Only one agenda item dominated agenda for Tuesday’s City Council meeting, and it was a topic that has been discussed at many city meetings lately: Priority-Based Budgeting (PBB). The council spent the meeting discussing and debating the specifics of what exactly would be in the PBB, adding or eliminating words to clarify the text. A […]
2 injured in shooting on Bayview; police investigating
Staff Report Benicia police officers were on the scene at Bayview Circle Tuesday night after hearing reports of shots being fired, according to a post on the Benicia Police Department’s Facebook page. At approximately 10:20 p.m. Tuesday, the Police Department received reports of a shooting in the 1600 block of Bayview Circle. Upon arrival, a […]
Benicia is setting for Sam London book series
Author to host signing at Bookshop Benicia What if the mythical creatures that people have been reading about for ages are secretly living among us? That is a question posed by author Todd Calgi Gallicano in his children’s book series on the adventures of Sam London. Gallicano will be at Bookshop Benicia for an Author […]
Salvaged plastics become art, not ocean trash
By Donna Beth Weilenman Martinez News-Gazette Special to the Herald A giant patch of garbage that covers twice the area of Texas is growing exponentially in the Pacific Ocean between Hawai’i and California, according to Scientific Reports. And much of the debris are tiny pieces of plastic, which is why the patch wasn’t discovered until […]
Annual charitable fashion show returns with ‘Greatest Showman’ theme
Ladies and gents, this is the moment you’ve waited for as the annual fashion show benefiting Benicia Community Action Council (CAC) is this Wednesday. Local celebrities and people from all walks of life in Benicia will model clothes from Christina S Fashion Destination and Williamson & Co. Amidst all the stylish attires being paraded down […]
First Street bakery, coffee shop slated for HPRC design review
Two First Street businesses are slated to arrive in the next few months. Due to their location in the historic downtown, they will have to undergo design review by the Historic Preservation Review Commission at this Thursday’s meeting. The first new business is One House Bakery, an upscale bake shop in the former location of […]
Benicia hosts finale to Pleasanton-Tulancingo’s Sister City visit
The Tulancingo delegation of the Pleasanton-Tulancingo Sister City Association wrapped up its six-day excursion to the Bay Area yesterday. This trip included a stop in Benicia, which has its own Sister City partnership with the town of Tula, Mexico. In 1956, then-President Dwight Eisenhower— who had previously been a top-ranking general in World War II— […]
School board rejects bids for fire alarm upgrades
Bids will reopen at later date At Thursday’s meeting, the Benicia school board unanimously voted to reject bids for fire alarm upgrades at two elementary schools and reopen them at a later time. As part of the Measure S initiative, which was approved by voters in 2014 to provide $49.6 million in bond funding to […]
Hundreds of students leave Benicia High for National School Walkout
Facing unexcused absence as punishment, approximately 400 Benicia High School students nevertheless joined thousands of peers across the country to walk out of school as a part of the National School Walkout. The National School Walkout was a nationwide protest held today to rally against gun violence and honor those who lost their lives in […]
BUSD community urges equal pay for teachers at board meeting
Students, faculty and parents took to the lectern during the public comment portion of Thursday’s school board meeting to stress the importance of equitable pay for teachers. On Jan. 24, Benicia Unified School District and the Benicia Teachers Association (BTA) held a negotiations meeting following a budget workshop. BUSD proposed a one-time bonus of 1 […]