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A cluster of at least seven signs posted outside a small, nondescript Silverado Trail house is uncompromising in proclaiming its creatorâs conservative stance â âAMERICA LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT,â âSUPPORT THE NRA,â âUP YOURS NEWSOM.â
But two of the placards â one formed from red lettering on a white panel, the other hand-lettered onto green cardboard â appear more pugnacious than the rest: âCHOKE THE WOKE.â
That message is the latest in an assortment of slogans to be posted within sight of those driving, bicycling or walking a section of the Trail, just east of the Napa Valley Expo and a few blocks from Soscol Avenueâs busy commercial strip.
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Is it permissible to take apart a historic but damaged house â one of the city of Napaâs oldest landmarks â in hopes of saving it?
Napaâs Cultural Heritage Commission on Thursday grappled with a plan to divide the skin of the Thomas Earl House near downtown into several panels, restore the exterior sections and piece them back together over a stronger, hidden steel framework â a seemingly radical surgery that owner Marc Porat called the only long-term way to preserve a landmark rocked by the 2014 earthquake.
City staff, wary of dismantling the 159-year-old home even temporarily, called for the plan to proceed only after peer review by experts and weekly updates on the repairs. But the heritage commission unanimously granted the project a certificate of appropriateness â a statement of its belief that the shored-up landmark will retain its historical value, even if separated into pieces for a time.