Heartbreaking times, in need of wholeness and healing By Carrie Rehak, Benicia resident, June 1, 2022 Locally and globally, we are living in deeply troubling and heartbreaking times, so in need of wholeness and healing. As the late U.S. Nobel Prize- and Pulitzer Prize-winning author and educator Toni Morrison reminds us, externalizing what is inside … Continue reading Carrie Rehak: On Being More Fully Alive with Kari Birdseye
‘BenIndy’ will return to more frequent focus on issues other than COVID-19 The Benicia Independent, by Roger Straw, May 25, 2022 Friends, family and neighbors near and far – it’s been a looong and sometimes lonely road here at the wheel, driving and maintaining the clean-energy vehicle known as the Benicia Independent. Now, having passed … Continue reading Benicia Independent announces new directions
Environmental watchdog group Baykeeper filed a lawsuit in federal court against Amports, which owns the Port of Benicia, and Valero for allegedly mishandling petroleum coke, a refinery product that can damage the heart and lungs. Peninsula|Press, a project of Stanford Journalism, by Elissa Miolene, May 16, 2022 From a cliff overlooking the Port of Benicia, … Continue reading Baykeeper features Benicia activists Andrés Soto and Kathy Kerridge: The struggle for clean air and water in Benicia
Benicia port fire fully extinguished, officials say; cause still being determined ABC7 Bay Area News, By Cornell Barnard, Ryan Curry, April 10, 2022 BENICIA, Calif. (KGO) — A four-alarm fire that burned beneath a commercial pier for nearly 24 hours at Benicia Port has been extinguished, and water clean-up efforts are underway, city officials said … Continue reading Benicia port fire fully extinguished