Just when you thought the storms were over, they come back today and pick up again on the weekend. Although these new storms are expected to be a lot less intense than the one that hit on Tuesday of last week, the city is advising residents to be cautious. Today’s storm is expected to be […]
Local emergency declared in Benicia Tuesday
The city of Benicia declared a local emergency Tuesday in response to this week’s storm and activated its Emergency Operations Center. Northern California had been experiencing intense rainfall and flooding since Saturday. On Monday, the rain tapered off for a bit but returned in full force Tuesday. Benicia’s Public Works department had been working to […]
Benicia gets rained on
Storm expected to continue through Thursday The Bay Area had quite a wet weekend as a result of the rainstorms. Solano County had received 4.74 inches of rainfall over the weekend, and the storms had caused problems throughout the Bay Area. A mudslide caused traffic problems on Highway 17 on the way to Santa Cruz, […]
City requests residents be prepared for winter storms
A series of Pacific storms are expected to hit the Bay Area this week, bringing between 2 and 4 inches of rain. The rainfall is expected to begin Wednesday night and continue into Thursday. Benicia city officials are urging residents to be prepared, as the storms are arriving in conjunction with relatively high tides. “As […]