Benicia fee hikes The Benicia mayor and City Council are preparing to vote on fee increases and new permits that are estimated to raise $1.5 million as our elected officials attempt to balance the city budget. This increase would be in addition to the water and sewer rate increases passed by the city council last […]
Andrew Kelly: 5 issues Gen Z-ers should care about
By Andrew Kelly Special to the Herald I’m proud to belong to Generation Z. We’re a generation that grew up in the shadow of 9/11, the 2008 Recession, disease outbreak panics like Swine Flu and Ebola, and more recently, attacks on our nation by ISIS. And yet, we’ve still managed to retain the optimism and […]
Letters: Spring Into Giving a success
Spring Into Giving a success Benicia Main Street would like to thank all of the volunteers who helped out with our recent event, Spring Into Giving, to help support local families in need. Spring Into Giving took place from May 6 to May 20, 2017. During that period, local First Street businesses offered special discounts […]
Counseling Matters: Oh, the places you’ll go…
On Saturday morning, June 10, several hundred graduates of Benicia High School will attend their graduation ceremony in the stadium at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill. They will celebrate the end of a some 12 years of schooling, often in the Benicia Unified School District. There will be celebration aplenty, bottles popped and toasty […]
Letters: Cleanup Day and retirement benefits meeting
Cleanup Day a great success Benicia Main Street would like to thank all of the volunteers who helped out with our annual Downtown Benicia Cleanup Day, which took place Saturday, May 13. More than 25 volunteers came out to help spruce up our downtown area, including individuals and members of Rotary Club of Benicia and […]
Mark Altgelt: California leading with climate change legislation
By Mark Altgelt Special to the Herald President Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement makes California’s leadership role in addressing climate change and two related bills due for a vote soon in the California Legislature more important that ever. The California Global Warming Solution Act of 2006 (Assembly Bill 32) was groundbreaking legislation that took […]
Letter: Agenda-driven ideals are over
Agenda-driven personal ideals are over The heading of this letter says it all. Just who am I talking about? One guess. Yes, it is Mayor Patterson. It is not the very fine city staff or some of the councilmembers. No need to name them, you already know who they are. The mayor built a wall […]
Letters: Graduation requirements and Memorial Day
Link between art and real-world skills I am a 2010 graduate of Benicia High School, a 2014 graduate from the University of California Davis, and a soon to be master’s graduate from UC Davis. While a student at BHS, I was part of the drama department, under Christine Mani, for four years. I started by […]
Letters: Graduation requirements and climate change
Rescind new HS graduation requirements Dear BUSD Board Members, I ask the Benicia Unified School District Board of Education to revoke your recent decision to mandate that all high school students beginning in the Class of 2022 meet the CSU/UC entrance requirements. My reasons are as follows: ** I was not aware of any opportunity […]
Wally Stephens and Kerry Carney: Thanks to those who helped with Memorial Day ceremony
Thanks to all who participated in or attended our Benicia Memorial Day ceremony on May 29 at the historic Benicia Military Cemetery, sponsored by the Benicia Historical Society. _ We estimate nearly 500 people attended as we honored those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation, as well as all veterans and those […]