Juan Ramirez got the inside scoop about the Kaiser Permanente Napa Valley Marathon from some friends of his who ran the 26.2-mile race from Calistoga to Napa a few years ago.

Maureen Ackerly smiled and raised her arms in triumph as she crossed the finish line at Vintage High School as the women’s overall champion of Sunday’s Kaiser Permanente Napa Valley Marathon.

Winning the CIF North Coast Section girls basketball championship Saturday at Oracle Arena in Oakland wasn’t the only good news for Justin-Siena High School over the weekend.

The St. Apollinaris fourth-grade boys basketball team captured the Division I North Bay CYO League title on Sunday by beating St. Eugene's of Santa Rosa 30-20. St. Apollinaris (11-3 overall) and St. Eugene's (9-5) had played each other twice

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The Napa High School spiritleaders wrapped another national title at the National Dance Alliance Dance Championships in Orlando, Fla., on Sunday.

Hindsight is always 20-20.

The State of California requires all first-time resident hunters, regardless of age, to complete hunter education training or pass a comprehensive equivalency test before purchasing a hunting license.