■ Fewer volunteers than in past years, but they picked up ‘more trash per capita’ A smaller number of Benicians turned out for Saturday’s local effort in the California Coastal Cleanup, but they worked hard to pick up 3,700 pounds of garbage in a few hours, said Sue Frost Alfeld, Coastal Cleanup coordinator for Vallejo […]
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Farm2Families event promotes local ag
Community Supported Agriculture projects link local growers to those who want to support family agriculture operations. In this city, Benicia Community Gardens has been encouraging residents to order produce from participants in Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). A free family event Sept. 13 on the First Street Green will let residents further explore this form of […]
A Different Drummer: Gibbs ribs
BEER IS A GATEWAY DRUG. Craft beer is more of a golden gateway drug. I know. I became interested in the craft beer movement innocently over the last year or so, lured in by my son and son-in-law, avid fans. Little did I know that lurking beyond that sudsy horizon was another plane of existence, […]
A Different Drummer: Small-town moments
MY SUMMER TRAVELOGUE COMES TO A CLOSE with another attempt to capture what it is about my little Pennsylvania home town that keeps drawing us back there year after year instead of going to Hawaii or to Europe with our friends. We don’t go specifically to see family, or friends, but just to be in […]
It Occurs To Me: Men
I’VE PRETTY MUCH GOT MEN FIGURED OUT. I mean, how hard could it be anyway, right? I grew up with 11 brothers, had several guy friends in high school and then had two boys of my own. When I was young we lived in the country and had to take the bus to school. Our […]
Lone Star Grilling: Time to sign up for the chili cookoff!
DEAR BENICIANS AND BEYOND, We’re gonna have a great party this weekend at the Clock Tower, so dig out your cowboy boots and get ready for fun and dancing at the third annual Great Bowls of Chili, kicking off at noon this coming Saturday. We have about 14 contestants and room for at least another […]
Community Action Council wants to feed you
■ Nonprofit, city board plan barbecue fundraiser Those with a longing for homestyle-cooked barbecued meals can sate their hunger and help unfortunate Benicia neighbors at the same time, Anne Cardwell, assistant city manager, said. Once again, the Benicia Human Services Board and the Benicia Community Action Council are collaborating on a March 8 fundraiser in […]
Lone Star Grilling: Beans or no beans? The great chili debate
DEAR BENICIANS AND BEYOND, It’s almost that time of the year — when 22 great cooks come together to participate in Benicia Main Street’s Great Bowls of Chili Contest. March 22 will be upon you faster than a mountain lion protecting her cubs, so you need to get down to Benicia Main Street and sign […]
Lone Star Grilling: Remembering the first Super Bowl
By Ken Paulk DEAR FOLKS, I can’t even imagine what Dad would say about this weekend’s Super Bowl. Dad played all sports, but in college at the University of Arkansas in the summer 1936 he was in a boating accident at Lake Fayetteville. He was trying to get a small boat off a trailer and […]
7 years in a cabin, and many tales to tell
California author to visit Benicia, discuss ‘meditative’ life in woods Benicia Historical Society has arranged for residents and visitors to hear Diana Lorence, who with her husband, Michael, spent seven meditative years in a 144-square-foot cabin with no electricity and only fire for light and warmth. Since then, their experience has been described worldwide in […]