Local life

Guides

Evergreen guides to Napa: a map of how the county is governed, and the newcomer's short course on valley life. Reported to the same standards as everything we publish, and kept current.

How Napa County government works

By Napa Chronicle · Sep 28, 2026

The supervisors, the councils, the commissions, and the lines on the map: a plain-English map of who governs Napa.

A newcomer's guide to the Napa Valley

By Napa Chronicle · Sep 28, 2026

Learn the map, find the meetings, and show up where the locals go: the short version of belonging here.