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🌱 Patch AM: Wine Business Gives 'Large Donations' To Organizations: Best Of 2025

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In today's newsletter:

  • How one Napa winery is pouring big support into second chances
  • Rainy-night crash near Yountville shuts Silverado Trail for 16 hours

Also on today's calendar: Silent Book Club Napa County and 7 more events.

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Today's riddle: What did one magnet say to the other magnet? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Cloudy, showers; breezy, with a high of 58 and low of 48 degrees.
  • Wednesday: A morning shower, then rain, temps: high: 54, low: 46.
  • Thursday: Windy with rain; cool, with a high of 51 and low of 44 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Wine Business Gives 'Large Donations' To Organizations: Best Of 2025 (patch.com) — Napa readers are invited to celebrate The Prisoner Wine Co., praised for its generous donations to second-chance organizations and its strong support of the winemakers who define Napa Valley. The nomination in Patch’s Best of 2025 series highlights the winery’s blend of quality wine, warm hospitality and community commitment, while encouraging locals to share their own standout people and places.
   

• Crash Shuts Down Road In Napa County All Day After Car Hits Power Pole, Damages Winery: CHP (patch.com) — Napa Valley residents are learning more about a serious Sunday morning crash on Silverado Trail near Yountville that injured a 26-year-old Napa man and his passengers, including a toddler. The collision in rainy conditions knocked down PG&E power poles, damaged a winery’s rock wall and forced a roughly 16-hour closure of the key roadway for repairs.
   

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  • Don and I want to thank everyone that has came by.
    We have met so many people over the years and enjoy every minute of it. There is still time to come see The Nichols Christmas House. 2101 Russell St … (Nextdoor Terrace & Shurtleff)
  • Do we have any animal shelters where we can hang out with the animals, and give them some love?
    Yesterday I went to Muttville in San Francisco and absolutely fell in love… but going to SF to hang out with the senior doggie’s is a bit much. I… (Nextdoor Napa High/California Blvd)
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🗞 Nearby News

Yountville

  • American Canyon City Council approves new contract with city manager (pressdemocrat.com)
  • Basketball Recap: Windsor Drops Highest Score of Season Against Del Campo (maxpreps.com)

American Canyon

  • Rapper features East Bay high schools in music videos for Bay Area anthem (mercurynews.com)
  • When Marines Beat the Army: The Epic 1918 Rose Bowl That Saved Bowl Season (military.com)
  • Two Fantasy 5 lottery players split nearly $600,000 jackpot in California (sacbee.com)

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