Staff Report Benicia Main Street announced the winners for the entries in the annual 4th of July Torchlight Parade. Taking first place in the local float competition was the Benicia Moms Group with its colorful representation of a caterpillar, beating out the respective second and third-place winners Benicia Little League and BDES Portuguese Holy Ghost […]
PHOTOS: 2018 Torchlight Parade
Plein air artist captures wildlife in new show
Martinez artist Mary Lou Correia has been all over the world, usually with a sketchbook and camera in hand. It is from these trips that she has captured scenes of nature and wildlife with her oil and pastel brushes. Viewers can see these paintings beginning tomorrow at Benicia Plein Air Gallery, where Correia is the […]
Photo: Smoky air
New poet laureate seeks to unite art, poetry
The time has arrived for Benicia to have a new poet laureate. On Sunday, Tom Stanton assumed the position as Benicia’s top poetry official, and he takes the reins from Johanna Ely. In his new role, Stanton promises to bring some bold new ideas to the title. Stanton is no stranger to Benicia’s artistic community. […]
Photo: Toast to the Farm
Harold Bray to serve as grand marshal in Torchlight Parade
Harold Bray, a Benicia resident and World War II veteran who was one of more than 300 people to survive the sinking of a naval cruiser, will be serving as the grand marshal at this year’s 3rd of July Torchlight Parade. Bray enlisted in the Navy in 1944 at the age of 17. He was […]
Numerous agencies respond to third-alarm vegetation fire off Interstate 780
Staff Report The Benicia Fire Department battled an intense vegetation fire for nearly two hours Thursday evening before it was finally under control. At approximately 6:43 p.m., the Fire Department received reports of a vegetation fire in the area of Eastbound Interstate 780 between Glen Cove and Columbus Parkway, according to a news release by […]
HPRC approves design review guidelines for City Council consideration
The Historic Preservation Review Commission (HPRC) voted to adopt design guidelines to the Downtown Historic Conservation Plan (DHCP). The guidelines will now go to the City Council for approval. The DHCP was adopted in 1990 with amendments in 1992, 2008 and 2009. Principal Planner Suzanne Thorsen said the biggest changes were the adoption of the […]