It’s that time of year again. I’ve packed provisions and printed out my e-ticket, my photo ID is in hand, and I’m heading out. If there were a way to do it, there’d be a big red circle on this weekend’s dates in my computer calendar.

The hound and I walked up the center of Redwood Creek recently, without getting a paw or a shoelace wet.

I was to present the Pew Center's findings about the future of the Internet this week, but it will have to wait.

A struggling economy and the high cost of rental housing in the city of Napa has added  greater pressure on those seeking a rental unit here in the valley.

Seafood gumbo, jambalaya, fresh boiled crawfish — those usually get people’s mouths watering and their mind’s thinking about New Orleans (or, Naw’lins, as the locals say.) But on Oct. 6, it’s all about downtown Napa.

I truly believe that all of us are born with certain genes that control and influence our skills, activities, emotions, decisions and even our taste in foods throughout our entire lives.

As most of you know, we are under-serviced by the peace officer training that leads to the provision of new wardens for the state.

When it comes to putting off essential tasks, I’m not exactly world class, but slack I can.

On numerous occasions, discovering an exceptional bottle of wine comes when we least expect it.

Dear Len & Rosie, I have a friend who does not have a will or trust or anything for that matter. I want to know if a holistic will would stand up in court?

It looks like Bistro Don Giovanni’s Donna Scala and Scott Warner will not be a tenant of Napa’s new Oxbow Market. She is busy with other projects including a new restaurant in San Francisco, and is trying to find someone to take over the restaurant space.

The subprime mortgage problems we've all been reading about are getting larger. Last week I met with a young couple that may lose their home because they were caught in the complexities of a variable mortgage.