Benicia City Council will have the opportunity Tuesday to approve an $85,000 loan agreement with Soltrans that will pay for the construction of a bus hub in Benicia Industrial Park.

A 38-year-old Vallejo woman has been arrested and accused of felony charges of assault with a deadly weapon, evading and resisting arrest at the conclusion of a high-speed chase that began on First Street Friday night, Benicia Police Corporal Edward Criado said. The incident began shortly before 9 p.m. when officers were dispatched to the […]

Lt. Mike Greene: ‘A lot is solved’ through ‘dialogue and partnership’ While some communities throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and other parts of the country have seen protests by those decrying what they contend is a pattern of police aggression and violence, Benicia hasn’t seen any such civil unrest. Nor has the city experienced controversy […]

Kimble Goodman, the former treasurer of Benicia Old Town Theatre Group, will be arraigned at 8:30 a.m. Feb. 20 in Vallejo on a sole charge of embezzlement, Judge Tim Kam decided Friday in Solano County Superior Court. Goodman, who also is the former chairperson of Benicia’s Economic Development Board, waived his right to a preliminary […]

Measure C to provide boost, panels will hear at special joint meeting Benicia City Council and the city’s Finance Committee will see a 10-year forecast of challenges to the city’s fiscal future Tuesday during a special meeting of the two panels, Finance Director Karin Schnaider said. Measure C, the voter-approved penny increase to sales tax […]

Benicia City Council will get a preview Tuesday of the public education program Marin Clean Energy would use to explain the electricity provider change that is coming to residential and commercial customers. The outreach program, in keeping with state provisions, also will explain how those who want to be excluded can keep Pacific Gas and […]

A bipartisan bill endorsed by U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson, the Napa Democrat who represents Benicia in the House, would allow hunters who donate their wild game meats to record them as charitable donations. The bill, House of Representatives 462 or the Wild Game Donation Act of 2015, would let hunters give processed deer, moose and […]

Assemblymember Susan Bonilla, the Concord Democrat who represents Benicia in the Assembly, has been appointed to the State Allocation Board, Speaker Tony G. Atkins said.

Benicia Coffee Company, the popular beverage stop in Parkway Plaza Shopping Center, 2036 Columbus Parkway, has a new door and some upset customers, angry that thieves would smash their way in, grab some cash and attempt to make away with some of the shop’s equipment. But that’s what someone did Jan. 22, Benicia police Lt. […]

Water quality supervisor: Rainfall dangerously low so far in 2015 California reservoirs are at 37 percent of their capacity and 62 percent of where they should be this time of year, Dan Jackson, Benicia water quality supervisor, said this week. While Benicia has taken several measures to save water, and municipal and community efforts have […]