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News for Friday, November 09, 2007

October DUIs

The Napa Valley Register publishes monthly statistics on arrests and convictions for driving under the influence -- and convictions for so-called "wet reckless" convictions -- in Napa County.

Cell phone leads to weapons arrest

Usually people talking on cell phones don’t draw much attention. But that wasn’t the case for Michael Lawrence Patterson.

Wal-Mart employee arrested

A female cashier at the Wal-Mart Superstore in American Canyon was arrested on Wednesday. Store security had been watching Trinette Bowman with surveillance equipment, police said.

Domestic violence arrests

Cindy Green was booked into the county jail after a man accused her of assaulting him during an argument.

Visiting winemaker target of credit card theft

A New Zealand winemaker spending time at an Upvalley winery found herself a victim of credit card theft.

Big Game prank is a smash

Two Napa High School students, Stephen Oja and Nick Perkins put their school spirit into overdrive Friday morning.

Will Napa subdivision be a fire risk?

A local developer will be able to carve a six-home subdivision out of an oak forest in east Napa despite neighborhood fears that the project will increase the area’s fire risk.

Knife-wielding suspect arrested

Police arrested a knife-wielding Napan who chased a man down the street attempting to stab him.

Lake resort owners lose suit in D.C.

Lake Berryessa resort operators have lost their bid to have a federal judge stop the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation process to seek new bidders to run resorts at the lake.

Napa County, schools take precautions against stubborn germ

A microscopic organism that’s been around for tens of thousands of years has recently won a great deal of press attention across the nation. Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus — an invasive bacteria that doesn’t respond to many of the antibiotics that have previously been used to treat staph — has made headlines recently as cases of MRSA were identified in children attending Sacramento’s Natomas Middle School and Rocklin High School.

Fairfield woman injured in Imola crash

A Fairfield woman was airlifted to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital on Friday morning after she rammed her car into a power pole.

Napa man booked for sexual assault

A 19-year-old Napa woman told police she was awaken early Friday morning by a man sexually molesting her, Sgt. Paul Paniagua said.

Woman crashes car into jewelry store

There were some stunned employees and customers, but no one was hurt, when a Napa woman accidentally drove her car through the front glass door of a jewelry store in north Napa.

Veteran's Day Events

Sunday Nov. 11 events

Restaurants dish it out for Vets

Retired Air Force Col. Dick Hum recounted old war stories Wednesday as he sat down to his potato leek soup.

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