Domestic violence is a quiet scourge. While few outside a home know what goes  on inside, the fact is that violence committed against spouses, partners and children is common, leaving emotional and physical scars — or worse. Some victims of domestic violence do not live to tell their story. Many who do live in fear of their aggressor.

Why don’t victims of domestic abuse leave their boyfriends or husbands?

The city’s plan to remove much of the York Creek dam is raising issues such as environmental and habitat preservation, St. Helena’s water shortage, and the condition of the city’s lower reservoir.

Although she did not bear the brunt of the abuse, Jennifer Siegfried — a Texas resident turned Napan — knows that violence in the home comes in many forms.

There’s a new pilot in the cockpit of the Napa County Airport.