🌱San Ramon Robotics Champs + Concord Budget Surplus

Concord CA

28 March, 2022

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Good day, people of Concord! It's me again, Jeri Karges, your host of the Concord Daily. First, today's weather: Mostly sunny. High: 68 Low: 48. 🏡 Are you a local real estate agent? Let us help you generate leads, build your brand in Concord and stand apart from the competition. Click here to learn more. Here are the top five stories in Concord today: The Shortcut Pipeline is the primary source of drinking water for the city of Martinez. It needs fixing. Today, the Contra Costa Board of Supervisors will consider signing a letter to support the Contra Costa Water District's (CCWD) pursuit of grant funding for the $14 million project. CCWD anticipates the project will go to bid February 2023 and construction would run from August 2023 through December 2024. (Claycord.com)Two people were shot following an argument at Pinole Valley Bowl in Pinole Sunday night. A patron inside the bowling alley said things kicked off when a group of four people got into an argument with another group on a waiting list to bowl. Witnesses said a fight between two men was taken outside and "turned into gun fire." (News 24/680)The San Ramon Valley High School Robotics team this weekend emerged as a winner in the finals at the Monterey Bay Regional 2022 FIRST® Robotics Competition. Now the San Ramon Valley High School team is gearing up for a potential wild card slot at the national competition to be held April 20-23 in Houston. Potential sponsors and supporters are invited to contribute a tax-deductible donation to help with the team's robot re-tooling as it preps for its next competition. Supporters may contact the club at [email protected] or reach out to the San Ramon Valley High School Robotics team coach and faculty sponsor, Lucien Martin, English teacher at San Ramon Valley High School at [email protected]. Tax-deductible donations may also be made online directly HERE. (News 24/680)Erik Elness, a 25-year Brentwood resident and business owner, filed paperwork with the Contra Costa County Elections Department on Friday, March 18 and was certified as an official 'Write-In Candidate' for the April 5 Assembly District 11 Special Election. A Republican, he is challenging Democrat Suisun City Mayor Lori Wilson who is the only candidate to file in the race. While her name will appear on the ballot, voters must write in Elness' name to vote for him. The winner will serve out the remainder of the term through the end of the year, in the current district which includes Antioch, Brentwood, Oakley, Discovery Bay, Bethel Island, Byron, Knightsen and portions of Pittsburg in the Contra Costa County part of the district. (Contra Costa Herald)On March 14, Eastern Contra Costa Transit Authority (Tri Delta Transit) was awarded a $4 million grant as part of the FTA's (Federal Transit Administration) Bus and Bus Facilities Program. The grant will be used to build a hydrogen fueling station at the Tri Delta Transit facility in Antioch. As a region, Tri Delta Transit is one of three transit agencies in the nine bay area counties that received a grant award. The others were Napa and the City of Santa Rosa to buy electric buses and the related infrastructure. (East County Today) Today in Concord: For the freshest produce in town, head out to the Farmers' Market at Todos Santos Plaza (9:00 AM)Check out the Eats and Beats Food Trucks in Pittsburg. (5:00 PM)Tuesday is Family Fun Night at the Solano Drive-In in Concord. (5:30 PM)DJ Delta Dave provides FREE LINE DANCING LESSONS with a country-themed night at Vinnie's Bar in Concord. (8:00 PM) From my notebook: The Concord Police K9 unit is very excited about its new resource! The new drone did extraordinary work on the first deployment, finding a lost juvenile! "It will be a great asset to work with our K-9 units during various details that will not only keep our residents safer but also officers and K9 teams." (Facebook)World-renowned cabaret and jazz singer Natalie Douglas will perform April 3 at 5 p.m. at the Orinda Theatre, located at 2 Orinda Theater Square. (The Orinda News)As a result of Concord City Council's fiscal leadership and FY 2020-21 revenues coming in higher than anticipated, the city ended the year with a $10.5 million budget residual in the General Fund, and a $3.6 million residual for Measure V, Concord's voter-approved sales tax. These are one-time funds that the Council allocated during its March 8 regular meeting. See how the funds were allocated, here. More from our sponsors — thanks for supporting local news! 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Her passion is finding new and unique ways to enjoy the city and surrounding areas. On weekends, you can find her pestering her friends to sample the restaurant that doesn't have silverware, or try their hand at throwing an axe. Jeri also enjoys writing about retirement planning at https://rockinretirement.subst...