The Napa Valley Register's editorial board's latest version of "The R Report," its bite-size takes on local issues and controversies.
Laizah Coronado shares her experiences with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Napa Valley.
The Napa Valley Register's editorial board's latest version of "The R Report," its bite-size takes on local issues and controversies. This time around, it weighs in on the opening of a new bakery downtown, a website shaming opponents of a Alta Heights day care, the passing of Hank McGraw and…
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The Napa Valley Register's editorial board launches "The R Report," a regular series giving its opinions on issues of interest to our readers. This time we look at the lawsuit contesting the city's approval of a daycare, the return of free music to downtown Napa, Cal Fire making short work o…
Before heading off to North Korea last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a “peace” offering to Ukraine. He pledged an immediate cease-fire and peace negotiations if Ukraine withdraws from four partially occupied regions and abandons its bid to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organiz…
William Perez shares his experiences with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Napa Valley.
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The NCOE board should determine what conditions its staff has laid out that are vital to Mayacamas’ success – the ones that can be logically done now – and demand its petitioners fix them by its next meeting. If they can't do it, reject it.
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We can only report on the known facts at the time. We would rather be accurate than first. Anything less would be a disservice to Nex Benedict, the editorial states.
After meeting with each of the candidates for the Napa County Board of Supervisors, the Napa Valley Register reveals its endorsements for county districts 2, 4 and 5.
The city of Napa is restarting its red-light program, which it shuttered in 2017 due to problems with the vendor at that time. But changes in state law, and its proven effectiveness, make this new version one that locals can be comfortable with.
The twists and turns regarding the fate of the Mayacamas charter school have been exhausting, the editorial board writes. Though perhaps frustrating that the Napa County Office of Education board pushed its vote this week, we believe they were right to do so as a lot of questions remain unanswered.
The editorial board applauds the opening of the former Motel 6 in north Napa for the area's unhoused residents. However, they urge that it be seen as the first step in a very long process toward fixing the issue of homelessness and affordability.
Is homelessness in California — or at least the Napa County portion of it — a problem that can be solved? The editorial board speaks to local experts about the issue in the first of a two-part series.
The reopening of a block of Main Street in downtown Napa has proven to be the right move, the editorial board writes.
Napa is hardly a mini version of Nashville, and even if it was, our performing arts scene would still be profoundly unbalanced.
To be a truly world-class region, our performing arts scene needs to have more: more dance, more theater, more comedy, more experimental in-your-face experiences. The main venues for that work — Napa Valley College and Lucky Penny — are mighty but have their own missions and agendas. The Lincoln Theater is currently shuttered with no reopening date.
Political cartoon by Roberto Tinoco
Political cartoon by Roberto Tinoco
Political cartoon by Gary Markstein
Miguel Rivera Medina shares his experiences with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Napa Valley.
Political cartoon by Mike Luckovich
Sandwiched between graduations and Pride Month comes Father's Day, a holiday not quite as celebrated as the maternal one in May, but important nonetheless.
Political cartoon by Steve Breen
The city of Napa is set to usher in its first Juneteenth — a holiday that commemorates the abolition of slavery in the United States — bringing with it a new milestone for inclusivity of a portion of the population that isn’t always visible and may not always feel welcomed.
Political cartoon by Mike Luckovich
Political cartoon by Andy Marlette
Political cartoon by Roberto Tinoco