Though she finished behind Orinda Mayor Steve Glazer in the race for the state Senate District 7 seat in Tuesday’s special election, Assemblymember Susan Bonilla qualified for the runoff election. Glazer, the leader at 31,859 votes, received 32.8 percent of the ballots, according to Secretary of State Alex Padilla, who posted the results at 11:42 […]
CSC admits error on grant criteria
■ Panel explores ways to keep Climate Action Plan coordinator on staff The Community Sustainability Commission “messed up,” Chair Kathy Kerridge acknowledged Monday night. Both City Attorney Heather McLaughlin and Sue Fisher Jones, Valero Benicia Refinery’s public affairs manager, concurred. “You summed it up,” McLaughlin said. She said new criteria for CSC sustainability grants was […]
Residents study feasibility of establishing Benicia ‘Village’
Benicia residents are looking at whether the “Village to Village Network” method of assuring services to older people would work in this city, said Bobbi Rubinstein, communications chairperson of the Benicia Village Project. “We’ve formed a steering committee, and in this exploratory phase, we’re conducting a feasibility study to see if there’s community support for […]
Benicia Biz Beat: Cullen’s to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with beer, whiskey tasting
CULLEN’S TANNERY PUB AND SALOON, 131 First St., which participated in Saturday’s Benicia Main Street Beer Crawl, will have a tasting at 6-9 p.m. Tuesday of Knappogue Whiskey, owner Denise Cullen said. “We work hard to remain true to our Irish roots,” she said. The saloon celebrated Valentine’s Day with Four Roses Bourbon and chocolate, […]
Benicia’s Assemblymember eyes move to state Senate
Susan Bonilla in special primary today Susan Bonilla, the Concord Democrat who has been Benicia’s member of the Assembly since redistricting moved the city out of Mariko Yamada’s district, is hoping voters will let her succeed state Sen. Mark DeSaulnier, also from Concord, who was elected to U.S. Rep. George Miller’s position last year after […]
Council may endorse Valero water recycling grant applications
Public Works Director Graham Wadsworth will ask the City Council on Tuesday to support applications for Federal Bureau of Reclamation and State Water Resources Control Board grants that could initiate a major recycled water project at Valero Benicia Refinery.
Local author to read at Bookshop Benicia
An author who moved to Solano County from San Francisco will be reading some of his writing at Bookshop Benicia on March 22. Wayne Goodman said he moved to Vallejo 12 years ago because of that city’s performing arts scene — he’s also a musician, and favors playing “Gilded Age” songs, though his interest in […]
Planning Commission denies appeal of bed-and-breakfast ruling
Panel engages in lengthy discussion on incompatible uses in Industrial Park Stephen David saw the Planning Commission affirm his request for a use permit to operate a bed and breakfast at 963 Jefferson St. Thursday night, But AMPORTS attorney Dana Dean, who had hoped to see the permit denied, gained a victory for her client […]
Archaeologist to describe activities in, importance of Von Pfister’s store
A small adobe building sheltered off the south side of First Street in an alley named after its owner was one of the first buildings erected in Benicia, completed in 1847. Edward Von Pfister opened his general store and saloon in the little building, which is believed to be the place where a messenger on […]
Council to hear more about MCE outreach
After hearing inquiries from the public and posing questions of its own at its March 3 meeting, Benicia City Council may get answers about how Marin Clean Energy is informing residents and business owners about the city’s upcoming power-source change. The Council voted Nov. 4, 2014 to have MCE, a community choice aggregation (CCA) agency, […]