Benicia (/bəˈniːʃə/ bə-NEE-shə, Spanish: [beˈnisja]) is a city in Solano County, California, located on the north bank of the Carquinez Strait in the...
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The Benicia Refinery is an oil refinery located near the San Francisco Bay Area city of Benicia, California. The refinery is owned by Valero Energy Corporation...
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The Benicia–Martinez Bridge refers to three parallel bridges which cross the Carquinez Strait just west of Suisun Bay in California; the spans link Benicia...
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SolTrans (redirect from Benicia Breeze)
cities of Vallejo and Benicia. SolTrans was established in 2011 and is the result of a merger between Vallejo Transit and Benicia Breeze. In 2023, the...
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USS Benicia may refer to one of two ships in the United States Navy named for Benicia, California: USS Benicia (1868), a screw sloop launched in 1868 and...
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Benicia Capitol State Historic Park is a state park in Benicia, California, United States. The park is dedicated to California's third capitol building...
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Benicia Seminary was founded by a Board of Trustees in June 1852, as the Young Ladies' Seminary of Benicia in Solano County, California in the city of...
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Benicia station is a former train station in Benicia, California. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2017 as Benicia Southern...
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Benicia State Recreation Area is a state park unit of California, United States, protecting tidal wetland. It is located in the Solano County city of...
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Strait on the Benicia–Martinez Bridge, immediately meeting the east end of I-780 on the Benicia end. The remainder of I-680, from Benicia to I-80 at Fairfield...
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Parkway and Lemon Street in Vallejo to I-680 just north of the Benicia–Martinez Bridge in Benicia. It closely parallels the Carquinez Strait for its entire...
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Church of Benicia was founded on April 15, 1849, at a building in Benicia, California in Solano County, California. The Presbyterian Church of Benicia site...
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The Benicia Arsenal (1851–1964) and Benicia Barracks (1852–66) were part of a large military reservation located next to Suisun Bay in Benicia, California...
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USS Benicia was a screw sloop in the United States Navy during the late 19th century. She was named for Benicia, California. Benicia was launched 18 August...
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The second USS Benicia (PGM-96/PG-96) was a Asheville-class gunboat in the United States Navy commissioned in 1970. She later served in the South Korean...
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Masonic Hall, also known as Benicia Masonic Hall, is a historic building in Benicia, California. Constructed by Benicia Masonic Lodge No. 5 in summer...
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Benicia was a barquentine built by Matthew Turner in Benicia, California in 1899. She was known for a fast passage from Newcastle, New South Wales to Kehei...
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Doña Francisca Benicia Carrillo de Vallejo (1815-1891) was a Californio pioneer. A member of the Carrillo family of California, Carrillo was the wife...
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Saint Paul's Episcopal Church of Benicia is historical church Building built in 1859 in Benicia, California in Solano County, California. The Saint Paul's...
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the Californian government moved to neighboring Benicia, named in honor of Gen. Vallejo's wife Benicia Carrillo de Vallejo. The Mare Island Naval Shipyard...
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the coastal barrier collapsed between today's cities of Crockett and Benicia, releasing lake water in a cataclysmic flood. The strait forms part of...
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efforts by amateur detectives. The Zodiac's known attacks took place in Benicia, Vallejo, unincorporated Napa County, and the city of San Francisco proper...
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17500 Benicia High School is a public high school serving approximately 1,700 students, grades nine through twelve. It is part of the Benicia Unified...
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(1850–1851). Subsequent locations included Vallejo (1852–1853), and nearby Benicia (1853–1854); these locations eventually proved to be inadequate as well...
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Benicia Unified School District is a public school district based in Benicia, a city in Solano County, California. It operates two high schools, a middle...
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California, is named after him, and the nearby city of Benicia is named after his wife (née Francisca Benicia Carrillo). Mariano Vallejo was born in Monterey...
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Navy Ordinary Seaman aboard USS Benicia Jun 9, 1871 – Jun 10, 1871 USS Benicia Stood on the gunwale on the Benicia's launch, lashed to the ridgerope and...
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City Park is a public park in Benicia, California, that features a bus station served by SolTrans. It is the site of the first Protestant church in California:...
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126 2,068 +2.8% 0.52 1.3 4,088.5/sq mi (1,578.6/km2) December 24, 1896 Benicia City Solano 27,131 26,997 +0.5% 12.81 33.2 2,118.0/sq mi (817.7/km2) March...
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Railroad, that carried entire trains across the Carquinez Strait between Benicia and Port Costa in California daily for 51 years, from 1879 to 1930. When...
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