🌱 Patch AM: Tea & Tranquility: January Weekly Wellness Retreat and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Speaker Series: The Vallejo Family Letters - A Historic Presentation at St Peter's Chapel
• Tea & Tranquility: January Weekly Wellness Retreat at The Vortex Bay Area
• Benicia, CA | Girl Scout Welcome Troop at Benicia Community Center

... and check out 4 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What did the shovel say to the dirt? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 56 and low of 37 degrees.
• Saturday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 58, low: 36.
• Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high of 59 and low of 34 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Benicia

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday January 11

• Speaker Series: The Vallejo Family Letters - A Historic Presentation
  St Peter's Chapel, 1181 Walnut Ave, Vallejo
  3:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday January 10

• Tea & Tranquility: January Weekly Wellness Retreat
  The Vortex Bay Area , 619 First St , Benicia
  1:30 pm

Tuesday January 13

• Benicia, CA | Girl Scout Welcome Troop
  Benicia Community Center , 370 E L St , Benicia
  5:30 pm

Thursday January 15

• Taste of First Street
  Benicia Main Street Program , 90 First St , Benicia
  5:30 pm

Saturday January 17

• Winter Feast Beer Dinner 2026
  Mare Island Brewing Co. – First Street Taphouse , 440 First St , Benicia
  5:30 pm

Friday January 23

• BHS Improv Show — TABBS
  Benicia High School , 1101 Military W , Benicia
  7:00 pm

Wednesday January 28

• Continuing Welding (Paying Members Only)
  Benicia Makerspace , 4592 E 2nd St Unit O , Benicia
  6:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday January 9

• First Friday Lunch Mob @ ButtercuP
  Vallejo Chamber of Commerce , 425 Virginia St A , Vallejo
  11:30 am
• Friday Book Club
  Contra Costa County Public Library , 1750 Oak Park Boulevard , Pleasant Hill
  1:00 pm
• Generations and Books: Read with Dawn-Dawn
  American Canyon Library , 300 Crawford Way , American Canyon
  3:30 pm
• Car Meet & Cruise at Taqueria Los Amigos
  Vallejo Chamber of Commerce , 425 Virginia St A , Vallejo
  5:00 pm
• 2026 SAOR Installation Dinner
  Vallejo Chamber of Commerce , 425 Virginia St A , Vallejo
  5:00 pm
• Friday Night Relaxing Sound Bath Meditation
  Live Good Fitness , 2261 Morello Ave , Pleasant Hill
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Has anyone lost a peacock?!
  Found on La Cruz street off of East Second. Have it in my backyard currently. (Nextdoor Lower Eastside)
• I live in South Hampton Benicia ..
  I have a leaky bathroom faucet and I am looking for someone to fix it. I tried Anji and they wanted close to $500 just to come out? Any thoughts? (Nextdoor Southwest Southampton)

• InstaSwim LLC posted a job opening for Private Swim Instructor in Benicia. Apply here.
• Burger King posted a job opening for Team Member in Benicia. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Benicia here.

🗞 Nearby News

Vallejo

• Upcoming Vallejo Events — The Ray Charles Project at the Empress Theatre (vallejosun.com)
• 2.0 magnitude earthquake registered close to Vallejo, CA on Jan. 7 (sacbee.com)
• Local Roundup: ELITE high boys basketball picks up win (timesheraldonline.com)

Martinez

• City of Martinez kicks off Sesquicentennial Celebration: 'Past, Present, Future, Together' (contracostaherald.com)

Berkeley

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