Benicia’s representative in the state Senate has introduced a bill that would provide funding for adequate local emergency response to accidents and spills associated with trains carrying crude oil. Sen. Lois Wolk, D-Davis, said she wrote the measure because of the increase in crude oil rail shipments planned for Benicia and along the Capitol Corridor […]
Lost a pet? Animal Control officer offers care, protection tips
A resident recently expressed concern that someone in her Benicia neighborhood had been poisoning cats and other animals. Her own cat had come home ill. After the cat was nursed back to health, it vanished after going outside. Neither Benicia police nor Darlene Jelonek, Benicia’s Animal Control officer, have been able to find evidence of […]