With the retirement of Judge Harry S. Kinnicutt in March, two candidates are vying to fill his seat on the Solano County Superior Court. The first is Steve Gizzi, a practicing attorney from Benicia and a former councilmember and vice mayor. The other is John Coffer, a longtime prosecutor and criminal defense attorney in […]
Hiking Back in Time: Lynch Canyon Open Space and Pena Adobe
Welcome back to a monthly column focused on local day hiking destinations, that– with a little imagination– will take you back in time to when our local Native Americans lived in a garden of Eden we now call home. I hope you will have fun exploring, discovering, educating others and protecting our Native Village sites. […]
BREAKING: Sheriff’s office investigating bomb threats at Solano Community College
Classes are canceled at all three Solano Community College (SCC) campuses for the remainder of the day after two bomb threats were called in Monday. The Solano County Sheriff’s Office is still investigating the campuses. Within the span of three minutes around noon, two calls were made to SCC stating bombs had been placed at […]
Benicia artist depicts Vacaville in new exhibit
Artist Donna Covey calls Benicia home, but she likes to venture out of her neck of the woods to paint landmarks in other places, be it Truckee, North Beach, Napa or Suisun Valley. Now she has used her paintbrush to capture images of Vacaville, and they can be seen at the Vacaville Art League & […]