This year when second-grader Sophia Lee digs into her Thanksgiving meal, she’ll have more on her mind than turkey, mashed potatoes and pie.

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.

A hearing in the case of a Napa school teacher charged with shooting her live-in boyfriend came to a screeching halt  Monday  when the victim refused to testify under cross-examination by the teacher's defense attorney.

Problems caused by homeless people in downtown Napa will be aired Thursday night when the Napa City Council holds a workshop on the future of the Hope Resource Center.

It's not every day that Laurie Buurma gets to see a child meet his new family, but that's exactly what happened when the Napan recently volunteered at an orphanage in Cap-Haitien, Haiti for two weeks.

At 1801 Oak Street in Napa, the children of the foster care system are finally getting a home of their own.

Wanted: rain and snow.

Boy Scout Troop 832, sponsored by Elks Lodge 832, made the trip to the Sierra Nevada mountains to trek the trails in the Emigrant Wilderness between Sonora and Yosemite. The contingent of Scouts -- William Brazelton, Jacolby Martin, Svend Santos, Jerry Sharp, Greg Spinelli, Joshua Thornton and Gabriel Zarate -- was led by four adults on the adventure.