Jesse Ward’s job isn’t for the squeamish, or for those lacking compassion.

There’s good news for Goodwill shoppers and donors. Napa’s Goodwill retail thrift store and training center will reopen in the River Park Shopping Center, the same location it occupied from 1992 to 2003.

Totaling more than $156 million, a group of properties owned by the Ed Keith estate, including the Mervyns complex, the Migliavacca Mansion and the Catacula Lake Winery, are for sale.

Real estate broker Judy Naimo was a sole proprietor back in 1987, when she launched the business she named Green Valley Associates.

A Napa man is facing serious charges of dealing drugs in the city of Napa. The Napa Special Investigations Bureau (NSIB) arrested Kyle R. West, 20, on suspicion of possession for sale of a controlled substance, possession of a firearm in commission of a felony and possession of a controlled substance while armed.

It’s been a long, sometimes tedious task, but for more than a decade, Napa County coroner investigators have been chipping away, going over and over evidence, trying to identify the human remains known only as Mt. Veeder Man.

After dozens of hearings and months of negotiations, the reauthorization of the controversial No Child Left Behind Act has reached a standstill, despite numerous assurances from members of Congress that changes would be made to the law before the end of the year.