Rows and rows of grapevines and mustard flowers swallow a winemaker taking notes on a vineyard off Silverado Trail.

A large part of Napa could have access to wireless Internet service by summer as part of a Wi-Fi agreement between the city and AT&T.

Justin-Siena High School has named Noel Hesser, an assistant principal at Christian Brothers High School in Sacramento, to serve as the Napa school’s next principal.

Expecting to cut jobs, Umpqua and Vintage Bank officials opened a career center Wednesday morning for employees affected by the bank merger.

Too expensive to remodel for city offices, the landmark Borreo building at Third and Soscol will be offered for lease to someone willing to make $2 million in interior improvements.

A Napa State Hospital psych tech got the key to the city and a standing ovation at City Hall Tuesday for foiling a carjacking by an armed man.

A one-acre lot at 3500 Villa Lane will be developed with 20 condominiums.

The sale of a city-owned duplex may give Napa the funds to install a traffic light at Redwood Road and Carol Drive, near Redwood Middle School.

11 a.m. Two Napa department heads have agreed to step down as part of a major shake-up of top management by Napa City Manager Mike Parness.

When Kate and Timothy Hanni left Napa for Point Clear, Ala., with their children at 3 a.m. on Dec. 29 they had no way of knowing American Airlines flight 1348 would be the worst plane ride of their lives.

SAN FRANCISCO — A coalition of private companies and government agencies is launching a grassroots marketing campaign to persuade more Americans to help combat global warming by using energy-efficient light bulbs.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The victims’ advocates who dogged the Roman Catholic Church over sex abuse by its clergy have now turned their attention to the Southern Baptists, accusing America’s largest Protestant denomination of also failing to root out molesters.

SAN FRANCISCO — In Los Angeles, officials want to blanket the city with wireless Internet access that’s affordable to the masses. But their counterparts here can’t even give it away.

HANFORD — Authorities are working with San Joaquin County law enforcement in hopes of finding a man suspected of murdering his girlfriend Tuesday morning, just days after an eight-hour standoff with Kings County sheriff’s deputies.

SACRAMENTO — Shannon Corona had stomach surgery in 2004, but she has not been back to her specialist for a checkup in two years.

QAIM, Iraq — In farming communities along the Syrian border, U.S. Marines work with Iraqis to open health clinics and a job center and to improve trash collection and water delivery.

SALEM, Ore. — The three hikers rescued after a fall and an icy night on Mount Hood said Wednesday their survival techniques included exercise and pep talks.

INDIANAPOLIS — Like the auto industry, the computer programming field and the customer-service business, the state of Indiana is outsourcing.