Rain, hail dampened Bay Area, but showers disappeared as quickly as they arrived
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Rain fell in parts of the Bay Area on Thursday, May 20, 2021.National Weather Service
A smattering of unseasonable downpours dropped rain and hail from Bay Area skies Thursday, dampening the otherwise dry region and catching some residents off guard.
“I looked outside and I was thinking,’That’s not rain, that’s hail,” St. Helena Mayor Geoff Ellsworth said Thursday evening, shortly after a brief 20-minute deluge ended.
The showers of pea-sized hail that fell on St. Helena weren’t the day’s only unexpected precipitation. A series of intense storms swept across the North and East bays, wetting parched landscapes before quickly fizzling out, said National Weather Service meteorologist Gerry Diaz.
I would like to respond to a highly controversial opinion piece published on Sep 27, 2020, âFind a new location, operator for Clover Flat Landfillâ by activist Chris Malan, wherein she demands that the Napa County Board of Supervisors close the Clover Flat Landfill. Fortunately, Napa County Supervisors assess our county s challenges based on community needs, experts, based on truth and scientific facts. Activist Malan s speculative piece begins with: There is an on-going public discussion whether the Clover Flat Landfill, located between St. Helena and Calistoga in a steep mountain and canyon of the Dutch Henry watershed since 1963, should continue to serve the public with refuse/disposal needs⦠and ends with: Common sense says, find another location and some other entity to run this lucrative business.
Pacaso, a company specializing in the co-ownership of second homes by multiple parties, sued the City of St. Helena last week amid a dispute over whether the arrangement amounts to
The battle between Mayor Geoff Ellsworth and Upper Valley Disposal Service escalated this week, with the companyâs chief operating officer calling on him to resign.
Rob Anglin, an attorney for UVDS, told the city on Monday that Ellsworth solicited the waste management firm Recology to provide service to the City of St. Helena.
UVDS and Clover Flat Landfill have exclusive long-term franchise agreements with the Upper Valley Waste Management Agency (UVWMA) to provide waste management services in St. Helena, Calistoga, Yountville, and the unincorporated Upvalley.
Christy Pestoni, chief operating officer for UVDS and Clover Flat and a St. Helena resident, called on Ellsworth to resign âfor the sake of our town. She accused him of putting his advocacy against her companies ahead of pressing city issues like water.
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