The Plein Air painters of Benicia Plein Air Gallery have been known for their interpretations of land- and waterscapes around the city. This Saturday they will show off those interpretations in a special exhibit at Benicia Yacht Club.
Teachers, district reach agreement on new contract
■ Pact tentative until school board approves; includes 9-percent salary raise After many hours and more than 10 negotiation sessions, Benicia Teachers Association and Benicia Unified School District arrived at a tentative agreement last week, subject to final approval by BTA members and the school board. The tentative agreement includes a 9-percent salary increase over […]
Runners at the ready: Benicia Education Foundation’s 8th annual fundraiser set for sunny Sunday
On your marks … Sunday morning will see hundreds of runners — local, regional and otherwise — preparing for and competing in the eighth annual Run for Education, the Benicia Education Foundation’s big fundraising event to help library and technology programs in the Benicia Unified School District. At the moment, however, the number of registered runners […]
EDB meeting canceled; panel was to get updates on COQ, city tourism
The Economic Development Board’s regular monthly meeting scheduled for Wednesday has been canceled for the second time in three months because the panel will not have a quorum. The EDB was to hear an update on Carter’s Biz Café, the new tenant at the Commanding Officers Quarters, from owner and founder Carter Rankin. At the […]
Benicia trustees table discussion of suicide policy
School board member says ‘very important topic’ deserves more deliberation; panel OKs labor pact The Benicia Unified School District Governing Board elected last week to table Board Policy BP5141.52, the official district policy on suicide prevention, until it could be brought back for further discussion. The policy had been on the board’s consent calendar, which […]
Board may OK district staff pact
Benicia Unified School District trustees will hear a request Thursday to approve a tentative agreement between the California School Employees Association and the district for the 2014-15 and 2015-16 school years. According to a report by Deputy Superintendent Michael Gardner, the cost of the two-year contract with the school employees union is approximately $505,000.
Interact Club to package 10k meals for ‘Stop Hunger Now’ project
Members of the Benicia High School Interact Club have an ambitious project ahead of them Saturday: packaging 10,000 meals in three hours. That is not a typo. The club will put together 10,000 meals.
Art Walk to undergo series of changes in 2015
A new website, a new openness to guest artists and no alcohol — changes are in store for the fourth year of Benicia’s downtown Art Walk. The Art Walk, launched in 2012 by a committee of local artists, has gone through its period of being overseen by the city. Many saw this year as the […]
Industrial Park sales tax keeps dropping
Benicia Economic Development Manager Mario Giuliani presented the city’s 2014 third quarter sales tax report to the Economic Development Board on Wednesday, and it showed a continuation of a long-term — and disturbing — trend: falling tax revenue in the Industrial Park. “It really illustrates the narrative that the city has been saying for some time,” […]
Close to home: In latest exhibit, artist vividly captures colorful contemporary scenes
Flowers jump from vases in explosions of color. Domestic scenes splash a profusion of hues across canvases. Craig Britton’s latest show at Benicia Plein Air Gallery, “Florals and Domestics,” is a collection of just that: floral arrangements, scenes from the kitchen and other domestic snapshots, in ways only the long-time Crockett artist can.