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While free expression is a fundamental right we all cherish, it is crucial to acknowledge when certain expressions cross the line into harmful rhetoric that perpetuates division and impedes progress. 

In order to insure and protect its clients the compliance officer at every investment bank and brokerage is barred from trading in individual stocks. Why then is it legal for members of congress, charged with setting the laws and regulations of the investment community, not held to the same high standards of impartiality?

I want to thank everyone who together helped Feeding It Forward become more than ever dreamed of when I started this four-and-a-half years ago.

In 1968, Napa County citizens had the wisdom and foresight to implement the first Ag Preserve in the nation. Probably no one dreamt that it would be so successful, becoming both an agricultural oasis and the backbone of the local economy.

I much appreciate the Napa city government deciding to forgo the expensive and explosive fireworks for our Fourth of July celebration.

Unless you’ve been living under a mortgage-free rock for the past few months, you’ve likely seen and heard a lot about the failures of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and First Republic Bank, and the worrisome instability gripping the banking system. How did this happen?

The article "Jennifer Garner hosts St. Helena event raising $1 million for local cancer screening" begs the question: Why are we having to depend on the kindness of wealthy people to provide the health care services necessary for a fully functioning, civil society?

Last week we received the city's full color glossy pamphlet explaining the proposed water rate increases. It seems that all too often, our tax…

On May 22, anyone driving north from Napa on 29 would have seen big billowing clouds of smoke from a fire of old vines, creating a noticeable haze over multiple miles for hours. This is not a letter opposing such fires, which do have pest and disease control benefits, but rather to do them using “Cleaner Burn” methods.

We created a website on old-time baseball in northern and central central California with the domain name of goodoldsandlotdays.com. The website features some 1,600 pictures of non-pro and semi-pro teams among extensive memorabilia from the late 1880s through late 1980s.

At the recent World Affairs Napa Valley program, the conversation covered everything from electric tractors, microbes, steelhead and warm-climate grapes. The event was entitled, “Earth Day: Climate, Ecology and Adaptation.”

City Manager Steve Potter and Mayor Scott Sedgely and their band of "Debbie Downers" need to reconsider the end of our fireworks on the Fourth!

In this case, it may start with a website that offers rides to SFO at perhaps three-hour or even four-hour intervals. A smaller but comfortable shuttle bus would hold a maximum of eight to ten passengers, with luggage.

In case St. Helena residents are not aware of the proposed rate increases, they still have time to file a protest. If the majority of property owners protest, these increases will not be implemented.

An estimated 100 young people showed up for Mentis’ first annual Youth Mental Health Festival earlier this month, held at the Pelusi Building at Kennedy Park. The goal of our festival was to expose youth to a variety of self-care activities and wellness tools to equip them in caring for their mental health.