Fantastic Sams is back in the giving mood. The national hair salon’s Benicia location is hosting its 8th annual Giving Tree, where people can bring in unwrapped and unopened gifts for children in need for the presents to be donated through the Benicia Community Action Council (CAC). Fantastic Sams Manager Michele Kenny said the tradition […]
Voice of the Village: Can you leave your home quickly if you need to?
By Lois Requist The recent fires in Santa Rosa, Napa, and other nearby communities, as well as a question from one of our members, made us think about preparation for a disaster of any kind—an earthquake, an industrial accident, or any crisis here in town. While we aren’t nestled up against hills, and so have […]
Poetry Corner: Johanna Ely “Thanksgiving”
I am thankful for what is unpredictable— the sudden gush of rain, the lightning and the thunder— the insistence from this world to pay attention. I delight in colors indigo and orange, what gels into a sunset. I’m elated for what begins again— the wide-eyed dawn, the seasons that return in cycles of joy. But […]
Doctor celebrates 40 years in Benicia
1977 would be a big year in Gary Winston’s life. He had just decided to make it on own his own as a doctor and start his pediatrician practice. It was a risky endeavor that would pay off, as this year marks the 40th anniversary of Winston practicing medicine in Benicia. Born in the Manhattan […]
Letters: Water rates and cannabis
Time for a change? I feel compelled to write this letter about the water rates and outrageous maintenance charges the city of Benicia charges the homeowners who live in Benicia. In the 27 years that my wife and I have lived here, we have been subjected to pay the all-time rates this city has imposed […]
Throwback Thursday: Herald headlines for the week of Nov. 26, 1942, 1967 and 1992
Compiled by Nick Sestanovich 75 years ago M-B Ferry Shows $16,000 Increase For Month Of October (Nov. 26, 1942) Gross revenue of the Martinez-Benicia Ferry System for October increased $44,970.67 over that of 1941, according to a financial statement made recently by Port Captain A.C. Woodress. Passenger and automobile traffic resulted in a gross of […]
Council continues cannabis interim urgency ordinance
As they have been throughout much of the year, water rates and cannabis were two items on the Benicia City Council’s agenda at its Tuesday meeting. The first reading and public hearing of an ordinance to amend the water rates to add a medical disability discount was tried by the council in October. Staff proposed […]
Letters: Small Business Saturday, water rates and ISO
Small Business Saturday is big for Benicia Benicia is home to dozens of unique small businesses where natives and neighbors can find antiques & collectibles, furniture & home goods, art, music & books, high-fashion & vintage clothing, hand-crafted glass & ceramics, toys for kids and pets, family-owned bakeries & restaurants, and many providers of the […]
Photo: A Girl Scout Thanksgiving
Benicia Letters Once More: I Get it Now
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 […]