A SIX-WEEK PERCUSSION CLASS, “Rhythm and African,” is being offered starting this month at ABC Music Store and Academy, 739 First St. Cost to attend the information and registration night, 7 p.m. April 23 at the store, is $12, and cost for the six-week class, which includes a drum to take home, is $72. Those […]
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 […]
Making $ense of Real Estate: The new credit model
EQUIFAX, ONE OF THE THREE LEADING PROVIDERS OF CREDIT INFORMATION, released news last week of a new credit scoring model designed to help people with nontraditional forms of credit obtain a credit score. In a joint announcement with LexisNexis Risk Solutions, Equifax said they will initially pilot 12 of the nation’s largest card issuers to […]
Benicia Biz Beat: Theater looks to enroll children for ‘Annie Jr.’
STARBOUND THEATRE WILL HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE at 5:30 p.m. April 13 and a parent orientation at 6:30 p.m. the same day at Benicia Veterans Memorial Building, 1150 First St., as it plans its production, “Annie Jr.” The Suisun City-based youth theater program that operates in Solano and Napa counties is enrolling children ages 7 […]
Making $ense of Real Estate: Spring and your home’s equity
SPRING IS HERE AND ONCE AGAIN the annual pilgrimage to the local home improvement center begins. On the mind of almost every homeowner: If I make this or that improvement to my home, what will it get me in increased equity? Will that $20,000 bathroom remodel return $20,000 when I decide to sell? Will I […]
Benicia Biz Beat: Children invited to color Easter pictures in Herald
CHILDREN FROM PRESCHOOL AGE TO SIXTH GRADE may enter the “Color the Easter Picture” contest, using illustrations that have been published in The Herald’s March issues. The winning pictures will be published April 5. Prizes will be awarded to first, second and third place in four categories: preschool, kindergarten through first grade, second and third […]
Benicia Biz Beat: Main Street asks, ‘Where’s Jack?’
A BENICIA MAIN STREET CONTEST marking Antiques, Vintage and Collectibles Month is asking, “Where’s Jack London?” Participating businesses are displaying framed pictures of London, author of such classics as “Call of the Wild” and “White Fang,” and each has a key word on the back of its frame. Those playing can email key words and […]
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,” […]
Making $ense of Real Estate: Confidence
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS just released the latest home builders confidence survey results for March, a measure of the health of housing since 1985. The index fell, for the third straight month, to a reading of 53, though any reading over 50 indicates more builders consider conditions more good than poor. The survey […]
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, […]