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October 20, 2023
Attempted murder charge sought in stabbing Brentwood cop attacked by teen at City Park
Brentwood police investigate the scene by City Park where an officer was stabbed by a teen.
By Jeff Weisinger Staff Writer
Brentwood police are seeking attempted murder charges against a teen who Brentwood police said stabbed one of their officers last week at City Park, according to the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office. Meanwhile, the police officer is recovering at home now after being hospitalized with a wound to his neck. The officer, whose identity has not been released, was stabbed by a 16-year-old boy shortly before 6 p.m. on Oct. 11. According to Brentwood police, the officer
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who was stabbed was responding to a call regarding a person at the park armed with a kitchen knife. When he tried to approach the person, the suspect turned around and stabbed him in the neck with the knife, yelling and cursing at him afterward. The officer’s partner drew her weapon at the teen, ordering him to drop the knife. Meanwhile,
a passerby came in and tackled the suspect, helping the police detain him. The unidentified officer was then rushed to a nearby hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The teen, whose identity has also not been released by Brentwood police, remains in custody at Juvenile Hall.
“We generally do not comment on juveniles,” said Ted Asregadoo, public information officer for the DA’s office, in an email. “There may be court rules that prohibit us from disclosing information related to family court when a juvenile is involved.” Some witnesses who were at the scene say that the suspect is a student from Liberty High School and that he was walking away from an altercation with another juvenile when police arrived. “Some kid and some other kid had a beef,” said one Liberty student, who witnessed what happened. “And one kid brought a knife to the fight. He ran up and tried to press the kid and some cop came up behind him and tried to tackle him,” Another witness, a Liberty senior, also see Stabbing page 18A
Coaches reflect on Knightsen Elementary School District is going solar changing methods By Sean Tongson By Melissa van Ruiten
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After nearly three years of delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Knightsen Elementary School District is finishing the installation of solar panels at their two school sites. “This project has been on the books since December 2020, just prior to the pandemic,” said district Superintendent Harvey Yurkovich. “As with everything else at that time, this project stopped completely due to COVID. Getting steel shipped internationally as well as getting solar panels and components became very difficult afterwards, because of the supply chain shortages. These factors alone have caused the greatest delays in this project
Heritage High School football coach Dave Fogelstrom sees his coaching job as an extension of his teaching profession. Seeing himself as a “teacher” on the football field with a different curriculum, Fogelstrom considers games on Friday night as “an open exam” his students have to take in front of 1,000 or more people. “I have to prepare them for that test,” said Fogelstrom. “Whether I am teaching a student how to write an essay on Shakespeare, or how to attack a Cover 2 coverage, the thinking and sequential task process is the same. It’s about setting a standard and then teaching to that standard.” A coaching veteran with 30 years of experience, Fogelstrom says that while his own coaching
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Solar arrays are in the process of being installed at Knightsen Elementary School. Superintendent Harvey Yurkovich says the solar panels, which will be at both district school locations, will help save money and reduce the district’s carbon footprint. being able to move forward.” Yurkovich is excited for the benefits the solar will provide the district, and California as a whole. By taking Knightsen Elementary and Old River Schools off an al-
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