Taking the helm at PUCDr. Heather Knight is new to Pacific Union College, but that’s not keeping the recently appointed president of the college from getting to work increasing student enrollment and reaching out to others in Napa County.
July 28th, 2009
Fire destroys Angwin homeA fire destroyed an Angwin home on the 400 block of Newton Way Monday morning.
July 27th, 2009
Angwin house fire containedA fire that started in the garage of an Angwin home brought out CalFire/Napa County firefighters at around 10:25 a.m. today.
July 22nd, 2009
PUC taps new college presidentThe Pacific Union College has named a new president to replace Dr. Richard Osborn, who stepped down in June.
July 16th, 2009
A change for PUC eco-villagePacific Union College is resuming work on its Angwin eco-village project, but the Seattle-based developer that has guided the project since 2005 will assume a smaller role in the 380-unit project.
July 8th, 2009
Changes in store for eco-village?Change may be in the air for the Angwin eco-village, the controversial Pacific Union College project that includes 380 new housing units and a makeover for the commercial area of the quiet mountain town.
PUC restarts study for eco-villageWith the infamous “urban bubble” debate finally resolved, developers with ties to Pacific Union College plan to resume preparations for the proposed Angwin eco-village.
April 29th, 2009
Supes take middle road in AngwinEven as the hard-fought battle over land use rules in Angwin came to an end on Tuesday, the real work on the proposed Angwin eco-village is only just beginning.
April 14th, 2009
Robert Redford joins Angwin debateActor and environmentalist Robert Redford has stepped out against the controversial Angwin eco-village, announcing that he will join the local group Save Rural Angwin.
April 13th, 2009
Robert Redford joins Angwin debateActor and environmentalist Robert Redford stepped out against the controversial Angwin eco-village last week, announcing that he is joining the local group Save Rural Angwin.
April 2nd, 2009
Angwin Eco-village planning on holdThe environmental study of the proposed Angwin eco-village, a key document in getting the project before Napa County officials and the public, is on hold pending the outcome of the county’s bubble debate.
Commission comes to terms on plans in AngwinMembers of the Napa County Planning Commission duked it out Wednesday during a three-hour-long hearing on the Angwin urban bubble, a divisive Upvalley issue that will ultimately land before the Napa County Board of Supervisors later this month.
February 25th, 2009
Angwin debate and more McMansionsThe long awaited meeting where Mark Luce returned to cast his vote on the fate of the PUC eco-village turned in a new direction yesterday with Luce's compromise plan. Saddled by a map displayed for the public that was impossible to read, Luce laid out his plan. With PD and RR's and PI's flying, the often lively and even angry discourse amongst the Supervisors was difficult to follow.
Angwin vote ends in tieThe Angwin eco-village proposal remains in limbo after a four-hour Napa County Board of Supervisors hearing Tuesday ended in a split vote.
January 27th, 2009
Angwin eco-village's future debated by supervisors todayAt a much-anticipated public hearing this afternoon, the Napa County Board of Supervisors will attempt to align conflicting land-use maps — either giving Pacific Union College and Triad Communities the green light to continue with their plans for the controversial Angwin eco-village, or setting in motion a process to stop the development before it even reaches the board.
January 25th, 2009
A crucial vote for the future of AngwinThis week, Napa County officials hope to resolve land-map inconsistencies that have held plans for the controversial Angwin eco-village in limbo.
December 28th, 2008
Eco-village would help AngwinSave Rural Angwin continues to discredit itself with empty arguments and circular reasoning. A recent letter from Allen Spence rehashes the same “sky is falling” rhetoric we have seen before (“Eco-village still too big, hard to swallow,” Dec. 2).
PUC, Upvalley donors aid crash victimWhile the students and faculty at Pacific Union College in Angwin are still coping with the recent death of four young students, they have also shifted their focus to helping a man who survived the horrific crash.
September 30th, 2008
PUC floats new planRoughly 100 Angwin residents got their first look last week at possible changes to the Angwin eco-village, including the addition of a retirement center.
Zooming in on Angwin airportAfter years of talk, Napa County may eventually buy Angwin Airport — but first a joint study paid for mostly by the Federal Aviation Administration must take flight.
August 24th, 2008
County may pop urban 'bubbles'Napa County will update its land-use maps by removing hundreds of acres of land zoned for agriculture out of areas designated for residential use — from Angwin to Lake Berryessa and Napa.
August 10th, 2008
Questioning the premise of the Angwin eco-villageThe Triad corporation of Seattle has posted on its Web site an elegant presentation of the 380-unit subdivision it proposes for Angwin. It presents it as an eco-village, so beautiful that it will capture national attention.