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Recent Posts

  • Kari Birdseye to announce 2022 run for Benicia City Council – Rally this Sunday! May 20, 2022
  • COVID case numbers on the rise in Solano and Benicia May 19, 2022
  • Baykeeper features Benicia activists Andrés Soto and Kathy Kerridge: The struggle for clean air and water in Benicia May 18, 2022
  • Benicia Rally in support of Roe v. Wade – photos, video May 15, 2022
  • Solano County reports 502 new COVID infections, 195 of them in Vacaville May 13, 2022
  • Benicia gathering Saturday May 14 for Women’s Reproductive Rights May 11, 2022
  • And the beat goes on… Solano experiencing fifth COVID surge, reporting nearly 500 new cases, 2 deaths May 11, 2022
  • Solano reports 30 new COVID hospitalizations, over half age 65+ (who are 17% of population) May 8, 2022
  • Coronavirus continues to spread in Benicia; Solano County reports 3 new COVID deaths May 2, 2022
  • Virus mutations aren’t slowing down. New omicron subvariant proves it. May 2, 2022
  • Solano adds over 500 new COVID cases in 7 days, 2 new deaths and 24 hospitalizations. Back in high rate of transmission April 28, 2022
  • Benicia sees 23 new COVID cases, now in HIGH transmission rate April 25, 2022
  • Solano County reports 11 previously unreported hospitalizations and 137 new infections April 21, 2022
  • Solano reports three new COVID-19 deaths, 128 new infections April 19, 2022
  • Five years after power went out at Benicia’s refinery, CA lawmakers considering higher penalties April 19, 2022
  • Solano County reports another COVID death, new total of 414 since start of the pandemic April 14, 2022
  • Putin’s war shows autocracies and fossil fuels go hand in hand. Here’s how to tackle both April 12, 2022
  • Solano COVID numbers ticking up, Benicia back in CDC’s SUBSTANTIAL transmission rate April 11, 2022
  • AMPORTS, Valero and consumers could be hit hard by Benicia Port Fire April 10, 2022
  • Benicia port fire fully extinguished April 10, 2022
  • KQED on Benicia Port fire – Fire Chief reports refinery byproducts are burning, so far residents spared by west winds April 9, 2022
  • Benicia Fire Chief Josh Chadwick gives details on the 4-alarm fire at the Benicia Port April 9, 2022
  • 4-Alarm Fire at Port of Benicia – video and report April 9, 2022
  • COVID numbers low in Solano County, but keep that mask handy: 87 residents newly infected, 5 more in hospital April 7, 2022
  • Why experts are ‘not concerned’ San Francisco Bay Area’s COVID rate is highest in California April 7, 2022
  • Solano County reports 68 new COVID infections and a significant drop in ICU bed availability April 4, 2022
  • Ukraine war – follow the money! April 3, 2022
  • Solano County reports 487 previously undisclosed COVID hospitalizations March 31, 2022
  • Benicia mom Amira Barger: I’m a Black Bay Area parent. The Ketanji Brown Jackson hearings were disappointing — though not surprising March 30, 2022
  • Dr. Richard Fleming: Correcting the record on Solano County’s COVID outcomes March 29, 2022

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