Napa County Supervisor Pedroza – Support Ad & A Letter to the Editor

Paid for by Local People for Balanced Leadership, a full-page ad was placed in the Napa Register on April 3, 2022, supporting Supervisor Pedroza. Quite a statement and quite a list of names. Then read what I thought was an interesting letter to the editor in the Register with concerns about Supervisor Pedroza’s actions since

Get to Know Your “Blue” Zones

April 12, 2022: Brought to Upper Napa Valley through an innovative sponsorship by Adventist Health and Blue Zones, LLC, Blue Zones Project® is a community-by-community well-being improvement initiative designed to enable community members to live longer, happier lives with lower rates of chronic diseases and a higher quality of life. Adventist Health is a faith-based,

Updates from Our Veterans Home

April 12, 2022: Construction Kickoff for Skilled Nursing Facility/Memory Care at Veterans Home of Yountville  Construction on the new $269 million, 240-bed skilled nursing and memory care facility at the Veterans Home of California is underway, with the facility expected to open early in 2024. The project partners with the California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet),

Napa County Sheriff’s Office offers Citizen’s Academy

Get to know the behind-the-scenes look of the department as the Napa Sheriff’s Office is offering a Citizen’s Academy this May.  It will run on Wednesday evenings from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm for 3 hours, starting on the first Wednesday of May. The academy will take place at the Napa County Sheriff’s Department, located

Egg Dyeing Event: Get in the Easter Spirit!

It’s almost time to get the Easter eggs ready for hunting! On April 15th, join for an afternoon of egg dyeing and general merriment in celebration of Easter! From 6-8 pm the town of Yountville is having an egg dyeing event at the Yountville Community center, where you can color eggs with your friends and

FDA Approves Second Booster Shot

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Tuesday that people in California who are 50 years old or older and those who are immunocompromised might get a second COVID-19 booster shot. This decision comes as the FDA continues to review data submitted by manufacturers Pfizer and Moderna regarding their vaccines’ efficacy in preventing COVID-19. The

The Fair Political Practice Commission (FPPC) of California is Investigating Supervisor Pedroza

April 12, 2022: UPDATE: Beth Nelsen, who had filed complaints about Pedroza with the FPPC commented it was actually six checks, not two. “The FPPC never ruled there was no conflict of interest, the advice desk merely told Pedroza, based on his first email after we blew the whistle, that an in-law is not immediate family. It