Yvonne Baginskiâs front porch in Napa has long been a resource for anyone needing medical supplies or equipment such as walkers or wheelchairs.
For years, locals would visit her home to either drop off or pick up such items â all for free. The grassroots program eventually became part of a nonprofit Baginski founded called Share The Care.
Today, Baginskiâs front porch has found a new âhome.â Share The Care just opened its first storefrontâlocated at 162 S. Coombs St.
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Napa County will begin disclosing the names of long-term congregate care facilities experiencing coronavirus outbreaks, County Public Health Officer Karen Relucio confirmed, following lobbying from county elder advocates to do so.
Until now, the countyâs policy has been to disclose only the number of active coronavirus outbreaks among its 50 or so long-term care facilities â a group that includes both skilled nursing and assisted living facilities as well as smaller board-and-care homes.
Napa County previously has not released the names of facilities experiencing outbreaks nor cited the number of cases in each outbreak, according to county spokesperson Janet Upton, who noted the county leaves it up to individual nursing homes whether to publicly identify themselves as having an outbreak.
A deteriorating two-story concrete building in remote south Napa County wetlands once relayed news from Asia to the rest of the United States and tracked Soviet Sputniks. Samie Hartley
A mysterious wreck of a building in remote Napa County wetlands once hummed with excitement as radio workers became the first in the western United States to pick up the latest Asian news and Soviet Sputnik beeps.
This Press Wireless site was once a newsgathering powerhouse. Today, itâs a broken-down, all-but-forgotten piece of the past.
âSome of us are wondering about the history of the old concrete structure out Buchli Station Road in Carneros right on the water,â local resident Robin Ellison recently told the Napa Valley Register.