Disappointed over reduced publication schedule When my husband, Jim, and I moved to Benicia last year, one of the first things we did was subscribe to the Benicia Herald. We were delighted that the local paper was published almost daily (five days a week). Now our beloved paper will reduce its published schedule to three […]
Les Overlock: Rob Jenkins’ ‘Faces of Cuba’ brings music to portraits
Art Review by Les Overlock Special to the Herald “The Buena Vista Social Club” movie, which was spawned by Ry Cooder in 1999, set the tone for the revival of music emanating in pre-Castro era of Cuba. The movie is as exciting as the photo display produced by Rob Jenkins, which is on display at […]
Photos: Election season begins in Benicia
Voice of the Village: Do you want the rest of your life to be better?
By Lois Requist I continue to learn from my friend Judie Donaldson, as I did with her column last week about attitude adjustment and what older people prefer to be called. Because there has been so much negativity around growing older, it may be that a phrase everyone likes hasn’t been invented yet. Village Movement […]
The Truth About Cruising (Part 9): Employees, codes and more
The Benicia Fullosopher Cruise ship employees The Crew: I cannot ever express enough appreciation for the extremely hard-working crews. Some ships have crews from sixty different countries. Others ships have a particular job done by a crew from a single country. For example, all the waiters might be from Indonesia and all the cabin crew […]
Letter: Museum’s ‘White Camel’ sale a success
Museum’s ‘White Camel’ sale a success The Museum’s “White Camel” sale was this past Sunday, July 15, and it was a wonderful event! We netted a tidy sum for programs and operating expenses and the event also attracted over 500 attendees from all over the Bay Area, including many new visitors to the Museum who […]
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Buchanan sentenced to 150 years in prison for 2015 triple murder, could receive parole in 25
Staff Report Nolen Buchanan, a Benicia resident who last month was found guilty of murdering family members, received a sentence of 150 years in prison by the El Dorado County Superior Court on Thursday. However, since he was a minor when he committed the crimes, he could be eligible for parole in 25 years, per […]
SolTrans hosting public meetings at farmers market, library on transit service improvement
Staff Report SolTrans will be hosting a series of meetings and workshops in Benicia and Vallejo to allow the public to provide input with the revision of local service. The goal of the meetings is to help SolTrans improve its local routes, General Public Dial-A-Ride and Local Taxi Scrip services. The first workshop will be […]
Letters: ISO rehearing vote
Well-done, Mayor Patterson! I was very happy to read the article “Mayor requests rehearing of Industrial Safety Ordinance vote” in the July 13 edition of Benicia Herald. I applaud our mayor’s determination to reopen review of this critical issue before the proposed November date! I was very surprised to learn that staff reports had not […]