Benicia Old Town Theatre Group opened the final play of its 2017-18 season, Fred Carmichael’s “Coming Apart,” to a well-attended gala at B.D.E.S. Hall on Friday. It is the second comedy BOTTG has put on this season, following October’s “Having a Wonderful Time, Wish You Were Her,” which similarly put a humorous take on relationships. […]
Benicia Letters Once More: Karma
The following “letter” is part of the continuing series from the unpublished novel by James Garrett, “Benicia Letters Once More”. He does not plan to publish the book but instead is choosing to share the letters with the readers of the Benicia Herald. The letters continue the storyline of Garrett’s first novel “Benicia and Letters […]
School board rejects bids for fire alarm upgrades
Bids will reopen at later date At Thursday’s meeting, the Benicia school board unanimously voted to reject bids for fire alarm upgrades at two elementary schools and reopen them at a later time. As part of the Measure S initiative, which was approved by voters in 2014 to provide $49.6 million in bond funding to […]
Letter: Asthma in Benicia
Asthma: Benicia deserves better In her letter of March 6, Constance Beutel wrote, “Benicia deserves better health and safety protection from potentially dangerous industrial mishaps and toxic emissions.” She went on to describe the actual experience of many in our community who suffer from asthma, relating their suffering to the huge amount – 3 million […]
Hundreds of students leave Benicia High for National School Walkout
Facing unexcused absence as punishment, approximately 400 Benicia High School students nevertheless joined thousands of peers across the country to walk out of school as a part of the National School Walkout. The National School Walkout was a nationwide protest held today to rally against gun violence and honor those who lost their lives in […]
BUSD community urges equal pay for teachers at board meeting
Students, faculty and parents took to the lectern during the public comment portion of Thursday’s school board meeting to stress the importance of equitable pay for teachers. On Jan. 24, Benicia Unified School District and the Benicia Teachers Association (BTA) held a negotiations meeting following a budget workshop. BUSD proposed a one-time bonus of 1 […]
Benicians to run for education this weekend
Benicians and other participants will have a chance to show if they were born to run as the city is hosting the 11th annual Run for education on Sunday. The Run for Education is a charity event put on by the Benicia Education Foundation to raise money for programs and services in the Benicia Unified […]
MJ Coleman exhibiting at Camellia Tea Room
By Tibby Lerner Special to the Herald The Camellia Tea Room at 828 First St. is hosting a show by local artist MJ Coleman through May 31. The show, titled “See Me,” is a series of whimsical etchings and monotypes of animals as if they are taking selfies. Each print is uniquely inked and printed. […]
Poetry event to raise money for Joel Fallon Scholarship
Joel Fallon, Benicia’s first poet laureate, died in 2016 but his legacy as an architect of poetry in Benicia lives on, in more ways than one. One of these legacies is the Joel Fallon Poetry Scholarship, which is awarded to two poetically savvy graduating seniors, one from Benicia High School and the other from Liberty […]
Letter: Why Thompson voted against the bill
Why Thompson voted against the bill I looked up that bill that Green Party congressional candidate Jason Kishineff claimed our Congressman Mike Thompson should not have voted against. It’s hard to believe that someone who claims to be paying attention to matters concerning the environment would be so out of touch with the work of […]