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Beloved California waterfront restaurant closes after 20 years as rent was too darn high
California’s restaurant landscape has lost another gathering place, joining a growing list of beloved California restaurants that recently closed. Zio Fraedo’s on the Vallejo waterfront served its final customers on…
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A billionaire couple donated $50 million to UC Davis for agricultural research; in 2026, a 34,000-square-foot center opened in California
Food production has always depended on farmers, soil, water, and weather. But as the world faces challenges such as climate change, limited resources, and the need to feed a growing population, researchers are looking at a different question: how can food be grown more efficiently in the future? In California, a new research center is doing this through the combination of agriculture, artificial intelligence, robots, and the science of sustainability.
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Downtown Napa's Napkins Bar & Grill Shuts Down, Owner Calls It Heartbreaking
Napkins Bar & Grill, a longtime fixture at 1001 Second St. in downtown Napa, has closed its doors for good. Owner Cengiz Atis says difficult economic conditions made it impossible to keep the restaurant running, calling the decision heartbreaking. Atis shared the news in a Facebook post dated Nov. 6,...
LightWave Reports
A Retired Couple's Investment Account Suddenly Showed Zeros. Then They Learned the State Had Taken It: "It's Just Pure Theft"
Eugene and Ann Breznock had not moved. They had lived in the same house in Winters, California, for more than 30 years. Then the retired couple opened a Charles Schwab statement and found that investments worth $275,000 were gone, replaced with a column of zeros. That is how CBS13 Sacramento’s Call Kurtis team described the discovery in a May 2021 report . “It’s just pure theft!” Eugene told the station. According to CBS13, the couple had not touched the account for three years or had any contact with Schwab. Under California law, that was enough for the state to require Schwab to transfer the investments to the state’s Unclaimed Property program for safekeeping. Getting it back proved harder. CBS13 reported that the assets were labeled “incomplete” on the state’s website, that the state blamed Schwab for submitting the transfer with “errors,” and that when Eugene called Schwab, he says he was directed back to the state. “I can’t tell you how many nights I’ve been awake thinking of what a rotten this system this was,” he told the station, adding that he worried about how long it would take to use his own funds again. Attorney William Palmer, who CBS13
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Texas Bootmaker Lucchese Struts Into Napa With $16,995 Gator-Skin Boots
Lucchese Bootmaker has opened its first California store in downtown Napa, at 1300 First St., Suite 202, in the First Street Napa complex. The Texas bootmaker’s arrival adds a Western-wear retailer to the valley’s main shopping strip. The San Antonio-based company, described by The Napa Valley Register as...
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Psychiatrists offer five-day accelerated intervention for treatment-resistant depression
New non-invasive treatment targets neural networks linked to depression. UC Davis Health’s Advanced Psychiatric Therapeutics (APT) clinic recently introduced a new method to combat treatment-resistant depression (TRD). While conventional interventions for TRD include prescription esketamine, transcranial magnetic stimulation, electroconvulsive therapy and deep brain stimulation, the clinic has recently added the Stanford Accelerated Intelligent Neuromodulation Therapy (SAINT) program.
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City of Napa to Launch New GIS Hub at Napa County GIS Day 2026
The City of Napa invites residents to explore the power of mapping technology and discover new ways to access public information during Napa County GIS Day 2026, taking place Wednesday, November 18, 2026, at the Napa County Library. GIS Day is an international event dedicated to educating, inspiring, and demonstrating...
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Napa's La Toque Brings Back Chef Carlo Zarri for 13th Truffle-and-Barolo Feast
La Toque’s late-fall calendar pairs two fungi-focused dinners: a Nov. 20 Truffles & Barolo Dinner and a Dec. 13 wild-mushroom feast. The November event marks the 13th year Italian chef Carlo Zarri has returned to the Napa restaurant. Its five-course tasting menu costs $240 per person, plus applicable charges; optional wine pairings are an additional $125 per person.