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What's up Napa! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Downtown Napa’s biggest redevelopment in years is finally taking shape
  • How many Flock cameras now watch drivers in Napa?
  • What Napa loses as the PGA Tour drops Silverado’s Procore event

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  • Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 68 and low of 36 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. 'Most Significant' Downtown Napa Investment Pushes Forward (patch.com) — Downtown Napa is seeing its biggest investment in more than a decade as construction advances on the First Street Napa redevelopment, including a 161-room hotel and 78 condos. The project will reshape the Brown Street Corridor into a pedestrian paseo, reconnect key downtown destinations, bring back local favorite Don Perico in a new space, and generate significant tax revenue and hospitality jobs.
   

2. Public safety must-have or threat to civil liberties? Debate over Flock license plate reader cameras has taken hold in North Bay (pressdemocrat.com) — Napa County Sheriff’s Office and Napa Police Department now operate 30 Flock license plate reader cameras, with data kept for 30 days and the city police paying about $51,000 a year. Local agencies tout crime-fighting benefits, while civil liberties advocates warn that the expanding North Bay camera network poses serious privacy and data‑sharing risks.
   

3. PGA Tour drops Napa stop in schedule shakeup (pressdemocrat.com) — Napa golf fans will lose their hometown PGA Tour stop, as the Procore Championship at Silverado Resort has been dropped from the FedEx Cup Fall schedule starting this year. The tour is adding new events in North Carolina and Texas instead, reshuffling the fall lineup while players still compete for FedEx Cup status and exemptions across 45 tournaments overall.
   

4. California's New Senate Leader Wants Democrats United. A Budget Shortfall Could Divide Them (pasadenanow.com) — A Napa-based state senator briefly enters the spotlight in a behind-the-scenes clash over budget earmarks that helped usher in new Senate leadership in Sacramento. The story profiles incoming Senate President Pro Tem Monique Limón as she prepares to guide Democrats through a tough budget year, balancing possible cuts, tax debates, and climate policy while promising a more inclusive, transparent process.
   

5. Many parents live with Rob Reiner and Tommy Lee Jones' dire reality (mercurynews.com) — A recent piece on high‑profile Hollywood families grapples with how severe mental illness and addiction can overwhelm even well‑resourced parents, and notes one case involving multiple recent arrests in Napa and Santa Cruz counties. Advocates say California’s strained mental‑health and conservatorship systems leave many local families feeling powerless until crises or tragedy occur.
   

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