Compiled by Nick Sestanovich 75 years ago Benicia Population 10,000 (March 25, 1943) Basing the population on the 7650 registration for ration books, it is estimated that a conservative figure of the number of people living in Benicia is approximately 10,000. The figure is arrived at on a basis of the number of registrations at […]
Council approves cannabis scoring criteria
The Benicia City Council decided how the city would determine the scoring and evaluation criteria for commercial cannabis at its Tuesday meeting. At the Feb. 20 council meeting, councilmembers approved four ordinances which allowed for personal cultivation of cannabis for private or commercial use, requiring all commercial cannabis uses in Benicia to obtain two approvals […]
Photo: Benicia man celebrates 100 years
3 poets laureate to celebrate 6 female poets in free library event
In honor of Women’s History Month, the Benicia-Vallejo branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) will bring together three area poets laureate for “Voices of Change: American Women Poets Who Have Made a Difference.” The evening will feature Johanna Ely, Benicia’s poet laureate; Diana Lang, Vallejo’s poet laureate; and Genea Brice, Lang’s predecessor […]
Council to discuss cannabis scoring criteria tonight
The Benicia City Council will be meeting tonight, and once again cannabis is on the agenda. The council will discuss reviewing the scoring and evaluation criteria for commercial cannabis uses from the four ordinances approved at the Feb. 20 meeting which allows cannabis uses in Benicia. Those four ordinances allowed for personal cultivation of cannabis […]
Gallerie Renee Marie invites artists to submit work for ‘The Art of the Book’ exhibit
First juried show to feature art created from books By Vicki Byrum Dennis Special to the Herald Gallerie Renee Marie has issued a Call for Entry for its first juried show, “The Art of the Book,” which opens May 11 and runs until June 9. Altered book and mixed media artist LorriMarie Jenkins will be […]
HPRC to hear update on downtown historic design guidelines at Thursday’s meeting
Discussions on updating the Downtown Historic Conservation Plan guidelines are moving along, Principal Planner Suzanne Thorsen wrote in a staff report, and a presentation will be provided to the Historic Preservation Review Commission (HPRC) on Thursday for feedback. The DHCP’s design guidelines were adopted in 1990. However, city staff, the HPRC and community members have […]
Letter: Questions for Rep. Thompson to answer
Questions for Rep. Thompson to answer I want to know why Congressman Mike Thompson, who talks about Trump like he’s crazy and dangerous at town hall meetings, voted to give Trump unlimited ability to make war? That seems a bit disingenuous, doesn’t it? If he thought Trump was so reckless, why would he have voted […]
Benicia Letters Once More: Our Son Continues to Grow
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 […]
Benicia hosting March for Our Lives rally
Upwards of 1,000 people could rally in the March for Our Lives Rally this Saturday in Benicia. In response to the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., Never Again MSD and Everytown for Gun Safety are organizing several demonstrations to call for legislative action on gun control and support […]