Benicians and other participants will have a chance to show if they were born to run as the city is hosting the 11th annual Run for education on Sunday. The Run for Education is a charity event put on by the Benicia Education Foundation to raise money for programs and services in the Benicia Unified […]
MJ Coleman exhibiting at Camellia Tea Room
By Tibby Lerner Special to the Herald The Camellia Tea Room at 828 First St. is hosting a show by local artist MJ Coleman through May 31. The show, titled “See Me,” is a series of whimsical etchings and monotypes of animals as if they are taking selfies. Each print is uniquely inked and printed. […]
Poetry event to raise money for Joel Fallon Scholarship
Joel Fallon, Benicia’s first poet laureate, died in 2016 but his legacy as an architect of poetry in Benicia lives on, in more ways than one. One of these legacies is the Joel Fallon Poetry Scholarship, which is awarded to two poetically savvy graduating seniors, one from Benicia High School and the other from Liberty […]
Vallejo Police searching for missing man
Staff Report Vallejo police are searching for a man who has been missing since last Friday. Marcus Tenes, also known as Keshava Sundara, was staying at the Rosewood House of Recovery on Alabama Street where he is being treated for schizophrenia when he disappeared around 12:45 p.m. on Friday, April 13. It is believed that […]
Scottish-Irish band returns to Benicia for museum concert
The Benicia Historical Museum’s 2018 Spring Concert Series will come to a close this weekend. Throughout the season, audiences have been treated to the Celtic folk stylings of The Black Irish Band and Golden Bough. On Saturday, they will get to experience another museum concert mainstay: Men of Worth. For nearly 20 years, the folk […]
Photo: Awning of a new era
Council approves ban on alcohol in parks sans permit
The Benicia City Council voted to approve adding an amendment to Benicia Municipal Code title 12, prohibiting the possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages in parks without a permit, at its Tuesday meeting. After several complaints of alcohol-related rudeness in parks, the Benicia Police Department submitted the amendment change to the Parks, Recreation & Cemetery […]
BOTTG spring play captures crumbling marriage
The title of the play is “Coming Apart,” but Benicia Old Town Theatre Group’s spring play is coming together nicely and will open on Friday. Fred Carmichael’s 1994 play centers around married couple Frances and Colin Kittridge, whose marriage is crumbling. Colin works as a humor columnist and Frances as a romance novelist, giving them […]
Entertainers from Benicia, Martinez perform at Rakkasah West
By Donna Beth Weilenman Martinez News-Gazette Special to the Herald Rakkasah West, one of the largest belly dance festivals in the world, featured performers from multiple countries from around the globe as well as from as close as Martinez and Benicia. A longtime celebration of Middle Eastern and North African dance and music, the festival […]
BUSD to discuss sunshine proposal negotiations with classified employees union
(This post has been updated from the original version.) A little sunshine is on the horizon— both in the weather and at Benicia Unified School District’s Governing Board meeting, where a 2017-18 sunshine proposal between the district and the California School Employees Association (CSEA) is on the agenda. Per Education Code, BUSD must publicly disclose […]