The Napa Valley Register publishes monthly statistics on arrests and convictions for driving under the influence — and so-called “wet reckless” convictions — in Napa County. Statistics are published in print the first Monday of each month and online when they become available.

An unexpected slow-down in American Canyon’s residential growth has the school district reconsidering its plans for American Canyon High School, which is scheduled to open in 2010.

American Canyon High School “may be the largest public facility built for many years in American Canyon, and maybe forever” said Don Evans, director of planning and construction for the Napa Valley Unified School District.

Physical barriers that would have kept a handicapped person from fully using the city of Napa’s new 33-acre park on the Napa River tripped up City Council approval of the park’s development plan Tuesday.

Two church volunteers from American Canyon have found themselves at the epicenter of a political upheaval that continues to make worldwide news.

Napa police investigators arrested a Sonoma County man who they believe is responsible for the sexual assault of a Napa girl in November 2007.

Calistoga police hit the jackpot netting a cache of marijuana early Wednesday morning.

A Napa man was cited for misdemeanor drunk driving after he crashed his pickup into a power pole Tuesday evening on Browns Valley Road, near Husdon Lane in west Napa.

With the opening of a Whole Foods Market in Napa just days away, a new plan to ease traffic congestion at Bel Aire Plaza met with skepticism from city officials on Thursday.

After nearly a seven-month investigation into the fatal shooting of a Napa County man, the Napa County District Attorney’s Office has closed the case without charging anyone with a crime.

The Napa County Board of Supervisors unanimously ordered an extensive analysis of the Responsible Growth Initiative Tuesday morning, a report that will look at how the initiative could affect land use — and the threat of litigation to the county.

The storms that walloped Napa last week did a world of good for Napa’s local reservoirs.

A $35 million contract to expand Napa’s Jamieson Canyon water treatment plant was awarded by the City Council Tuesday.

Napa will keep the five-member Cultural Heritage Commission independent and not fold its function into the Planning Commission, the City Council decided Tuesday.

The Napa City Council will discuss its 2008 goals at an informal planning session Friday at the Napa City-County Library.

Michael Ordonez of Napa didn't let the rain on Tuesday morning keep him from installing parking lot bumpers at Napa Valley College. The work crew, with Striping Graphics in Petaluma, was installing 158 bumpers, which meant that 316 holes had to be drilled for the rebar which would hold the guards in place. Areas of the Napa Valley College parking lot were closed Tuesday, the first day of walk-in registration, as the school completed re-striping and the addition of new parking bumpers. The newly expanded front parking lot is expected to be fully open before classes begin