The school board unanimously approved the submission of two applications for Proposition 51 Career Technical Education (CTE) Facilities Grant funding for Benicia High School’s Performing Arts Building (PAB) at its Thursday meeting. Proposition 51 was approved by California voters in the 2016 election to provide $9 billion in bond funding which in turn would provide […]
Offshoot of Vallejo donut shop opens in Benicia
Somewhere, Homer Simpson is making plans to travel from Springfield to Benicia. The town finally has its own donut shop on Columbus Parkway. Daily Donuts, which aims to bring glazed and sprinkled treats to Benicia, had its soft opening in September and officially opened on Halloween. However, its roots go back even further, as the […]
Council to vote on cannabis delay, water rates Tuesday
A continuance of a cannabis ordinance and the first reading of an amendment to change the water rates are two items up for discussion for the Benicia City Council’s Tuesday meeting. The City Council will be voting on a moratorium related to cannabis uses in order for more time to be devoted to a study […]
Letter: Making enemies out of friends
Making enemies out of friends Over the past 14 years (this will end in 2020), Mayor Patterson has had great success in making enemies out of friends. Her biggest achievement on this has been Valero. You know, that refinery in Benicia that has been called by many a very good neighbor? I have to give […]
Photo: Stringing up the Capitol lights
Letter: Misplaced blame
Misplaced blame The Herald published a snide ad from Valero on Tuesday, unbecoming to a corporation, stooping to accusations of our city officials who work so hard to represent the electorate and assure us that the city is governed by good stewardship. There is no need to take on our Mayor, as though she alone […]
Throwback Thursday: Herald headlines from the week of Nov. 19, 1942, 1967 and 1992
Compiled by Nick Sestanovich 75 years ago Chest Drive Starts Monday (Nov. 19, 1942) Michael Fitzgerald was elected as chairman of the Benicia War Chest Committee at a meeting held last Monday evening at the Legion Hall. Fitzgerald succeeds Crane Walden who found it necessary to resign the chairmanship, but will remain on the board […]
Panelists answer questions on Industrial Safety Ordinance
Six months after the Benicia City Council last discussed a local Industrial Safety Ordinance (ISO), a panel was held Tuesday at the Benicia Public Library to go over Contra Costa County’s ISO and make a push for something similar in Benicia. In May, the Valero Benicia Refinery underwent an emergency shutdown as Pacific Gas & […]
Armed man injured in officer shootout
A 25-year-old armed man was shot and injured by deputies from the Solano County Sheriff’s Department on Tuesday evening after he fired a rifle at deputies. Around 6 p.m. Solano County officers arrived at the home of Chase Wiley on the 700 block of Primrose Lane in to conduct a felony probation compliance check, a […]
Benician’s documentary on fire victims gets screened at several Sonoma County theaters
A Benicia filmmaker’s short documentary “Forgotten Fire Victims,” about how Wine Country farmworkers and day laborers had been affected by the Atlas and Tubbs fires in October, is being shown in several Sonoma-area theaters for the next few weeks. John Beck has directed several documentaries, including two about the wine industry. His 2012 film “Harvest” […]