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By DAN ROSS
Register Online Staff

City’s anti-graffiti scrubber never runs out of work

Two arrested for graffiti in Napa

Are you seeing graffiti around the area where you live, work, go for a walk, take a drive or more?

Let us know here, and we'll pass this along to city staff so they can know about it too.

This is going to stay on the Web site as long as people continue to report graffiti troubles as our part of a community service project.

27 comment(s)

707jng wrote on Jul 28, 2008 3:17 PM:

" Downtown Napa on Riverside Drive is always covered with the stupid XIV tags. They get my uncle's fence all the time and it gets expensive to remove it all summer long. "

make napa better wrote on Jul 29, 2008 12:00 AM:

" There's none now but there is a fence on Bryan Ave that gets it a lot.My dad crappily painted it over last year cause he got tired of looking at it. Then the City came out and said "good enough". It never got painted over right. Wilkins Ave gets it too there is a complex that got tagged right in the front 2 weeks ago. The maintenance cleaned it up but, those are just a couple of areas that gets tagged a lot. "

napabicycler wrote on Jul 29, 2008 9:19 AM:

" The bike bridge over 29 from CA Blvd to Solano. There is some vile, angry graffiti there, including swastikas. "

smartypants wrote on Jul 29, 2008 12:02 PM:

" Where is there not graffiti? I think most people don't even see it anymore. The taggers tag everything, back of signs, lightposts, trees, you name it. There still is a bunch on Hagen Road on the back of road signs and the protectors on the big curves. The city and owners got rid of the Big stuff, but it's the small things that mark their territory. Keep your eyes out in unlikely places and report it! Poor graffiti cleaner, he's got to be the busiest guy in Napa. "

gogojr1 wrote on Jul 29, 2008 4:33 PM:

" Hickory St.

--i liveon Hickory St.

The "NVN" and "NSF" gangs have been busy on my street.

i know they are teenagers from about 15 -19 years of age. "

elb wrote on Jul 29, 2008 5:06 PM:

" Umm... Suggestion:

Maybe don't want to post where you live, because even though these morons probably aren't smart enough to operate a computer or keep a job that affords them the ability to pay the PG&E/Provider fees to keep a computer running... They can catch wind about these message board conversations and might very well head on out to make an example of something they read here.

Just a suggestion. "

14obama wrote on Jul 30, 2008 5:27 PM:

" Everywhere there's grafitti. It's in the form of new hotels,banks,chain stores and the like. Just like grafitti,nobody asked for it. I find it disgusting and outrageous to see so many us doing absolutely nothing about it. Come together,people ! Make some noise,but,not with a can of paint ! Don't wait til they take all of your rights ! "

barefoot wrote on Jul 30, 2008 9:45 PM:

" The stupid part about grafitti is that it puts a bullseye around the location. It's like a chain link fence. Everyone in the center is a suspect. Innocent or not, they probably know who's doing the tagging. Btw, to answer the question, about 20 minutes away. "

cathyodom wrote on Aug 1, 2008 10:25 AM:

" At Vine Hill Park, at the basketball court, on the concrete by the hoop, facing South, there's an X and a 3 in graffiti. Thanks for getting it cleaned up! "

napadad wrote on Aug 2, 2008 11:52 AM:

" this morning 8/2 there is new graffiti in 3 ft high letters on the window of express personell on jefferson at G st (?) also on the G st side of building. MVRS I think . Could be mara villa raza sur... a sureno gang tag "

napadad wrote on Aug 2, 2008 11:55 AM:

" MVRS or mara villa rifa sureno gang tag on front window of express personell on jefferson at G st, also on the G st wall. three ft tall letters in black spray paint. new as of 8/2 "

make napa better wrote on Aug 2, 2008 5:16 PM:

" I saw Hickory this morning.

