Benicia, CA jobs, career and employment opportunities. The highest unemployment rate in the Bay Area last month was in Solano County at 5.4 percent, the state Employment Development Dept. said.
Andy Samuel Griffith (June 1, 1926 â July 3, 2012) was an American actor, television producer, Southern gospel singer, and writer.
July 03, 2012 | By Patrick Kevin Day. (LAT File Photo). Andy Griffith's death on Tuesday meant the most prominent cast member of the landmark Andy Griffith Show had finally departed. Costar Don Knotts preceded Griffith in death in 2006 and Frances Bavier (who played Aunt Bea) died in 1989. Many of Mayberry's older residents have been long gone, such as Floyd the barber (Howard McNear) in 1969 and Otis the drunk (Hal Smith) in 1994.