Spooked by the prospect of paying 50 percent more for furnace heating this winter, Napa Valley residents are stocking up on firewood as a way to save money.

Web-savvy Napans can now turn to audio clips of Napa City Council meetings for entertainment and edification. Council recordings can even be downloaded to iPods.

The Oxbow School may ask the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to install a removable flood barrier instead of an earthen levee to protect parts of central Napa from flooding.

Napa Valley College hosted its second annual Latina Luminarias Conference Friday afternoon, celebrating education and empowering young Latinas to earn college degrees.

Two men arrested in baseball-bat beating