News & Stories

June 5, 2021 by Sarah Klearman The outbreaks at River Ranch Farmworker Center began in the summer of 2020. Amid the stress and uncertainty the pandemic had already inflicted on the residents of the county-owned facilities, the center was forced into a kind of lockdown, and each of its almost 60 residents were put into…

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May 14, 2021 by Register Staff Napa Valley Community Foundation has invested $112,500 to help Napa County pay for a multi-year contract with Zonehaven, a Bay Area software company whose evacuation management platform promises to greatly improve the speed and clarity of communications for wildfire evacuation orders and warnings. Currently, evacuation orders and warnings are…

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April 8, 2021 by Register Staff Napa Valley Community Foundation announced the second round of grants from The David and Jane Gotelli Family Fund, which was created through a generous bequest from the late David and Jane Gotelli to support small animals in Napa Valley. The Gotellis were longtime Napa residents who both passed away…

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March 30, 2021 All right, who hasn’t been doing their rain dance? Dear Readers, it’s time to gyrate like your water supply depends on it — because it does. And, on a sober note, please conserve water and keep those showers short and to the point. Rough times could be ahead. *** Huzzahs to the…

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March 23, 2020 by Register Staff In the last 12 months, Napa Valley Community Foundation (NVCF) has granted $5.7 million from the Napa Valley Community Disaster Relief Fund to address the public health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 virus in Napa County. The grants distributed since Napa County’s shelter-at-home order took effect on March…

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March 20, 2021 by Sarah Klearman A note from Sarah Klearman, the Register’s wine industry reporter: It’s been a hell of a year for just about everyone in Napa Valley. My colleagues in the Register’s newsroom and I have seen the twin crises of the pandemic and this past season’s wildfires unfold before our very…

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March 2, 2021 For the Register Napa Valley Community Foundation (NVCF) announced that Lindy Solow Bouwer has joined the Foundation as vice president of development & communications. Bouwer will play a leadership role in all fundraising and communications activities, including establishing new donor advised funds and scholarship funds; facilitating planned gifts and securing contributions. Bouwer…

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February 19, 2021 by Kate Bradshaw There is potential for many thousands of new secondary housing units in single-family areas throughout San Mateo County, and more should be done to make these units easier to build, argued a Civil Grand Jury Report released last year. San Mateo County cities were required to provide feedback on…

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February 16, 2021 by Register Staff Napa Valley Community Foundation announced that cash assistance programs to help local residents endure the economic pain of the pandemic and recover from last year’s wildfires will continue into the summer. Two types of aid initially made available in 2020 will remain on offer until at least June 30:…

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December 5, 2020 by Sarah Klearman New regulations put into effect by Cal/OSHA last week should strengthen protections for employees confronted by workplace coronavirus outbreaks, experts say — including in the agricultural and service sectors, whose workers have been disproportionately impacted by the virus. The regulations mandate that employers notify workers of potential workplace exposure…

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