112th Congress
My first kayak river run took place in six hours over 20 miles of Cache Creek, a state wild and scenic river.
It was ever-so-scenic, with canyons, rock uplifted from ancient ocean beds in vertical stripes and curves, 1906 earthquake landslides coming down to water's edge, gray pines and blue oaks outlined against a blue sky.
Competition in our global economy is increasing, and a college education is getting more expensive. This is counterintuitive. If our nation is going to remain competitive in our global economy, then we must continue producing the world's best entrepreneurs and innovators.
The ongoing turmoil over management of Lake Berryessa's resorts reached the floor of Congress on Thursday night, as Napa County's Rep. Mike Thompson secured bipartisan pledges to find a fix.
half-century ago, the 400-mile stretch of Highway 101 between San Francisco and the Oregon border was a two-lane roadway that meandered through dozens of small towns. During summer months, it was clogged with logging trucks and vacationers' trailers.
Gulio Brovelli enlisted in the Army in July 1917, declaring that despite having immigrated to the U.S. from Italy only 11 years prior, “If it is good enough to live in, it is good enough to fight for.”
Brovelli died Oct. 8, 1918, just a month before World War I ended. On Monday, Brovelli and 27 other fallen veterans who hailed from the St.
The City of American Canyon and the Napa County Regional Park and Open Space District would like to invite you to the Napa River and Bay Trail Grand Opening Ceremony on Saturday, June 2. The ceremony will be held at the Wetlands View Area located at the corner of Eucalyptus Drive and Wetlands Edge Road at 10:00 a.m.
I am glad to see that throughout our district, American flags are proudly displayed on homes, businesses and in town squares. Wherever a flag is flown, it is a symbol of the freedoms men and women throughout our history have marched, fought and died to secure.
Today, on Memorial Day, we honor the men and women who laid down their lives for our nation's most treasured and highest ideals: freedom, liberty and democracy.