Community Corner
🌱 Patch AM: What Valero’s Benicia refinery shutdown could mean for your gas bill
Coming up: Continuing Welding (Paying Members Only) on the Benicia Patch calendar
Cheers Benicia! We’re back, helping you stay up to date with what’s happening. Let's take on the day together! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- What Valero’s Benicia refinery shutdown could mean for your gas bill
- How Benicia’s backroads became part of the Zodiac Killer mystery
Also on today's calendar: Elevate Sunset Yoga at the Farmers Market and 3 more events.
Find out what's happening in Beniciafor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Find out what's happening in Beniciafor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- Monday: Periods of rain, with a high of 60 and low of 52 degrees.
- Tuesday: Remaining cloudy with showers, temps: high: 57, low: 51.
- Wednesday: A morning shower, then rain, with a high of 55 and low of 48 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• NY Times, Others Say California Refinery Closures Will Lead to $8 a Gallon Gasoline by the Summer of 2026 (smobserved.com) — Benicia drivers face potential ripple effects as Valero’s Benicia refinery is slated to close by April 2026, removing a major source of California’s gasoline supply. Analysts disagree on how high prices could go, but most expect noticeable increases and more volatility at the pump as the state leans on imports and new regulations during its energy transition. 
• The Zodiac Killer: What to Know About the Serial Murderer's Victims (people.com) — Benicia is directly tied to the Zodiac Killer’s first confirmed murders on Lake Herman Road and a later attack described as occurring at Lake Berryessa in Benicia. This detailed retrospective walks through each known victim, the killer’s taunting letters, and decades of investigation, while emphasizing that the case remains officially unsolved even as new theories and cipher breakthroughs continue to emerge.
📸 Around Benicia
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Benicia
★ Featured events ★
- Continuing Welding (Paying Members Only)
Benicia Makerspace, 4592 E 2nd St Unit O, Benicia
6:30 pm
Wednesday December 24
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Other local events
- Elevate Sunset Yoga at the Farmers Market
First Street Green , Corner of 1st and , E B St , Benicia
6:15 pm - New Creation/RG Academy — Koffee Krew
675 E H St , Benicia
3:30 pm - History & Current Events Book Group
Bookshop Benicia , 636 First St , Benicia
5:00 pm - SALSA & BACHATA CLASS by Cuban Rhythm and Rumba Dance Studio
H Lounge , 472 Benicia Rd , Vallejo
8:00 pm - Jane Austen Tea Party at Bookshop Benicia
Bookshop Benicia , 636 First St , Benicia
3:00 pm
Thursday December 25
Sunday December 28
Monday December 29
📣 Benicia Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- The Library Wellness Team
Concord Library , 2900 Salvio Street , Concord
10:00 am - Art Therapy
Concord Library , 2900 Salvio Street , Concord
1:00 pm - American Canyon Wolves vs Analy Tigers
American Canyon High School , 3000 Newell Dr , American Canyon
4:00 pm - Crockett Library Game Night
991 Loring Ave , Crockett
5:30 pm - Mystery in the Stacks
El Sobrante Library , 4191 Appian Way , El Sobrante - Seek & Find Mythical Creatures
El Sobrante Library , 4191 Appian Way , El Sobrante
Monday December 22
Tuesday December 23
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Anyone know where to dispose or recycling cooking oil locally?
I have 5 gallons of used peanut oil from frying a turkey. (Nextdoor Bridgeview) - Are you missing a glove?
It’s on the path around the triangular grass area by the boat launch. (Nextdoor Lower Eastside)
- City of Benicia, CA posted a job opening for Public Safety Dispatcher - Entry/Academy Enrolled/Academy Graduate/Non-Lateral in Benicia. Apply here.
- Benicia Unified School District posted a job opening for Benicia High School- Softball Coaches, 2025-26 in Benicia. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Benicia here.
🗞 Nearby News
Vallejo
- Solano's Best of Food and Drink: Bud's Burgers has big appetite in Vallejo (timesheraldonline.com)
- Two Fantasy 5 lottery players split nearly $600,000 jackpot in California (sacbee.com)
- School safety supervisor forced student to trade sex for stolen phone: cops (local12.com)
Martinez
- Signatures-in-Lieu of Filing Fees for Candidates Begins for Primary Election (contracosta.news)
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
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