Barry Eberling

Napa County Reporter at Napa Valley Register

Barry Eberling covers Napa County government, transportation and environmental issues for the Napa Valley Register.

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Napa County loans more money to Le Petit Elephant nursery

1 day ago | napavalleyregister.com | Barry Eberling

Napa County will loan another $150,000 to Le Petit Elephant Nursery and Preschool to help the childcare center open in its new home by next year. The county previously approved a $1.2 million forgivable loan to the center. On Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors sought to ensure the project in the city of Napa's Alta Heights neighborhood reaches the finish line.
Medicaid cuts could have Napa, Bay Area impacts

3 days ago | napavalleyregister.com | Barry Eberling

Updated at 11:40 a.m. Monday — Federal budget-cutting proposals that Rep. Mike Thompson says threaten Medicaid have some in the North Bay fearing they will pay a price, from people with disabilities to hospitals. Congressional Republicans have instructed the House Energy and Commerce Committee to cut spending by $880 billion. The committee has jurisdiction over Medicare and Medicaid. Thompson, D-St. Helena, opposes the proposed cuts, saying they can't be made without destroying Medicaid.
Medicaid cuts could have Napa, Bay Area impacts

5 days ago | napavalleyregister.com | Barry Eberling

Federal budget-cutting proposals that Rep. Mike Thompson says threaten Medicaid have some in the North Bay fearing they will pay a price, from people with disabilities to hospitals. Congressional Republicans have instructed the House Energy and Commerce Committee to cut spending by $880 billion. The committee has jurisdiction over Medicare and Medicaid. Thompson, D-St. Helena, opposes the proposed cuts, saying they can't be made without destroying Medicaid.
Wright's Corner in Napa's Carneros area proposed for remake with tavern, store, small inn

6 days ago | napavalleyregister.com | Barry Eberling

Kerry Smith plans to take her transformation of Wright's Corner on Old Sonoma Road in the rural Carneros area one step further. A decade ago, she won Napa County's approval to open an art gallery and bicycle tour rental business there. She and her husband renovated a vacant, rundown site that had once been home to a store, bar and gas station. Her new plan calls for switching the business mix.
Giant Napa River fishing contraption aids science

6 days ago | modbee.com | Barry Eberling

When Martin Perales and Paul Blank go fishing on the Napa River, the fish barely stand a chance. The two men don't use a fishing rod. They use a rotary screw trap - a rotating funnel, 8 feet across, that floats half-submerged between metal pontoons and traps fish.
Vietnam memorial 'The Wall that Heals' coming to American Canyon

1 week ago | napavalleyregister.com | Barry Eberling

Napa County residents and others in the region will be able to experience the emotions evoked by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial without traveling all the way to Washington, D.C."The Wall that Heals" replica will displayed in American Canyon Oct. 16-19. Just like the original, this black, V-shaped 375-foot-long wall is etched with the names of more than 58,000 Americans who died serving in the Vietnam War.
Napa River fish monitored using rotary screw trap

1 week ago | napavalleyregister.com | Barry Eberling

When Martin Perales and Paul Blank go fishing on the Napa River, the fish barely stand a chance. The two men don't use a fishing rod. They use a rotary screw trap — a rotating funnel, 8 feet across, that floats half-submerged between metal pontoons and traps fish. But their work isn't about sports fishing. Perales and Blank work for the Napa County Resource Conservation District, and they are counting fish for science. They are giving the Napa River a health checkup.
Napa County finalizes Skyline deal, Moore Creek Park grows

1 week ago | napavalleyregister.com | Barry Eberling

Two land deals involving local parks are official — Skyline Wilderness Park near the city of Napa is owned by Napa County, and Moore Creek Park near Lake Hennessey has expanded. Both land purchases had been previously announced as pending, and both were recently finalized. The Skyline deal has been more than a decade in the making. The Napa County Board of Supervisors on Dec. 17 approved buying the 874 acres from California for $7.2 million.
Napa River fish count

1 week ago | napavalleyregister.com | Barry Eberling |Nicholas Otto

You are the owner of this video. You have permission to edit this video. See the Napa County Resource Conservation District's rotary screw trap fish-catcher in action on the Napa River.
Napa to look at garbage rate hikes

1 week ago | napavalleyregister.com | Barry Eberling

Monthly garbage collection rates in the city of Napa could rise by about 12% in July, with a series of proposed hikes totaling 52% by 2029. For example, the 65-gallon trash container service costs $58.71 a month. That could rise to $65.76 this July, $72.33 in January 2026, $78.12 in 2027, $84.37 in 2028 and $89.43 in 2029. The city has a 158-page study to justify the proposed increases.