Poor sales cited as electric car company ends assembly in Industrial Park By Keri Luiz Assistant Editor Benicia Economic Development Manager Mario Giuliani confirmed last week that CODA, the Los Angeles-based electric car company, has ceased its Benicia operations. “CODA has ceased production in Benicia due to lack of sales,” Giuliani said in an email. […]
BHS campus closure talk turns to logistics
Keri Luiz Assistant Editor Benicia Unified School District trustees on Thursday approved Benicia High School Principal Damon Wright’s proposal to close the school campus during lunch hours. What that means for the school, the students and the surrounding community remains to be seen. In the short term, Wright told trustees last week, the school will […]
BHS campus to close
By Keri Luiz Assistant Editor Benicia Unified School District trustees on Thursday approved Benicia High School Principal Damon Wright’s proposal to close the school campus during lunch hours. Wright delivered a report that had been in the works since October, shortly after he began his first school year as principal. He said the study included […]
Classic cars: Local club rolls at Autorama
By Keri Luiz Assistant Editor They can be seen driving their classics, hot rods and customs through town, in parades and at local car shows. They participate in charity events like Toys for Tots, too. Last week they took their show on the road, all the way to the state capital. Benicia/Vallejo-based Boyz Under The […]
16th president to pay visit to city
Museum welcomes Abraham Lincoln on Sunday By Keri Luiz Assistant Editor This Sunday, Hollywood will celebrate its version of the 16th president, as directed by Steven Spielberg. But Benicia will get the jump on the Academy Awards, at which “Lincoln” is nominated for Best Picture, by a few hours. In its final event associated with […]
2 named to EDB’s Tourism Committee
By Keri Luiz Assistant Editor Economic Development Board members on Wednesday discussed a pair of applications to the panel’s Tourism Committee, which is responsible for advising the board on efforts to boost visitation to the city. Both were approved by board Chair Kimble Goodman.
Supe, principal: Close Benicia High campus
❒ Gradual move would affect 9th, 10th graders in fall By Keri Luiz Assistant Editor Superintendent Janice Adams on Thursday will request that school district trustees approve a closed campus at Benicia High School beginning next school year. “The Benicia High School Administration facilitated an inclusive process to review the current Open Campus Lunch policy,” […]
EDB to decide on 2 for Tourism Committee
Open Government training also on panel agenda By Keri Luiz Assistant Editor In addition to its regular Open Government training session, Benicia Economic Development Board will consider two applications Wednesday to the panel’s Tourism Committee. “In December the EDB chair made its annual appointments to the Tourism Committee,” Economic Development Manager Mario Giuliani wrote in […]
Teens, parents work to make ‘Challenge Day’ a regular school event
■ Young Benicia filmmaker wins $2,500 grant By Keri Luiz Assistant Editor Eighteen-year-old Brady Hartinger wanted to convey a message: One word can change a life. A senior at Benicia High School, he made a two-and-a-half-minute video that shows the consequences of a rash act on a school campus, with the help of friends and […]
Sales tax report shows downtown spending up
By Keri Luiz Assistant Editor Spending downtown seems to be up, as the Tourism Committee of the Economic Development Board will hear on Thursday. The committee will review a report to the City Council that highlights downtown sales tax as a measurement of tourism.