Local ballers have played for more than a decade Most any day of the week, a pickleball game is played in Yountville. The best part is that in this rapidly growing sport, nearly anyone can play. Barb Larson of Yountville first noticed pickleball while visiting the Palm Desert region of Southern California several years ago, […]
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Picturing the world in black and white
By Sasha Paulsen Photographer Vi Bottaro opened her first show in Yountville in more than a decade with a reception at Cornerstone Cellars on March 21, 2025. Known for her striking black and white photographs, which call to mind the work of Ansel Adams, Bottaro’s works, now on display at Cornerstone, have been inspired by […]
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Napa Valley’s Blight Fighter Michael Haas contends with an all-too-familiar sight: trash
While a bevy of grape growers around the valley keep careful watch to ensure that an invasive blight doesn’t infect the vines, there is just one man calling himself the Blight Fighter. Michael Haas fights blight nearly every day, yet his focus is not on grapevines. Instead, Haas pounds the pavement, road shoulders, ditches, culverts […]