Calistoga Police arrested two American Canyon teenagers Friday on suspicion of three separate strong-armed robberies that occurred earlier that evening in Downtown Calistoga.

It's not easy running a hotel on Soscol Avenue when your guests look across Tulocay Creek at a collection of forlorn, empty buildings, said Anil Patel, owner of Hawthorn Inn and Suites.

If charities were like apparel, the tag on Perry and Carolyn Butler's favorite cause would read "XXXXX Large." Elephant-sized, in fact.

Traffic congestion along Highway 29 -- especially through downtown St. Helena -- was a leading concern of St. Helenans and other Upvalley residents who gathered Oct. 3 to share transportation ideas.

There's nothing wrong with Teresa Gutierrez. At least, she said, she doesn't think there is.

What was life like in Napa before settlers arrived? That was the question of the evening at a Friends of the Napa Library presentation on the Wappo Indians -- the valley's indigenous tribe -- Sunday at the Napa City-County Library.