Author: Julia DeNatale

March 09, 2014 5:00 pm • Register Staff • Hispanic Network awards The Napa County Hispanic Network would like to congratulate the following individuals for being selected as recipients of the Lifetime Achievement and Friends of the Network awards for 2014. Lifetime Achievement Award recipients: Terrence Mulligan, Napa Valley Community Foundation; Eva Zavala, teacher, Shearer School; Dr.…

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November 8, 2013 12:30 PM • Register Staff • In honor of Veterans Day, Napa Valley Community Foundation has announced that a scholarship program for veterans will see a 38 percent increase in its budget this year. The George and Gwendolyn Goodin Scholarship Fund, which gives college and university scholarships to Napa County residents who are…

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September 1, 2013 12:30 PM  •  Isabelle Dills • A total of $118,500 awarded countywide Numerous schools throughout Napa Valley were recently awarded grant money to boost their music programs. The funding was awarded through the Napa Valley Community Foundation’s Ruth L. Terranella “Seventy-Six Trombones” Music Fund, which aims to enhance music education for Napa County public…

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July 20, 2013 6:00 pm  •  Howard Yune  • A new team effort among Napa County community groups aims to remove the roadblocks standing between thousands of immigrants and U.S. citizenship, beginning by month’s end. With funding from the Napa Valley Community Foundation, a group of local nonprofits is preparing to offer services to legal permanent residents…

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Por: Pilar Marrero / pilar.marrero@laopinion.com PUBLICADO: MAY, 4, 2012 3:00 El valle de Napa, con sus plantíos de uva, sus grandes fincas y su prestigiosa industria del vino, es un motor económico de California. Pero no tendría la vitalidad que hoy tiene – y el prestigio mundial- si no fuera porque cuenta con una mano de obra especializada…

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Jeff Tyler discusses creating a Latino middle class in Napa County in this interview with Napa Valley Community Foundation President, Terence Mulligan, and other local nonprofit leaders. Kai Ryssdal: A report out here in California last week shows that less than half the families in this state are middle-class anymore. Yes, part of that's a bad economy, but the…

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By SCOTT JAMES • A worker trimmed excess branches and leaves from vines. Nearly every drop of Napa County’s world-class wine is produced by migrant labor. This time of year, that means the workers are suckering vines — pulling off, by hand, tiny sprouts that might hinder the growth of healthy grapes. Just as painstakingly,…

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