Delta Alliance open and transparent process to assess alternatives to the twin tunnels concept rejected by the Governor that could be more readily implemented.” During last month’s State of the State address, Newsom stated unequivocally that he did not support the twin tunnels, but did support a single tunnel. Newsom’s position created a
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quandary for DWR. The project has, up to this point, been contemplated as a two-tunnel project. Years of environmental impact reports, wildlife impact studies and construction permit requests were completed based on two tunnels with three intakes — each with a 3,000 cubic feet per second capacity — to be constructed on the Sacramento
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River, south of the city of Sacramento. The size of the tunnel, the number of intakes, the capacity of those intakes and their placement are now unknown quantities. The request to construct the intakes, referred to as a change in point of diversion (CPOD), was submitted by DWR and the Bureau of Reclamation to the SWRCB in August 2015. DWR is the state agency charged with building and operating WaterFix as part of the State Water Project. The Bureau of Reclamation, a federal agency, is involved because the Central Valley Project (CVP) is expected to receive water from the WaterFix infrastructure, and CVP is a federally administered program. see WaterFix page 30
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The East Bay Regional Park District is recruiting 40 to 60 lifeguards in the East Bay.
A new nonprofit organization is bringing musical harmony to special needs students. Page 4
Girl Grappler Grabs Title
Freedom’s Dalia Garibay takes first state title at girls’ wrestling championship. Page 21 Calendar................................31 Classifieds.............................25 Cop Logs................................29 Entertainment.....................11 Food........................................10 Milestones............................13 Opinion..................................20 Pets.........................................15 Sports.....................................21
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McNerney leads bipartisan effort to protect Minority Business Development Agency.