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

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.

Jim Sheldon didn’t fit the image of a school teacher in the early 1970s. He had long hair and a long beard, and the superintendent of the Napa Valley Unified School District was hesitant to hire him.

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.