Writer, professor to offer advice on suspense fiction A Benicia author and Mills College English professor participating Saturday in BookFest Solano will give prospective writers tips on how to write suspense fiction readers can’t put down. Award-winning author Kathryn Reiss’s talk, “By the Pricking of My Thumbs,” will be Saturday at noon.
Council told: City must use even less water
Though Benicia has led many cities in saving, it needs to do more Benicia Water Quality Supervisor Dan Jackson said the community-wide achievement of cutting water consumption by it 20 percent goal is “a real accomplishment.” But now, he said, residents, businesses and municipal operations must do more. Gov. Jerry Brown has issued the first […]
Permaculture seed forest project planned for West K Street
Benicia Community Gardens envisions workshop, food source; Saturday Benicia Community Gardens will plant a permaculture seed forest Saturday that organizers said will provide food and education and be the site of workshops for the public. The project, at 430 West K St., is a back yard with chickens; soon, spokesperson Heather Pierini said, there will […]
Grant to fund county pretrial release program
A $302,049 state grant will help Solano County Superior Court start a pretrial release program, Chris Hansen, chief of probation, said Tuesday.
Council backs League of California Cities crude-by-rail letter
City to send missive urging greater safety in oil transport by train Benicia City Council agreed Tuesday to send its own copy of a League of California Cities letter asking U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony R. Foxx to make rail delivery of crude oil safer. Most of the rest of the panel preferred to stick […]
Sex offender may be relocated out of county
Authorities struggle to find housing for man district attorney calls a ‘violent predator’ A man District Attorney Krishna Abrams described as a sexually violent predator who was ordered released from custody Nov. 18, 2013, may find himself housed outside Solano County because no suitable place has been found for him here. So far, no home […]
Planning Commission to return to bee question
Panel to give Council recommendation on permit/no permit issue Benicia Planning Commission will decide Thursday whether to recommend approval of changes to city law that would allow residents to keep honeybees within the city limits. In a March 30 report, special counsel Mark Boehme told the commission that a 2007 update of the city animal […]
New police chief hired
Erik Upson, captain in Berkeley, to take reins in Benicia on April 20 Berkeley police Capt. Erik Upson will be Benicia’s next police chief, City Manager Brad Kilger announced Tuesday. Upson’s first day on duty here will be April 20. Benicia has been without a permanent police chief since Andrew Bidou announced last year that […]
Rep. Garamendi to call for safer crude-by-rail transport
U.S. Rep. John Garamendi, D-Fairfield, will join industry leaders in Davis on Wednesday in calling for the U.S. Department of Transportation to make rail delivery of crude oil safer. “Crude oil is or has until very recently been transported by rail through several cities in Congressman Garamendi’s 3rd Congressional District, including Davis, Dixon, Fairfield, Suisun […]
Council to review General Plan report
Study mandated by state; panel also may OK $250K bus hub funding pact with STA Benicia City Council will review a state-required progress report on its General Plan on Tuesday, including some recommended changes suggested by the Planning Commission. The plan was adopted June 15, 1999, City Manager Brad Kilger wrote the Council March 13. […]