Prep Basketball The trail to Tucson Burnett team leader SPORTS, PAGE B1 Winter escape provides adventures CONNECTIONS, PAGE C1 Bystanders’ quick action Driver pulled from burning car NEWS, PAGE A2 SUNNY 72 • 47 FORECAST, B4 | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2018 | napavalleyregister.com | $1 TOURISM Wine Train plans car revamp Borrowed stock will Instead of the familiar bur- Wine Train owners Noble House ner Train based in Oakdale, which Napa Valley Wine Train running at gundy and gold cars running up Hotels & Resorts, Ltd. and Brooks suspended operation in October. full speed.” carry passengers and down Napa Valley, a set of Street have leased fi ve railcars, a “We want to keep our cele- “We look forward to updating borrowed cars will host riders on locomotive and a power car from brated Napa Valley Wine Train our beloved Vista Dome and the starting this spring daily trips through wine country. the Sierra Railroad Company. in premium condition to provide main train railcars.” Meanwhile, starting in April, The Sierra Railroad Company our customers with the best ex- “We are excited to be working JENNIFER HUFFMAN the wine and tour business will owns and operates tourism rail- perience,” said Napa Valley Wine with the Napa Valley Wine Train as jhu [email protected] begin renovating the exterior and ways throughout Northern Cali- Train’s Co-CEO Scott Goldie. they have the best dinner train op- Both locals and visitors will no- interiors of Wine Train rail cars fornia, including the Sierra Dinner “We’re thankful to Sierra Rail- eration in the country,” said Sierra tice a change to the Napa Valley including the two-story Vista Train, Sacramento River Train and road Company for providing us Railroad Company CEO Mike Hart. Wine Train in the coming months: Dome. Skunk Train. The cars coming to with an opportunity to expand unusual train cars. To replace the cars under repair, Napa belonged to the Sierra Din- our current o erings and keep the Please see TRAIN, Page A2 SUPER BOWL LII GOVERNMENT Napa police to get temporary headquarters Facility will be new city corporation yard building HOWARD YUNE [email protected] Napa’s ambitious plan for a new downtown civic center may push the city police department to its corporation yard, at least for a few years. A proposal the City Council will review Tuesday to modern- ize Napa’s shop facilities at 770 Jackson St. includes adding a 25,000-square-foot manufac- tured building to the premises for workshops, o ce space and storage. In addition, the struc- ture is expected to serve as the temporary base for Napa Police while the city builds out a com- bination City Hall and police station on First Street, a task ex- HOWARD YUNE, REGISTER pected to last from 2019 to 2021. Angella Linehan (in No. 4 jersey) and other spectators at Billco’s in Napa cheer on the Philadelphia Eagles as they scored a fi eld goal on their The corp yard building would opening drive against the New England Patriots during Super Bowl LII on Sunday. mark one of the fi rst concrete steps taken by Napa toward fi nding transitional space for city o ces during construction Napa fans come downtown for game of its civic center, a four-story, 130,000-square-foot building restaurants could enjoy a nearly President Trump as unpatriotic. this season. that will replace the Commu- Bars busy even after four-hour gridiron clash as the At Downtown Joe’s, waiters “We’re telling people to come nity Services Building at First season of NFL protests New England Patriots aimed for and bartenders arrayed the Main an hour early for a seat at the and Seminary streets. their fi fth Super Bowl victory, Street brewpub, and themselves, bar, because it’s fi rst-come, HOWARD YUNE and the Philadelphia Eagles for the occasion as they have for fi rst-served,” said Natalie To- Please see POLICE, Page A2 [email protected] sought their fi rst. It would be a Super Bowls past. Numerous bler, daughter of Downtown Joe’s Super Bowl LII was the culmi- tidy and clear conclusion to the televisions showed the action owner Joe Peatman. nation of yet another NFL sea- 2017 season between the side- above the bar, and bartenders Statistics show that television If you go son. For some spectators who lines – tidier, indeed, than that poured drafts while sporting ratings for NFL games have gone persevered through an autumn discord between supporters and NFL jerseys – including the down in back-to-back seasons, Napa City Council meeting of player protests and fan blow- opponents of the players who number 7 of former San Fran- triggering debate as to whether Tuesday, 3:30 p.m. back, this year’s championship have kneeled during pregame cisco 49ers quarterback Colin fans boycotting protests have was something more – a relief. playings of the