🌱 Patch AM: How could Valero’s possible move ripple through Benicia paychecks?

Hello Benicia! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How could Valero’s possible move ripple through Benicia paychecks?
• How Benicia boys basketball lost a heartbreaker and what’s next

Also on today's calendar: Family Workshop: Magical Glass - A Holiday Celebration of Stained Glass and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one astronaut stranded on the moon say to another? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: An a.m. sprinkle, then rain, with a high of 56 and low of 53 degrees.
• Saturday: Periods of rain, temps: high: 56, low: 51.
• Sunday: Rain; breezy in the morning, with a high of 59 and low of 51 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Fairfield Council briefed on brewery fallout (thereporter.com) — Benicia residents should know Valero’s local refinery is expected to relocate, contributing to a projected loss of up to 3,000 Solano County jobs by early summer. Fairfield officials and workforce leaders are scrambling to respond to the Anheuser-Busch brewery closure, school layoffs, and refinery changes with retraining, grants, and job fairs aimed at easing the regional shock.
   

• Local Roundup: Vallejo boys soccer defeats Hercules (fresnobee.com) — Benicia High’s boys basketball team dropped a nail-biter to Amador Valley, 56-54, extending the Panthers’ skid to three games ahead of a home matchup with Acalanes. The wider roundup also highlights recent soccer and basketball results for nearby Vallejo, Bethel, American Canyon, and Mare Island Tech teams, giving Benicia fans a sense of how neighboring programs are faring.
   

📸 Around Benicia

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Benicia

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday December 21

• Family Workshop: Magical Glass - A Holiday Celebration of Stained Glass
  St Peter's Chapel, 1181 Walnut Ave, Vallejo
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Thursday December 18

• "PUFFS- Unsung Heroes Night"
  Benicia High School , 1101 Military W , Benicia
  7:00 pm

Friday December 19

• YEAH, WRITE: Winter Sanctuary Series
  617 Marin St , Vallejo
  6:30 pm
• "PUFFS, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic"
  Benicia High School , 1101 Military W , Benicia
  7:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Youth Soccer Camp
  Benicia High School , 1101 Military W , Benicia
  10:00 am
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Tournament
  Benicia Public Library , 150 E L St , Benicia
  3:00 pm
• Puffs — TABBS
  Benicia High School , 1101 Military W , Benicia
  7:00 pm
• Closing Night of Puffs (PAB)
  Benicia High Benicia, CA 94510
  7:00 pm

Sunday December 28

• History & Current Events Book Group
  Bookshop Benicia , 636 First St , Benicia
  5:00 pm

📣 Benicia Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday December 19

• Holiday Brunch
  Hercules Senior Center , 102 Civic Dr , Hercules
  10:00 am
• Food Truck – Street Steam Bunz — FIVE SUNS
  Five Suns Brewing , 626 Main St , Martinez
  12:00 pm
• NEW! Six Flags WinterFest — Visit Vallejo
  Six Flags Discovery Kingdom , 1001 Fairgrounds Dr , Vallejo
  2:00 pm
• Salsa & Sangria @ Four Fools Winery
  Four Fools Winery , 13 Pacific Ave , Rodeo
  3:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• FedEx has delivered another package to the wrong address.
  It is a box of tint that he logs. I cannot get the picture to copy and it is amazing to me. How bad the customer service is at FedEx where you can’t… (Nextdoor Southampton)
• HOUSE CLEANER needed for a move out/end of lease cleaning in downtown Benicia.
  Clean kitchen cabinet surface, oven, range/burners, bathroom. Moving out end of December. Please contact if interested, thank you! (Nextdoor East Benicia)

• In-Terminal Services - ITS ConGlobal posted a job opening for Car Loader and Unloader in Benicia. Apply here.
• Ace Hardware posted a job opening for Retail Sales Associate PT in Benicia. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Benicia here.

🗞 Nearby News

Vallejo

• Vallejo city staff looking to ‘reach out' to white slough encampment (timesheraldonline.com)
• Vallejo school board votes to close 3 schools, cut 120 staff positions (vallejosun.com)
• Vallejo greenlights contract for controversial gunshot detection tech (vallejosun.com)

Martinez

• Council Finalizes Deal With Proposed Marina Developer (patch.com)

Berkeley

Ok Benicia! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t think you know the gravity of this situation.
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