Five candidates have announced they are running for the District 5 seat on the Napa County Board of Supervisors in the June 2008 election.

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.

The Napa school board got its first look at the district's new plan to improve student achievement Thursday, a plan that comes in response to the district's failure to consistently meet federal standards.

Roughly eight months before voters will have their say, a crowded field of five candidates has formed for the supervisor's seat in Napa County's Fifth District, which includes American Canyon, Coombsville, the Napa County Airport area and part of the city of Napa.

A page A2 article that appeared in Sunday's Register titled "Domestic Violence" misstated that Allison Butler was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence. Butler was charged, but not arrested, on suspicion of domestic violence.

Napa is far removed from the glamour of Hollywood, but parishioners at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church got a small taste of film celebrity over the weekend, when Mexican actor Eduardo Verastegui visited the church.

A Napa teenager is in critical condition and fighting for his life after he was shot in the head by gang members Saturday evening. This latest shooting comes on the heels of two shootings that happened in the same area two weekends ago.