Small Business Saturday, which is Nov. 29, and a plan for an Industrial Park transportation and employment center were discussed by the Economic Development Board on Wednesday. “Small Business Saturday is celebrating its fourth year, the Saturday after Thanksgiving,” Administrative Secretary Teri Davena told the EDB. The event, launched by American Express as a “way […]
Fine vintages … and tasty treats … in Benicia
The year’s first Wine Walk adds chocolate to the menu By Keri Luiz Assistant Editor What better time to have a wine and chocolate tasting event than the weekend before Valentine’s Day? Benicia Main Street’s Wine and Chocolate Walk, the first of the three Wine Walks this year, is an opportunity for enthusiasts to sample […]
For upkeep, new tech, trustees mull bond
By Keri Luiz Assistant Editor Benicia schools trustees will hear a report Thursday detailing needed facilities upgrades and a plan to finance them with a General Obligation Bond. They’ll also hear that, according to a survey, a bond measure on a local ballot would earn majority support from Benicia voters.
County schools supe to seek 2nd term
By Keri Luiz Assistant Editor Solano County Superintendent of Schools Jay Speck picked up In Lieu of Filing Fee forms last Thursday from the Solano County Registrar of Voters, then formally announced his intention to seek a second term. The election will take place June 3. The Solano County Office of Education, which Speck heads, […]
CBO to school board: No fiscal-year funding woes expected
By Keri Luiz Assistant Editor Benicia Unified School District Chief Business Official Tim Rahill presented to trustees last week a report on Gov. Jerry Brown’s 2014-15 budget proposal, saying that while the budget will go through changes known as the May Revise, overall “It is a positive budget for schools,” and “We will see additional […]
EDB gets acquainted with SBDC
■ Small Business Development Center chief speaks in Benicia By Keri Luiz Assistant Editor Chuck Rieger, interim director of Solano Community College’s Small Business Development Center, gave an annual update last week to the Economic Development Board. Board members were also appointed to the Tourism and Business Retention, Expansion and Attraction committees.
‘On the Edge of Beauty’: Baroque in Benicia
❒ Renaissance, Updated: Artist’s work, on display now in downtown gallery, evokes Italian masters By Keri Luiz Assistant Editor Large canvases and a pair of triptych panels line the walls at Gallery 621, vividly evoked images that, while abstract, also have a somehow “familiar” feel. The paintings, a series of richly colored, finely detailed images, seem […]
School board to see Site Council achievement plans
❒ Annual plan includes measurements for student performance, goal setting By Keri Luiz Assistant Editor Superintendent of Benicia Schools Janice Adams on Thursday will present each school’s Single Plan for Student Achievement to the Governing Board of the Benicia Unified School District for its approval. The plan is designed to “create a cycle of continuous […]
New, old faces for DBA’s year 2
By Keri Luiz Assistant Editor Year two of the Downtown Benicia Alliance begins Monday with that group’s first meeting of 2014. The DBA’s board, some members of which have returned from last year and some of whom will be presiding at their first meeting, will elect a chair, vice chair, treasurer and secretary. They will […]
‘Wonderful things to see’: Artist brings Yosemite to Benicia
By Keri Luiz Assistant Editor Diane Ringwood uses pastel chalks on sanded paper, usually in bright colors — vivid pink, vibrant purple, lush green. The hues leap off the canvas, and when several paintings are concentrated together they turn a wall into a varicolored medley of natural beauty. Which is what has happened to the […]