All posts by Jeff Schechtman

Debbie and Curt Gore have lost their business, DJ’s Growing Place and Michael Imfeld is the trigger man.  After putting the couple through a painful and arduously long and totally unnecessary City Council process and preventing proper signage they have to close the business.   Here is their story

They invite you to check out their final sale at their Trancas location, behind the Food Mill.

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Several months ago we spoke with Dr. Stephen Seager, who has worked as a psychiatrist at Napa State Hospital for more than four years.  While he applauds the care that’s given to the patients, he argues that Napa State is a very violent place.  A place where psychotic and  dangerous criminals are mixed with the staff and the general hospital population.  Dr. Seager has written about his experiences in “Behind the Gates of Gomorrah: A Year with the Criminally Insane.”  Here is our conversation with Dr. Seager.

On this first day of school NVUSD Superintendent Patrick Sweeney, along with Elizabeth Emmett, talks about personal learning, cultural relevance, global citizenship, importance of character education, Napa’s changing demos and how Measure H money will be rolled out.  It’s important homework!

Congressman Mike Thompson talks local and national politics and his  27th annual Pasta Feed.

Clay Gregory talks about Napa Valley’s competitive advantage and why just being a world class destination is not enough to assure our success.

Sometimes the best ideas are the simple ones.  With so much talk about grandiose ideas for transportation and housing, Calistoga Mayor Chris Canning leapfrogs ahead with a simple idea.

There is a great deal of joy at NVUSD Headquarters as the  final vote count shows that the $269 Million NVUSD Bond has passed. 

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