Difficulties in campaigning I am a congressional candidate, one of four people on the ballot. It is very difficult to get your voice heard when you are an anti-establishment candidate running against a very establishment incumbent. A few papers have been very kind about printing a few letters and my press releases. I appreciate it. […]
Water, water everywhere: Artist captures seascapes in new Plein Air Gallery show
As the weather heats up, being by the water is likely on the minds of many Benicia residents. This makes it as good a time as any for Concord artist Catherine Fasciato to showcase her exhibition “Seascapes”— a favorite subject of the painter— at Plein Air Gallery, where she is this month’s featured artist. […]
Budget, Measure C funding on council agenda tonight
Benicia’s fiscal budget is on the agenda for tonight’s City Council meeting. On June 27, the council adopted the biennial budget for the fiscal year of 2017-19. Staff presented council revenue and expenditure adjustments to the budget for the fiscal year of 2017-18 in December. The mid-year progress report, which will be presented tonight, will […]
Benicia Letters Once More: Acts of Kindness
The following “letter” is part of the continuing series from the unpublished novel by James Garrett, “Benicia Letters Once More”.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 […]
Sonoma community organizer takes another shot at congressional seat
Two years after placing third in the congressional primary for California’s 5th District, Sonoma County teacher and nonprofit communications director Nils Palsson is giving it another go. Palsson, 32, is looking to unseat Democratic Rep. Mike Thompson, who has served in Congress since 1999. This is not the first time Palsson had run for […]
A Different Drummer: March of time
Wife and I had a nice walk up First Street with 1,500 other people on Saturday for the March for Our Lives Walk. We saw lots of familiar faces and engaged in conversations of heated agreement. We listened to the speakers. We felt their sincere concern. It is a shame we have to march to […]
Police solve 2013 sexual assault cold case
The Benicia Police Department closed a 5-year-old sexual assault cold case on Friday, according to a post on the department’s Facebook page. In 2013, a 64-year-old Benicia woman was sexually assaulted on Halloween after an unknown assailant forced his way into her home. As a result of struggling with the victim, the suspect left samples […]
Local author analyzes Benicia’s character in self-published book
Journalist Michael Lester has traveled the globe and self-published guidebooks from such destinations as Israel, Jordan, Panama, Scandinavia, New England; and Mallorca, Spain. For his newest travelogue, Lester set his sights on his own backyard: Benicia. “Dispatch from Benicia” goes beyond listing sites for tourists. It captures the character, history and geography of the town […]
Woman helps organize local March for Our Lives
Gun violence hits close to home for Benicia resident Sheri Zada. Her two sons avoided becoming statistics of gun violence. Troy was on the campus during the 2014 Isla Vista massacre while attending the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her other son, Kyle, got off a train from Amsterdam to Paris in 2015 before a […]
Letter: No candidate debates
No candidate debates In response to the letter to the editor about wanting the League of Women Voters Benicia to host a debate: The League of Women Voters Benicia is a nonpartisan, political organization of women and men whose primary purpose is to increase civic engagement by providing information to the voting public, and encouraging […]