Local Politics · Napa County
Eric Jones raised $13.2 million for the election cycle to challenge Rep. Mike Thompson in California's 4th Congressional District, including $10 million of his own money, according to FEC filings. Thompson reported raising $5.2 million for the cycle and won the June 2 primary with 41% of the vote versus Jones' 22%. The two Democrats debated Oct. 7 at Sacramento NBC affiliate KCRA-TV and Oct. 8 at a League of Women Voters event in Woodland, trading criticism over campaign spending and special-interest ties. Thompson, a St. Helena native serving since 1999, is seeking his 15th two-year term.
Community News · Calistoga, CA
A life-size bronze bench featuring author Robert Louis Stevenson, his wife Fanny, and their Irish setter ChuChu will be dedicated Nov. 7 at the historic Calistoga Depot in Calistoga, California. Sacramento-based sculptor Garr Ugalde created the $210,000 work, initiated by Eric Hanson through the nonprofit Robert Louis Stevenson Public Art Project. The monument commemorates the Stevensons' 1880 honeymoon at the nearby abandoned Silverado Mine, which inspired Stevenson's travel memoir 'The Silverado Squatters' and reportedly influenced his novel 'Treasure Island.' Installation talks with Saint Helena fell through before Calistoga was selected as the final site.
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