The city of Napa is going to find out if it has the water to serve a new development of 3,200 homes and major industrial development at the former Napa Pipe site.

For the first time in 19 years, local schools will open this month without police D.A.R.E. officers in elementary classrooms.

Efren Segura, 9, of Los Charros de Zacatecas, leaps through a lasso during the Napa Town and Country Fair Parade. Floats that glided their way around First and Second streets this year included living gold trophies from Doc’s Trophy Shoppe, the new Soda Canyon fire truck and the Napa Saints Cheerleading squad. Jorgen Gulliksen/Register

Even though there’s still more than a month left of the summer season, local merchants have marked down and moved out warm weather supplies in favor of long pants, backpacks and other back-to-school goods. Local shoppers are already scanning the aisles for that perfect lunchbox, new pair of shoes or other school supplies.

A brawl that originated inside a Napa billiards parlor and spilled out into the streets ended with the arrest of a Napa man.

An argument between a Napa husband and wife turned ugly early Sunday morning when the husband assaulted the wife and threatened to kill her.

A Napa man was arrested Sunday afternoon after things turned fishy with his wife. 

A Napa resident got an unexpected visitor on Monday afternoon.