The Napa Valley Register publishes monthly statistics on arrests and convictions for driving under the influence in Napa County.

Vallerga’s Markets announced Monday it is closing its Silverado Trail store at the end of April. The closure was precipitated by the sale of the JV Wine & Spirits property on First Street.

Deputies arrested three people, including a 17-year-old male, in the alleged rape of a 15-year-old girl Sunday morning at Spanish Flats Resort on Berryessa Knoxville Road, according to sheriff’s Capt. John Robertson.

Taking emergency calls and dealing with members of the public at their worst is not for everyone. But many of those who can cut the mustard make it a life-long career.

On the last Sunday in March at 1 p.m. sharp, Bill Savidge and his friend Dean Stahr landed their small Cessna TR182 at the Napa County Airport, capping off a seven-week whirlwind tour of the Southern Hemisphere.

Controversy in the historically quiet Angwin community is threatening to hijack the county political process.

From the construction of new bocce courts to the replacement of corroded sewer pipes, American Canyon has a long to-do list that is expected to remain full for years to come.

American Canyon now uses 15-20 consultants for public works projects, and there are no plans to change the city's reliance on outside consultants.

SAN DIEGO -- Army Staff Sgt. Travis Strong, whose legs were blown off above the knee by a roadside bomb in Baghdad, was trying a few steps on his new, man-made pair, constructed of aluminum and carbon fiber.

An Illinois woman mourns her two young daughters, swept to their deaths in Hurricane Katrina's floodwaters. It's a tragic and terrifying story. It's also a lie.

At one Minneapolis-area high school, the methamphetamine problem got so bad in recent years that staff members sometimes caught students trying to attend class while high.

ALBANY, N.Y. -- Pet owners are not likely to get much compensation if they individually sue pet food-maker Menu Foods over the death of a dog or cat, although they might fare better if they joined forces in a class action suit, legal experts say.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Presiding over a company with a market value of $143 billion apparently gives Silicon Valley's most famous billionaires a good sense of humor -- and a case of corporate potty mouth.

WASHINGTON -- Two Democratic presidential candidates broke previous fundraising records during the first three months of the year, with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton setting a high bar of $26 million in new contributions for the quarter.

BAGHDAD -- After a heavily guarded trip to a Baghdad market, Sen. John McCain insisted Sunday that a U.S.-Iraqi security crackdown in the capital was working and said Americans lacked a "full picture" of the progress. The U.S. military later reported six soldiers were killed in roadside bombings southwest of Baghdad.

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iranian state television aired new video Sunday showing two of the 15 captured British sailors pointing to a spot on a map of the Persian Gulf where they were seized and acknowledging it was in Iranian territorial waters.