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May 5, 2020 by The Weekly Calistogan Staff Ana was laid off in mid-March, when Napa County’s Shelter-at-Home ordinance shuttered the large hotel where she worked. As a single mother with two teenage children, this job had been her only source of income. It had been enough to get by, but not enough to save…

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May 3, 2020 by Carly Graf The Napa Sonoma ADU Center, the newly launched information hub for homeowners looking to build an accessory dwelling unit, recently announced the hire of a director to lead the operation. Renée Schomp, the Sonoma County native who brings with her nearly a decade of experience in the legal aid…

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April 28, 2020 by Press Release - Napa County Board of Supervisors (NAPA, CALIF.) – Napa County announced today the expansion of free COVID-19 testing through a collaboration recently announced by Governor Gavin Newsom with Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE) and Verily. “Governor Newsom has identified six indicators to safely and scientifically evaluate how the…

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April 27, 2020 by Loraine Stuart The Napa Valley Register has been consistently and thoroughly providing Napa County important, current information on the Covid-19 crisis for which we are very grateful. All of us in Napa County are interlinked. All of us are only as secure and healthy as our neighbors who have less economic…

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April 24, 2020 by Register Staff Napa and Solano County residents feeling the emotional and mental toll of COVID-19 can get support from a special helpline and free drug treatment for teens in Napa County. Through a disaster relief grant from Napa Valley Community Foundation funded by the Napa Valley Vintners, Aldea Children and Family…

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April 23, 2020 by Maggie Fusek, Patch Staff NAPA COUNTY, CA— Napa County announced the expansion of free coronavirus testing in the county through a collaboration with California Gov. Gavin Newsom, the nonprofit group Community Organized Relief Effort — or CORE, founded by Sean Penn in 2010 in response to the Haiti earthquake — and…

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April 16, 2020 by Rachel Raskin-Zrihen The city of Napa wants its residents to know there are ways they can help keep their favorite local businesses stay afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic. City officials also want business owners to keep up with the ever-changing landscape of help available, and have launched some tools to do…

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April 15, 2020, Star Editorial Board In a society like ours that depends on many nonprofits to provide emergency services in times of crisis, having someone who can make sure it is all running well is a gift. Fortunately, such an organization actually exists in the Napa Valley. The Napa Valley Community Organizations Active in…

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April 7, 2020 by Register Staff Napa Valley Community Foundation has partnered with the Napa County Public Health Division to eliminate financial barriers that might prevent uninsured or underinsured residents from being tested for the COVID-19 virus. A grant of $100,000 has been issued from the Napa Valley Community Disaster Relief Fund managed by the…

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March 25, 2020, By Howard Yune With the shutdown of daily life triggered by the coronavirus outbreak has come a surge in demand at the Napa Food Bank, Meals on Wheels and other relief programs in recent days, organizers say. Visits to the Napa Food Bank's branches around the county have doubled or tripled since…

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