Programs give students and teachers hands-on experience understanding watershed health SOLANO COUNTY – This month the Solano Resource Conservation District (Solano RCD) continues engaging more than two-thousand Solano County youth in its Watershed Explorers, Biomonitoring, and School Water Education Programs. These programs will continue through May and include students from each of Solano County’s seven cities […]
Benicia council looks at amending campaign ordinance
Galen Kusic Editor At the Jan. 15 Benicia City Council meeting, an important discussion took place on the consideration of updating the City’s campaign ordinances at the request of Councilmember Tom Campbell. Following a discussion led by Campbell, the council provided direction to staff to study the Santa Clara campaign ordinance model dealing with dark […]
Weekend food and fund drive for local Coast Guard families a tremendous success
Benicia, CA— The results of the call to help local Coast Guard families with food, gift cards and cash donations this weekend was a wonderful success according to organizers. “While there are still some donation pledges left to collect,” said Terry Scott, including pledged gas cards from Valero, “volunteers raised more than $7,000 in […]
Advisory: Storm/Sandbag info from Solano OES
Message from Solano County Office of Emergency Services: The National Weather Service is forecasting a series of storms with the potentially most significant storm in this series to push through much of the state Wednesday afternoon through Thursday bringing the most widespread impacts this week • Heavy rain may cause debris flows on recent burn […]
Flood Awareness: Resources for Solano County
SOLANO COUNTY — Recent storm events are a reminder that this is the time of year when many areas of Solano County may be at risk of flooding. The Solano County Water Agency and Solano Resource Conservation District would like to remind residents that there are a variety of flood control resources available: The Real-time […]
U.S. Congresswoman Jackie Speier to speak at Benicia Public Library
Benicia – The Benicia Public Library is pleased to present a book talk by U.S. Congresswoman Jackie Speier on Thursday, January 31, 2019 at 7 p.m. at the library, 150 East L Street in Benicia. Forty years after the Jonestown massacre changed her life, Congresswoman Speier tells her extraordinary story in “Undaunted: Surviving Jonestown, Summoning […]
New Bay-Delta magazine, ‘SOUNDINGS’ launches
Galen Kusic Editor Photojournalist Rich Turner recently announced the launch of the regional publication Soundings, where he serves as publisher/editor and features a multitude of journalism platforms focused on Bay-Delta art, culture and the environment. Featuring artists, photographers, first-person narratives, historical and scientific essays, long-form journalism and fiction, the magazine revolves around the fascinating […]
‘Back in the Day’ is back
Benicians invited to share memories of town from ’40s, ’50s Last year, the Benicia Historical Society and Benicia Public Library hosted the first-ever “Back in the Day” event, where longtime residents were invited to share their memories of growing up in Benicia prior to its period of heavy growth and development from the late ‘60s […]
Throwback Thursday: Herald headlines from the week of Aug. 27, 1942, 1967 and 1992
Compiled by Nick Sestanovich 75 years ago Clyne and Simon Go To Washington, D.C. To Ask For Action (Aug. 27, 1942) Mayor Charles Clyne and City Attorney Harold Simon left Wednesday for Washington D.C. on a mission authorized at a special meeting of the City Council held Tuesday night. They will try to hasten government […]
Throwback Thursday: Herald headlines from the week of Aug. 20, 1942, 1967 and 1992
Compiled by Nick Sestanovich 75 years ago New Road Is Graded Half Way To Vallejo, Work Being Pushed (Aug. 20, 1942) Grading of the new Benicia-Vallejo highway has been completed for a little more than half the 6.1 miles of the project. A Herald-New Era car was driven over the road this week a distance […]