This morning, businesses in or near the downtown are going to get a visit from Benicia’s Economic Development Board (EDB) for the city’s first-ever Business Walk. As part of the Business Walk, EDB members will be visiting local establishments and talking to the owners or managers about their businesses and how to build relationships with […]
Westbound I-780 Columbus Parkway exit temporarily closed for tree removals
The Columbus Parkway exit from westbound Interstate 780 is scheduled to be closed for the next few days as the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is working with Pacific Gas & Electric to remove trees, according to a Caltrans news release. The closure began yesterday and will continue through Friday. The exit will be closed […]
Benicia High adopts 2 Houston schools affected by hurricane
One major impact of Hurricane Harvey was on schools. The storm caused schools in the Houston area to delay the beginning of the year, damaged several campuses and caused several teachers and students to lose their homes and possessions. The California Interscholastic Foundation and the Sac-Joaquin Section— the league where Benicia High School plays all […]
Assistant supe provides update on LCAP goals to school board
The Governing Board of the Benicia Unified School District heard an update on the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) at Thursday’s school board meeting. The LCAP is a plan that is required by all public schools in California to receive funding provided through the Local Control Funding Formula, which was signed into law by Gov. […]
Vallejo event to raise money for hurricane victims Sunday
As anybody following the national news would know, the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season has been a destructive one. In fact, it has been the most devastating to hit the United States in 12 years. In August, the Category 4 Hurricane Harvey struck Texas and Louisiana after already making landfall in Caribbean nations, causing more than […]
School board to consider reappointment of 2 Bond Oversight Committee members tonight
The Governing Board of the Benicia Unified School District will be voting to reappoint two members of the Measure S Citizens’ Bond Oversight Committee (CBOC) at tonight’s meeting. Per the general obligation bonds of Measure S which was approved by Benicia voters in 2014 to provide funding for facility improvements at Benicia schools, the district […]
Arts Benicia auction to celebrate milestone anniversary, Sept. 23
There are a few certainties every September: the start of football season, Labor Day and Arts Benicia’s annual auction. Past auctions have celebrated the past including such themes as “The Great Gatsby,” the Wild West and the 1960s. The 25th annual Art Auction and Gala will continue the tradition by celebrating a different kind of […]
Artist displays New Mexico-inspired work at Umpqua Bank
Les Overlock is no stranger to capturing New Mexico with his brush, and his works can be seen at Umpqua Bank in the new exhibition “The Land of Enchantment: From Taos to Abiquiu.” The artist and former long-time Liberty High School teacher who has contributed “The Buzz” and “The Buzzard” to the Herald since 2008 […]
Valero backs out of proposed Martinez terminal acquisition
Valero Energy Corporation announced Monday that it would be nixing its planned acquisition of two petroleum and distribution terminals in Richmond and Martinez owned by Plains All American Pipeline. The decision followed a July lawsuit in which California Attorney General Xavier Becerra alleged that the purchase could contribute to higher gas prices in the state […]
Benicia High grad launches weekly mystery story podcast
Raul Vega, a 2005 graduate of Benicia High School, recently published a mystery story using his hometown as an inspiration for the setting. It is not a book or even a video series, but in true 21st-century fashion, the story is presented as a downloadable or streamable podcast published in episodic installments. Vega, who is […]