Photos: Faces and Places, November 8
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Photos: Faces and Places, November 8
On Oct. 12, Carter Waugh, founder of Critts, presented this donation to Pam Perkins, principal of Willow Elementary. Carter, the designer and inventor of the Flip Critt shoe, started a program called Critts Cares, and $2 from each pair of Flip Critts sold will be donated to artful learning programs. Carter was a student at Willow in 2017 when he designed his shoe. He wanted to give back to Willow first.
Photos: Faces and Places, November 8
The Moving Forward residential program in Napa created its own pumpkin patch this year, with major donations from Big Ranch Farms and Larry's Produce. The one-day event was held at Kiwanis Park, where residents in the transitional and independent living support group picked their own pumpkins and chose goodie bags.
Photos: Faces and Places, November 8
The Kiwanis Club of Napa has refurbished the two "Welcome to Napa" signs located by Napa State Hospital on Highway 221 and by The Meadows on Highway 29. In this "before picture" Mary Luros, Glenn Hughes, Nancy Tesch, Rich Tesch and Frank Carr work on one of the signs.
Photos: Faces and Places, November 8
The Kiwanis Club of Napa has refurbished the two Welcome to Napa signs located by Napa State Hospital on Highway 221 and by The Meadows on Highway 29. This is what the signs look like after refurbishing.
Photos: Faces and Places, November 8
The Napa Valley Yacht Club is slowly opening. Left to right are Debbie Dean, Sally Craig (Commodore), Sally Gensel, Richard Gensel, Carl Gonzales and Nancy Schleicher.
Photos: Faces and Places, November 8
The Paukert, DeLeuze, Stevens, Naranjo and Kobylka families opened the newest chapter of a Little Free Library in Napa County.
A relocated Kohl’s and the city's first Chick-fil-A are coming to Soscol Avenue in Napa.
The Napa County Planning Commission approved a wine output increase for Cakebread Cellars, but refused to expand balloon launches near Yountville.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Temperatures are forecast to drop to the upper 20s to low- to mid-30s from 3 to 9 a.m. in interior valleys in the North Bay, including in Napa County.
Liesl Wolf Heinemann studied how consumers perceive the smell of mildew in wine. Her paper won the national championship in a recent FFA competition.
Napa's Public Works department calls for three years' funding to repair city offices now that the civic center project is suspended.