I WAS WORKING WITH A YOUNG COUPLE THIS WEEKEND who are trying to relocate their family to Benicia. Unfortunately, they have a couple of paid medical collections in their credit profile that are dragging down their credit scores, making it difficult to qualify for the type of financing they need to purchase a home in […]
Benicia Biz Beat: Bottom of the Fifth to serve breakfast for football season
The Bottom of the Fifth Sports Bar and Grill, 498 Military East, will begin serving weekend breakfast “just in time for football season,” owner Bruce Adams said. “We will begin breakfast service Saturday,” Adams said. The morning meal will be served from 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays and Sundays. Among the menu items will be […]
Benicia Biz Beat: Fantastic Sams salon offers free color consultations
A color specialist from Tigi, an international distributor of hair care and cosmetic products, will give color and style consultations at Fantastic Sams Hair Salon, 75 Solano Square, on Aug. 12, Karen Love said. Jessica Johnson will visit the salon and join the salon’s Tigi-trained stylists in providing the consultations, Love said.
Benicia Biz Beat: Residents say Herald is top professional source for local news
A survey ordered by Benicia city staff that studied whether voters would support a sales tax increase discovered that among professional news media, The Benicia Herald is residents’ top choice for information about their home town. The Lew Edwards Group, working with Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz and Associates, polled 400 Benicia residents chosen at random […]
Benicia Biz Beat: Game developer campaigns to fund studio, game project
Benician Erik Umenhofer hopes to use Kickstarter to fund his studio of artists and developers, and to launch his idea for an XBox game. “It all started about five years ago,” Umenhofer said by email last week. First came a proof of concept, some music and “making a little ship fly around.” Since then he […]
Benicia Biz Beat: Many arts classes begin this week
A CLASS IN WHICH STUDENTS CAN LEARN to make miniature mixed-media art they can wear in the form of jewelry begins today and continues Tuesdays through July 22. The class meets at 6:30 p.m. at Studio 22, 940 Tyler St. Cost is $65 for Arts Benicia members and $80 for nonmembers, and students also will […]
Benicia chamber to hold fete in Vallejo
Benicia Chamber of Commerce will have a barbecue party at 4 p.m. July 12 at St Patrick-St. Vincent High School’s outdoor plaza, 1500 Benicia Road, Vallejo. Reservations to the event must be made by July 7.
Benicia Biz Beat: Crowdfunding workshop Tuesday at SCC
AREA BUSINESS OWNERS MAY LEARN ABOUT CROWDFUNDING, including changes that allow general solicitation for equity investment, at a workshop Tuesday at Solano Community College’s Small Business Development Center. Tara Lynn Gray, SBDC adviser and chief executive of Yadari Enterprises, a Fairfield technical consulting company, will lead the workshop. Gray will talk about how crowdfunding can […]
Benicia Biz Beat: Local company to air Admirals games
BAY AREA INTERNET CONNECTION, a Benicia-based multimedia and information technology solutions company that streams the commercial-free New Hits Radio on its affiliates page, will broadcast Vallejo Admirals baseball games, C.J. Spurlock, senior information technology specialist, said. The company, in Suite C of 941 Grant St., is a sponsor of the baseball team and its official […]
Benicia Biz Beat: SBDC offers course on doing business with the county
AREA BUSINESS OWNERS who want Solano County as a client can attend a free seminar Thursday in Fairfield, to learn how to do business with the government body. Charles Rieger, Solano College Small Business Development Center interim director, said that during the one-day course, called “Doing Business with Solano County,” Diane Luna will teach area […]