Christina Strawbridge announced her intention Sunday to try again for a seat on the city council in 2018, after finishing in third place to Steve Young and Tom Campbell in November. If Vice Mayor Mark Hughes had won his bid for mayor this year, then Strawbridge would have won his current seat on the council, having […]
Find free art this Friday
For the fourth year, Wisconsin artist Scott Wong’s international art experiment, “Flood the Streets with Art Day,” will fill public streets worldwide with free art work the day after Thanksgiving – and Benicia artist Randy Bernard hopes artists of all genres will join him in participating this year in Benicia. The special day was […]
Council hears climate reports, adopts plans Tuesday
At its regular meeting Tuesday, the City Council heard an annual report from the Benicia Public Library, approved a license agreement for Prop SF to operate a private ferry service out of the Alvarez 9th Street Park launch, and adopted a negative declaration for the city’s water re-use project, among other items. Library Director Diane […]
Industrial Park zoning tops planning agenda
The subject of personal service uses in Benicia’s Industrial Park (BIP) made up the sole agenda item at last Thursday’s planning commission meeting – and it will likely remain a major theme for the 2017 commission term. The item was a continuation from the previous planning commission meeting of Oct. 13. The commission had requested […]
Hundreds line up for housing Wednesday
Throngs of applicants lined the streets to get on a waiting list for affordable housing during the one-day sign-up period in Benicia Wednesday. Some minor traffic congestion ensued on East Second Street due to the number of people crossing the street there in order to reach the line snaking from the west side of […]
Review: Vallejo Symphony opener dazzles, entices with a taste of things to come
Vallejo Symphony guest soloist Sara Davis Buechner wowed her audience last Sunday in a stellar performance of Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3, the second of three pieces comprising the symphony’s season-opening performance and the debut of its new music director, Marc Taddei, at the Hogan Auditorium in Vallejo. Taddei led the orchestra in a […]
Awards presented at city council Tuesday; Park Road improvement project also discussed
At its regular meeting Tuesday, the city council presented a number of awards and heard an update on the application for a grant to fund the Park Road improvement project, among other items. Mayor Elizabeth Patterson presented three Eco-awards on behalf of Republic Services, Benicia’s waste management company, and Community Development Director Christina Ratcliffe reported […]
Leaking commercial water pipe to be repaired
(UPDATE: This leak has been repaired as of noon yesterday) Brad Woltz, a concerned Benicia resident, contacted the Herald Friday to report a leak he had observed over the past five weeks, issuing a steady stream of water from a pipe joint on Industrial Way, in the Benicia Industrial Park. Woltz claimed to have contacted […]
NightMARE Island to disappear for the year after Oct. 31
Get ready to get scared for a good cause, as NightMARE Island, the annual Halloween-themed fundraiser at the Mare Island Shoreline Heritage Preserve, continues through Monday, Oct. 31. This year’s haunted house, created by Kay’s House of Horrors, is located at Building A-168, a 5,000-sq. ft. former bomb storage unit. Zombies will be on hand […]
‘Rocky Horror’ is back: Pinole Community Players revive the cult classic
Welcome back to Planet Transylvania, from the galaxy of Transexual. The Pinole Community Players open Richard O’Brien’s stage rendition of the cult flick classic, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” on Friday, Oct. 28. Peter Del Fiorentino reprises the lead role of Frank, short for Frankenfurter, a role he played once before with Missouri Street Theatre […]