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Now, when you walk into the Napa County Library Main Branch, you will also find a remarkable array of tangible goods ready to be checked out. Welcome to the “The

As local libraries in the Bay Area reopen for limited, in-person use, Vanessa Hua shares her thoughts on how they foster connections within the community.

March 20, 2020 is the day life changed dramatically in Napa County and, with the one-year anniversary fast approaching, things are still out of whack. That’s when a Napa County order issued two days earlier kicked in and required people to stay home unless engaged in an “essential activity,” such as buying food. That’s when the COVID-19 pandemic hit home with force and fear. Optimistically, the shelter-at-home order was supposed to expire April 8, 2020. Instead, the county p...

Didn’t I miss checking out books? Not particularly. Truth be told, I don’t read books. The library’s been my place for TV shows and old movies on DVD. My previous other source — Netflix’s DVDs by mail — has withered during the pandemic. All the good stuff went to streaming. When I visited the library’s website two weeks ago, I discovered that the physical library was still operating, dishing out materials like always. Open seven days a week even. Should I orde...

Technology is now perhaps more important than it has ever been: Napans are using it to socialize, to support local businesses and now to express interest in receiving the coronavirus vaccine. Napa County was one of the first in the Bay Area to launch an online vaccine interest form, according to spokesperson Janet Upton. The idea was to give eligible or interested country residents a way to alert the county of their desire to receive a vaccine. Supply and eligibility permitting, the county woul...