City planning commissioners have thrown cold water on the Napa City Council’s desire to approve the conversion of two apartment projects to condominiums.

Like many Napa Valley teens, Natasha Chapman, 18, plans to attend college.

Following reports early last month of E. coli infection in three Napa Valley children -- who got sick from hamburger patties sold at a St. Helena Little League snack shack -- Little League baseball spectators in St. Helena will no longer be able to buy a burger during game time.

The Calistoga City Council has come up with a way to shield residents of the city's four mobile home communities from having to purchase their rental pads.

The decision by St. Helena Unified School District officials and boardmembers to install a new all-weather football field and track at St. Helena High School has sparked protests from graduating seniors and parents, who are dismayed that the work will not allow graduation ceremonies to be held at the football field.

The American Canyon City Council will meet on Tuesdays instead of Thursdays beginning Sept. 4, the City Council voted this week.