Constance Beutel to withdraw from city commitments, focus on videography, golf Constance Beutel, the first chairperson of the Community Sustainability Commission when it was formed in 2010 and an instrumental guide to the panel since its beginning, will step down two years before her current term ends. “It’s been five years. And it’s time,” Beutel […]
Benicia Biz Beat: Twin Oaks Real Estate slates ‘2nd Wednesday Get-togethers’
TWIN OAKS REAL ESTATE will have “Second Wednesday Get-togethers” this year, during which it will welcome real estate professionals. The meetings will give the real estate professionals the opportunity to talk about a variety of topics, such as loans, how to improve credit scores, backyard gardening and composting, wills and trusts, and proper tax preparation. […]
Hearing set for zoning variance request
A zoning administrator hearing Tuesday will consider whether to grant a front-yard variance for a 5-foot fence at a home at 375 West I St. Suzanne Thorsen, Benicia’s associate planner, said in a Jan. 5 report that the applicants, Aaron and Sabrina Boone, asked for the variance.
Pro ball club burglarized
A few weeks after someone broke into the offices of the Vallejo Admirals professional baseball team and took a computer and candy, thieves broke into the team’s clubhouse at Wilson Park and stole jerseys valued at $15,000 as well as the team’s technical network equipment, General Manager Kathy Beistel said. The loss at the office […]
Strategic planning revise urged
City staff preparing major report on balancing municipal finances Benicia City Council may get its first look this fall at a plan to correct its chronic fiscal uncertainty, Assistant City Manager Anne Cardwell said. The Sustainable Community Services Strategy is the name given an effort to put Benicia’s municipal operations on firmer financial footing, in […]
Police to residents: Don’t leave valuables in car
Patrols beefed up after rash of area ‘smash-and-grabs’ It just takes a couple of minutes to run into a local coffee shop and leave with a steaming cup of java. That’s also about the time it takes a thief to smash a car window and grab a purse, cell phone or laptop computer, Benicia police […]
Council pauses push for wind power
Additional review sought for scope of projects, request for proposals Climate Action Plan Coordinator Alex Porteshawver and interim Community Development Director Dan Marks thought they were presenting the City Council two appealing options for wind power that might bring the city a new source for $75,000 in annual lease payments. But while they were given […]
Health care series slated
Benicia enrolled agents help plan free sessions on Affordable Care Act A series of workshops in Solano and Napa counties this month, including one in Benicia, will provide answers to question about the Affordable Care Act and how it can affect filing of the 2014 personal income tax return. ATS Tax and Financial Solutions, a […]
HPRC OKs nonhistoric window replacement
Marianne Jamison and Janette Perasso will be able to replace aluminum-clad, single-pane windows with vinyl-clad, dual-pane ones in their apartment building at 155 West I St., the Historic Preservation Review Commission decided Wednesday.
City Council OKs bid for water rescue boat
With help of $18,940 grant, Benicia in market for 15-foot inflatable craft that can carry up to 10 Convinced that such a purchase makes sense for a city with 15 miles of shoreline, Benicia City Council has authorized fire department Chief Jim Lydon to bid for an inflatable rescue boat. “We are a waterfront community,” […]