The Governing Board of the Benicia Unified School District heard further discussion on student responses to the Relationships, Effort, Aspirations, Cognitions, Heart (REACH) survey at Thursday’s meeting, this time focusing on the district’s efforts to improve its scores. The REACH Survey is administered to students in grades 6 through 12 to examine the relationships between […]
Local artist showcase returns to Arts Benicia for 23rd year
This year, Arts Benicia celebrates its diamond anniversary. To celebrate 30 years, the organization has several events planned. To kick things off, Arts Benicia will be presenting one of its oldest exhibits starting tomorrow. “Art of a Community” was first held in 1995 as a way to showcase the works of its talented member artists […]
Restaurant Week returns, Jan. 21-28
Hopefully, you will have a healthy appetite for the coming week because your favorite downtown Benicia restaurants will be offering their usual meals at a lower cost. Benicia Main Street’s Restaurant Week is returning for the fourth week in a row from Saturday, Jan. 21 to Saturday, Jan. 28. The week is a way to […]
Storm expected to return today
Just when you thought the storms were over, they come back today and pick up again on the weekend. Although these new storms are expected to be a lot less intense than the one that hit on Tuesday of last week, the city is advising residents to be cautious. Today’s storm is expected to be […]
School board to hear additional data of REACH Survey at Thursday’s meeting
The Governing Board of the Benicia Unified School District will hear a further overview on Benicia Unified School District students’ responses to the Relationships, Effort, Aspirations, Cognitions, Heart (REACH) survey at Thursday’s board meeting. The REACH survey is considered a supplement to the California Healthy Kids Survey and further examines the relationships between students and […]
Benicia high schoolers gearing up for poetry competition
The method of learning by doing is certainly true of poetry. After all, one can learn a lot about becoming a great poet by immersing oneself in the great poetic works and performing them for an audience. That is the basic premise of Poetry Out Loud, a national poetry recitation contest founded by California Poet […]
Mayor Patterson to speak at Carquinez Village meeting Thursday
The new year will mark an important milestone for the Carquinez Village Project. Come April 3, it will no longer be a project. Instead, the Carquinez Village will become a reality. The Carquinez Village Project was announced in 2015 with the goal of helping aging seniors in Benicia live full independent lives at home. The […]
Teen cellist to perform with Vallejo Symphony Orchestra
Vallejo Symphony Orchestra’s 2016-17 season continues on Jan. 29 with its second concert. The first performance of the season was titled “Morning,” so it is only fitting that the next show would be titled “Noon.” The show will feature performances of great works by Joseph Haydn, Dmitri Shostakovich and Ludwig van Beethoven. For the […]
Businesses relocate from Mason building after structure deemed unsafe
(This post has been updated from the original version) Two businesses are relocating from the old Mason’s building on the 900 block of First Street, as the building was tagged as having unreinforced masonary structural/foundational damage. According to Community Development Director Christina Ratcliffe, the building— located adjacent to what is considered the first Masonic […]
Local emergency declared in Benicia Tuesday
The city of Benicia declared a local emergency Tuesday in response to this week’s storm and activated its Emergency Operations Center. Northern California had been experiencing intense rainfall and flooding since Saturday. On Monday, the rain tapered off for a bit but returned in full force Tuesday. Benicia’s Public Works department had been working to […]