Editing Antioch, California (section)

===21st century===
[[File:Gateway Generating Station rectified.jpg|thumb|[[Gateway Generating Station]], a [[Combined cycle power plant|combined-cycle]] [[Gas-fired power plant|gas-fired power station]] that began operation in 2009]]
In January 2001, the Antioch Press was established by publisher and former Antioch Mayor Pro Tem and Councilman Allen Payton; he sold it in 2005 to the Brentwood Press and Publishing Company.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mondotimes.com/1/world/us/5/6337/19270|title=Antioch Press newspaper in Antioch California - MondoTimes.com|website=www.mondotimes.com|access-date=September 12, 2019}}</ref> Between 2001 and 2008, [[Gateway Generating Station]] was constructed in northern Antioch; the 530[[megawatt|MW]] [[combined cycle power plant|combined-cycle]] [[natural gas-fired power station]], owned and operated by [[Pacific Gas & Electric]], began providing power to customers in January 2009.<ref name="energy">{{cite web
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 |website      = California Energy Commission
 |publisher    = State of California
 |access-date  = December 2, 2020
 |archive-date = March 1, 2020
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20200301220826/https://ww2.energy.ca.gov/sitingcases/gateway/index.html
 |url-status   = dead
}}</ref> In late 2009, Antioch received significant media attention following the news of kidnap victim [[kidnapping of Jaycee Lee Dugard|Jaycee Lee Dugard]] being discovered near the city limits,<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/crime/detail?&entry_id=46730 | title=Crime Scene : Dugard case: The circus comes to town | first=Demian | last=Bulwa | work=The San Francisco Chronicle | date=September 2, 2009}}</ref> and became the focus of several news stories regarding its 1,000 registered [[sex offender]]s. The ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' ran a story titled "Sex offenders move to Antioch area 'because they can',"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-kidnapped31-2009aug31,0,1096874.story|title=Sex offenders move to Antioch area 'because they can' – latimes.com|website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=September 3, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090903235627/http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-kidnapped31-2009aug31,0,1096874.story |accessdate=February 25, 2024|archive-date=September 3, 2009 }}</ref> ''[[The Independent]]'' ran a story titled "How [[2006 California Proposition 83|Jessica's Law]] turned Antioch into a paedophile ghetto",<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/how-jessicas-law-turned-antioch-into-a-paedophile-ghetto-1780287.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/how-jessicas-law-turned-antioch-into-a-paedophile-ghetto-1780287.html |archive-date=May 7, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | work=The Independent | location=London | title=How Jessica's Law turned Antioch into a paedophile ghetto | first=Guy | last=Adams | date=September 2, 2009 | access-date=April 25, 2010}}</ref> and [[CNN]]'s [[Anderson Cooper]]<ref>{{cite news| url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0909/02/acd.02.html | work=CNN | title=CNN.com}}</ref> and [[Larry King]] both did similar stories for television; the latter with commentary by TV judge [[Judy Sheindlin]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.westwoodone.com/pg/jsp/larryking/transcript.jsp;jsessionid=C13C9DCF2057BA86F574EC0C89C70D4F?pid=27854|title=Transcript|accessdate=February 25, 2024}}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> However, the ''[[Contra Costa Times]]'' and affiliated newspapers contradicted their claim: "Disturbing, if true. Only it's not, according to a [[Bay Area News Group]] analysis of sex offender addresses and census data." The report concluded that the 94509 zip code ranked only 39th [[California|in the state]] with 1.5 sex offenders per 1,000, with [[Oakland]], [[San Francisco]], [[San Jose, California|San Jose]], [[Bethel Island]] and [[Vallejo, California|Vallejo]] ZIP codes ranked in the top ten. [[Monte Rio]] ranked first with 4.5 per 1,000.<ref>[http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_13270184?nclick_check=1 Antioch not the sex offender rat's nest that media suggest, data show], By John Simerman, Contra Costa Times. Ranked in the top ten were [[Oakland]] (94612 4.4/k, 94607 3.1/1,000) [[San Francisco]] (94103 3.5/k, 94102 3.1/1,000) San Jose (95126 3.5/k, 95112 3.2/1,000), [[Bethel Island]] (94511 4.2/1,000), [[Vallejo, California|Vallejo]] (94590 3.3/1,000) [[Alviso]] (95002 2.8/1,000), and [[Monte Rio]] (95462), which ranked first with 4.5 per 1,000.{{dead link|date=September 2023}}</ref>

The city was attempting in 2012 to annex an adjacent 678-acre area of unincorporated land, which includes a [[GenOn Energy]] 760-megawatt power plant, to include the plant within city limits.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2012/12/14/antioch-annexation-residents-may-not-get-any-say-in-move-to-city/|title=Antioch annexation: Residents may not get any say in move to city|date=December 14, 2012}}</ref> In October 2010, Allen Payton returned to the news business and established the Antioch Herald, first online, then in May 2011 he began publishing a monthly print edition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://antiochherald.com/about-us/|title=About Us {{!}} Antioch Herald|language=en-US|access-date=September 12, 2019}}</ref>

Increasingly tied to the greater economy of the [[San Francisco Bay Area]], a [[Bay Area Rapid Transit]] (BART) [[Antioch station (BART)|station]] opened in the city in May 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title = eBART East Contra Costa BART Extension |url = http://www.bart.gov/sites/default/files/docs/eBARTFactSheet_JUNE%2029_15Fr.pdf |publisher = [[Bay Area Rapid Transit]] (BART) |access-date = August 13, 2015}}</ref>

Mayor Lamar Thorpe announced on April 14, 2021, that the city would establish a Chinatown historic district in the downtown and acknowledge the city's racist past.<ref name="TMN 2021-04-14">{{Cite news|last=Prieve|first=Judith|date=April 14, 2021|title=Antioch mayor apologizes for city's early poor treatment of Chinese residents|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/04/14/antioch-mayor-apologizes-for-citys-early-poor-treatment-of-chinese|access-date=April 15, 2021|work=The Mercury News|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="KTVU 2021-04-14">{{Cite news|last=Fernandez|first=Lisa|date=April 14, 2021|title=Antioch mayor offers amends to Bay Area's Chinese-American community|url=https://www.ktvu.com/news/antioch-mayor-offers-amends-to-bay-areas-chinese-american-community|access-date=April 15, 2021|work=KTVU FOX 2|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name= "ABC7 2021-04-14">{{Cite news|last=Anthony|first=Laura|date=April 14, 2021|title=Antioch aims to make amends with Asian residents, past and present|url=https://abc7news.com/10515236/|access-date=April 15, 2021|work=ABC7 San Francisco|language=en}}</ref>