Benicia News

A downed power line at the California Maritime Academy in Vallejo appears to have ignited a nine-alarm grass fire that burned for more than six hours Friday night and Saturday morning, a Vallejo assistant fire chief said.

As bubbles blown by children atop a slow-moving fire truck enveloped them, firefighter Explorer Scouts Bryan Allen and Nick Parker gripped their torches and marched down First Street.

One lane of northbound Interstate 680 near the Martinez-Benicia Bridge is blocked due to an accident involving four vehicles and a big-rig which leaked about 10 gallons of fuel on the roadway.

Most bikers cherish the freedom to replace factory-installed mufflers with louder pipes.

The Vallejo Parade Association presents the 156th Vallejo Fourth of July Parade beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday.

Local police traded badges for jogging shorts Thursday for the Special Olympic Torch Run.

A two-alarm fire Friday charred a roasting machine at Bay Area Coffee Inc. in Benicia.

Benicia may soon join other California cities in merging departments to save money.

Benicia school board members are scheduled to vote Monday on a proposed budget for next school year.

Tom Voight can't help but chuckle. The man behind Zodiackiller.com Web site and a guy who has researched every nook and cranny of the unsolved mystery, agreed that the actual killer has died or will die before the interest in him does.

Marti Conger lives a life of pain. If she's lucky, she can muster enough energy to fix her hair in the morning.

A large coffee-roasting machine exploded in a Benicia coffee-making company Friday morning, causing an injury to an employee and a two-alarm fire, a fire captain said.

Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend. - Corey Ford Dear Gary: My brother-in-law, Eddie, took his toy poodle, Chi Chi, into my backyard for a constitutional.

With the end in sight for this school year's session, Benicia school board president Rosie Switzer said her goal for next year is to keep a "conservative eye" on district funding.

A grass fire that startred above a popular city park on Father's Day burned six acres before firefighters put it out, a fire department spokesman said.

An internationally known artist will lend a hand to a struggling nonprofit on Saturday.

It may look like there's been an uptick in serious crime here in recent weeks, but that's likely just perception, a police spokesman said Monday.

Benicia residents joined statewide demonstrations Sunday protesting the possible closure of state parks.

Officers have identified a 33-year-old San Pablo man as the suspect in a March bank robbery.

When Vallejo and Benicia police officers shot a homicide suspect Sunday, the county's investigative protocol was activated.