Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani is set to arrive in Yountville at the Pacific Blues Cafe at 5:45 p.m. today.

The early bird gets the gourd — On a hot afternoon Stephen Ruppert looks for the right pumpkin, next to the giant pyramid haystack, to start the Halloween and fall season at the Stanly Lane Pumpkin Patch which opened last week. “We like to get them early before the weekend,” he said. The temperature topped 91 degrees in Napa Wednesday. Lianne Milton/Register

The business community is recommending changes in Napa Downtown Trolley operations to serve more tourists, particularly at night.

Law enforcement officers detonated a pipe bomb in downtown St. Helena Thursday afternoon and arrested two men suspected of having the explosive in a busy part of the city.

Residents will be able to pay their water bills in an office on the ground floor while city meetings are held on the second floor, according to plans for improvements to American Canyon’s city hall.

Learn about managing personal credit to reach specific goals at a free seminar Saturday, 9:30-11 a.m. at First American Title Company of Napa, 2390 California Blvd. in Napa.

American Canyon residents could pay more for water and sewer beginning next year.

Traffic, housing and local businesses were on the minds of about 60 St. Helena residents during a town hall meeting Wednesday aimed at gathering input on the city’s general plan update.

OROVILLE — A student gunman who fired shots in a northern California high school was in custody Friday, authorities said.

Two birds from Napa County have tested positive for West Nile Virus, county health officials reported Friday.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA took aim at the heart of the asteroid belt Thursday, launching a spacecraft on a nearly decade-long journey that will include two never-before-attempted close encounters.

PARIS — Critics who praise the “complexity” of red Burgundy and Champagne are on target.

JOWHAR, Somalia — Some days, Lul Haji Adam listens to her youngest son wail with hunger as she scrupulously divides up the food she has scraped together between the 65 members of her extended family.

NEW YORK — When a masked freshman came to campus at St. John’s University with what police said was a loaded rifle sticking out of a bag, the school alerted students via cell-phone text messages within 18 minutes.

LAS VEGAS -- A young girl who was seen being sexually assaulted in a homemade videotape has been found and is safe with family members and sheriff's officials, an investigator said Friday.