On New Year’s Eve, Megan, Bob and I went to see “Manchester by the Sea.” What a way to end a year – on the lowest note imaginable. A theme of the movie is that some things hurt too much to get past, but don’t worry. Nothing that horrible happened to me in 2016. However […]
2016 year in review: Crude-by-rail battle came to an end
(The last of the Herald’s articles focusing on the big Benicia stories of 2016 will be focusing on the biggest one of all.) Valero Benicia Refinery’s three-year battle to have its crude oil delivered by train rather than by boat came to an end in 2016. The year saw perhaps the biggest wave of developments […]
2016 Year in Review: City news characterized by election, City Hall changes and more
(Over the next few days, the Benicia Herald will close out 2016 by revisiting the big local news stories of the year. Today’s edition will focus on news that took place within the city.) The year 2016 is coming to a close. With the presidential election, big national and international stories, and long championship droughts […]