The Herculean, a newsletter published by the City for its residents, began its life as the City Newsletter, first published in March 1977. The name was changed to the more colorful (and apt) Herculean beginning in October 1978. It was published on and off (mostly on) through early 2011.
Below are a few stories of some of the more interesting tidbits contained within its pages. Most were originally published in the short-lived Hercules Express.
Construction, Taxes, a Drought — Wait, What Year Is This Again?
“The water emergency is real and potentially dangerous – but we can all live with it if we follow the ...
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Herculean Days: Let’s go shopping
Reprinted with permission from The Hercules Express. An early edition of The Herculean summed up the state of retail shopping in ...
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Herculean Days: Adventures in Sewage
Reprinted with permission from The Hercules Express. In the late 1970s, city leaders in Hercules set themselves with a seemingly impossible ...
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Grappling With History
Dean Brightman takes a look back at Hercules’ industrial and suburban past. Reprinted with permission from The Hercules Express. With Hercules’ ...
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Herculean Days
Dean Brightman takes a look back at Hercules' industrial and suburban past. Reprinted with permission from The Hercules Express. Hercules ...
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Downloadable PDFs
All City Newsletters/Herculeans have been converted to PDFs by HHS and are downloadable at the links below.