Chief Business Official Tim Rahill will present the second interim financial report Thursday to school board trustees, showing that Benicia Unified School District will operate at a loss of more than $600,000 in Fiscal Year 2014-15.
EDB to hear about Benicia Mini Maker Faire
The Economic Development Board will hear a presentation Wednesday on the upcoming Benicia Mini Maker Faire. The event, slated for March 28 at Benicia Middle School, is being organized by Benicia Makerspace, a nonprofit organization “where people come together to learn, collaborate, invent, prototype and test new ideas using state-of-the-art equipment,” according to its website, […]
Quick response to oil spill earns praise, thanks from boatyard owner
Phil Joy’s race weekend was cut short by a phone call Saturday afternoon. It was Benicia Police Department. “I was out at the track, and got a call from the PD saying ‘We’re here with the Coast Guard, do you mind if we go in?’ I said no, go right ahead,” Joy said. The problem: […]
Gallery 621 reopens with new exhibit
When Gallery 621 closed its doors at the end of 2014, it was uncertain where its member artists would next exhibit, or whether they would have a new home at all. “People were so sad,” artist Nikki Basch-Davis said. “They came by and said, ‘Where will you be, and where are you going?’” Now, like […]
Trustees meet to discuss superintendent selection process
The Benicia Unified School District Board of Trustees met two hours early Thursday in a special workshop with Bob Ferguson of Omaha, Neb.-based McPherson & Jacobson LLC to discuss criteria and desired characteristics of a new superintendent, and to establish a timeline for making the new hire. In January Superintendent Janice Adams announced she will […]
Monthly musical series returns, this time at bigger venue
The monthly Friday acoustic music series, a creation of Novato-based guitarist Gordon Rowland of Guitarwork.com, has returned to Benicia. The second of its six concerts, featuring harpist Motoshi Kosako, is this Friday, March 6, at Northgate Church. Rowland started the series last year as a way to feature musicians in a more intimate setting and […]
Workshop on superintendent search slated for Thursday
Benicia Unified School District truustees will have another early start Thursday as they conduct a workshop with Bob Ferguson of McPherson & Jacobson LLC, the search firm that is helping the district find a replacement for retiring Superintendent Janice Adams.
All shapes and sizes
‘Circling Fiber’ is intricate detail, years in the making The art of long-time Benicia resident Marty Jonas is currently featured at Benicia Public Library. And it was a long time coming together: the work displayed in the show, “Circling Fiber,” spans a period of 10 years. “I was trying to find a body of work that […]
Music Scene: For Benicia teens, big gig in Walnut Creek
Benicia’s homegrown band Echoes in Absence will celebrate the release of a five-song EP, “Stories,” with a show Friday night at Red House Studios in Walnut Creek. Though all the band members are under 21 — lead guitarist Chris Park is 18, vocalist and acoustic guitarist Jonathan Park is 17, bassist Hank Nelson is 16 […]
Music Scene: New CD for ‘Benicia Boy’
A year after the completion of “The John Heenan Project,” Ralph Jefferson, aka Jack Nastie, has announced the release of his newest album, “JackMoves,” on Saturday, with an album release party set for Friday night at Chris’ Club in Vallejo, beginning at 9 p.m. Jefferson will take the stage around 10 p.m.