Week in Review: Former NUSD Official Arrested On Child Porn Allegations, Man Killed in Big Rig Crash

Newark Unified School District officials expressed shock when former Chief Business Official Steven Shields was arrested by Walnut Creek police officers Thursday in Vacaville . Shields worked at Newark Unified from 2008 until June 2011, when he School District.

With election day just two days away, the questions of who will be Newark’s new and which pair of will with a seat on the council is clouding the minds of Newark residents. maintained to be the top stories this week.

A Newark man died and another man, who was his passenger, was seriously injured after occurred on Central Avenue on Wednesday afternoon, police said. Authorities identified the man who died as Cedric Harrison, 38, of Newark. The identity of the passenger is unknown but is said to be a 23-year-old man out of Fremont.

Thousands of Newark residents went without power Thursday morning that impacted 3,214 PG&E customers around 7:31 a.m. near Central Avenue. PG&E officials worked quickly to resolve the program and by 10:50 a.m., only three customers were left impacted. The power was out from at least Graham Elementary School to Smith Avenue off off Cherry Street, according to Newark residents.

Science teacher received top honors this week with the announcement that he is one of five educators who will be awarded the recognition in February. Collett was selected from a pool of 75-80 educators who were nominated for the award.