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Flags will fly and the service of veterans of the United States Armed Forces will be honored today at Konocti Vista Casino in Lakeport. Doors open at 10 a.m. with the event scheduled to begin at 11.
Congressman Mike Thompson, himself a veteran of the U.S. Army, is scheduled to be the guest speaker for the event. Christ Taliaferro, vice president of the United Veterans Council of Lake County, will serve as master of ceremonies.
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) voted on Wednesday in favor of H.R. 1314, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015.
Thompson's office said the agreement raises the debt limit until March 15, 2017, and sets increased spending levels for two years by partially rolling back sequestration cuts by $80 billion, which will be split equally between defense and nondefense spending.
A Vallejo-based business is getting more than $1 million in defense department grant funds to study ways to fight infections, Rep. Mike Thompson announced Friday.
Thompson (D- St. Helena) announced a $1.5 million Defense Department grant for Mare-Island’s Riptide Bioscience, Inc.
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) announced Federal Emergency Management Agency Public Assistance funds will be available to eligible applicants such as state and local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations in Lake County.
This is funding for local communities to use to repair critical public infrastructure such as roads, bridges, buildings, water infrastructure and sewage collection facilities.
The federal government covers 75 percent of the costs, and the state and locals governments split the remaining 25 percent.
The United States Postal Service has officially listed Napa’s earthquake-damaged downtown post office building for sale. An asking price was not provided, so it will be up to bidders to make their best offers for the historic property.
The property “represents an exceptional opportunity to acquire a historically significant building in Napa’s thriving downtown,” said a USPS marketing brochure. Potential bidders are invited to attend a tour of the property, at 1351 Second St., on Oct. 26, Nov. 9 or Nov. 16. Within 30 days after the tours, bids will be due.
WASHINGTON -- If House Republicans think it's important to create new committees to investigate Planned Parenthood and Hillary Clinton's link to the 2012 Benghazi attack, Democrats have an idea for a better committee: one focused on gun violence.
Nearly a year after losing its federal grant support, Napa County’s housing advocacy group is on the verge of regaining its lifeline.
Officials with Fair Housing Napa Valley have confirmed the approval of a new three-year grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. HUD is allotting the Napa nonprofit $279,467 during the first year, starting on or shortly after Nov. 1, according to Pablo Zatarain, Fair Housing’s executive director.
Napa Valley College has received a $2.625 million Hispanic-Serving Institutions Department of Education grant to improve services for immigrant students.
The grant, which will be paid out over five years, will help the college to expand educational opportunities for all students and with a special focus on improving the educational attainment of Hispanic students. The college will be able to expand and enhance its academic offerings and program quality.
WASHINGTON -- Nearly 150 members of Congress wrote to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Thursday, urging him to take up legislation that would help stem gun violence.
I was working on the East Coast when I received news of an unprecedented wildfire in southern Lake County. The Valley Fire, as it would come to be known, was growing at an extreme rate. When my emergency flight back to California landed, more than 50,000 acres had already been engulfed, and the fire was only 5 percent contained.
As I drove through communities that I’ve represented for 25 years, the smell of smoke filled the air. Fires were still raging in the distance. And once vibrant communities looked like long-deserted ghost towns.