by Craig Smith Educate Youth • Protect Environment • Connect Community H ow much impact can a small group of volunteers have in their community? To answer that, look no further than American Canyon. The American Canyon Community & Parks Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organized in 2015, now reaches 4,000 youth and families a year with watershed, conservation and environmental programs. And that’s just the beginning. When their shovel-ready Napa River Ecology

by Ronda Giangreco Partnerships and programs making a tangible difference in Napa and our world Kevin Miller is the Recycling Manager with the City of Napa. Solid waste and recycling services and programs in Napa are really a public/private between the City and Napa Recycling & Waste Services (NRWS). The City of Napa owns the recycling and composting facility while NRWS operates the facility and provides collection services under contract with the City. We recentl

By Kathleen Reynolds This was going to be the year you finally got a handle on your money. So, in the words of Dr. Phil, “How’s that working for you?” For most households, “finance” isn’t just Wall Street jargon. It’s the day‑to‑day reality of budgeting, banking, insurance, investments, retirement, and even estate planning. To keep it grounded, let’s zoom in on two big pillars of family finance: mortgages and taxes. For generations, buying a home has been seen as

By Kathleen Reynolds On March 26, Napa Climate NOW! and Napa Valley College will host the fourth annual Napa Climate Summit, a free community event spotlighting the investments and partnerships aimed at making Napa County more resilient in the decades ahead. This year’s theme, “Resilient Napa,” reflects a growing recognition that climate adaptation is no longer a theoretical exercise—it’s an economic imperative. County Board of Supervisors Chair Amber Manfree will

By Kathleen Reynolds If you’re a longtime Napa resident, you remember when a new restaurant in town was met with comments like, “Italian, again?” It’s taken some time, but Napa now has a whole crop of new ethnic restaurants. One of them is Carabao Filipino Eatery. Owned and operated by chef Jade Cunningham and her husband Mathew, the restaurant started as a pop-up when a friend loaned them his Butter’s Burgers food truck for the night and their food sold out. They

By Craig Smith Years ago, I was asked to write an article for Napa Valley Marketplace Magazine about the history of the Friends of the Napa River (FONR), the group which formed and led Napa’s incredibly successful flood control effort. I contacted Bernhard Krevet, the current and only the second president to lead the Friends, to ask for an interview. Bernhard joined the Friends in 1997 almost as soon as he and his wife Ursula moved to Napa. He didn’t just “join” F