A 34-year-old Napa man was killed early Wednesday morning when his car hit a tree on Main Street.

Tobacco is one of the most addictive drugs, even more addictive than heroin. 

American Canyon police responded around 7:30 p.m., Tuesday to a report of man with a gun in the 300 block of Kimberly Drive.

Russell Altman tried to make a break for it, but his sprint for freedom was short lived.

Drug agents contacted the driver of a 1991 Nissan on Tuesday morning in the 1000 block of Central Avenue.

Maree Leonard smoked her first cigarette when she was 13. Just two years later, she was a habitual smoker. 

Michael Peter Antonini was taken into custody after a woman accused him of assaulting her at a residence in the 3000 block of Solano Avenue, police said.

Police detained two girls for questioning about a grass fire at Alston Park.

Traffic from Vallejo, Napa and points beyond create most of the traffic jams in American Canyon, according to a preliminary traffic study by the city.

The Meadows, Napa’s largest private licensed facility for seniors, is planning a major expansion, including a unit for Alzheimer’s care.

Following recent union pickets at Napa State Hospital, workers here and at other California mental health institutions celebrated a victory last week.

Napa County Sheriff’s detectives have wrapped up their investigation into the death of a 10-month-old Angwin girl who was left in the back seat of her mother’s car for at least six hours.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger recently appointed Napan Thomas Powers, former executive director for Napa’s Wolfe Center, to the position of chief deputy director for the Division of Addiction and Recovery Services with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

A Southern California man lost his life in the Napa Valley Thursday evening when he lost control of his sedan on Conn Creek Road south of Highway 128 near Rutherford.