Author: Caitlin Childs

October 10, 2017 California’s Wine Country is in a state of emergency as more than a dozen wildfires burn through large swaths of land in Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino, Lake, and Yuba counties. The fires have destroyed at least 1,500 structures, caused at least 10 fatalities, and forced an estimated 20,000 North Bay residents to evacuate,…

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October 10, 2017, Register Staff In response to several major Napa County fires that have displaced thousands of area residents, Napa Valley Community Foundation has activated a Disaster Relief Fund for fire victims. The Fund was originally established in response to the South Napa earthquake of 2014 with a $10 million lead gift from Napa…

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September 7, 2017, Maria Sestito YOUNTVILLE — One day after a rally was held showing solidarity with Napa Valley’s immigrant population, a forum convened to discuss the topic of immigration at the Yountville Community Center. Randy Capps of the Migration Policy Institute in Washington, D.C. was the key speaker at Thursday’s forum on federal immigration…

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September 7, 2017, Jennifer Huffman Napa’s businesses may be about 1,900 miles from Houston, but many are touched by the plight of Texans affected by Hurricane Harvey. A number of Napa area wineries and other companies have collected donations or made contributions – both financially and otherwise – for the hard-hit state. Downtown Napa business…

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Jul 24, 2017, For the Register Napa Valley Community Foundation (NVCF) recently appointed several new board members. The new board members are: Maira Ayala, district representative for Congressman Mike Thompson; Dawnine Dyer, founder and owner of Dyer Wine; and Ed Matovcik, president of Intervine, an international wine management company serving airline and cruise lines. The…

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May 28, 2017, Register Staff Napa Valley Community Foundation has awarded scholarships totaling $128,300 to 57 local students, an increase of more than a dozen students and $25,000 from 2016. Among this year’s scholarship recipients are local military veterans who are receiving financial support from the George and Gwendolyn Goodin Scholarship Fund, and recent graduates…

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Apr 24, 2017, Register staff The Napa Valley Forum 2017 will feature a discussion on "Media, Democracy and Civil Society: The Role of Journalism in the Era of Social Networks, WikiLeaks, Disinformation and Fake News." The guest speaker will be Phil Bronstein, executive chair of the board of the Center for Investigative Reporting in Emeryville. He…

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March 10, 2017, W. Blake Gray As resentment over immigration bubbles away, Napa works out how to talk about the elephant in the room. Despite a chronic shortage of housing, Napa Valley treats its farmworkers better than most of the US. But in a country that suddenly seems at war on immigrants, is that something the…

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