American Canyon Current staff went around the city chatting with people and photographing scenes during the beginnings of spring. Here’s what people around AC have been up to.
Kids take on the Easter Bunny at Sunday’s egg hunt at American Canyon Community Church. Russell J. Soriano, 12, was in costume fending off kids for most of the day. Kids played and families sat outside eating home cooked chicken and rice, macaroni salad and coleslaw after a sermon from Pastor Flint Christensen.
Lily MacNeil is up to bat at Jorge Ayala’s Little League practice April 1.
Elvie Mora prunes an avocado tree on Elliott Drive. She and her husband have two avocado trees, Jujube trees, a pomegranate tree, a bay tree, orange trees and persimmon trees. Mora remembers moving to American Canyon from the Philippines when much of the city was still open fields, and mist and fog from the wetlands would surround her house in the mornings.
Alfonso Hernández at his plot in the American Canyon Community Garden. Hernandez has lived in American Canyon for 25 years and grew up in Napa. Here, he is watering rows of Roma tomato sprouts grown from seeds. He grows seasonal crops, cooking them with Mexican dishes like carne con chile and corn and beef soup. Right now, the plot is filled with onions, garlic, broccoli, zucchini, squash, corn, cilantro and verdolagas.
Spoils from an Easter egg hunt in April. From left is Grandma Lovy Sikka, Aaliyah Lesky, Lissette Lesky, Yelena Leyson-Hoang and Tanika Sikka, all Napa Junction Magnet Elementary School students. Organizer Jessica Lyons said the hunt was initially planned for Gadwall Park, but when the city caught wind of the event, a staffer informed her that they would be shut down unless she paid $250+ in fees — Lyons moved the hunt to the Little League fields.
Pick your favorite pizza topping! This week, it’s on these three — Public Works staff have a bet that if their name appears in the paper, they have to buy everyone pizza. Left to right: Marcus Thomas, Joel Caruso and Miguel Mendoza from American Canyon Public Works in Northampton Park. Thomas is the newest city worker, and already getting points for team spirit.
One of the bi-weekly protests held by American Canyon Together members in March. Every month, they come together to denounce President Donald Trump’s overreach and immigration crackdown. “Anything’s possible right now. It’s kind of crazy,” said immigration lawyer and American Canyon resident Clarence Mamaril, who is standing in the back right, wearing his abolish-ICE-a-saurus suit.
Little League practice with Jorge Ayala’s team April 1. The team goes by the “Wolves,” but is officially named after their sponsor, Caliber Collision.
Azalea Bautista, left, and Ella Bautista sort spoils from Sunday’s Easter egg hunt at American Canyon Community Church.
Marcus Thomas and Miguel Mendoza fix sprinklers around the lawn in April, with Joel Caruso working in the background. “It’s a swing joint, so when the mower runs over it and you’ve got pressure on top of it, it’s not directly tied in with the lateral line, which could break the whole line. Instead, this is designed to give way like it is,” said Caruso. Now, mowing the lawn won’t damage the sprinklers. It’s an old irrigation system, said Mendoza, but Public Works is slowly transitioning to a modern system around the city.
Canyon Oaks and American Canyon Middle schoolers Lamar, Angelo, Forrest and Julian biking around Veterans Park after school in March.
According to the manager, April 2 was the busiest night of 2026 at Napa Valley Casino. The parking lot was almost at capacity and the house’s card tables were packed with gamblers playing Texas hold ‘em, blackjack and poker.
Griffin Jones is a general assignment reporter covering American Canyon. She joined the AC Current in September 2025 as a fellow with UC Berkeley’s California Local News Fellowship. She grew up in San Francisco.
