Lois Wolk, D-Davis, named majority whip Senate President pro Tem Kevin de Leon has chosen Sen. Lois Wolk, D-Davis, Benicia’s representative in the upper chamber of the Legislature, as the majority whip. De Leon also appointed Wolk as chairperson of the Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Resources, Environmental Protection, Energy and Transportation.
Moms fair answers preschool questions
Saturday’s fair designed to be one-stop source of information for parents. When a group of mothers who joined the Benicia Moms Group began asking the same questions about getting their children prepared for preschool, Ann Brooner soon decided there had to be a better way to get answers than to call each school and wait […]
QR codes describe Benicia history
Benicia’s historical sites are getting a modern touch that will help residents and visitors learn more about the city’s past and specific sites’ significance, said Toni Yosick, Benicia Public Library board secretary. These are the square icons called Quick Response (QR) codes, and anyone with a smart phone or tablet can use a scanning application […]
Public art acceptance on Council agenda
Less than a year after the Council approved the design and placement of its first piece of recycled public art, “Wind, Water, Land” will be submitted for the city’s acceptance. Library Director Diane Smikahl wrote City Manager Brad Kilger Dec. 10, 2014, explaining the multi-section art piece is the collaboration of six local artists, who […]
Fire dept. requests water rescue equipment
Benicia Fire Chief Jim Lydon wants a boat. But this boat wouldn’t be used for pleasure. It would help rescue those who found themselves in trouble along and beyond Benicia’s 15 miles of shoreline. At today’s meeting, Lydon will tell the City Council he’s found a grant that would let him bid for the boat […]
City Council may seek windpower bids
Report: Project could mean $75K per year A wind energy project at the city’s water treatment plant could generate $75,000 or more in annual income to the city, in addition to electricity that could be sold to a power utility, interim Community Development Director Dan Marks will tell the City Council on Tuesday. In a […]
Staff: Revise strategic planning
City manager says government can’t offer ‘everything to everyone’ anymore An ongoing, comprehensive study designed to help Benicia get back on firmer fiscal footing so it can withstand future economic upheavals has shown that the city can’t provide “everything to everyone” at the level it has in the past, City Manager Brad Kilger and Assistant City […]
New wildlife center roof in place, ready for rain
Bring on the next round of rainfall, said Monique Liguori, executive director of the Suisun Marsh Natural History Association and its Wildlife Center, which has a new roof in time for seasonal precipitation. That roof was a much-needed and long-desired goal, Liguori said. The original roof was built in 1986-87, and “had taken the blows […]
Council may see MCE information plan Feb. 17
Outreach to electricity customers expected to include more meetings, newspaper notices, Climate Plan coordinator says Benicia City Council may see a draft of Marin Clean Energy’s information outreach plan Feb. 17, Climate Action Plan Coordinator Alex Porteshawver said. Originally, Porteshawver said, she thought the Council might see the draft earlier that month.
Window replacement request goes to HPRC
Special Wednesday session scheduled The Historic Preservation Review Commission will meet in a special session Wednesday to hear a window replacement request that was postponed from its December meeting. The panel originally expected to hear the request, by applicants Marianne Jamison and Janette Perasso, on Dec. 18.