Even though Margarita Jones, has completed all her classes at Napa Valley College, it hasn’t yet hit her that she’s finished.

Top: Chelsea Cutaran offers Joe Gotelli & Sons cherry samples to passers-by during the opening of the Chefs Market in downtown Napa for the new summer season on Friday afternoon.

It’s official: American Canyon has bought a new City Hall.

The St. Helena Unified School District Board will proceed with the installation of an all-weather football field and track at St. Helena High School, acknowledging that graduating seniors are unhappy with the consequence: Their June 8 ceremony is being moved to the front of Vintage Hall.

Peggy Smith was ready to add one daughter to her family — at least for a little while — but she ended up with three.

River School hosts a Generation Green Expo today at First Presbyterian Church in downtown Napa.

The Napa Main Library, American Canyon Library and Calistoga Library are closed Monday in observance of Memorial Day.

A surprise discovery on Third Street Thursday afternoon resulted in the closure of all four lanes in front of the courthouses and county administration building Friday.

Two small earthquakes rattled Upvalley residents in recent days. On Friday morning, a quake measuring 2.2 on the Richter scale struck in the Mayacamas range, west of Oakville.

Century 21 Alpha Realty, 1290 Jefferson St., is collecting old cell phones, laptops, PDAs and used ink jet cartridges to benefit Easter Seals. For each ink jet cartridge collected, up to $12 will be sent by Cartridges for Kids to Easter Seals to help children and adults with disabilities lead more independent lives. Info, Eden Alonzo at Century 21 Alpha Realty at 255-8711./Register

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A news brief in the A section May 24-25 misstated information about Memorial Day weekend activities at the Veterans Home of California at Yountville. The cemetery cleanup event has already occurred. The Memorial Day Ceremony begins Monday at 10 a.m.

Napan Sheila Molles was a parent long before she gave birth to her 3-year-old son, Steven. Molles met her stepson, Scott, when he was just 13 months old. Scott, now 11, has been Molles’ stepson for a decade.

The city of Napa will open public hearings on budget cutbacks with some employee groups still debating $800,000 in requested wage and fringe benefit concessions.

Under the watchful eye of a rose-crowned statue of Mary, the Meritage Hotel’s new underground spa, wine bar and event facility has opened for business.

Summer Pearce only got to be mother a very short time. For part of that time, Pearce, 26, was behind bars at the county jail on a drug charge.

This year’s was Napa Valley College’s 64th annual commencement.