52-year-old Casey Stuart Millikin arrested in 2023 must register for life as a sex offender upon release from state prison.

By Ted Asregadoo, PIO, Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office

Martinez, California – An Antioch resident was sentenced in a Martinez court after being convicted by a jury in Contra Costa County of sexual abuse of a child and possession of child sexual abuse material.

52-year-old Casey Stuart Millikin (born 3-9-72) was sentenced by the Honorable H. Glenn Kim on February 28th, 2025, to 11 years and 8 months in state prison. Millikin was further ordered to register for life as a sex offender upon his release from state prison.

In November 2024, after a three-week trial, Millikin was convicted by a jury of two counts of sexual abuse of a minor, one count of unlawful communications with a minor, and one count of aggravated possession of child sexual abuse material. The judge found that Millikin committed the offenses against a “particularly vulnerable victim” by using his position of trust.

Antioch Police began their investigation in March 2020 after a laptop was turned over to authorities by a homeowner who discovered Millikin looking at images of nude children. The police obtained a search warrant for Millikin’s laptop, which contained over 600 images of child sexual abuse material.

Around the same time, a minor victim disclosed to law enforcement that Millikin had sexually abused her at least two times in 2015. In April 2020, Antioch Police obtained an arrest warrant for Millikin, who was not located and arrested until April 17, 2023. Millikin has been in custody since his arrest and will begin to serve his sentence immediately. The Antioch Police Department investigated the case with assistance from the Contra Costa County Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

The case was prosecuted by Deputy District Attorney Ashley Torres from the Sexual Assault Unit.

According to the Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office, the five-foot nine-inch tall, 210 lb. Millikin is Hispanic and being held in the Martinez Detention Facility. But according to localcrimenews.com, he is White and was previously arrested in August 2019 by Livermore Police for DUI with a blood alcohol level greater than .08 and in May 2012 by Contra Costa Sheriff’s Deputies for DUI alcohol/drugs.

According to Millikin’s Facebook page, he goes by Casey Vain and is a member of a band. Under his Intro, he wrote, “I don’t use this profile much. I’m usually logged in on my band page under Casey Vain.” Millikin’s last post was on June 6, 2014.

According to his LinkedIn profile, Millikin worked as an Office Coordinator in the architecture and planning industry for DPG in Oakley since January 2018.

Parents are encouraged to discuss online safety with their children, and can visit the website
kidsmartz.org, commonsensemedia.org or the Contra Costa District Attorney’s website for further information.

Case No. 04-23-00624 | The People of the State of California v. Millikin, Casey Stuart

Allen D. Payton contributed to this report.

For more information visit www.CelebrateAntioch.org.

Join us tomorrow!

Let’s kick off our first cleanup of the year and set the tone for monthly cleanups happening every first Saturday moving forward!

Meet us at 1108 Sycamore Drive, Antioch
Date: March 1, 2025
Time: 10:00 am- noon

Together we can make a difference — every little bit helps! Hope to see you there!

Secure up to $120,000 in down payment subsidies applied towards purchasing a home in Antioch.

3 parts, 3 nights; deadline to register is 5:00 pm Monday, March 3rd

By Walter Zhovreboff, Administrative Director, Bay Area Affordable Housing Alliance

The Bay Area Affordable Homeownership Alliance (BAAHA) and the City of Antioch are sponsoring a free virtual HUD approved homebuyer education workshop from 5:00pm to 7:30pm Tuesday March 4 through Thursday March 6, 2025.

Reservations are required for the free workshop. Attendants for this free workshop series will receive a Certificate of Completion from a HUD approved education provider.

Workshop Times
The City of Antioch is sponsoring a free HUD approved homebuyer education workshop. The three-part workshop will be presented from:
• Part I Tuesday March 4th from 5pm – 7:30 pm
• Part II Wednesday March 5th from 5pm – 7:30 pm
• Part III Thursday March 6th from 5pm – 7:30 pm
Households must attend all three sessions to secure the HUD approved education certificate.

The workshop is scheduled over three Zoom sessions delivered from 5:00pm to 7:30pm, commencing on Tuesday, March 4 through Thursday March 6, 2025. Attendees must attend all three sessions to obtain their HUD Homebuyer Education Certificate. Deadline to register is 5:00 pm Monday, March 3, 2025.

Workshop Topics
The homebuyer education workshop will be covering the following key topics.
• Understanding the importance of credit to purchase a home
• Preparing for homeownership
• Qualifying for a first mortgage
• Shopping for a home
• Managing money
• Information regarding the AHOP resources, including how to apply for the AHOP Down Payment Assistance Subsidy

A-1 CHS provides all homebuyer education workshop participants with a required individual free one on one homebuyer counseling session.

