❒ No wood burning Tuesday, per Air District Light winds and cool, stagnant weather has prompted the Bay Area Air Quality Management District to declare today a “Spare the Air Day,” spokesman Tom Flannigan said. Use of wood-burning devices is prohibited today, he said. Also banned are burning manufactured logs or other solid fuel, both […]
Benicia Biz Beat: Cookware sale to help Humane Society
THE 18TH ANNUAL MEYER FACTORY OUTLET COOKWARE SALE, Dec. 4-15, will help the Humane Society of the North Bay. During the sale, Meyer will accept any customer’s check, cash and credit card donation to the Humane Society and will match those donations, up to $15,000. The company has two Solano County stores, one at 525 […]
CHP: Thieves nabbed in Benicia
■ Authorities say burglars arrested at Lake Herman Road, caught with stolen goods California Highway Patrol officers have arrested two men they say are tied to several Vacaville burglaries as well as the theft of two vehicles, Officer Christopher Parker said Friday. The arrests took place Monday night after the agency was notified about 8 […]
Appeal of church lot design denied
■ HPRC told that parking area construction already to be delayed to accommodate preschool By unanimous vote Thursday night, Benicia Historic Preservation Review Commission upheld the interim community development director’s approval of new parking lot designs for the Community Congregational Church at 1305 West Second St. Jackie Mullikin, who currently operates Happy Hearts preschool at […]
Napa-Solano Audubon book on ‘Breeding Birds’ to be released in Benicia
Authors to sign illustrated coffee-table tome at city glass art shop Sunday A limited-edition coffee table book packed with illustrations of the birds of Solano County will be the subject of a book signing Sunday at Lindsay Art Glass. The book is “Breeding Birds of Solano County,” a comprehensive guide to the natural history of […]
Dog shot, killed in attack on Vallejo police officer
A man suspected of trespassing on fenced state property in Vallejo cut loose a pit bull dog as he was being chased by Vallejo police Thursday morning, Lt. Sid DeJesus said. The dog was killed after it attacked one of the officers who arrested the man, DeJesus said. The incident began at 10:47 a.m. Thursday […]
Long-time county spokesman named new fair association manager
A Solano County senior management analyst has been chosen to succeed Mike Paluszak as manager of the Solano County Fair Association. Stephen Pierce, who has been working in the county administrator’s office and has been a county employee for nearly 10 years, starts his new job Dec. 1, after Paluszak becomes chief executive officer of […]
As city honors Purple Heart veterans, some seek to do more
Resident leads effort to designate Interstate 780 ‘Women’s Purple Heart Trail’ Mayor Elizabeth Patterson and Benicia City Council on Tuesday proclaimed Benicia a “Purple Heart City” in recognition of those who are wounded or have died in combat. But Benicia resident Stan Golovich is hoping for even greater recognition of those veterans, particularly military women […]
It’s a go: Benicia to join MCE
■ City Council approves membership in Marin Clean Energy program, alternative to PG&E Benicia City Council completed its adoption of an ordinance Tuesday that authorized city membership in the Marin Clean Energy community choice aggregation program. The second reading of the ordinance that also approves the MCE Joint Powers Agreement originally was placed on the […]
New PACE program now available in Benicia
A second Property Assessed Clean Energy program, by which a landowner can finance renewable energy generation such as solar panels and repay the loans through assessments paid when property taxes are due, is now available to Benicia and Vallejo residents, Alex Porteshawver, Benicia Climate Action Plan coordinator, said last week.