School safety, mental health and district budgeting were among the topics addressed by prospective school board trustees at Wednesday’s candidate’s forum at the Benicia Public Library. As part of its efforts to ensure a more informed voting populace, Benicia’s League of Women Voters hosted a forum with the five candidates in the Dona Benicia […]
Retired librarian becomes first candidate in school board race
The Benicia school board election is well underway. This year, three seats are up for grabs but of those three, only President Diane Ferrucci has made an attempt to run for re-election. This will essentially guarantee new faces on the board, and according to the Solano County Registrar of Voters’ website, at least four challengers […]
Potential school board candidate comes forward; incumbent trustee will not seek re-election
The filing period for Benicia’s school board election is not until tomorrow, but if a panel at Thursday’s Progressive Democrats of Benicia (PDB) meeting was any indication, the race has already begun. Among other things, the panel saw the emergence of a potential challenger and the announcement by an incumbent that she would not seek […]
Woman helps organize local March for Our Lives
Gun violence hits close to home for Benicia resident Sheri Zada. Her two sons avoided becoming statistics of gun violence. Troy was on the campus during the 2014 Isla Vista massacre while attending the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her other son, Kyle, got off a train from Amsterdam to Paris in 2015 before a […]