On Thursday, Tom Torlakson, state superintendent of public instruction, announced that 74 schools throughout California were recipients of Civic Learning Awards, which honor public schools’ efforts to engage students in civic learning. Sitting among this crop with a merit award is Benicia High School. Benicia High promotes civic engagement in a variety of ways, including […]
HPRC gives feedback for proposed development at First and H streets
A proposed mixed-use development at the corner of First and East H streets drew much scrutiny at Thursday’s Historic Preservation Review Commission meeting. Campbell-based firm GKW Architects is proposing to redevelop the building at 800 First St. with a new multi-use development consisting of 2,924 square feet of retail on the ground floor and nine […]
Attacked Giants fan speaks to Henderson students in anti-bullying assembly
The road to recovery has been a difficult journey for Bryan Stow, the San Francisco Giants fan who was attacked at a Los Angeles Dodgers game seven years ago, but part of his healing has included delivering anti-bullying assemblies at schools. One of his most recent stops was earlier this month at Joe Henderson Elementary […]
Mystery author completes Chicago crime trilogy; Bookshop Benicia will host reading Sunday
Mystery author David Hagerty has completed the final installment of his Chicago murder mystery trilogy, “They Tell Me You are Brutal,” and he will be reading a passage this Sunday at Bookshop Benicia. The reading is something of a homecoming for Hagerty, who worked as a reporter for the Benicia Herald in the early to […]
Classic Arthur Miller play debuts at Bay Area Stage on Friday
The drive for success, the harsh reality of life and the collapse of the American Dream will all be present at Vallejo’s Bay Area Stage (BAS) Theatre beginning this Friday when its production of “Death of a Salesman” opens. Arthur Miller’s 1949 drama centers around the decline of a traveling New York City salesman named […]
Proposed downtown mixed use development to go before HPRC
The Historic Preservation Review Commission will hold a study session discussion on a proposal to redesign a building at the corner of First and East H streets as a 2 ½ story mixed-use building at its Thursday meeting. Campbell-based firm GKW Architects is proposing to redevelop the building at 800 First St. with a new […]
Dodd bill aims to triple fines for refinery air quality violations
Sen. Bill Dodd (D-Napa) has introduced a new bill to prevent harmful emissions from oil refineries by increasing fines for serious violations of emissions standards that lead to sickness in individuals or forcing sheltering-in-place orders, according to a news release. Dodd represents Benicia and Martinez in the state Senate, which encompass the majority of the […]
Benicia Middle School campus modernization dominates school board meeting Thursday
A quarterly bond update was delivered at Thursday’s school board meeting. The biggest item discussed was the modernization of Benicia Middle School’s campus. BMS modernization One of the largest remaining items to be funded by Measure S is new construction at BMS to give the school more of a 21st century look. Lee Pollard of […]
Air District to host series of community air monitoring workshops
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) will be hosting a refinery air monitoring workshop next month at Benicia Veterans Memorial Hall. The workshop is part of a series of four events BAAQMD– the agency responsible for protecting air quality in the Bay Area– will be holding over the next three weeks in the […]
School board to hear quarterly bond update at Thursday’s meeting
As Measure S bond projects continue to move along, attendees of this Thursday’s school board meeting can get a greater understanding of which projects have been completed, which ones are nearing completion and which projects will be taken on next. The discussion will be presented by Bond Director Roxanne Egan. Measure S was a ballot […]