A draft of the city’s environmental impact report (EIR) for the Valero Crude-by-Rail use permit request was due to be released Tuesday, but a last-minute staff decision has delayed the report by a week, Benicia Principal Planner Amy Million said. “City staff determined that additional information was needed to more completely address potential air quality […]
Ukraine native watches protests, turmoil unfold in homeland
Benicia resident: ‘Positive about future’ despite threat of war When voters in Ukraine chose Viktor Yanukovych as their president in 2010, a former Russian oligarch, Boris Beresovskiy, declared the nation had elected a “mafia don.” In the Feb. 17, 2010 edition of Ukrainska Pravda, Beresovskiy wrote, “I appeal to you, Outskirtspeople (residents of the Ukraine), […]