Facing unexcused absence as punishment, approximately 400 Benicia High School students nevertheless joined thousands of peers across the country to walk out of school as a part of the National School Walkout. The National School Walkout was a nationwide protest held today to rally against gun violence and honor those who lost their lives in […]
Andrew Kelly: Stifling of gun control legislation can be remedied at the ballot box
By Andrew Kelly Special to the Herald Our representatives have failed us. Seventeen innocent people — including fourteen teenagers– died in a senseless tragedy that could have been prevented if we had proper background checks, a system that prevents the mentally unstable from owning high caliber firearms or even prevented people under a certain age […]
A Different Drummer: March of time
Wife and I had a nice walk up First Street with 1,500 other people on Saturday for the March for Our Lives Walk. We saw lots of familiar faces and engaged in conversations of heated agreement. We listened to the speakers. We felt their sincere concern. It is a shame we have to march to […]
Rep. Thompson hosts town hall on gun violence
Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Napa) discussed his plans for curbing gun violence and took questions from his 5th District constituents at a town hall at Vallejo High School on Saturday. Thompson, who represents Benicia in the U.S. House of Representatives, began the town hall by talking about his goals of establishing a committee on gun violence […]