New venue for Bay Area Stage’s third production of Dickens-based holiday show By Keri Luiz Assistant Editor Bay Area Stage Productions, a Vallejo-based theater group of non-professional actors, directors and technical experts from around the Bay Area, is preparing for its third running of “Scrooge the Musical.” There’s a reason the theater group, known for […]
Common Core plan approved by board
■ Benicia schools to get $978,800 from state By Keri Luiz Assistant Editor Trustees of the Benicia Unified School District last week approved the plan to implement Common Core standards in the district and use state funds to prepare staff and students for the shift. The Common Core State Standards Implementation Fund Expenditure Plan presented […]
At EDB, Industrial Park’s ‘flat growth’ bemoaned
By Keri Luiz Assistant Editor The Economic Development Board on Wednesday heard a report on city sales tax revenues in the second quarter of 2013. Economic Development Manager Mario Giuliani reviewed the second-quarter sales tax report as it pertained to four areas in the city: downtown, Solano Square, Southampton Shopping Center and the Industrial Park. […]
In museum archive, windows on the past
Website features historical Benicia in photos, documents, more By Keri Luiz Assistant Editor The Benicia Historical Museum has launched a new service on its website for people to access an extensive archive of images and documents. “This is being presented to the public, because frankly there has been a demand for access to this kind […]
Common Core comes before school board
By Keri Luiz Assistant Editor Assistant Superintendent Marie Morgan will ask Benicia trustees to approve a plan Thursday to implement Common Core Standards in Benicia’s schools. The Common Core State Standards Implementation Fund Expenditure plan will have a public hearing during the regular Benicia Unified School District board meeting. Assembly Bill 86 appropriated $1.25 billion […]
EDB to examine 2nd quarter report
EDB to examine 2nd quarter report By Keri Luiz Assistant Editor In its review of city sales tax receipts for the second quarter of 2013, the Economic Development Board on Wednesday will find that revenue has gone down in three of four areas. The report from the city’s sales tax reporting firm, HdL Companies of Diamond […]
VSO presents soprano, pianist and pop
❒ Duo to give Vallejo recital Sunday with emphasis on popular song By Keri Luiz Assistant Editor Carrie Hennessey has performed in opera, theater and with symphonies worldwide, enjoying her European debut recently at the International Mahler Festival in the Czech Republic. Locally, she’s worked with the Oakland-East Bay Symphony, Berkeley Symphony and both the […]
BUSD trustees OK 5-year assessment
❒ Board nixes dental coverage for itself By Keri Luiz Assistant Editor The Benicia Unified School District Board of Trustees voted Thursday to OK a report outlining an array of repairs and expenses the district will face in the next five years. Trustees approved the Five-Year Facility Ass-essment Report and gave Superintendent Janice Adams direction […]
ART SCENE: Poet laureate inspires painter’s latest
By Keri Luiz Assistant Editor Walking along its edge I see posts, old pilings, parts of piers Little houses on the water History gathers here — Lois Requist, “On the Water’s Edge” THIS FALL, BENICIA’S POET LAUREATE LOIS REQUIST penned a six-stanza piece titled “On the Water’s Edge” as part of a collaboration with artist […]
Bylaw changes get DBA nod; board search on
By Keri Luiz Assistant Editor The Downtown Benicia Alliance this week approved proposed changes to its bylaws, including how new directors will be seated.