Schools
by school
Community Events
by organization (Visit Benicia, Chamber of Commerce, Main Street)
Sports & Recreation
by sport (although calendars are often private)
Arts & Culture
by organization
City Services
by activity
Google calendars can be either private or public. Your personal or work calendar is going to be private, but Google Calendars can also be made public to be shared. These shared calendars are an effective way to actively share and update people about events.
The Benicia schools already uses Shared Google Calendars as a way to update parents. You'll see these calendars at the bottom of every school homepage. For example, https://mfe.beniciaunified.org/.
At the bottom left of each calendar is a link "Add to Google Calendar." When you click that link, you'll see a new window with your personal gmail calendar pop-up, then you'll be asked if you would like to subscribe to this calendar. By subscribing, you'll now see all the events from this shared calendar on your own calendar (in a different color).
This is a simple and powerful way to proactively stay informed about whats going on in your child's school, on their sports teams, at the library, and in the community.
This website is a collection of these calendars, so citizens can proactively subscribe to them and stay up to date on events.
Would you like to see a specific calendar added to this site?
Ask that organization to create a shared calendar and then have them send it to me