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Recent Posts

  • MLK Day in Benicia – Letter from a Birmingham Jail January 16, 2021
  • COVID-19 holiday surge: average number of new cases per day in Benicia, Dixon, Fairfield, Rio Vista, Suisun, Vacaville, Vallejo January 15, 2021
  • COVID-19 surging dramatically in Solano County, hospitals adding ICU capacity January 14, 2021
  • SEDITION! A Randy Rainbow song parody January 14, 2021
  • COVID-19 in Solano County on January 13: only 3 ICU beds available, 335 new cases overnight, 2 deaths January 13, 2021
  • Making ‘good trouble’ in Benicia January 13, 2021
  • COVID-19 in Solano County on January 12: ICU beds down to 5%, 240 new cases, another death of a senior January 12, 2021
  • COVID-19 in Solano County, Daily update on Monday, January 11, virus spreading like wildfire January 11, 2021
  • TAKE ACTION TODAY! Our Democratic Party is electing delegates, deadline MONDAY, JANUARY 11 January 10, 2021
  • Benicia author Stephen Golub – A Promised Land January 10, 2021
  • Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI): white nationalist groups, QAnon and influencers planned and led the violent siege January 9, 2021
  • COVID-19 in Solano County, Daily update on Friday, January 8, only 6 ICU beds available January 8, 2021
  • #RemoveNow: New data on GOP support for Trump removal January 8, 2021
  • Benicia Black Lives Matter on structural racism: ‘we still have a long way to go’ January 8, 2021
  • Analysis and illustration of structural racism in Benicia January 8, 2021
  • Rep. Mike Thompson: ‘Trump an enemy of the state’ following ‘armed insurgence, treasonous effort to topple our government’ January 8, 2021
  • COVID-19 in Solano County, Daily update on Thursday, January 7 January 7, 2021
  • January 6 Attempted COUP – Where Now? January 7, 2021
  • Attempted COUP today, Trump incites violence – second update from ‘CHOOSE DEMOCRACY’ January 6, 2021
  • SF Chronicle: Benicia Mayor Steve Young calls for action after Raley’s COVID-19 violations January 6, 2021
  • COVID-19 in Solano County, Daily update on Wednesday, January 6 January 6, 2021
  • Breaking news on mob storming U.S. Capitol building in D.C., injuries January 6, 2021
  • Is this a COUP? Mob invades U.S. Capitol – update from ‘CHOOSE DEMOCRACY’ January 6, 2021
  • Latest from ‘CHOOSE DEMOCRACY’ – why this is NOT a coup, but still so very dangerous January 5, 2021
  • Broken record, broken lives: Solano County reports 2 more COVID-19 deaths today, 270 new positive cases January 5, 2021
  • Latest on Benicia Raley’s COVID-19 violations, store confirms at least one infected employee January 4, 2021
  • Solano County reports its 100th COVID death and 1,742 new cases over the 4-day holiday weekend January 4, 2021
  • Trump recorded pressuring and threatening Georgia officials yesterday January 3, 2021
  • Surge: Some ambulances forced to wait hours as Bay Area ICU availability plunges January 3, 2021
  • Benicia’s Earl Miller a COVID victim: ‘I wanted to die’ January 1, 2021
  • COVID-19 continues to spread in Solano County, 203 new cases overnight, 2210 active infections December 31, 2020
  • Times-Herald coverage of COVID violation at Raley’s Benicia December 31, 2020
  • City of Benicia comment on reports of COVID violations and outbreak at Raley’s December 30, 2020
  • Benicia now over 500 COVID-19 cases, Solano County approaching 20,000 December 30, 2020
  • Benicia staff report on air monitoring – to be discussed at January 5 Council meeting December 30, 2020
  • Raley’s Benicia under investigation for COVID-19 violations December 30, 2020
  • 3 more COVID-19 deaths reported in Solano County today December 29, 2020
  • VIDEO: CHHS Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly provides latest update on COVID-19 in California December 29, 2020
  • California Public Health issues order for COVID-19 workplace outbreak reporting requirements December 29, 2020
  • As the Solano County COVID-19 death toll nears 100, Benicia approaches 500 cases since the pandemic began December 28, 2020
  • Holiday break brings nearly 1200 new COVID cases in Solano County, positivity rate now at record 22.9% December 28, 2020
  • White supremacists gathering in D.C. in advance of inauguration December 28, 2020
  • Humorist Dave Barry’s Year in Review 2020 December 27, 2020
  • Latest bomb train accident shows failures of Trump deregulation December 25, 2020
  • Solano County sets single-day record for new positive COVID-19 cases, 486 reported ill today December 24, 2020
  • Oil train derailed near site of earlier terrorist attempt, officials say December 24, 2020
  • Solano County COVID update on December 23: another death, someone under 50 years of age December 23, 2020
  • Oil Train derails, burns near home of environmental activist December 23, 2020
  • Benicia cares – Oil Train derails and catches fire in Custer, Washington December 23, 2020
  • Stay Home! The post-Thanksgiving surge in coronavirus is huge here in Solano County December 22, 2020
  • COVID in Solano County – only worse over the weekend, 1 more death, another record number of new cases December 21, 2020
  • Benicia man, Roy Charles Waller, sentenced to 897 years December 18, 2020
  • Solano RED ALERT: hospital ICU beds nearly full, COVID-19 hitting new record numbers December 18, 2020
  • A White House security official lost his lower leg and foot due to Trump’s irresponsible refusal of health guidelines December 18, 2020
  • Benicia Schools to remain in ALL VIRTUAL LEARNING until at least January 14 December 18, 2020
  • Benicia’s Stephen Golub: The Long Walk Home December 18, 2020
  • COVID-19 spread in Solano County at highest threat level – STAY HOME! December 17, 2020
  • Solano County: down to 9 ICU beds available as of Wednesday December 16 December 17, 2020
  • Solano County Press Release – Stay-at-home Order details December 16, 2020
  • Solano COVID numbers shocking – County on lockdown – details… December 16, 2020
  • Solano County Public Health issues stay-at-home notice December 16, 2020
  • Coronavirus live updates: All of Bay Area region now under stay-home order as ICU capacity drops to 12.9% December 16, 2020
  • Solano County: only 11 ICU beds available as of Tuesday December 15 December 16, 2020
  • Dangerous Coronavirus surge continues unchecked in Solano County – we need to be under lockdown December 15, 2020
  • Solano County: only 8 ICU beds available as of Monday December 14 December 15, 2020
  • Bay Area Region ICU Bed availability falls to 15.8% – Solano, Napa, San Mateo stay-at-home order coming soon December 15, 2020
  • California Covid-19 Update: Governor Gavin Newsom Orders 5,000 Body Bags, Refrigerated Units For Coroners As State Prepares For Surge In Deaths December 15, 2020
  • Exploding numbers of new COVID cases in Benicia, Dixon, Fairfield, Suisun, Vacaville and Vallejo December 14, 2020
  • Solano County: only 8 ICU beds available as of Sunday December 13 December 14, 2020
  • Vallejo Education Association “outs” Jon Riley and quits the right-wing Labor Council December 13, 2020

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