Happy Monday. Hope everyone had a good weekend.

Jam-packed one this week. I somehow ended up with a ton of stuff, so this one is a little longer than usual.

For the quicker hits, check out our Instagram. We have been putting some of the smaller updates over there in a quick slideshow format.

Okay, I will chill out on pitching the Instagram for a bit now :)

And somehow we are already into the second week of November, which feels a little aggressive.

Anyway, enough from me. Let’s start with trivia:

About how many customer visits does the Napa Farmers Market get in a year?

A) 45,000
B) 90,000
C) 184,000
D) 310,000

Red-light cameras have definitely become a hot topic around Napa.

As we have talked about before, the City’s program has been rolling out for a while now, and the last two intersections are still under construction:

The other two, Soscol/Lincoln and Redwood/Solano, are already fully up and running.

So this is not a brand-new expansion. It is basically Napa finishing the

original four-intersection rollout that City Council approved back in 2023.

And if you are wondering whether these are just warning cameras, definitely not. Once each direction goes live, there is a 30-day warning period, and then the actual citations start.

And those are not cheap. Running straight through a red light or turning left on a red arrow is currently listed at $445. Failing to stop before turning right is $217, and turning right where a “no right on red” sign is posted is $363.

And let me tell you, I have actually been hit by the Soscol one before. They are not particularly forgiving. I basically crept into the turn at what felt like about 1 mph and still ended up with the ticket.

So yes, these things are very real.

The City has not posted a firm activation date for the final two intersections yet, but both are officially under construction.

I will keep an eye out for when the warning periods actually start.

NVUSD schools are closed this Wednesday, November 11, for Veterans Day. Napa Valley College is closed too.

And while we are talking Napa Valley College, Spring 2027 registration is already starting.

The spring schedule is out now, and priority registration opened November 3.

Even if you are not a full-time student, it is worth remembering NVC has a pretty huge mix of individual classes, certificate programs and continuing-education options.

So if there is something you have been meaning to learn, or you just want to pick up a class without committing to a whole degree, probably worth taking a look now while registration is opening up.

Anyway, short version:

This one surprised me a little.

The Tuesday Napa Farmers Market is scheduled to keep running all the way through December 22.

Now, correct me if I’m wrong, but I could have sworn the Tuesday market usually wrapped up earlier than that.

So whether this is technically an extension or just me remembering it wrong, it is still pretty cool to see it running this late into the year.

Saturday, as we know, is year-round.

But either way, you still have almost two more months of Tuesday markets left.

The Napa County Historical Society has a new exhibit open inside the old Goodman Library downtown called Collecting Napa County: Building a Shared History.

And it is completely free.

The exhibit pulls together old photographs, letters, objects and personal stories from around Napa County, basically showing both the history itself and how all of this stuff actually gets preserved in the first place.

It is running through April, so there is plenty of time to check it out.

I have walked past the Goodman Library more times than I can count, and I always kind of forget there is basically a little Napa history museum sitting inside.

So if you are downtown and have 20 or 30 minutes to kill, this seems like a pretty easy one to add to the list.

A few quick things changing around downtown right now.

This one is kind of a bummer.

Oenotri, the longtime Italian restaurant on First Street, is officially closing after nearly 17 years in downtown Napa.

Their final dinner will be Saturday, November 14.

If you have been around Napa for a while, this is one of those places that has just kind of always been there.

They opened back in 2010 and became known for the handmade pasta, wood-fired pizza, house-made salumi and Southern Italian menu.

Seventeen years in downtown Napa restaurant years is basically an eternity.

The owners have framed the closure more as a natural next chapter than some sudden collapse, which is nice to hear.

But still, another pretty recognizable piece of downtown Napa is about to disappear.

On a lighter note, Napa Valley 1839 FC has opened a temporary shop at First Street Napa.

The local soccer club is selling jerseys, scarves, hats and other team gear, and they are planning to keep it open through the end of January.

Honestly, I kind of like seeing this.

We talk a lot about trying to make downtown feel like somewhere locals actually use, and having our local soccer team represented down there feels like a pretty good fit.

Basically right nearby, Kiln is taking over the current Spaces coworking offices.

The Napa location is supposed to be around 17,500 square feet, with shared work areas, private offices and team spaces, and they are currently targeting a mid-2027 opening.

There are obviously a lot more people working remotely or hybrid now, and Napa does not exactly have a huge supply of places where you can comfortably work for an entire day without feeling like you are occupying the same coffee-shop table for six hours.

So this one actually makes a decent amount of sense.

And finally, apparently Wilfred’s Lounge is turning five years old this week which honestly feels impossible.

They are celebrating from November 11 through 15, bringing back some drinks from the original menu and leaning into some of the old tiki styling from when they first opened.

I still mentally file Wilfred’s under “one of the newer places downtown,” so five years is a pretty good reminder that time is moving way too fast.

Anyway, kind of a funny little snapshot of downtown right now.

And the answer to this week’s trivia is 184,000.That is roughly how many customer visits the Napa Farmers Market gets in a year — or about 3,500 visits a week on average.

Anyway, that is it for me this week.

Definitely a longer one than usual, but there was just a lot going on.

Red-light cameras, school reminders, farmers market updates, some Napa history, Oenotri saying goodbye, First Street changing around again and Wilfred’s somehow being five years old already.

Pretty classic Town Notes chaos.

One thing I would love to do more of is grow this through actual Napa people. So if you have been sharing the Lowdown in Facebook groups, on Nextdoor or just with friends, keep doing it.

You guys are basically the marketing department at this point :)

Seriously, it helps a ton.

Have a great week, and I’ll see you Friday.

Callie.