All-female Queen tribute band to perform at Empress Did you know that there exists an all-female tribute to the band Queen, and that you can see them at Vallejo’s Empress Theatre the day after Thanksgiving? No, this is not fantasy. This is real life. The Killer Queens are a group of five Bay Area women […]
School board approves applications for PAB grant funding
The school board unanimously approved the submission of two applications for Proposition 51 Career Technical Education (CTE) Facilities Grant funding for Benicia High School’s Performing Arts Building (PAB) at its Thursday meeting. Proposition 51 was approved by California voters in the 2016 election to provide $9 billion in bond funding which in turn would provide […]
Offshoot of Vallejo donut shop opens in Benicia
Somewhere, Homer Simpson is making plans to travel from Springfield to Benicia. The town finally has its own donut shop on Columbus Parkway. Daily Donuts, which aims to bring glazed and sprinkled treats to Benicia, had its soft opening in September and officially opened on Halloween. However, its roots go back even further, as the […]
Panelists answer questions on Industrial Safety Ordinance
Six months after the Benicia City Council last discussed a local Industrial Safety Ordinance (ISO), a panel was held Tuesday at the Benicia Public Library to go over Contra Costa County’s ISO and make a push for something similar in Benicia. In May, the Valero Benicia Refinery underwent an emergency shutdown as Pacific Gas & […]
Benician’s documentary on fire victims gets screened at several Sonoma County theaters
A Benicia filmmaker’s short documentary “Forgotten Fire Victims,” about how Wine Country farmworkers and day laborers had been affected by the Atlas and Tubbs fires in October, is being shown in several Sonoma-area theaters for the next few weeks. John Beck has directed several documentaries, including two about the wine industry. His 2012 film “Harvest” […]
BUSD applying for grant funding for BHS Performing Arts Building renovation
School board will vote on resolution at Thursday’s meeting The school board will be voting to approve the submission of two applications requesting grant funding for renovation of Benicia High School’s Performing Arts Building (PAB) at its Thursday meeting. In May, an informational meeting was held at Benicia High to discuss two items. One was […]
Benicia High news broadcast program continues to evolve
Lights, camera, action…lots and lots of action. That is the best way to describe Benicia High School’s Panther TV. Since its inception in 2013, the weekly web series that serves as an offshoot of the film production class has had the same goal: to deliver the news of on-campus happenings to students and their parents […]
Be there– and see squares: ‘Perfect Square’ exhibit returns to Gallery 621
Last year, Gallery 621 members hosted the exhibit “Perfect Square,” featuring works that were exactly 12 X 12 inches— no bigger and no smaller. The exhibit was such a success, that the member artists are hosting it again, bringing the premise full circle— or rather full square. According to member artist Nikki Basch-Davis, the gallery […]
‘Back in the Day’ is back
Benicians invited to share memories of town from ’40s, ’50s Last year, the Benicia Historical Society and Benicia Public Library hosted the first-ever “Back in the Day” event, where longtime residents were invited to share their memories of growing up in Benicia prior to its period of heavy growth and development from the late ‘60s […]
Panel to answer questions on potential Industrial Safety Ordinance at library
Following the May 5 flaring incident at the Valero Benicia Refinery in May, local organizations have been advocating for the city to adopt an Industrial Safety Ordinance (ISO) to ensure that such an incident is never repeated. These organizations will be hosting a panel at the Benicia Public Library to go over how a similar […]