Benicia High’s girls basketball team has its work cut out for it in the upcoming Sac-Joaquin Section Division III playoffs. The Lady Panthers, who went 9-12 overall during the regular season and finished third in the Solano County Athletic Conference, received the No. 14 seed out of 16 teams in the Division III bracket. Benicia […]
Panthers end season with a victory
A disappointing season for Benicia High’s boys varsity basketball team came to a satisfying end with a 68-64 Senior Night victory over visiting American Canyon on Tuesday night. It was only the seventh win all season for Benicia (7-20), which went 4-6 to finish in fourth place in the Solano County Athletic Conference. “I was […]
Lady Panthers on roll entering postseason
Benicia High’s girls varsity basketball team survived a double-overtime thriller in the regular season finale on Tuesday, knocking off host American Canyon, 59-53. Michelle Li drained a 3-pointer just before the end of the first overtime, and big plays by Calei Mendoza, Keylai Boughton and Kameron Hatcher in the second overtime finally put away American […]
Obituary: William Lesueur (“Bill”) Harsh III
ON SATURDAY, OCT. 27, AT 4:40 P.M., William (“Bill”) Lesueur Harsh III, beloved artist, teacher, and husband of Marilyn Bardet, died peacefully at home in Benicia, at age 59. Throughout his year-long battle against metastatic lung cancer, Bill was surrounded by good friends and family, everyone offering love and care throughout his last weeks and […]
Police search for missing man in landfill
By Donna Beth Weilenman Staff Reporter Search teams who spent the day sifting through garbage at a Pittsburg landfill Friday returned Saturday to seek for a missing Hercules man whose father was among four people murdered in a complex criminal case that also involved a kidnapping and the discovery of a cache of explosives, said […]
Autopsies performed, authorities confirm deaths of Vallejo women
By Donna Beth Weilenman Staff Reporter While Solano County coroners were autopsying two bodies believed to be two missing Vallejo women found at one of the women’s home, Hercules Police and other law agencies continued searching for a missing 35-year-old Hercules man whose father was found bludgeoned to death at their home, officers said Thursday.
Two women found dead in Vallejo: Murder suspect shot to death by CHP troopers Tuesday in Richmond
By Donna Beth Weilenman Staff Reporter A Hercules man suspected of murdering four people — and connected to the disappearance of two Vallejo women —was shot to death at a Richmond supermarket by California Highway Patrol troopers Tuesday night after a high-speed highway chase that ran from Pleasant Hill to Oakland, authorities said Wednesday.
Plastic bag ban fails in Senate
By Donna Beth Weilenman Staff Reporter The bill that would ban single-use plastic shopping bags died in the State Senate, which defeated AB 1998 21-14 Tuesday night.
Regional Water Board to hear enforcement report
By Donna Beth Weilenman Staff Reporter The San Francisco Bay Region of the California Regional Water Quality Control Board will meet Wednesday in Oakland to hear highlights of its enforcement program, including two fines involving Benicia and one involving Valero, made during the 2009-10 fiscal year.
Mayor, Hughes join manager subcommittee
By Donna Beth Weilenman Staff Reporter Benicia Mayor Elizabeth Patterson appointed herself and Councilman Mark Hughes Tuesday night to be the Benicia City Council’s subcommittee to discuss labor issues with city manager candidates.