Kamerin Harnois, 18, and Jasmine Corona, 18, were taken to the county jail on Thursday night after a Safeway store security guard watched them leave the store on Trancas Street without paying for their loot, police said.

Dave Davenport may now understand the old saying “keep your nose clean.”

More than 70 percent of the money raised by the campaign for Napa Valley College’s Measure L came from parties that could stand to benefit financially from the measure’s proposed $178 million college bond, according to campaign finance documents.

Here is a recap of information published in the Napa Valley Register leading up to the Feb. 5 election. Click on the headline to see the full item.

Construction has started on a truck climbing lane for vehicles exiting Interstate 80 onto Jamieson Canyon Road/Highway 12 headed for Napa County.

If you enjoy unwinding in front of a crackling fire, you may be disappointed to learn that the ritual produces a menacing outdoor air pollutant — fine particulate matter. Karen Schkolnick of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District said smoke from older wood burning stoves and fireplaces generate the lion’s share of the pollutant during winter months.

Napa police officers and sheriff’s deputies assisted Napa drug agents in a drug bust of a meth lab in Vallejo on Thursday.

A 27-mile stretch of Interstate 80 in Solano County will be repaved over the next two years, Caltrans reported.

Napa County law enforcement arrested the other two men accused of embezzling more than $200,000 worth of wine from Jackson Family Wines, part of the Sonoma County-based Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates.

St. Helena schools, union stuck on pay, benefits

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