A stunning view of Lake Berryessa unfolds high atop a steep-mountain fire trail behind Scott Becker’s property on Capell Valley Road. The Sacramento skyline is visible above the ridge to the right, and Lake County is off to the left. Osprey fly overhead.

Billing their community as the “Backroads of Napa,” a group of Lake Berryessa businesspeople has banded together in a new effort to promote lake tourism and business.

Mary White’s conviction that “good manners will take you anywhere” took White, her husband, Peter, and 11 boys ages 4 to 12 to lunch at Silverado Brewing Company north of St. Helena.

Jessica Ponce’s dream of becoming a champion boxer comes down to little choices.

They read. They understand.

A Napa man and teenager face serious charges in connection with vandalism and gang activity.

Calistoga is the Napa Valley’s mineral water capital, but Napa could someday share the honor.