Hercules
Families moved between rows of vendor booths along the Hercules waterfront Sunday, stopping for food, jewelry, paintings, toys and plants as children played nearby and dance and martial arts groups performed at the fifth annual Bay Front Festival. While businesses filled the festival grounds, hundreds of runners started the day on the waterfront for the eighth annual Bay Front Run, which included 5K, a 10K, a one-mile run and children’s races. More than 380 runners joined the fundraiser to support …
On Tuesday, Hercules voters will decide whether to extend Measure N, a utilities tax that has been funding essential city services for the past 18 years. The 8% tax creates revenue of roughly $3.6 million per year and assures financial stability. This allows for more funding of neighborhood police patrols, water quality, community services, parks and recreation, and for attracting local businesses, as the official website for the measure states. The City Council unanimously voted to put the measure on…