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A selling point to commissioners — about 90% of the visitors arrive by bus or shuttle. “I think it’s also important to acknowledge that’s a business model we don’t see a lot,” Commissioner Anne Cottrell said. “And it really helps address traffic issues in the valley.” Madonna winery is located on 4.4 acres at 5400 Old Sonoma Road. It is along Highway 12, the main road linking southern Napa County with southern Sonoma County. “I can assure you we will do our best to make the valley proud as the second-oldest wine-making family still producing wine t...

Napa County is in no hurry to debate whether and under what conditions cannabis might someday be grown commercially in wine country. County Supervisor Brad Wagenknecht brought up the issue last week to the Board of Supervisors. He expressed concern that, if the county doesn’t act, supporters might pass a ballot measure. “I believe ordinances are a better way of governing than initiatives and that’s why I got into this at all,” he said. Support local news coverage and the people who report it by subscribing to the Napa Valley Register. The county last year delayed explorin...

Disasters come in distinct phases. First is the initial shot of adrenaline — fleeing from the fire, digging out of the rubble of the earthquake, trying to move belongings to higher spaces to avoid the flood. Then comes the anxiety — did our house survive? How are our friends and family? What do we do now? Support local news coverage and the people who report it by subscribing to the Napa Valley Register. After that, the reckoning with the new reality — the burn scars, the lost buildings, the changed landscape. After a few weeks or months comes the longest phase of all — t...

Time is running out to keep this from being the rainy season that wasn’t. Napa County Airport as of Friday had 6.02 inches of rain since the rain year began on October 1. Though the airport bordering wetlands near San Pablo Bay is one of the county’s drier locations, that is only 40% of normal for the season-to-date. “That is about as pitiful as you can get,” said Mike Pechner of Fairfield-based Golden West Meteorology. Support local news coverage and the people who report it by subscribing to the Napa Valley Register. March is typically the last month of the rainy season...

Napa County’s two longest-tenured supervisors say they won’t run for reelection and potential candidates are emerging for races that will help decide the future of world-famous wine country. Supervisors Brad Wageknecht and Diane Dillon will leave office in January 2023. The June 7, 2022 primary election will have no incumbents for the 1st District and 3rd District seats, the only ones on the ballot. “It is a huge-stakes election,” said David McCuan, a political science professor at Sonoma State University. Support local news coverage and the people who report it by subscri...