Like Christmas itself, the Benicia Public Library’s Winter Concert– starring the Diablo Regional Concert Band–comes once a year. It’s a free event and all ages are welcome to enjoy some festive music played by a band with a long history. The Diablo Regional Concert Band was formed in 1910 when it was called the Martinez […]
Plein Air Gallery artists find ‘peace’ in new show
The word “peace” is commonly associated with the holiday season, certainly in 2017. With ongoing wars in the Middle East and Africa, divisive politics in Washington and frequent mass shootings and terrorist incidents worldwide, peace is a desire that, in the minds of many individuals, outweighs any material item. When the time came for the […]
Benicia Letters Once More: My Baseball Glove
The following “letter” is part of the continuing series from the unpublished novel by James Garrett, “Benicia Letters Once More”.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 […]
Stan Golovich: Support the majority
Support the majority The present substantial majority voter support for regulated adult-use cannabis in Benicia has its roots in the 2010 Proposition 19 results in our town. Prop. 19 was the first attempt to measure voter sentiment in California with regard to legalization and regulation of cannabis. Although the measure failed at state and Solano […]
Bob Livesay: Safety is the most important duty of the City Council
By Bob Livesay Special to the Herald Tonight is the night the City Council will decide on cannabis in the city of Benicia. As a council, their most important issue is safety. When folks are looking for a place to move or set down their roots, safety is the single most important issue. The city […]
High school business continues ‘Odd Jobs’ through holidays
The kids are all right. Well, at least the ones in Benicia. Last year, a group of high schoolers started a business where they do odd jobs for the community. We Do Odd Jobs was started by Benicia High School junior Chris Weldon and a group of his friends. This group was trying to figure […]
Photo: On the first day of December, my true love gave to me…
Attorney general candidate addresses Benicia Democratic club meeting
Dave Jones, a candidate in the 2018 California attorney general race, spoke at the November meeting of the Progressive Democrats of Benicia Club held Monday at the Benicia Senior Center. Thirty-five people attended this meeting. Jones was elected State Insurance Commissioner in 2010 and was re-elected to that position in 2014 which he still serves. […]
Museum fundraiser remains popular despite national tree shortage
The past 10 years have been difficult for tree farmers, especially on the West Coast. They have had to deal with droughts, fires and an overall shortage. Nonetheless, the Benicia Historical Museum has managed to soldier on, selling sustainably farmed Christmas trees at affordable prices with the proceeds benefiting two local nonprofits for the eighth […]
Council to hold cannabis vote on Tuesday
Next week’s City Council meeting is all about cannabis. The council will discuss amending several cannabis rules within Benicia at its regular meeting. First, on the cannabis-related agenda, the council has to decide if it will amend the moratorium prohibiting cannabis uses and adopting a resolution prohibiting such uses in the Downtown Mixed Use Master […]