Need to Know: Community Talks To Mayoral Candidates, Newark Celebrates Its Birthday

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Here are five things you need to know in and around Newark through Sept. 18.

1. The for the presumed killing of missing nursing student Michelle Le is scheduled to appear in court Monday morning. Giselle Diwag Esteban, 27, is . She is scheduled to appear in court with an attorney and enter a plea.
2. The Newark Unified School Board of Education is scheduled to meet for a regular meeting on Tuesday night, which begins at 7:30 p.m. at , 5715 Musick Ave. Among the items on the agenda is the appointment of a director of fiscal services, under the meeting’s closed agenda.
3. Also on Tuesday, Newark residents are planning to meet with the city’s in community forum at the regular meeting of the Lake Area Residence Association, which begins 7 p.m. at . The candidates for mayor are Ana Apodaca, Al Nagy and Ray Rodriguez. Click here to learn more about this year’s elections.
4. Newark will celebrate its 56th year as a city with the annual Newark Days celebration. Festival rides, food and games will be available from Thursday night (starting at 6 p.m.) through Sunday, with a parade scheduled for Saturday at 10 a.m. .
5. Chabot Community College will launch its year-long celebration of its 50th anniversary on Thursday. A free lecture entitled by California State Treasurer Bill Lockyer will be held from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the college’s Reed L. Buffington Visual and Performing Arts Center.