For almost 40 years, Modesto’s Golden Bough has played Irish-inspired music all across the world. On March 24, the band returns to the Benicia Historical Museum for a night of music and fun. Made up of band members Kathy Sierra, Margie Butler, Paul Espinoza Golden Bough has ventured to Benicia for nearly 20 straight years. […]
Benicia ranked as one of 100 safest cities in California, per FBI crime report
Benicia is one of the 100 safest cities in California, according to a ranking by the National Council for Home Safety and Security. The Council, a national trade association made up of licensed alarm installers and contractors, released lists of the safest cities in each state through its website at Alarms.org. According to the authors […]
Northgate senior pastor to step down in June
After 28 years, Northgate Christian Fellowship founder and Senior Pastor Ken Jensen will be handing over his position to Executive Pastor Larry Davis. Nonetheless, Jensen will remain as teaching pastor on Sunday mornings. Jensen, who moved to Benicia in 1990 to start the church, said a number of factors influenced his decision. First was the […]
Council approves cannabis scoring criteria
The Benicia City Council decided how the city would determine the scoring and evaluation criteria for commercial cannabis at its Tuesday meeting. At the Feb. 20 council meeting, councilmembers approved four ordinances which allowed for personal cultivation of cannabis for private or commercial use, requiring all commercial cannabis uses in Benicia to obtain two approvals […]
Photo: Benicia man celebrates 100 years
3 poets laureate to celebrate 6 female poets in free library event
In honor of Women’s History Month, the Benicia-Vallejo branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) will bring together three area poets laureate for “Voices of Change: American Women Poets Who Have Made a Difference.” The evening will feature Johanna Ely, Benicia’s poet laureate; Diana Lang, Vallejo’s poet laureate; and Genea Brice, Lang’s predecessor […]
Council to discuss cannabis scoring criteria tonight
The Benicia City Council will be meeting tonight, and once again cannabis is on the agenda. The council will discuss reviewing the scoring and evaluation criteria for commercial cannabis uses from the four ordinances approved at the Feb. 20 meeting which allows cannabis uses in Benicia. Those four ordinances allowed for personal cultivation of cannabis […]
Gallerie Renee Marie invites artists to submit work for ‘The Art of the Book’ exhibit
First juried show to feature art created from books By Vicki Byrum Dennis Special to the Herald Gallerie Renee Marie has issued a Call for Entry for its first juried show, “The Art of the Book,” which opens May 11 and runs until June 9. Altered book and mixed media artist LorriMarie Jenkins will be […]
HPRC to hear update on downtown historic design guidelines at Thursday’s meeting
Discussions on updating the Downtown Historic Conservation Plan guidelines are moving along, Principal Planner Suzanne Thorsen wrote in a staff report, and a presentation will be provided to the Historic Preservation Review Commission (HPRC) on Thursday for feedback. The DHCP’s design guidelines were adopted in 1990. However, city staff, the HPRC and community members have […]
Benicia hosting March for Our Lives rally
Upwards of 1,000 people could rally in the March for Our Lives Rally this Saturday in Benicia. In response to the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., Never Again MSD and Everytown for Gun Safety are organizing several demonstrations to call for legislative action on gun control and support […]