A fire ripped through a prestigious Oakville winery early Thursday, destroying the historic winemaking building and injuring a firefighter.

When it comes to heart care, nobody wants second best.

Queen of the Valley Hospital Foundation will reign in February -- American Heart Month -- with a "Sweetheart Ball" to benefit the QVH Regional Heart Center's new cardiac catheterization lab.

One of the leading scientific minds in the world addressed Pacific Union College students this week, blending wit and humor with a profound understanding of microbiology to stoke the fires of young minds.

The New Year's Eve flood packed water-clogging debris in many area creeks and made them more vulnerable to flooding, but a coalition of workers is busy trying to clear the waterways.

Police are looking for a man who held up a 7-Eleven store early Wednesday morning, threatening the clerk with a 12-inch knife, according to police.

A hearing Wednesday was billed as a chance to clarify language in Napa County's viewshed ordinance, but the battle lines drawn by speakers were the same as when the law was crafted in 2001.