I'm amazed cops don't see these things. I only drive around town Sunday mornings and I see so much graffiti! "

tinkerbell2112 wrote on Aug 3, 2008 9:08 AM:

" Yes graffiti needs to be cleaned up in our city, but I really like to know what is getting done about all the gang fighting. I know that in the last 2 weeks there has been several gang issues going on in this city. I know that knowone has been arrested and from my experience with personal seeing this the police can not follow up or patrol the area where there has been complaints. I dont feel the police in Napa are doing a good job to get behind gang issues, that is including graffiti(but that is just 1 small party of it-there is so much more going on and Napa is not being told about it!!! If anyone sees anything going on you might think looks and sounds like a gang issues PLEASE call the POLICE dont be afraid- we need to get this under control NOW!!!! The more calls they get the more sooner someone will finaly get locked up and the less crime on our streets!! "

tinkerbell2112 wrote on Aug 3, 2008 9:13 AM:

" Also to let you know = gogojr1 and everyone else- you are wrong about the age- they are more like 18-25yrs old!! they just act as if they are 15-19yrs old... These are grown men who lives with there parents, who ok this life style and it makes me sick- but they do hang out and date young teen girls!! "

pernodboi wrote on Aug 4, 2008 7:46 AM:

" Noticed the same signature on about 4 of the lightpost on the Imola St. Bridge. The direction from Foster's to Target. "

diehard4ever wrote on Aug 4, 2008 9:30 AM:

" Why doesn't the NPD and/or FBI have a young cop go under cover and "join a gang" until he figures out where and when they hang out so they can bust 'em all at the same time? Does that make too much sense? "

wipemedown wrote on Aug 4, 2008 11:11 AM:

" ha ha ha ha yeah..................... the Police and FBI undercover teams...................we got them working in shifts. "

sotto voce wrote on Aug 6, 2008 8:03 AM:

" Lincoln and Jefferson, on the triangular roof facade above the construction site where earthwork is currently being done. "

Bill wrote on Aug 6, 2008 8:12 AM:

" Along Solano between Pueblo and Delpha. It's like cal trans invited them to a party. "

napadad wrote on Aug 6, 2008 10:51 AM:

" in the walk way between 2200-2203 jefferson st. also on the wall behind hortons lock &key on yajome & vallejo street and behind frank allen howard reality on vallejo st by train tracks "

napadad wrote on Aug 6, 2008 6:12 PM:

" I think my favorite is right down town, when you exit the franklin station post office, look across the street at the back of the new (three story) building that just went up on first st an you will see graffitti six ft high! two blocks from the police station and it had to take a while to complete "

steph wrote on Aug 8, 2008 12:29 AM:

" Drive through Green's Cleaners, and check out the residential fence straight ahead.

Ugh.

Seriously--taggers should be staked out and then forced to join graffitti clean-up duty that starts promptly at 4:30 am. "

Dwayne wrote on Aug 8, 2008 7:08 PM:

" The NPD got a grant to do DUI checks. Why not get a grant for a couple of SWAT teams to kick in some doors, rub some faces in the blacktop, and clean up the gangs...??? NPD already knows who and where they are... They will do nothing unless they are paid extra, like the DUI grant.

"To Protect and Serve" is more like extortion these days. They only go after strawberry vendors unless they get paid extra.... "

napasyouth wrote on Aug 20, 2008 8:50 AM:

" graff is on every corner every block and has been for years! you think this is the only time a tagger has been cought....please! swat teams haha you think there is alot of graff now do you. just wait till there reasons change from marking spots to making points and examples! realy how do you think your going to catch what you cant see..think about it, close your eyes and catch a fly! "

napasyouth wrote on Aug 20, 2008 8:55 AM:

" graff writers go to extream measures not to be seen! and most leave there marks where the can be seen yes but not to interfer! .....think of this!..if you poke a dog with a stick your chances of getting bit increase dont they!...hahaha keep poking "

oohnoo wrote on Oct 5, 2008 2:49 PM:

" Graffiti is vastly up at the following locations North Napa.
Calif Blvd-Public Storage Building Back of Building
Jefferson-Building side Golden Bagel
Pueble Av. Bundy's Boot Store side of Building,.
Sheridan Dr. On Street sign coming into neighborhood. Same person leaving same marks...Please pass onto respective parties.
I suggest if the city wants to get serious they will install video cameras at one location that is always hit the hardest and that is Public Storage along the tracks backside on Claremont. "

Maya wrote on Apr 7, 2009 9:11 AM:

" Lots of gang graffiti on Linda Vista Ave at Pueblo Vista Elementary school. There is even a number 13 on the crosswalk. I'm pretty upset that a school was defaced in such a manner. They might as well have spray painted expletives. "

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