Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Oct 11, 2022
Council incumbents Lionel Largaespada and Christina Strawbridge are both seeking re-election. They are challenged by planning commissioner Kari Birdseye, retired executive Terry Scott and retired teacher William Innes....
Sep 06, 2022
William "Billy" Innes Innes has thrown his hat into the ring seeking one of the two seats up for grabs this fall....
Aug 15, 2022
Kari Birdseye believes it’s time for new leadership in the city of Benicia. The longtime planning commissioner is running for a seat on the Benicia City Council this fall to bring change to the city she has called home for 22 years....
Aug 11, 2022
Retired corporate executive Terry Scott believes maintaining the status quo has harmed the city of Benicia so he is seeking election to the Benicia City Council to bring about what he calls much needed change....
May 25, 2022
The mechanical issue on a conveyer system ignited petroleum coke, which is produced at the Valero Benicia refinery for export...
Apr 09, 2022
Fire is burning through timber supports under roads going to the wharf....
Mar 24, 2022
The bulk of the settlement stemmed from a May 2017 incident when a power outage sent black plumes of smoke into the air and thousands of pounds of toxic gas...
Mar 15, 2022
Valero released more than 10,000 tons of excess hydrocarbons over 16 years....
Mar 04, 2022
San Francisco Baykeeper alleges that port operator Amports has attempted to conceal its conduct by operating at night to prevent anyone from seeing discharges....
Feb 15, 2022
The refinery dumped $200,000 into its Working Families for a Strong Benicia PAC last December....
Jan 25, 2022
The air district called the action “a major shift in the handling of enforcement cases” against the Valero refinery....
Nov 18, 2021
The settlement does not include 17 notices of violations the air district sent to Valero for an incident in May 2017 when a power outage sent toxic chemicals into the air....
