The winter months have provided California with little rain, making weather forecasters wonder and worry if this is the start of another drought. In November of 2016, as a Benicia Councilmember, I voted along with two of my colleagues to increase the water and sewer rates over a five-year period. Based upon information given […]
HPRC gives feedback for proposed development at First and H streets
A proposed mixed-use development at the corner of First and East H streets drew much scrutiny at Thursday’s Historic Preservation Review Commission meeting. Campbell-based firm GKW Architects is proposing to redevelop the building at 800 First St. with a new multi-use development consisting of 2,924 square feet of retail on the ground floor and nine […]
Air District wants monitor recommendations
By Donna Beth Weilenman Martinez News-Gazette Special to the Herald Where should additional air monitors be placed in cities that are home to oil refineries? A series of Bay Area Air Quality Management District workshops is letting the public answer that question. Those workshops already have sought answers in Richmond and Martinez, and upcoming sessions […]
Attacked Giants fan speaks to Henderson students in anti-bullying assembly
The road to recovery has been a difficult journey for Bryan Stow, the San Francisco Giants fan who was attacked at a Los Angeles Dodgers game seven years ago, but part of his healing has included delivering anti-bullying assemblies at schools. One of his most recent stops was earlier this month at Joe Henderson Elementary […]
Poetry Corner: James Garrett “You Were There”
I awoke in the morning and you were there, With sleep-filled eyes and tousled hair. At work all day the job I share, Goes easily by because you are there. To hurry home to be with you, With a smile of love shining through. The two best loves in the world to share. When our […]
Fairfield police arrest suspect in killing of Benicia man
Staff Report The Fairfield Police Department announced yesterday that they had arrested Derek Dunlap in connection with the Wednesday killing of Benicia resident Alexander Lind. At 6 a.m. Wednesday, Fairfield police received a report of a man down in a parking lot on the 1200 block of Empire Street. Upon arrival, officers found Lind, 28, […]
Mystery author completes Chicago crime trilogy; Bookshop Benicia will host reading Sunday
Mystery author David Hagerty has completed the final installment of his Chicago murder mystery trilogy, “They Tell Me You are Brutal,” and he will be reading a passage this Sunday at Bookshop Benicia. The reading is something of a homecoming for Hagerty, who worked as a reporter for the Benicia Herald in the early to […]
Letter: Rejection without merit
Rejection without merit The window of opportunity is now closed for present politicians and this year’s announced or presumptive candidates to reconsider their persistent dismissive views on cannabis, even as medicine for many members of our community. Some have acknowledged the efficacy of medicinal cannabis but believe regulated access to medicine is still “not right […]
Throwback Thursday: Herald headlines for the week of Feb. 25, 1943, 1968 and 1993
Compiled by Nick Sestanovich 75 years ago Jail Sentence For Disturbing School (Feb. 25, 1943) Clarence Coats, 19, Benicia youth, was given a 30 day sentence in the county jail in Judge Springer’s court this morning, on complaint of L.H. Hamann, charging Coats with disturbing the peace at the Benicia High school. Sentence was suspended […]
Council approves demolition appeal, request for cannabis background checks
The Foundry and Office buildings, the subject of a debate that has lasted more than a year, will remain standing. The Benicia City Council granted an appeal for an emergency demolition of the historic structures at 678 East H St. during Tuesday’s meeting. The two buildings, constructed in the 1850s and once the home of […]