By Bob Livesay Special to the Herald The city of Benicia is losing a very valuable and loyal employee. Kate Gibbs is a very well-liked city employee, both by city staff and any residents that she comes in contact with. My experience with Kate has been only positive and, more importantly, very reliable. Employees like […]
Letter: Thanks to those who helped with Memorial Day ceremony
Thanks to those who helped with Memorial Day ceremony Thanks to all who participated in or attended our Benicia Memorial Day ceremony on May 28, sponsored by the Benicia Historical Society. We estimate that between 400 and 500 people were present as we honored those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation, as […]
The Truth About Cruising (Part 6): Activities and excursions
The Benicia Fullosopher More activities: Reserve the wedding chapel to get married or renew vows. Make use of the card room, Internet Café, jigsaw puzzle, board games, book clubs, multiple pools, gigantic water slides, or pool table (which is fun to watch stay level as the guests rock up and down with the ship). Watch […]
Letter: Vagrants?
Vagrants? I enjoy living in Benicia and the kind people who live here. On my daily walks, I delight in the brief “hellos” and “good mornings” as I cross path with other Benicians. I have therefore been puzzled when I have seen signs suggesting that Benicia is overrun by vagrants. I don’t see vagrants in […]
Pat Toth-Smith: More than a year after the Valero flaring incident, are we safer?
A year after the May 5, 2017 Valero emergency shutdown and major flaring incident, and the subsequent release of more than 74,000 pounds of sulfur dioxide into the air, are we any safer in Benicia? Has the emergency backup electrical generation changed for the refinery since this incident? Should we stop worrying about future emergency […]
Letter: Information for voters available
Information for voters available The primary election is Tuesday, June 5 and many people have already started voting by mail. Voters will be choosing candidates for U.S. Senate, representatives to Congress, state and county offices as well as making decisions on five state propositions and one important regional measure. With more candidates running than ever, […]
The A Cappella Handyman: Benevolent hearts?
What’s wrong with you people? Who returns to their high school or grammar school to waste their peers with an assault rifle meant to be an adversarial killing machine in the resource or imperial wars of the US? Who monitors the decaying mental health of social dropouts and makes sure their parents’ weapons vault is […]
Letter: Regional Measure 3 is unfair
Regional Measure 3 is unfair There is a massive disinformation campaign going on, paid for by Facebook, Google and other big businesses, trying to convince you that passing Regional Measure 3 will reduce traffic (It won’t). But RM3 puts an unfair, regressive tax on working people who have to cross bridges to get to work. […]
Letters: Jobs packages and Downtown Benicia Cleanup
Congress should pass more jobs bills I want to know why there has been no big jobs package or big infrastructure bill out of our Congress in as long as I can remember. This isn’t just on Congressman Thompson, but he certainly has had the ability and the platform to write these bills and to […]
Letters: Regional Measure 3 and ‘vagrancy’ signs
No on Regional Measure 3 I have been interested in and followed regional transportation issues since I was first elected to the Benicia City Council in 1992. During my tenure as a council member and as mayor, I also served as our city’s representative on the Solano Transportation Authority and also as chairman of the […]