national anthem Kaepernick, who began kneeling played a role. City Hall, 955 School St. On Sunday, those who packed to protest racism and inequality, for “The Star-Spangled Banner” Agenda: http://bit.ly/2FJFOvG the bars of downtown Napa and who had been attacked by in 2016 and has gone unsigned Please see SUPER, Page A6 AWARDS Transgender teen wins honors Youth praises Upvalley gave speeches at the 29th Annual ‘transgender’ I realized that was Youth of the Year event on Jan. 25 me. I could relate. My body parts Boys & Girls program in front of more than 150 attend- did not match how I was feeling ees at Brasswood in St. Helena. about myself. I was uncomfort- ANNE WARD ERNST One club member in particu- able in my own body,” he said. [email protected] lar, Lucas Marquez, 15, who was “When I was 12 years old, I ST. HELENA — Amid laughter chosen the overall winner, wove found out about the Teen Cen- and applause for the award win- courage, maturity and laughter ter,” Marquez said. Clint Ferrier, ners at the annual Boys & Girls into his speech, sharing his feel- Calistoga Teen Center unit di- Club Youth of the Year dinner, ings of how the Boys & Girls Club rector, was the fi rst person he hearts swelled and eyes moist- was a support system when he met. They formed a bond and ened as the honorees shared came out as a transgender teen, enjoy teasing one another on a stories of triumph over struggle. closing his speech with an aptly regular basis. One day, a friend ANNE WARD ERNST, THE WEEKLY CALISTOGAN “They were so brave,” said worded quote by the late come- of Marquez told Ferrier that “Lu- Boys & Girls Clubs of St. Helena and Calistoga Members of the Year, from left: Trent Yaconelli, executive di- dian Robin Williams: “Every- cia goes by Lucas now,” Marquez Emily Hernandez (St. Helena Unit), Lucas Marquez (Calistoga Teen Center, and rector of the Boys & Girls Clubs one is fi ghting a battle we know said. 2018 Youth of the Year for the joint clubs), David Blancas (Calistoga Unit), and of St. Helena and Calistoga, nothing about.” Osvaldo Hernandez (Howell Mountain Unit). of the four club members who “When I heard of the word Please see AWARD, Page A6 OBITUARIES | PAGE C5 CONNECTIONS C1 ASK THE DOCTORS C3 NATION/WORLD A3 Sarah Fosters Stephens CAROLYN HAX C3 EDITORIAL A5 SCOREBOARD B3 CROSSWORDS C3 HOROSCOPE C3 SPORTS B1 M 1 $1 • Volume 155, Issue 174 • A Lee Enterprises Newspaper • Copyright 2018 Follow us online: facebook.com/NapaValleyRegister twitter.com@NapaRegister instagram.com/naparegister A2 | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2018 NEWS NAPA VALLEY REGISTER This week at napavalleyregister.com Today Tuesday Tuesday No matter how long he’s on the Making the most of Napa Valley Napa High soccer captains Hannah job, there is no happy ending for Restaurant Week — eating at seven Williams and Berenice Lara-Gonzalez Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State, Napa restaurants in seven days. prep for Tuesday’s Big Game must-win. columnist Rhys Dubin says. napavalleyregister.com/opinion napavalleyregister.com/lifestyles napavalleyregister.com/sports POLICE & FIRE Fire displaces three block of Brown Street was closed on fire and the male driver was al- log. An ambulance was dispatched After the motorists left the for about 3½ hours. ready being pulled out. to the scene. freeway at the Imola Avenue exit Napa households Becker said that approximately The man was taken to a hospital Both lanes of Silverado remained and stopped at a traffic signal, the Approximately nine people nine people were displaced. with injuries unrelated to the fire, shut down as of 5:30 p.m., the Harley rider got off the motorbike were displaced from their res- They’re being assisted by the firefighters said. The vehicle fire highway patrol website indicated. and assaulted the Honda driver, a idences on Saturday afternoon American Red Cross and the Napa was quickly extinguished. No further details were imme- 79-year-old man, before getting after a dryer in one of the three County Law Enforcement Chap- Additional details were not im- diately available. back on the bike and speeding off, apartments caught fire, according laincy program. mediately available. Shulman said. to Napa City Fire. The fire is under investigation; Man injured in Napa The victim, whom police did When firefighters arrived at however, firefighters believe it was CHP: Crash blocks not immediately identify, was the reported appliance fire on the related to an appliance failure. road rage incident, taken by ambulance to Queen of 300 block of Brown Street, the fire Silverado Trail near the Valley Medical Center with had spread from the dryer to the police say serious injuries and was later re- living area, eventually growing Napa Fire: Bystanders St.