Workshop Sponsors and Presenters

The workshop is specifically directed towards households who are interested in applying for and participating in the AHOP resources, including securing up to $120,000 in down payment subsidies applied towards purchasing a home in Antioch.

This free workshop is sponsored by the City of Antioch. Approved homebuyer education providers usually charge a fee which can range up to $100 to participate in a HUD approved homebuyer workshops.

The workshop is being taught by A-1 Community Housing Services. A-1 CHS is a non-profit community partner that is assisting AHOP participants with their homebuyer education and counseling needs. Additional presenters at the workshop will include:
• Administrative Director of BAAHA
• Managing Director CA – CRA Residential Lending with First Citizens Bank

Workshop Registration
Households must register to attend the City of Antioch’s free HUD approved homebuyer education workshop. Reservations can be made at: https://www.myhomegateway.org/ahop-homebuyer-education-workshop.html.

Make your reservation by no later than 5:00PM Monday March 3, 2025.

Additional information on Antioch Home Ownership Program (AHOP) is available at https://www.myhomegateway.org/ahop.html.

By City of Antioch Recreation Department

Embark on a once-in-a-lifetime cultural adventure! Join the Chichibu Sister City Program and experience the beauty, traditions, and warm hospitality of Chichibu, Japan. From breathtaking landscapes to rich history, this is your chance to build lifelong connections and unforgettable memories. Last year, delegates from Japan joined us here in Antioch, and this summer, it’s our turn to visit Japan! Apply today and be part of this amazing exchange!

Learn more information about the Antioch Chichibu Sister City Program when you visit their Facebook page Antioch-Chichibu Sister City Organization or email AntiochChichibuSCO@gmail.com.

By City of Antioch

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!

The City of Antioch is launching the Chief of Police Recruitment Online Community Forum, and your voice matters!

Date: March 3, 2025
Time: 7:00 PM
Where: Online via Zoom

We’re looking for your input on the qualities and qualifications you want to see in our next Antioch Police Chief. This is your opportunity to help shape the future of our police department!

Join the meeting by scanning the QR code on the post or clicking here: Zoom Link

Your participation makes a difference—let’s build a stronger, safer Antioch together!

Contra Costa voters polled support two of three options; want potholes fixed on local streets, improved traffic flow and safety

Members of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC)’s and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG)’s Joint Legislation Committee heard, on Friday, Feb. 14, the results of a January 2025 poll of Bay Area voters conducted by Oakland-based EMC Research on options for a potential transportation tax measure that could avert deep service cuts by BART, San Francisco Muni, Caltrain and other transit agencies; and could spur implementation of the Bay Area Transit Transformation Action Plan to improve the customer experience for transit riders. State senators Scott Wiener of San Francisco and Jesse Arreguín of Berkeley last month introduced Senate Bill 63 to authorize placement of such a measure on the November 2026 ballot.

EMC Research, Inc. conducted the poll of 3,050 Bay Area voters to test support and overall attitudes regarding a potential transportation revenue measure, including a three-way split sample to test three different funding frameworks. They included the following:

• Scenario 1A: A 10-year 1/2-cent sales tax focused on averting major transit service cuts and providing funding for Transit Transformation, generating at least $560 million annually and
• Hybrid: A 30-year 1/2-cent sales tax plus $0.09 per building sq.ft. parcel tax including at least five counties and up to nine, providing a higher level of funding for transit operations in early years, funding for Transit Transformation, plus flexibility for local infrastructure priorities.
• Variable Rate: ½-cent to 7/8-cent (0.875) sales tax for transit for 11 years, as proposed by San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, generating at least $640 million annually focused on transit operations with the goal of more fully addressing transit agencies’ operating funding needs. Note that this framework was included to maximize efficiencies and ensure “apples to apples” comparison of polling results. SFMTA is funding this portion of the poll.

The poll found that a majority (54%) of voters in the four counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco and San Mateo would vote yes on a half-cent sales tax to avoid major transit cuts to BART, Caltrain, Muni and AC Transit. It also found majority support (55%) in these four counties for a variable tax option that included a half-cent sales tax in Contra Costa, Alameda and San Mateo and a higher (0.875 cent) sales tax in San Francisco.

In Contra Costa County the results of 600 total voters polled, with 200 for each option, initially showed 53% support for Scenario 1A: 10-year 1/2-cent sales tax, 51% support for the Hybrid option and 54% support for the Variable Rate. But after hearing more information and opposition, 56% of Contra Costa voters opposed the Hybrid option, 53% supported the Variable Rate and just 51% supported the 1/2-cent sales tax.

