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The sight of tent cities and people living in cars crammed with possessions can be a thing of the past within a few years — that’s the message being preached by All Home. But the five-year price tag for this vision of virtually eliminating homelessness in Napa County could be $87 million. The Bay Area nonprofit wants to reduce the number of people homeless and on the verge of becoming homeless in the region by 75%. And if this sounds like a mere dream, the group says that’s part ...

JESSICA ZIMMER Napa artist Kristina Young is using our natural environment and familiar landmarks to bring art to the community. “All of these art projects are meant to bring unexpected joy to the audience. These are pieces that allow the viewer to say, “That’s my home. This art connects me and makes me feel a part of Napa,” said Young. Her current projects include a mosaic of classic cars for the south side of Hanlees Chrysler at 473 Soscol Avenue; an interactiv...

Israel Valencia  Napa artist Kristina Young stands in front of the wall of the Chrysler dealership on Soscol Avenue. This wall will be the location of a mosaic celebrating classic cars made between 1920 and 1980. Israel Valencia  Details of treestops, which Napa artist Kristina Young plans to include in the welcome mural for the Valle Verde housing complex. Israel Valencia  Napa artist Kristina Young photographs a leaf-covered stream to help her create murals and wayfinding pieces for the He...

For Jews, it’s tzedakah. For Muslims, it’s sadaqah. The meaning is essentially the same — an act grounded in a religious obligation to give to others. Last week, Muslims from the Dawoodi Bohra community and Jews from Temple Beth Torah, both in Fremont, explored their shared spiritual commitment in a joint project to fund and assemble nearly 500 snack and hygiene packs for distribution to unhoused people throughout the region. Though the effort had been in the works for a couple of month...

A longtime officer in Napa County government may soon move into a city administration seeking to give her oversight of its efforts to serve the homeless community — as well as to stand up for the city’s interests in federal and state government. Molly Rattigan, the county’s former deputy chief executive, is City Manager Steve Potter’s preferred choice to fill the revived position of assistant to the city manager, Potter has confirmed. The City Council last week made the firs...

“We need to offer more services for men,” said Colleen Berumen, director of Opportunity House, a homeless shelter in Vacaville. “Statistically, 80 percent of our homeless are men. They receive 20 percent of the services,” said Berumen.  Child care spaces are also impossible to find for millions who need them. The Investigative Unit found biases and perceptions make child care access especially challenging single fathers.  “I call and they say, ‘OK. where’s the mother at?’ I�...

Displaced fire evacuees — living in RVs at the Napa Valley Expo — have until Feb. 8 to find long-term housing elsewhere because of the Expos contractual obligations in 2021.

Updated on January 12, 2021 at 11:37 am Just as Mike’s baby is born, the mother is showing signs of delusional schizophrenia. When her destructive episodes escalate, she’s incarcerated and Mike and his baby daughter, Dani, are evicted from their apartment. Unable to work and care for his infant at the same time, Mike loses his job. He and Dani are suddenly homeless. Desperate for a safe place, he reaches out to homeless shelters but is repeatedly turned away. For at least 20 years, weve bee...

HOWARD YUNE Janet Nottley directs Napa County’s Child Support Services agency, but lately, her work has extended far beyond the office walls — and well beyond the normal tasks of establishing and enforcing child support orders for parents. Over the nine months that the coronavirus pandemic has shuttered (and sometimes re-shuttered) local businesses and thrown numerous residents out of work, Nottley has found diverse ways to lend a hand to mothers, children, and others left vulnerable ...

Sj: Tombstones Honor 196 Homeless People Who Died In Silicon Valley Bay City News Service FacebookTwitterEmail San Jose Spotlight Row after row of makeshift tombstones filled a plaza outside a county building in San Jose, each with the name of a homeless person who died on the streets of Silicon Valley this past year. "If we dont do this, then people just dont recognize the enormity of the problem and how many people are dying," said Shaunn Cartwright, a longtime homeless advocate who helped cr...