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Bay Area funeral homes are being forced to turn away COVID-19 deaths as state toll grows dire
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Funeral director Steven Correa wears gloves as he moves the casket of Gilberto Arreguin Camacho, 58, in preparation for burial following his death due to Covid-19 at Continental Funeral Home on New Year s Eve, December 31, 2020.Patrick T. Fallon/Getty Images
Funeral homes in the Bay Area are reportedly being forced to deny families the opportunity to grieve their loved ones due to an onslaught of COVID-19 deaths in recent weeks.
Reports this week have found that local mortuaries and funeral homes are reaching a breaking point just weeks after the holiday season.
The Livermore community continues to mourn three teenage boys who died in a crash with a big-rig on Las Positas Road one week ago. The victims were identified Monday as Rahul Brar, 18; Shej Kumar, 16; and Ian Ericksen, 16.
Julie Ownbey, a teacher at August Knodt Elementary School, died Tuesday from injuries sustained in a vehicle crash.
“We are deeply saddened by the death of one of our beloved teachers from August Knodt Elementary School,” Clark Burke, Manteca Unified School District superintendent, said.
In a statement, MUSD did not identify Ownbey by name out of privacy. But according to a report by the Pleasanton Weekly, Ownbey died in a solo-vehicle rollover crash along North Livermore Avenue outside the Livermore city limits on Tuesday evening.
“The Alameda County Coroner’s Bureau identified the victim as 52-year-old Julie Ownbey, who died at the scene of the violent crash,” the Pleasanton Weekly said. “Her LinkedIn profile confirmed Ownbey worked as a fourth-grade teacher in the Manteca Unified School District.”
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A Stockton school teacher died in a solo-vehicle rollover crash along North Livermore Avenue outside the Livermore city limits on Tuesday evening.
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The Alameda County Coroner s Bureau identified the victim as 52-year-old Julie Ownbey, who died at the scene of the violent crash. Her LinkedIn profile confirmed Ownbey worked as a fourth-grade teacher in the Manteca Unified School District. We are deeply saddened by the death of one of our beloved teachers from August Knodt Elementary School, Manteca Superintendent Clark Burke said in a statement on Wednesday morning.