On Thursday, Tom Torlakson, state superintendent of public instruction, announced that 74 schools throughout California were recipients of Civic Learning Awards, which honor public schools’ efforts to engage students in civic learning. Sitting among this crop with a merit award is Benicia High School. Benicia High promotes civic engagement in a variety of ways, including […]
Council to talk budget at Tuesday’s meeting
The introduction of priority-based budgeting and confirmation of strategic results is the only agenda item for the City Council’s short Tuesday meeting. According to a staff report by City Manager Lorie Tinfow, Benicia’s budget has been described as “fragile.” This fragility, Tinfow wrote, is caused by expense growth outpacing revenue increases, and future challenges associated […]
HPRC gives feedback for proposed development at First and H streets
A proposed mixed-use development at the corner of First and East H streets drew much scrutiny at Thursday’s Historic Preservation Review Commission meeting. Campbell-based firm GKW Architects is proposing to redevelop the building at 800 First St. with a new multi-use development consisting of 2,924 square feet of retail on the ground floor and nine […]
Air District wants monitor recommendations
By Donna Beth Weilenman Martinez News-Gazette Special to the Herald Where should additional air monitors be placed in cities that are home to oil refineries? A series of Bay Area Air Quality Management District workshops is letting the public answer that question. Those workshops already have sought answers in Richmond and Martinez, and upcoming sessions […]
Solano County Fairgrounds hosting Gem, Mineral & Jewelry Show
It should a gem of a time and pretty rocking too in Vallejo this weekend. On Feb. 24 and 25, the Vallejo Gem & Mineral Society is putting on its annual Spring Bling at the Solano County Fairgrounds. At the event will be games such Wheel of Fortune and Geode Cracking. Also at the “Spring […]
Attacked Giants fan speaks to Henderson students in anti-bullying assembly
The road to recovery has been a difficult journey for Bryan Stow, the San Francisco Giants fan who was attacked at a Los Angeles Dodgers game seven years ago, but part of his healing has included delivering anti-bullying assemblies at schools. One of his most recent stops was earlier this month at Joe Henderson Elementary […]
Fairfield police arrest suspect in killing of Benicia man
Staff Report The Fairfield Police Department announced yesterday that they had arrested Derek Dunlap in connection with the Wednesday killing of Benicia resident Alexander Lind. At 6 a.m. Wednesday, Fairfield police received a report of a man down in a parking lot on the 1200 block of Empire Street. Upon arrival, officers found Lind, 28, […]
Mystery author completes Chicago crime trilogy; Bookshop Benicia will host reading Sunday
Mystery author David Hagerty has completed the final installment of his Chicago murder mystery trilogy, “They Tell Me You are Brutal,” and he will be reading a passage this Sunday at Bookshop Benicia. The reading is something of a homecoming for Hagerty, who worked as a reporter for the Benicia Herald in the early to […]
Council approves demolition appeal, request for cannabis background checks
The Foundry and Office buildings, the subject of a debate that has lasted more than a year, will remain standing. The Benicia City Council granted an appeal for an emergency demolition of the historic structures at 678 East H St. during Tuesday’s meeting. The two buildings, constructed in the 1850s and once the home of […]