Compiled by Nick Sestanovich 75 years ago “Do We Have What It Takes” Is Subject Of Rilea W. Doe, Vice President Safeway Stores For August 10 Meeting Of Kiwanis Club (Aug. 5, 1943) Rilea W. Doe, vice president of Safeway Stores, Incorporated Oakland, California, will speak before the Benicia Kiwanis Club on August 10, it […]
Throwback Thursday: Herald headlines for the week of Oct. 8, 1942, 1967 and 1992
Compiled by Nick Sestanovich 75 years ago Increase Granted Police, Fire Chiefs, City Attorney (Oct. 8, 1942) Benicia City Council at their meeting Tuesday evening decided in view of increased costs of living to grant increased salaries to various city officials. Increase of $25 monthly was given to Chief of Police J.E. Ackerman and […]
BHS alum pleads no contest to 2016 robbery, murder
The suspect responsible for the assault of a Benicia Safeway manager and death of a Suisun City woman last year has pled no contest to his charges. Christine Joens was banking at her local Wells Fargo on Tennessee Street in Vallejo on Feb. 2, 2016 when a man struck her from behind. The man, 2015 […]