Small oversight holds up city acquisition of Industrial Park acre Benicia City Council may agree Tuesday that City Manager Brad Kilger should accept the grant deed to an acre of land in the Benicia Industrial Park on which a bus hub is expected to be built. City Attorney Heather McLaughlin wrote the Council Oct. 28 […]
Benicia Biz Beat: Downtown biz helps pets find homes
“PUPS N’ PURRZ ADOPTION DAY BY THE BAY WAS A HUGE SUCCESS,” company owner James Long said. “The weather was great, and all rescue groups in attendance had adoptions throughout the day.” It was the second Adoption Day by the Bay for the pet store, 422 First St. During the event, Umbrella of Hope saw […]
Local ‘Indianapolis’ survivor to dedicate autographed photo
Cruiser sunk in summer of 1945; 880 died A Benicia resident and survivor of one of the great Pacific Theater tragedies of World War II will help the local posts of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars dedicate a photograph Tuesday night that has been autographed by other survivors as well. Kevin Brock, […]
City portfolio best it can be, Finance Committee told
Benicia’s portfolio is in the best shape it can be given the restrictions the city must follow in making its investments, Carlos Oblites, PFM Asset Management director, told the city Finance Committee on Friday. But while the panel unanimously accepted Oblites’s report, during a later discussion of the quarterly document Vice Mayor Tom Campbell and […]
ELECTION 2014: U.S. Rep.: District needs good jobs, strong economy
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson, running for re-election to the state’s fifth Congressional District, said he’s been working on issues important to South Solano County and his other constituents, and he’s ready to address the challenges of growing a strong economy and bringing good jobs here. Thompson, D-Napa, has been in the House since 1998. He […]
ELECTION 2014: ‘Next New Deal’ key to challenger’s House campaign
James Hinton, a former Vallejo resident who is hoping to unseat U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson in Tuesday’s election, said he has an answer to the current economic crisis. He’s calling his plan the “Next New Deal.” “I’m running for Congress because our country is threatened by an economic crisis that was caused by Wall Street,” […]
Area safety net program folds, but county, other agencies move in
Youth and Family Services, the agency that has provided help to vulnerable residents since 1982, closed its doors Friday after giving staff members of Solano County Health and Social Services a week’s notice. That sent Patrick Duterte and other Health and Social Services employees scrambling to assure that 300 YFS clients, particularly those in Vallejo […]
STA opens info depot Monday
Solano Transportation Authority is opening a transportation information depot Monday at the Suisun-Fairfield train station, Jayne Bauer, marketing and legislative program manager, said. That’s the same day the Clipper Card program expands into Solano County transit systems, she said. The authority will celebrate the addition with a grand opening ceremony that begins at 6:30 a.m. […]
BSPA offers volunteer training
Benicia State Parks Association and California State Parks will be teaching people how to be volunteers in a free training session from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 8, Mike Caplin, the association’s spokesperson, said. Open to both current volunteers as well as those interested in becoming volunteers, the training session will allow people to […]
Library board to see artist proclamations
Benicia Public Library Board of Library Trustees will have several art topics of discussion on its Tuesday meeting agenda. Library Director Diane Smikahl will present the board with the chance to talk about Lifetime Achievement in the Arts proclamations for two widely-known Benicia artists. Both will be read during Tuesday’s City Council meeting, which will […]