Coronavirus Travel Update from Visit California: Due to the coronavirus pandemic, California has imposed a regional stay-at-home order and banned non-essential travel statewide. The stay-at-home order is now in effect in the San Francisco Bay Area, and other regions. Governor Gavin Newsom said he was “pulling the emergency brake” with this announcement, which will restrict business activity in affected areas. You can find more details here. For more guidance, here is a collection of California’s local and regional tourism offices. Visit California also asks that everyone embrace the California Responsible Travel Code. The Governor did encourage getting outside to walk their dogs, exercise, go sledding or walk on the beach for both mental and physical health. Here is a roundup of stories about California hikes close by to do just that.

The CanDo Give!Guide is Here! The goal of Napa Valley CanDo's Give!Guide is simple: to support a culture of year-end giving, and to raise awareness of the exceptional work 57 local nonprofits are doing for the Napa Valley community. Our friends at Napa Humane are grateful to be among this amazing group! Just like the rest of us, the Give!Guide has made a few changes to how they're operating this year with a shortened campaign. From December 1 through midnight, December 31, Napa Humane will gladly accept your donations, from $10 on up. Donate here!  

Muttville is a 2020 Target Circle partner! Target Circle is Target's loyalty program, and this year, they've chosen Muttville as one of the designated San Francisco charity beneficiaries! As a Target Circle member, you earn votes when you shop. Then you can cast them for your choice of charity. The voting cycle ends December 31, when the money is distributed among charities. To participate, you sign up and make sure to designate your preferred store location as one of the San Francisco locations in order to vote for Muttville. As you shop throughout the holiday season, you'll keep earning votes, which you cast by going back to Target.com/circle.

Dog rules returned to "normal" in Regional Parks on October 2, 2020, with dogs being allowed off-leash in designated areas once again. For the safety of all park visitors during the COVID-19 pandemic, starting in March the Park District requested that all dogs be kept on-leash to prevent crowding and unsafe interaction between unrelated park visitors. Unleashed dogs tend to group together, making it difficult to maintain social distancing.