Compiled by Nick Sestanovich 75 years ago School Board Turns Down Offer For Schoolhouse (Jan. 21, 1943) The proposed solution to Benicia’s school housing program in sending old WPA warehouses made from ply board from Los Angeles to be used for class rooms for Benicia school children was definitely turned down Tuesday night at a […]
Heritage Presbyterian Church asking to ‘send Ben’ around the world
He is set to become Benicia’s biggest globe traveler, even though he is just a piece of paper. Still, Heritage Presbyterian Church (HPC) is on a mission to send Ben— Benicia’s unofficial mascot— to as many exotic places as possible. Ben is a cartoon city ambassador drawn by local artist Joe Leon as part of […]
Letter: Gardens will bloom
Gardens will bloom The “soft opening” for local 2018 elections has given voters a look at pols and prospects that may be on the ballot this November, for ours as well as county level elected office, and heard their views on cannabis sales in Benicia. Some are supportive of regulated cannabis activity, others are still […]
Couple finds love, weds at Java Point Cafe
Jerry Johnson comes into Java Point Cafe every day. He has done so for the past seven years. Baristas know his order, and almost everybody knows his name One day, Johnson noticed something different in downtown Benicia. It was someone who would change his life forever. On Saturday afternoon, friends and family gathered to witness […]
School board to vote on new, realigned BHS course outlines at Thursday’s meeting
Nine new or restructured Benicia High School course outlines are up for review at Thursday’s school board meeting. “The course outline of record plays a critical educational role,” Dr. Leslie Beatson, assistant superintendent of educational services, wrote in the agenda. “It is the primary vehicle for course planning. When a course is revised or updated, […]
Foundry and Office building debate back on council agenda
The Benicia City Council is back in session tonight, and topics like an emergency demolition approval or denial and possible changes to the Industrial Park Transportation and Employment Center Plan will be on the agenda for this evening’s meeting. The saga of the emergency demolition permit for the Foundry and Office Buildings at 670 and […]
Benicia Letters Once More: I Sometimes Wonder
The following “letter” is part of the continuing series from the unpublished novel by James Garrett, “Benicia Letters Once More”.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 […]
Photo: Benicia Teen Center has grand reopening
Starbound Theatre to return to Benicia with ‘Sleeping Beauty’
Enrollment now available for ages 7-18 After a long slumber away from Benicia, Starbound Theatre will awaken with an adaptation of “Sleeping Beauty” rehearsed and performed right here in town. The Suisun City-based youth theatre-program was founded in 2003 but expanded in 2009 to start doing productions in other municipalities in Solano and Napa counties. […]
Benicia artist designs MLK statues throughout United States
A statue of Martin Luther King, Jr. stands in a park in Kalamazoo, Mich. It has been there for the past 29 years and can find its roots to one Benicia artist. Lisa Reinertson, a resident of Benicia for the past decade, grew up regal in the stories of her parents marching with Dr. […]