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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 of the problem. Support local news coverage and the people who report it by subscribing to the Napa ...

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 interactive sculpture for the Soscol Square development at 333 Soscol Avenue, to be built by 2022; the Napa Qu...

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 Heritage House-Valle Verde housing complexes. Israel Valencia  Napa artist Kristina Young, lead artis...

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 months, representatives from the two congregations happened to meet to deliver the care packages on May 1...

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 first of two required votes to approve an ordinance re-creating the position, which was eliminated more ...