Cindy Berndt, a certified dog groomer, has joined Pet Cuts of Napa.

Mary’s Pizza Shack announces the appointment of Vince Albano, grandson of founder Mary Fazio, as CEO of Mary’s Pizza Shack.

Northbay Biz Magazine announced that Napa’s Rich Jacobson, is the gold medal winner as “Best Wealth Manager” in its June edition.

For the next four weeks, 10 Questions focuses on business people involved in local nonprofit agencies.

When I was young, I heard stories of inflation in South America so high that locals would show up with a wheelbarrow full of money to make a modest purchase of food or clothing. We sometimes called it funny money.

Call me late to the party or whatever, but I am just now discovering the Oxbow Public Market. I mean, I know it’s been there — I attended the opening night event and went a half dozen times after that — but I never appreciated it as a place to go without a specific agenda in mind.

Last week I visited a vineyard where chemical weed killer has been banned and replaced with a weed control method that dates back centuries.