Dozens of drivers traveling along Napa-Vallejo Highway late Monday morning were greeted by the sight of picketers lined up in front of the entrance to Napa State Hospital.

The city of American Canyon will give priority to military veterans who want to rent or lease affordable housing in the city.

Pueblo Vista Elementary students hop, skip and jump together in a wild session of jumprope during morning recess.

A Napa County jury Tuesday morning rejected a San Ramon woman’s claim she contracted herpes from a 2005 facial she received at the Villagio Inn & Spa in Yountville.

A fire started by faulty electrical wiring led Napa police to an indoor pot farm Tuesday, landing the occupant of the north Napa home behind bars facing felony drug charges.

The Napa Valley Housing Authority continued to somersault down the road of change Monday afternoon, as the board of directors launched a major well-drilling project and pondered future budgetary uncertainties.

The 11-year-old boy injured this weekend when the bicycle he was riding struck a car in north Napa is in serious condition at Children’s Hospital in Oakland, according to his mother, Holly Smith.

A security guard spotted Sandra Dufford putting clothing into a bag at Mervyns Department Store in downtown Napa Monday afternoon, according to police.

John Bruce Mayton was arrested after a woman accused him of striking her with his fist Monday, Sgt. Don Honey said.

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The flat stucco facade of the Ross clothing store on Trancas Street will be remodeled to match the new Safeway next-door.

A proposed 50-unit townhouse project on First Street, just west of Highway 29, needs further work, city planning commissions told the developer last week.

Vallerga’s Market hand-delivered letters to 30 employees Tuesday, terminating them from jobs effective April 28.

The county department responsible for repairing county roads could be on fiscal life support by 2009.