The debate continues over whether to include several specific locations for affordable housing in Napa County's proposed new General Plan Housing Element.

In 1965, there was a teacher shortage in California. Recruiters canvassed the country.

Joe Salerno, owner of Piccolino's restaurant, is running for Napa City Council, promising to bring both a businessman's critical thinking and a "big heart" to local government.

Authorities have identified the Napa teen who lost his life in a solo-traffic crash. They have also released the name of an infant who was critically hurt when she was thrown from the van her mother was driving.

A grass fire, that blackened about an acre and a half, sent huge billows of smoke swirling into the sky and closed south county roadways, causing traffic headaches for afternoon commuters.