“While it’s good to see most voters would support a measure of these types, support is well below the two-thirds threshold that would be required if MTC were to place the measure on the ballot,” noted MTC Commissioner and Pleasant Hill City Councilmember Sue Noack. “This means any near-term path would need to be via a citizen’s initiative, which would require a broad coalition to gather the needed signatures as well as strong campaign leadership.”

The poll results show transportation ranks comparatively low on the list of voters’ concerns when respondents were asked an open-ended question (affordable housing, drugs/crime and homelessness top the list) but awareness of the post-pandemic challenges faced by transit agencies is high, with over two-thirds of the voters polled saying Bay Area public transit needs more funding.

“Transit has an irreplaceable role in our region, being the only source of transportation for many essential workers, people of color, and working-class families,” added Senator Arreguín. “As we continue our recovery from the pandemic, securing funding to public transit is required to ensure a stronger, more resilient economy for all of us in the Bay Area.”

A third tax framework for which EMC Research polled Bay Area voters involved a measure that would be funded by a combination of a half-cent sales tax and a 9-cents per square foot parcel tax over 30 years to funds pothole repairs and highway improvements in addition to transit improvements. Support for this framework started at 51 percent but dipped to 44 percent after respondents heard opposing arguments.

MTC in December 2024 approved several policy provisions for inclusion in state legislation that would enable voters to consider a future ballot measure. These include requiring stronger oversight of transit agencies’ financial information and requiring transit agencies to adopt policies to help improve the transit customer experience as a condition for receiving new funds.

About MTC
MTC is the transportation planning, financing and coordinating agency for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area. The full presentation delivered to the MTC-ABAG Joint Legislation Committee may be accessed on the MTC website.

Allen D. Payton contributed to this report.

Three awards to be presented during luncheon including “Visionary Leadership” Award to Contra Costa DA Diana Becton

By Jennifer Adams, Senior Executive Assistant, President’s Office, Los Medanos College

Los Medanos College will host its 2nd Annual Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Three people will receive the 2025 Los Medanos College MLK Awards:
• “Visionary Leadership” Award – Diana Becton | District Attorney for Contra Costa County
• “Beloved Community” Award – Kolette Simonton | Director of Recreation for the City of Pittsburg
• “Emerging Leadership” Award – Annisha Geran | LMC Alumna, School Site Council Chairperson at MLK, Jr. Junior High School & School Site Council Vice Chairperson at Pittsburg High School
The awards will be presented during the luncheon that day.

The “Visionary Leadership” Award recognizes a member of the eastern Contra Costa County community who embodies Dr. King’s strengths as a transformational, servant leader. Dr. King inspired others to shape the future articulated in his vision. He focused on the well-being, growth, and empowerment of others and the community he served. Dr. King said, “Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable … Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.” This award recognizes local leaders who have demonstrated the courage to speak up when needed, to step up when no one else would, and to lift others whose efforts would serve the greater good.

The “Beloved Community” Award is inspired by the term popularized by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and is presented to a local resident who has demonstrated a long-standing commitment to service. As noted by The King Center, the “Beloved Community” is a global vision in which: all people can share in the wealth of the earth; poverty, hunger, and homelessness will not be tolerated; racism and all forms of discrimination, bigotry, and prejudice will be replaced by an all-inclusive spirit of sisterhood and brotherhood; and love and trust will triumph over fear and hatred.” Recipients of this award demonstrate agape love, which Dr. King described as “understanding, redeeming goodwill for all” – a love “seeking to preserve and create community.”

The “Emerging Leadership” Award is given to an LMC student or alumna/us who exemplifies the principles of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and, within the last year, has made a significant impact on the LMC campus or in the local community in the areas of advocacy and social justice. Dr. King once said, “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?” – and these emerging leaders are already demonstrating that commitment to service.

RSVPs for the luncheon are no longer being accepted.

About LMC
Los Medanos College is one of three colleges in the Contra Costa Community College District, serving the East Contra Costa County community. Established in 1974, LMC has earned federal designations as a Minority-Serving and Hispanic-Serving institution. It offers award-winning transfer and career-technical programs, support services, and diverse academic opportunities in an inclusive learning environment. With exceptional educators, innovative curriculum, growing degree and certificate offerings, and state-of-the-art facilities, the college prepares students to succeed in their educational pursuits, in the workforce, and beyond.
• The Pittsburg Campus boasts 120 acres, a lake, advanced library, science, math and student union buildings.
• The Brentwood Center, which opened May 2022, is nestled on 17.5 acres along the rolling hills of the City of Brentwood.
• The college offers more than 90 transfer and career-technical programs of study to help students achieve a lifetime of higher earnings.
• Established in 1974, LMC has earned federal designations as a Minority-Serving and Hispanic-Serving institution.
LMC is located at 2700 E. Leland Road in Pittsburg. The Brentwood Center is located at 1351 Pioneer Square.