Mar 21, 2024

Fiestas Primavera cultural festival comes to Benicia

The festival will carry a message of inclusion and tolerance to counter the dangerous “La Migra” game played by Benicia High School Students....

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  May 10, 2022

Who are the Three Percenters?

“The ethos of groups like the so-called ‘3%-ers’ is armed rebellion against the federal government," prosecutors said....

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  May 04, 2022

Solano DA candidates Abrams, Henry debate equity, accountability in ACLU forum

The candidates know each other well, as Chief Deputy District Attorney Sharon Henry is challenging her boss, District Attorney Krishna Abrams....

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  Nov 17, 2021

Benicia moves forward with racial equity committee

The community group Benicia Black Lives Matter, which formed as the country erupted in protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death, was the driving force in the reforms....

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  Nov 03, 2021

Supervisors decline to enact oversight of Solano sheriff’s office

Sheriff Tom Ferrara defended his office regarding several recent scandals that led to calls for oversight....

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  Oct 29, 2021

Pressure grows for oversight of Solano County Sheriff’s Office

Activists have finally succeeded in convincing the Board of Supervisors to consider forming an oversight body with subpoena power to investigate the sheriff’s office....

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  Aug 19, 2021

Solano sheriff’s deputies beat Black woman unconscious for no reason, lawsuit alleges

The lawsuit alleges that the deputies lied when they said Porter resisted arrest and lied about how long she had been unconscious....

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  May 28, 2021

Solano Sheriff to seek reelection, despite controversy

VALLEJO– Solano County Sheriff Tom Ferrara announced on Friday that he would run...

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  Apr 25, 2021

FBI rebuffs sheriff’s claim it cleared deputies of extremist ties

The FBI called into question Solano Sheriff Tom Ferrara’s claim that agents cleared members of his department of links to a far-right extremist group....

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  Mar 08, 2021

Amid calls for investigation, sheriff stands by deputies who displayed militia support

He said that he did not believe the deputies aligned themselves with the extremist group they promoted....

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