OAKLAND — Mild summer temperatures produced lower smog levels in the San Francisco Bay area.

A Napa man escaped serious injury after colliding with a power pole Saturday night. Police said that alcohol played a role in the wreck.

Two employees of V. Sattui Winery in St. Helena, along with a third man, were taken to jail Sunday after their employer learned that they were stealing cases of wine from the company police said.

The Napa Valley Register publishes monthly statistics on arrests and convictions for driving under the influence in Napa County. Statistics are published the first Monday of each month.

Kay Wilson’s stomach ties up in knots when she hears her teenage daughter’s stories of drug and alcohol use among St. Helena students. Her heart sinks when she hears about kids camping on private property and binge drinking until they pass out.

A Los Gatos woman is facing serious charges of felony DUI after police said she caused a wreck at the intersection of Jefferson Street and Lincoln Avenue.

The Napa Police Department has been busy over the weekend working a string of strong-arm robberies, and one attempted robbery, that began on Friday evening. Officers responded to three more robberies Saturday and one on Sunday morning, bringing the total to seven confirmed crimes.

Napa drivers who ignore their parking tickets may get the boot right where it hurts the most — in the wallet.

A small but spirited crowd made its way through the streets of Napa Sunday morning in support of immigration reform. The marchers, mostly Latinos, were marching in support of two pieces of pending immigration legislation. One bill, if enacted, would grant a pathway to citizenship for agricultural workers, and the other to students.