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Recent Posts

  • Solano County COVID surge continues – new record of 1,062 active cases, new record of 15.8% positive test rate December 3, 2020
  • Solano County hospitalizations on 2020-12-02: 67 positive patients, 21 in ICU, more suspected December 3, 2020
  • Stay-at-home order coming soon in San Francisco Bay Area December 3, 2020
  • Solano County sees huge one-day increase in COVID-19 patients, test rate extreme at 13.6% December 2, 2020
  • Solano County hospitalizations on 2020-12-01: 69 positive patients, 21 in ICU, more suspected December 2, 2020
  • Benicia Mayor Steve Young – Inaugural Address on December 1, 2020 December 2, 2020
  • INVITATION: Six-week study and action series on racial justice in Benicia December 2, 2020
  • NY Times: California is experiencing the largest surge since the beginning of the pandemic December 1, 2020
  • Solano COVID update on December 1 – 83 new cases overnight, test rate 11.9% December 1, 2020
  • TONIGHT! Benicia City Council to honor our friend, Mayor Elizabeth Patterson December 1, 2020
  • Solano County hospitalizations on 2020-11-30: 7 more positive patients, 3 more in ICU December 1, 2020
  • KRON4 TV: Coronavirus surge in Solano County – video clips of downtown Benicia and Fairfield December 1, 2020
  • New design for Benicia Independent daily COVID-19 updates November 30, 2020
  • COVID19-CA.GOV on Solano County cases and deaths by gender, age and race November 30, 2020
  • Solano County hospitalizations, 2020-11-30 November 30, 2020
  • COVID19.CA.GOV on Solano County hospitalizations, 2020-11-28 November 29, 2020
  • COVID19 hospitalizations – daily update for Solano County November 26, 2020
  • Solano County COVID cases top 10,000, 112 new cases, 12 new hospitalizations, test rate 12.3% November 25, 2020
  • SF Chronicle and CA.gov report sharp rise in Solano County hospitalizations November 25, 2020
  • Final certified election results: Benicia, Vallejo, Fairfield, Suisun City, Vacaville, Rio Vista, Dixon, Solano County November 25, 2020
  • Solano County daily COVID update: skyrocketing test rate, County nearing 10,000 cases November 24, 2020
  • Read the details in GSA letter to Biden stating that transition can formally begin November 23, 2020
  • Solano County COVID alert – 396 new cases, another death, test rate at all-time high November 23, 2020
  • GSA Administrator Emily Murphy finally starts the transition process November 23, 2020
  • Purple Solano County averaging nearly 100 new COVID cases per day, test rate again nearing 11% November 20, 2020
  • Anti-mask protesters flash Nazi salutes at Solano board meeting November 20, 2020
  • Solano COVID spike continues, 130 new cases on Thursday, 39 age 65+, Vallejo surge of 60 November 19, 2020
  • Charts show how Bay Area’s current coronavirus surge is already worse than the last one November 19, 2020
  • Between the World and Me: Ta-Nehisi Coates on structural racism in America November 19, 2020
  • An encouraging word of congratulations from Benicia City Council candidate Terry Scott November 18, 2020
  • Solano County averaging 94 new COVID cases per day over the last 2 weeks November 18, 2020
  • Benicia man convicted on all counts as NorCal Rapist November 18, 2020
  • Sarah Cooper as a lawyer for the Trump campaign November 18, 2020
  • COVID in Solano County – no improvement, 129 new cases overnight, 1 death, test rate above 10% November 17, 2020
  • Solano County is COVID purple – 230 new cases over the weekend, ICU beds down to 21% November 16, 2020
  • Solano County back to COVID-19 Purple Tier – Governor Newsom details November 16, 2020
  • Valero PAC final 2020 campaign spending report: over $227,000 spent in failed bid November 16, 2020
  • Gov Newsom’s Nov 16 COVID update – Solano back in Purple Tier November 16, 2020
  • Benicia City Council – Friday update, Terry & Trevor both score 17 more votes November 14, 2020
  • Solano County confirms 880 new COVID cases in last 10 days, averaging 88 per day November 13, 2020
  • Benicia City Council – super close race, Terry Scott down 3 more votes, not quite over yet November 12, 2020
  • Over Veterans Day holiday in Solano County, 166 new COVID infections, 3 new hospitalizations November 12, 2020
  • Slanted coverage of Solano’s poor response to recent COVID surge November 11, 2020
  • Benicia election update on Tues. Nov. 10 – no change of status, Macenski increases slim lead over Scott November 10, 2020
  • Solano COVID update – test rate still over 10%, 64 new cases overnight, 6 new hospitalizations November 10, 2020
  • Solano County report: Halloween parties contributed to COVID surge November 10, 2020
  • Solano COVID OUTBREAK: positive test rate at shocking 11.4%, 234 new cases, 48 teens infected November 9, 2020
  • Nov. 9 Benicia election UPDATE: Macenski increases Council lead by 2, margin now 97 votes November 9, 2020
  • Anthem for the Biden / Harris era November 9, 2020
  • Nov. 6 Benicia election UPDATE: Macenski maintains Council lead November 6, 2020
  • Solano County COVID update: 3 dead, alarming increase in cases and test rate November 6, 2020
  • UPDATED Benicia election results – Macenski overtakes Scott (Late on Nov. 5) November 5, 2020
  • Solano County reports 500 active COVID cases, highest number since outbreak began November 5, 2020
  • Is He Gone Yet? November 5, 2020
  • Benicia election results – UPDATED details and analysis (Nov. 5) November 5, 2020
  • KQED: Candidate Targeted by Valero Wins Benicia Mayoral Race November 5, 2020
  • Benicia election results – a few candidate quotes… November 5, 2020
  • Benicia election results – details and analysis November 5, 2020
  • Solano surge continues: 91 new COVID cases, test rate now at 7.7%, highest since July 22 November 4, 2020
  • Benicia election results – winners Steve Young, Tom Campbell, Terry Scott, and the Cannabis Referendum November 4, 2020
  • Benicia election results – Steve Young handily defeats Strawbridge and the Valero PAC November 4, 2020
  • Solano COVID numbers continue to rise: 48 new cases, test rate over 7% first time since Sept 2 November 3, 2020
  • Valero’s pet labor union kicks in another $24,000 on Nov. 2 to help buy Benicia’s next Mayor November 3, 2020
  • Valero spends another $5,000 for last minute live calls in effort to buy Benicia Mayor race November 2, 2020
  • Solano County COVID weekend spike: over 55 cases per day, 7-day average test rate at 6.9% November 2, 2020
  • Latest on Sacramento trial of Benicia man accused of being NorCal Rapist November 2, 2020
  • Benicia campaigns get colorful boost from local artists November 1, 2020
  • Benicia – PAC influence here worse than in Big Cities October 31, 2020
  • Solano COVID case count continues to rise – County reports 48 new infections today October 30, 2020
  • BENICIA ACTION ALERT: Protect Democracy, Count Every Vote! October 30, 2020

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