This morning, businesses in or near the downtown are going to get a visit from Benicia’s Economic Development Board (EDB) for the city’s first-ever Business Walk. As part of the Business Walk, EDB members will be visiting local establishments and talking to the owners or managers about their businesses and how to build relationships with […]
Westbound I-780 Columbus Parkway exit temporarily closed for tree removals
The Columbus Parkway exit from westbound Interstate 780 is scheduled to be closed for the next few days as the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is working with Pacific Gas & Electric to remove trees, according to a Caltrans news release. The closure began yesterday and will continue through Friday. The exit will be closed […]
‘Project Runway’ designers come to Benicia for fashion show
Designers from Lifetime’s “Project Runway” are coming to Benicia. Some may ask why these designers are coming to a town like Benicia, and the answer to that can be found at the Benicia Fashion Runway Weekend. This event will allow the designers an opportunity to showcase some of the clothes they have designed and offer […]
Benicia Middle School students raise money for hurricane victims
Everyone needs a helping hand every once and awhile. When a group of middle of Benicia Middle School students heard the family of one of the school’s teachers was affected by Hurricane Harvey, they decide to offer that helping hand. Benicia Middle Schoolers Pharrah Barrow, Ella Beatson, Julia Rogers, Kelly Chamberlain, Caitlyn Begbie, Jiana Lyons, […]
Benicia High adopts 2 Houston schools affected by hurricane
One major impact of Hurricane Harvey was on schools. The storm caused schools in the Houston area to delay the beginning of the year, damaged several campuses and caused several teachers and students to lose their homes and possessions. The California Interscholastic Foundation and the Sac-Joaquin Section— the league where Benicia High School plays all […]
William S. Emes: In tribute to Lieutenant Col. Joseph Bruggman, a Benicia resident
By William S. Emes, Jr. Special to the Herald As we know, on Aug. 6, 1945 at 8:15 – 43 seconds a.m. local time, an atomic bomb was detonated in the atmosphere as a weapon. Hiroshima, a city in the Imperial Nation of Japan, was destroyed at the command of an American president. In truth, […]
Letters: Cannabis vote and contacting Rep. Thompson’s office
Contacting my office In response to her recent letter to the editor, I want to thank Ms. Dorothy Story for bringing her matter to my attention. I did receive Ms. Story’s inquiry and I sent her a letter in response this week. I wish I could have responded sooner, but with the volume of mail, […]
Letters: Citizen engagement edition
Building to engage Benicians “Partisan politics are great, but to put non-partisan politics in the same boat is wrong” was the last line of a recent Forum article, penned by Benicia resident and serial letter writer Bob Livesay. The sentence concluded an 850-plus word essay on the dangers of Benicia residents gathering to discuss politics […]
Assistant supe provides update on LCAP goals to school board
The Governing Board of the Benicia Unified School District heard an update on the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) at Thursday’s school board meeting. The LCAP is a plan that is required by all public schools in California to receive funding provided through the Local Control Funding Formula, which was signed into law by Gov. […]
Benicia music store named among 100 best in the world
Stan Houston does not do it for the money. Houston says the reward he gets from owning Mozart Einstein & Me on First Street is seeing the gleeful looks children have after buying their first instrument and strumming the guitar or blowing into the horn they just purchased. Recently, Houston and Mozart Einstein & Me […]