On Sunday, Jan. 14, Napans will have a rare opportunity to hear from and ask questions of David Akov, the consul general for Israel for the Pacific Northwest region.

Phil Angelides delivered his swan song last week, checking out as state treasurer and perhaps ending a lifelong quest for high office.

Dear editor, As a resident of Napa who uses the freeway walkway near Redwood Road, as do my kids and grandkids, I am ashamed at the present state of this strip for pedestrians.

Dear editor, Alfred Huete wrote in his Jan. 5 letter (“Religion and madmen”) that “war is religion and religion is war.”

Dear editor, I want to thank the Napa Valley Register and all the Napa residents and visitors for their patronage and support during the holiday season and now into the new year.