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Council considers money for streets

October 21, 2018 by Editor 1 Comment

By Dana Guzzetti Editor    The cost of street work and how to pay for was a top priority for the Benicia city council at their Oct. 16 meeting. They grappled with complicated decisions on how many roads to fix, when to do the work, and how much to borrow. There is a list of […]

Filed Under: Features, Front Page, News Tagged With: Benicia, Benicia City Council, Measure C, street maintenance

Letters: Election and Solano library grant

September 30, 2018 by Editor 12 Comments

A clear choice for health I moved to Benicia 15years ago, knowing it to be a small, safe, friendly community. My daughter and three grandchildren followed. I am responsible for their presence in this town. I am deeply committed to their health and safety. Valero’s power failure in May 2017 engulfed Benicia with black smoke […]

Filed Under: Letters, Opinion Tagged With: Benicia, Benicia City Council, election 2018, kari birdseye, letters, Measure E, opinion, Solano County Library Foundation

City announces results of 2018 Coastal Cleanup Day

September 29, 2018 by Editor Leave a Comment

Staff Report According to a news release by Carrie Chase, Benicia’s water quality technician, 555 people came to the city’s shores and streets to pick up more than two metric tons of debris during the 34th annual California Coastal Cleanup Day. According to Chase, the No. 1 item picked up this year was cigarette butts […]

Filed Under: Features, Front Page, News Tagged With: Benicia, Carrie Chase, Coastal Cleanup

Photo: Start with Hello

September 28, 2018 by Editor Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Education, Features, Front Page, News Tagged With: Benicia, Joe Henderson, Kelly Hughes, Sandy Hook Promise, Start with Hello

Officials, candidates decry campaign calls

September 28, 2018 by Nick Sestanovich 11 Comments

As election season shifts further into gear, several Benicians have reported receiving calls purporting to be surveys about the City Council election while asking questions reportedly putting one of its candidates in a negative light. One person who reported hearing the call was Vice Mayor Steve Young, who detailed his experiences with a recent call […]

Filed Under: Election 2018, Features, Front Page, News Tagged With: Benicia, Benicia City Council, election 2018, EMC Research, kari birdseye, Lionel Largaespada, polling

Council to vote on adopting downtown design guidelines

September 28, 2018 by Nick Sestanovich Leave a Comment

Following 12 months of discussion at various commissions, amendments to the Downtown Historic Conservation Plan’s (DHCP) design guidelines will go before the Benicia City Council for adoption at Tuesday’s meeting. In Sept. 2017, the council approved an agreement with the State Office of Historic Preservation for a $40,000 Certified Local Government Grant to update the […]

Filed Under: Features, Front Page, News Tagged With: Benicia, Benicia City Council, design guidelines, Downtown Historic Conservation Plan, downtown historic district

Letters: Yep, it’s election season

September 28, 2018 by Editor 1 Comment

Swaying the vote I get a kick out of the campaign season and have for the past 25 years or so. I remember a day when local, city elections were supposed to be free from political parties. Then in the early 2000s, Dan Smith (the first to do so that I remember) mentioned that the […]

Filed Under: Election 2018, Features, Letters, Opinion Tagged With: Benicia, Benicia City Council, Christina Strawbridge, election 2018, kari birdseye, League of Women Voters, letters, opinion

Five school board candidates speak at LWV forum

September 27, 2018 by Nick Sestanovich 2 Comments

  School safety, mental health and district budgeting were among the topics addressed by prospective school board trustees at Wednesday’s candidate’s forum at the Benicia Public Library. As part of its efforts to ensure a more informed voting populace, Benicia’s League of Women Voters hosted a forum with the five candidates in the Dona Benicia […]

Filed Under: Education, Election 2018, Features, Front Page, News Tagged With: Adrean Hayashi, Benicia, Benicia Unified School District, diane ferrucci, election 2018, Gethsemane Moss, LCAP, Local Control Funding Formula, Mark Maselli, mental health, school board, school safety, Sheri Zada

Benicia Fashion Runway celebrates 10 years

September 26, 2018 by Nick Sestanovich 1 Comment

Benicia’s mini-Met Gala is back for its 10th year, as designers from around the world— including several associated with the Lifetime series “Project Runway”— descend upon Benicia for the annual Benicia Fashion Runway this weekend. The event will be an opportunity to showcase the newest trends in high-end fashion while supporting a local business and […]

Filed Under: Features, Front Page, News Tagged With: Benicia, Christina S Fashion Destination, Fashion Runway Weekend, haute couture, Project Runway, Soroptimist International

Letters: Birdseye views

September 26, 2018 by Editor 2 Comments

Don’t be fooled I have talked about the “Shadow Government, the self-appointed leader of whom appears to be Mayor Patterson. Her self-appointed second in command is Vice Mayor Young. She is now hard at work to get Birdseye elected to the City Council as a third vote and have a very simple majority. Now she […]

Filed Under: Election 2018, Letters, Opinion Tagged With: 2018 election, Benicia, Benicia City Council, kari birdseye, letters, opinion, push poll

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