As Measure S bond projects continue to move along, attendees of this Thursday’s school board meeting can get a greater understanding of which projects have been completed, which ones are nearing completion and which projects will be taken on next. The discussion will be presented by Bond Director Roxanne Egan. Measure S was a ballot […]
School board to hear quarterly bond update at Thursday’s meeting
Benicia High School debate team preps for State Qualifiers
The Winter Olympics are taking place right now, but it is not just athletes who are practicing to do their best to compete. Just ask Benicia High School’s Debate Team. The team will be taking part in the Golden Gate Speech Association’s State Qualifiers at James Logan High School in Union City on Sunday, March […]
’68 Olympic athlete discusses activism at Solano College
On the eighth day of Black History Month and the first night of the Winter Olympics, gold medal track and field athlete— and human rights advocate— Tommie Smith delivered a speech at Solano Community College Theatre. Fifty years earlier, Smith and fellow runner John Carlos raised gloved fists at the medal ceremony at the Summer […]
General Plan report, takeout service approved by Planning Commission
Seven minutes was all it took for the Planning Commission to wrap up its Thursday meeting. The lone action on the agenda was to approve the consent calendar, which contained a number of items all approved by the commission in one motion. The first item on the consent calendar– apart from approving the draft minutes […]
Council takes first step in cannabis legalization with ordinance readings
The Benicia City Council completed its first reading of the city’s cannabis ordinances at Tuesday’s meeting. This is marks the first step in legalizing cannabis within the city. The seven ordinances read by the council regarded person cultivation of cannabis, commercial cultivation, laboratories for testing, manufacturing, commercial retail, microbusinesses and delivery. The council approved six […]
Library trustees to discuss waiving fines at certain ages
The Board of Library Trustees will vote Tuesday on whether or not to forgo fines on children’s library cards when they turn 12 and 18. According to a report by library management staff, library personnel had noticed for years that children’s library cards were often blocked due to the actions of their parents or caretakers […]
Photo: Takin’ it (Big) Easy
Review: ‘Speedo’ looks under the surface of a swimmer’s life
Review by Elizabeth Warnimont Special to the Herald Lucas Hnath’s “Red Speedo,” Center Repertory Company’s current production at the Lesher Center in Walnut Creek, delves into the inner life of a competitive swimmer in an intense format – a single, poolside setting and a short, 80-minute time slot with no break for intermission – that […]
Takeout ordinance, use permit application on Planning Commission agenda
The Benicia Planning Commission meets Thursday, and on the agenda are a use permit for nonconforming outdoor storage of construction equipment and materials, and a Variance for takeout service. The commission held a public hearing on Nov. 9 to discuss the application of the use permit for nonconforming outdoor storage of construction equipment and materials. […]