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🌱 Patch AM: Valero Winds Down Benicia Refinery, Shifting Bay Area Fuel Supply To Imports

Coming up: Speaker Series: The Vallejo Family Letters - A Historic Presentation on the Benicia Patch calendar

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Hi there, Benicia! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Valero’s Benicia refinery nears shutdown, leaving workers and fuel in flux
  • How a sharp-eyed Benicia shop owner foiled a guitar theft ring
  • What happens to Benicia if the Valero refinery shuts down?

Also on today's calendar: Speaker Series: The Vallejo Family Letters - A Historic Presentation and 4 more events.

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Today's riddle: After dinner, my parents asked if I could clear the table. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

Find out what's happening in Beniciafor free with the latest updates from Patch.

  • Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 58 and low of 39 degrees.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 58, low: 36.
  • Saturday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 58 and low of 36 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Valero Winds Down Benicia Refinery, Shifting Bay Area Fuel Supply To Imports (patch.com) — Benicia residents are facing major change as Valero prepares to idle its longtime local refinery by April, shifting Bay Area fuel supplies to stored fuel and imports. State leaders say they’re working to keep prices stable while the company files layoff notices and offers transfers or job help to Benicia refinery workers.
   

• California police recover $120,000 worth of stolen custom guitars (newsnationnow.com) — Benicia police and a local business owner helped recover high-value custom guitars that were stolen from an East Bay home last year, returning them to the victim’s family. A Benicia shop owner recognized one guitar brought in for consignment, coordinated with officers, and helped lead to the suspect’s arrest when a second stolen guitar appeared.
   

• Proposed fuel pipeline draws interest from investors. Can it give San Diego drivers a break? (sandiegouniontribune.com) — Benicia residents should know Valero plans to close its large local refinery this April, part of a broader shift in California’s fuel supply. A proposed multistate pipeline could help keep more gasoline flowing into the state, but faces financial, regulatory, and environmental hurdles, leaving future prices and supply for drivers uncertain.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Thursday January 8
  • City of Hercules Blood Drive
    Samara Terrace Senior Apartments , 102 Civic Dr , Hercules
    9:30 am
  • Computer Docent Help at Martinez Library
    Martinez Library , 740 Court Street , Martinez
    10:00 am
  • Storytime Junction
    Lafayette Library and Learning Center , 3491 Mt Diablo Blvd , Lafayette
    10:30 am
  • Family Storytime
    Concord Library , 2900 Salvio Street , Concord
    10:30 am
  • Free Student Meals
    Pinole Library , 2935 Pinole Valley Road , Pinole
    11:00 am
  • Sewing Studio Basics
    Contra Costa County Public Library , 1750 Oak Park Boulevard , Pleasant Hill
    3:00 pm

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🗞 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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