After receiving hearings from the Planning Commission and Historic Preservation Review Commission, an ordinance to amend the Benicia Municipal Code in regards to Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) regulations will go before the Benicia City Council for a vote Tuesday. An ADU, also known as an in-law unit, is a room or a set of rooms […]
Benicia teen becomes coffee entrepreneur
At 16, Reid Burford is about the age where one might expect to find him working as a coffee shop barista, but that is not the case. Instead, the Benicia High School junior roasts and distributes his own coffee as part of his business Howling Hounds Coffee Roasters. What’s more: he has been doing it […]
Candidate Spotlight: Planning Commission Chair Kari Birdseye sees council as next step
After three years on the Planning Commission, including a year and a half as its chair, Kari Birdseye is ready to continue serving the city in a bigger way, hence why she is running for the City Council. “(It’s) the natural next step in my service to Benicia,” she said. Birdseye received a bachelor’s […]
Flashback Friday: Herald headlines for the week of Sept. 2, 1943, 1968 and 1993
Compiled by Nick Sestanovich 75 years ago School Opening Is Postponed To Sept. 27 (September 2, 1943) Benicia schools will open Monday, September 27, instead of September 13 as originally planned. The change was made presumably due to the final state clearance for the school in The Highlands before it was occupied as a school […]
Mystery author to speak at Benicia Public Library in September
Local mystery author David Corbett will stop by the Benicia Public Library in the September to promote his new book “The Long-Lost Letters of Doc Holliday.” Corbett’s book is about the reappearance of the most notorious love letters in American history, which were previously thought to have been destroyed more than a century ago. Arts […]
Longtime educator wants to bring his experience to school board
Mark Maselli, a 25-year teaching veteran, wants more than to sit on the Governing Board of the Benicia Unified School District. He wants to bring a new attitude to the present school board. “I never thought I’d be motivated to do this, but just watching the way things were being handled in the leadership and […]
Bob Livesay: Not all endorsements are necessarily equal
By Bob Livesay Special to the Herald As we approach the Labor Day holiday, the City Council election scramble starts to move very fast. Signs will be out all over town and residents can expect in-home endorsement meetings, venue meetings, mailers, newspaper ads, social media overtaken by comments and more. For this article, I will […]
Signups available for coding competition at St. Dominic School
Kids throughout Solano County will have the opportunity to learn what goes into making those technological devices they are so ingrained in work while having fun and getting competitive. St. Dominic School will be hosting a Hackathon Jr. event. Hackathon Jr. is a 501(c)3 nonprofit which aims to encourage Science, Technology, Engineering and […]
Intersection at Hillcrest, East 2nd to experience traffic interruptions Thursday
Staff Report The Public Works Department has issued a traffic advisory Thursday for the signalized intersection at Hillcrest Avenue and East 2nd Street between 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. while a contractor installs new battery backup equipment, according to a city news release. The intersection’s traffic lights may be flashing or experience a […]