Benicia News

A little bit of this and a little bit of that, that combine into a delicious feast - in this case for the ears.

Design is underway and slated for completion by 2012. Seven toll bridges in the San Francisco Bay area are owned and operated by the state, with tolls administered by BATA.

When it comes to directing children, Tom Segal has to be as flexible as a firefighter entering a burning building in the dark.

Diane Jackson kept her three children home for a few days this week after several boys and girls at her children's Vallejo elementary school went home sick with what could be either seasonal or swine flu.

Kevin Nelson's first set of wheels didn't exactly turn a lot of heads. "It was an Austin America," said the Hayward High alum, class of '71. "Possibly the worst car ever made.

A Northern California man is being held on $1.83 million bail after being arrested on suspicion of embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from a trucking and warehouse company.

With several questions and critiques raised, county supervisors Tuesday approved a draft of what may become a Joint Powers Agreement with seven cities on an emergency communication network.

WE WINCE whenever the Bay Area Toll Authority makes news. The agency's logo should be an outstretched hand reaching from the Bay Bridge into our pockets.

Don't spook the ranchers or they may bolt from the city's ranch preservation efforts, officials say.

When she was growing up, Lisa Wolfe sometimes thought Benicia felt too small. "We laugh about it now ... when you're a kid, everybody knows all your business.

Tolls on seven Bay Area bridges should be raised from $4 to $5, but a proposal to start collecting tolls from carpools during the rush hour should be dropped, a transportation advocacy group said.

Despite a severe vaccine shortage, Alameda and Contra Costa counties will hold free swine flu clinics beginning Saturday, but will sharply restrict who is eligible for the coveted shots.

School board members tonight will consider choosing an architectural firm for possible future projects.

Solano County's temporary ban on medical marijuana dispensaries in unincorporated areas will expire Friday after supervisors failed to agree on a new extension.

The two City Council incumbents easily won their reelection bids Tuesday night in a four-way battle that pitted them against a former foe.

Voting booths are set up at the Springbrook Masonic Lodge on Temple Way in Vallejo, waiting for voters to arrive this morning.

Though the state intends to reduce maintenance on parks statewide, the Benicia State Capitol Historic Park will be kept up, state and city officials said Monday.

To get 900 people to show up at a memorial service, the deceased would typically be the head of state, a celebrity, or a star athlete.

Solano County Supervisor Linda Seifert is seeking citizens to represent District 2 on various boards.

Lines stretched around the block at a swine flu clinic Friday as thousands of people waited for the much-in-demand vaccine.