Compiled by Nick Sestanovich 75 years ago Four First Aid Stations Will Be Set Up Here (Aug. 13, 1942) A talk on demolition, fragmentation, incendiary and gas bombs was given by Thomas V. Reeves, safety engineer at the Benicia Arsenal, at the weekly meeting of Air Raid wardens at City Hall Monday night. Announcement was […]
From military to industrial: Benicia’s ‘overnight’ transition
How a refinery and the Industrial Park shaped the city In Benicia’s not-too-distant past, its financial situation was so dire that employees who were handed checks on Friday were told not to cash them until Tuesday. That was before the U.S. Army announced in the early 1960s that the Benicia Arsenal would be the first […]