Benicia Police Department is accepting applications from Benicia students entering seventh and eighth grades who are interested in attending the second annual Youth Citizens Police Academy June 15-19 at Benicia Middle School. Chief Erik Upson said up to 30 students will be accepted in the Youth Academy, which is organized by Benicia police in cooperation […]
County workshops to explain child support process
A series of free workshops organized by the Solano County Department of Child Services will explain the child support process to parents and other family members, said Matthew Davis, county senior management analyst and public communications officer.
Council tweaks Commanding Officer’s Quarters lease
Carter Rankin, the businessman who is leasing the Commanding Officer’s Quarters, has a little more time to turn it into a place where the owners of home-based companies can meet with clients in a professional setting. Rankin would be the first full-time tenant in the 150-year-old building since the city of Benicia remodeled the historic […]
Veterans to be honored at Capitol
Organizers say event is belated celebration of VE Day When Germany unconditionally surrendered to the Allies on May 8, 1945, few in Benicia were awake to hear President Harry Truman’s announcement of the European victory. Few Benicians took to the streets to dance, as did the people in London, Paris and New York, “perhaps in […]
Farmers market season set to start Thursday
Benicia Certified Farmers Market opens its 23rd season Thursday afternoon with a full array of produce, flowers, arts and crafts, Benicia Main Street Executive Director Nancy Martinez said. “A majority are returning,” Martinez said of the 14 farmers and about 40 other booth vendors who have made the farmers market popular enough to attract an […]
Dollar Tree fined $2.7M for hazardous waste errors
Solano County District Attorney Krishna A. Abrams and 45 other California district attorneys, as well as two city attorneys, announced Tuesday that Dollar Tree Stores Inc. has been ordered to pay $2,720,000 in civil penalties and costs. Alameda County Superior Court Judge Morris Jacobson said the Virginia-based company not only must pay the penalty but […]
Thousands flock to Panther Band car show
22nd annual event Sunday draws crowd; organizers seek ’16 sponsors Thousands of car enthusiasts strolled to the foot of First Street Sunday to see bright muscle cars, chopped customs, vintage vehicles and a few bright-yellow Lamborghinis at the Benicia High School Panther Band Classic Car Show. They also stopped to see members of the Panther […]
New chief ‘getting feel’ for Benicia
Erik Upson: ‘I will be incredibly committed to this community’ Benicia’s new police chief, Erik Upson, has ties with his former agency, Berkeley Police Department, dating back to his college years. But after a week on the job with Benicia Police Department, he said he already is feeling welcome. Not only are city employees trying […]
Benicia Biz Beat: Fairyella Ice Pops in Whole Foods, other locations
FAIRYELLA ICE POPS, created by Benician Kimberli Haris and named for a character in her mother’s poems, are now being sold in many Whole Foods Markets, including San Francisco Franklin, the flagship store, as well as those in Fremont, Napa, Sonoma, Oakland and Campbell. Haris also will participate in a vendor event May 30 in […]
Finance Committee hears reports on investments, funds, citywide fees
Micromanaging Benicia’s portfolio is allowing the city to take advantage of changes in the bond market despite the state’s restrictions on the city’s investments, said Carlos Oblites, director of San Francisco-based consultant PFM Asset Management. Speaking Thursday to the Finance Committee, Oblites gave a brief first-quarter review of the portfolio, saying his firm has been […]