Meadow Iniguez had an incredible season with her school band. She was an undefeated drum major, picked up several awards and got to compete in the high school division. The catch? She is only in middle school. The incoming eighth-grader at Benicia Middle School has been performing music since she was a member of Joe […]
Multiple vendors to be represented at Pups ‘N’ Purrz summer adoption event
Fifty years ago in San Francisco was the Summer of Love. Pups ’N’ Purrz and Umbrella of Hope have no intention of topping that cultural touchstone, but they still will be celebrating in their own way. This Saturday, the Benicia-based pet supply store and the Pittsburg-based animal rescue agency will join forces for an adoption […]
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1 employee cited in alcohol sales sting
Last Friday, members of the Benicia Police Department’s Investigations Unit conducted one of its minor decoy alochol sales operations at various local businesses that sell alcohol. As part of the program, a minor female decoy was used to attempt to purchase alcohol from the establishments to reinforce the underage drinking law and let officers know […]
Valero files $75 million suit against PG&E
Valero Refining Company filed a lawsuit Friday against Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) for the 18-minute shutdown of their Benicia refinery. The Valero Refining Company accuses PG&E of shutting off the electricity to the refinery, which resulted in a refinery shutdown on May 5. When the power came back on, flaring at the refinery […]
Artist depicts clouds in new Plein Air Gallery show
Thursday’s forecast in Benicia is calling for a few clouds. To be clear, the skies themselves are scheduled to be very sunny. In fact, the clouds happen to be centralized at Benicia Plein Air Gallery, where artist Dixie Mohan’s new show “In the Cloud” will be opening. A founding Plein Air Gallery member and former […]
Benicia may become part of regional open-space district
Leslie Knope would be proud of the work Sen. Bill Dodd (D-Napa) and Greenbelt Alliance have been putting in at the state legislature. Dodd and the san Francisco-based nonprofit land conservation organization are trying to pass a legislation that aims to improve the parks within Solano County. The legislation, known as Senate Bill 365, would […]
City gears up for 4th of July parade tomorrow
Once again, Benicia will be going all out with its celebration of America’s founding. Monday is the annual Torchlight Parade where local businesses, organizations and elected officials decorate vehicles or floats and drive them down First Street to show their spirit in a parade. The grand marshals this year are Bill and Leeann Cawley of […]
Benicia named as one of 40 most livable ‘beach towns’ in United States
A new list by the personal finance website WalletHub ranked Benicia as the 34th most livable “beach town” in America with a population between 10,000 and 150,000 inhabitants based on a series of metrics and opinions of experts. According to WalletHub, much of the determination was based on the quality of life in beach towns. […]
Council discusses mediation group options
It takes two to a make a thing go right, and the Benicia City Council tried to make the mediation between AMPORTS and the city go right or go more smoothly at its meeting Tuesday. On April 25, City Council considered a request for a rehearing of the denial of the request for emergency demolition […]