Complete coronavirus coverage from the Napa Valley Register, St. Helena Star, and The Weekly Calistogan: Fall/Winter 2020 edition
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Starting Tuesday, restaurants and wine tasting rooms will not be allowed to serve the public indoors. Houses of worship also can only operate outdoors.
Amid the pandemic's upsurge this fall, Napa residents — and visitors to the valley — are paring down their holiday guest lists to keep safe and stop the spread.
The rise in local COVID-19 cases has not yet translated into a dramatic increase in hospitalizations, Queen of the Valley reports.
Napa County plummeted overnight into to the purple "tier" and many local business owners are scrambling.
A resident reports that 11 people living at the home, including three in nursing care, have tested positive for the virus.
Five employees and 18 students attending classes at NVUSD schools have contracted the coronavirus since late October, the district superintendent announced Thursday.
Cases rose by over 50% this week, setting the county up for possibly more restrictions on businesses as soon as next week.
Senator Bill Dodd’s latest town hall featured experts who spoke about how 2021 might shape up for Napa County.
Social gatherings in homes are a major source of new COVID cases in the state.
Major holiday celebrations are being canceled due to the pandemic which continues to reshape community life.
Sixty percent of new cases were people who identified as Hispanic/Latinx, the county reported.
Napa County's hotel occupancy rate in September was 43%, well off the 78% rate for the same month in 2019, according to a study shared with the City Council.
In California, 33 percent of small business owners were unable to pay their full rent on time this month. The number was higher for minority-owned small businesses - about 38 percent.
Latinos make up 40% of the Golden State's population, but 60% of its COVID-19 cases and 48.5% of its deaths.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is imposing an overnight curfew on most of California, including Napa County, as the most populous state tries to head off a surge in coronavirus cases
Bill Dodd was among the group of lawmakers that attended the four-day annual Independent Voter Project's policy conference.
Trip was criticized for occurring during surge in COVID-19 cases.
COVID-19 cases this week were three to four times higher than October reports, according to the county.
A model calculates a 12% chance that a guest at a small dinner party in Napa Valley is infected with the virus. Whether indoors or outdoors, dining in a restaurant is “amongst the riskiest things we do for COVID,” a UC San Francisco health expert said.
Newsom, his wife and four children, ages 4 to 11, all tested negative for the virus on Sunday, spokesman Jesse Melgar said in an emailed statement.
Nine people with COVID diagnoses are currently hospitalized, the county said.
New biz alert: Honey Whiskey Boutique now open in First Street Napa.
The family's attorney argues that the sheriff's video of the incident suggests that Nylander intended to surrender.