The Building Code Board of Appeals will hear the appeal of the chief building official’s decision to issue an emergency demolition permit for two historic buildings at tonight’s meeting. In October, the automobile import company Amports, filed an application for an emergency demolition permit to demolish the Foundry and Office buildings, located at 678 […]
Lower BUSD enrollment projected for next year
School board approves safety plans at Thursday’s meeting Benicia Unified School District is projected to have lower enrollment next year, according to a report by Chief Business Official Tim Rahill at Thursday’s school board meeting. Rahill said that in the last five to eight years, BUSD has had stable enrollment with the numbers going up […]
Outgoing interim city manager reflects on tenure, provides suggestions in final staff report
Steve Salomon, whose tenure as Benicia’s interim city manager ends today, outlined the city’s accomplishments in the last seven months and provided future suggestions for the city in a final staff report that went undelivered at the Feb. 7 City Council meeting due to time constraints. However, the item has been scheduled for Tuesday’s council […]
Liberty High named as model continuation school
Liberty High School has a lot to celebrate. On Wednesday, State Superintendent Tom Torlakson announced a list of California schools that had been designated as Model Continuation High Schools in 2017. Of the 452 continuation high schools in the state, only 35 were singled out for their efforts to prepare at-risk students for 21st […]
Benicia police crowdfunding campaign has positive outcome
Young Vallejo worker uses funds to buy car, attend college Jourdan Duncan, the Vallejo young adult who walked four hours to and from his workplace at Pro Form Laboratories every night following the breakdown of his car, will not have to walk anymore. Through the efforts of a GoFundMe campaign, he was able to use […]
Mardi Gras-themed elementary school fundraiser, auction event returns
BottleRock, Warriors tickets among prizes (This post has been updated) Mardi Gras is Tuesday, Feb. 28, but you can celebrate three days earlier while also supporting Joe Henderson and Robert Semple Elementary School’s parent teacher groups. The annual event— now in its fourth year— certainly puts the “fun” in “fundraising.” It is an adult-only event […]
Safety plans on slate for Thursday’s school board meeting
Meeting will start one hour earlier than usual The Governing Board of the Benicia Unified School District will be considering the approval of safety plans for the district and its seven schools at a shortened meeting this Thursday, which will start at 6 p.m. so the trustees can attend Benicia High School’s open house that […]
BUSD board meetings will now be streamed online
Following the adjournment of Benicia Unified School District Governing Board meetings, video of the meetings will be posted on the district’s website. Previously, the meetings were broadcast on TV on Comcast Channel 27 or AT&T U-Verse Channel 99. However, the district has opted to phase this out in favor of having footage of the meetings […]
Love is back: Annual love poetry contest returns for 14th year
It’s February, and love is in the air. Come Feb. 19, it will also be in poetic verse and rhythm at the Benicia Historical Museum for the annual Benicia Love Poetry Contest. The Love Poetry Contest was founded by Benicia’s first Poet Laureate Joel Fallon in 2004, before the city had a poet laureate program. […]
Benicia Unified ranked as one of 100 best districts in state
Benicia Unified School District was ranked as one of the 100 best school districts in California, according to ranking site Niche.com. Niche– formerly known as College Prowler– is a company that publishes rankings and reviews of K-12 schools, colleges and neighborhoods. Its 2017 list of the best school districts is based on analysis of statistics […]