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December 28,2015  •  ROSEMARIE KEMPTON Napa is beginning to look like its old self again, but looks can be deceiving. “Contrary to the perception that everything is back to normal, it isn’t. Many places have not recovered from the quake,” said Mark Pope, a case manager for the South Napa Earthquake Recovery Group, which has…

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By Michael Finney, November 09, 2015 It's been more than 14 months since the Napa Quake. The city is still rebuilding and Monday there was a milestone, one that 7 on Your Side's Michael Finney helped bring about. Napa Self Storage was red-tagged in the Napa quake. The owners planned to bulldoze the building with everything…

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September 28, 2015 9:30 am  •  Register staff Last week, four Napa County organizations received grants totaling $5,000 from The Abramowicz Family Fund and the Steven and Myrna Abramowicz Family Fund at Napa Valley Community Foundation. Myrna Abramowicz, a longtime Napa resident, established a charitable fund shortly before her death in May of 2013. After…

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September 25, 2015 •  Register staff The South Napa Earthquake Recovery Group is encouraging Napa County homeowners who initially reported damages from last year’s earthquake to a government agency or at the Local Assistance Center to contact a case manager regarding the Homeowner Continued Rebuilding Program. The Homeowner Continued Rebuilding Program is a part of Phase…

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September 9, 2015  •  Register staff   A program launched by Napa Valley Community Foundation to help local residents become U.S. citizens will be extended for two additional years. Foundation President Terence Mulligan said the organization’s additional investment in the One Napa Valley Initiative – expected to be $645,000 between 2015 and 2017 – could…

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September 1, 2015 Napa Valley Community Foundation has awarded scholarships totaling $61,700 to 26 local students, an increase of more than $20,000 from 2014. Among this year’s scholarship recipients: seven military veterans who are receiving financial support thanks to The George and Gwendolyn Goodin Scholarship Fund, a permanent endowment that was established at NVCF with…

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August 24, 2015 . Derek Moore Theresa Lang was asleep in bed or walking to her kitchen -- she can't recall which -- when the South Napa earthquake struck last August and toppled the mobile home Lang shared with her boyfriend, sending the 53-year-old woman sprawling to the floor. Lying there in shock, Lang looked…

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Friday, August 21, 2015 Michael Finney It's been nearly a year since the powerful 6.0 earthquake badly damaged part of the Napa area. While many have recovered, hundreds of residents have been living all this time under a threat of even more destruction. Some residents stored their precious belongings at Napa Self Storage, which was red-tagged…

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August 11  •  Terence P. Mulligan Thank you very much for your Aug. 7 story about the next phase of grants from the Napa Valley Community Disaster Relief Fund, which is managed by my organization and was launched with a $10 million gift from Napa Valley Vintners (“Community Foundation planning more earthquake aid”). I’m writing…

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