Jesse Duarte

Saint Helena

Reporter at St. Helena Star

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Articles

Trees, shrubs planted at community forest in St. Helena

3 days ago | napavalleyregister.com | Jesse Duarte

Long-term plans to develop a community forest south of St. Helena took another step forward on Saturday. About 35 volunteers helped plant more than 160 native trees and shrubs to enhance the biodiversity of the man-made Napa Valley Community Forest that provides habitat for owls, rodents, coyotes, grebes and hummingbirds.
St. Helena City Council reviews plans for Porchfest concerts

3 days ago | napavalleyregister.com | Jesse Duarte

The St. Helena City Council wants to clear up a few details before throwing its full support behind a plan to bring free live music to a residential neighborhood. On Tuesday, councilmembers said they want to flesh out details about the proposed St. Helena Porchfest's financial viability, insurance coverage, and safety plans before giving the green light to the festival, which is tentatively scheduled for Sept. 28. The event will come back to the council for approval on July 22.
From the editor: Hot summer reading

3 days ago | napavalleyregister.com | Jesse Duarte

One of my bookworm dreams came true a few weeks ago. Wild Plum Books owner Elyse Chambers asked me which book I wanted to recommend as part of a Father’s Day display featuring recommendations from local fathers. Whoa daddy, where do we start? Torn between a few options (how could I pass up “The Master and Margarita”?) I chose Jonathan Franzen’s “The Corrections.” Marcus the barrel cooper next to me shrewdly went with Ian McEwan’s “Atonement” — Marcus, we need to be friends.
Hotel St. Helena reopening Friday after years-long closure

1 week ago | napavalleyregister.com | Jesse Duarte

ST. HELENA — The Hotel St. Helena is reopening Friday after being closed for at least five years. Eight of the downtown hotel’s 18 rooms will be available for booking this weekend as part of a soft opening, owner Mary Haney told the St. Helena Star on Thursday. The other rooms will become available eventually, she said. City officials have been working with the hotel for years to resolve lingering code issues. Fire Chief John Sorensen said the hotel passed its final fire inspection on Thursday.
Loud and proud: St. Helena Public Library hosts Drag Queen Story Time

1 week ago | napavalleyregister.com | Jesse Duarte

Wearing a tight pink dress, dark-red wig, and heavy makeup, drag queen Bella Aldama strutted into the St. Helena Public Library, lip-syncing to Ike and Tina Turner’s “Proud Mary.”“I know this is a library, but I like to make noise,” she said as she settled in for the library’s first Drag Queen Story Time on Saturday.
Chef Katie Reicher celebrates vegetarian cuisine at St. Helena fundraiser

1 week ago | napavalleyregister.com | Jesse Duarte

In case you’re wondering, Katie Reicher, executive chef of San Francisco’s celebrated vegetarian restaurant Greens, eats “pretty much everything.”But she’s scrupulous about keeping meat out of the Greens kitchen — and even out of the dining room, where at least one devious guest has tried to smuggle chicken in her purse. “We don’t allow meat in the building,” Reicher said.
St. Helena Porchfest plan heading to City Council

1 week ago | napavalleyregister.com | Jesse Duarte

Organizers of a proposed Porchfest musical event on St. Helena’s west side are getting ready to pitch their idea to the City Council. The Parks & Recreation Commission, which first reviewed the proposal on May 5, recommended Monday that the City Council approve the Sept. 28 event, with a few caveats. The proposal will go to the council on a date to be determined. “This town has got to move forward and do some new, innovative things,” Commissioner Jim Anderson said.
Gearheads flock to Rianda House classic car show in St. Helena

1 week ago | napavalleyregister.com | Jesse Duarte

From Model As to ‘60s muscle cars to a visually striking and ultra-rare 1956 Jaguar D-Type, Sunday’s Rianda House classic car show offered something for every gearhead. About 120 cars lined Adams Street and Library Lane for the senior center’s biggest event yet, spearheaded by John Muhlner and grand-marshaled by Dr. Steve Herber, president of St. Helena Hospital.
From the editor: World gone wrong

1 week ago | napavalleyregister.com | Jesse Duarte

I was eating delicious burrata toast with balsamic cherries when I found out Israel had attacked Iran. A few of my closest friends live in Israel, so I’ve been following recent developments in the Middle East more closely — and with a lot more dread — than most of my St. Helena friends, who are understandably focused on domestic affairs. There had been rumors Thursday that Israel was getting ready to strike, and that an Iranian counterattack would be sure to follow.
St. Helena native writes novel about vole detective

2 weeks ago | napavalleyregister.com | Jesse Duarte

“The Etiquette of Voles” is Karen McCoy’s first published novel. But her first published work? That would be a “Fresh Voices” column she wrote for the St. Helena Star in 1996 when she was a sophomore at St. Helena High School. The piece made the case for drama programs at the high school. She got paid $25 for it and still has the pay stub.