The gradual awakening of daily life more than a year after the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic is only slowly reviving holiday ceremonies in the Napa Valley, where Memorial Day will again be a mostly quiet affair.
Cities across Napa County are largely forgoing public observances of Memorial Day for the second straight year, despite falling COVID-19 infection rates, growing numbers of vaccinations, and the promise of more lenient state rules on social distancing beginning June 15, when California officials plan to fully reopen the economy.
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