The Napa County Civil grand jury has no direct authority over any local agencies, but the report it issued earlier this month has forced a shift in the way the city is doing business.

A $330 ticket is a good reason to stop running red lights -- just remember not to slam on the brakes as the light goes yellow.

A disagreement over the damage caused by a 2002 landslide off an Angwin vineyard into the Friesen Lakes -- supplying drinking water to about 400 Angwin homes -- has now surfaced in court.

Angwin residents, who suddenly find themselves at the center of attention for potential development in Napa County, participated in a second meeting this week regarding the future of their quiet community in the hills east of St. Helena.

Road closures,

The man who proposed that American Canyon boost fees for developers in the fast-growing city is gone, but the city is moving forward with plans to raise the stakes for would-be residential developers.

There are some mighty expensive bottles of stolen reserve wine floating around out there.

Results are in from the May high school exit exam, and despite all the help Napa Valley Unified seniors received this year, 88 students did not pass the exam.

An inmate from the state department of corrections medical facility in Vacaville escaped from a work crew at Napa State Hospital early Friday morning.

A heat wave simmered through the valley Saturday and will continue today. In some parts of the county, the weather reached as high as 106 degrees Saturday.