The Napa Valley Register and napavalleyregister.com publishes monthly statistics on arrests and convictions for driving under the influence — and so-called “wet reckless” convictions — in Napa County.

Seems like a key to a winning March Madness bracket this year was being a Big East college basketball fan ... and having the wisdom of age on your side too.

The sluggish housing market is hitting American Canyon City Hall.

Salvador and West Park elementary schools were honored Wednesday as 2008 California Distinguished Schools by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell.

Less than a year ago, Father Abel Mena arrived in Napa to take charge of the Spanish ministry at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church. Mena came to Napa in July and three days later delivered his first sermon.

Eucalyptus have dominated the skyline along Stanly Lane for more than a century, but now there’s a new sapling on the block.

CHINO, Calif. — The federal government said Thursday it has billed a California slaughterhouse more than $67 million for expenses associated with the largest beef recall in U.S. history. The recall prompted the Napa school district any many others to temporarily stop serving beef to schoolchildren.

The man who severely injured a Napa woman while in the country illegally and driving without a valid license is slated to be sentenced on Friday after pleading guilty to hit and run and a felony DUI.

Herschel Sandler, the former St. Helena High School volleyball and wrestling coach accused of molesting two teenage girls in the 1990s, pleaded not guilty this afternoon to four counts of sexual assault on a minor.

The flood project and Napa Valley Wine Train have reached an agreement that will allow a major railroad relocation to begin this fall, both parties announced.

Napa County property taxes are due to the office of the Napa County Tax Collector at 5 p.m. today, according to Tamie Frasier, Napa County treasurer-tax collector. After 5 p.m., take the tax bill to the post office, as a postmark of April 10 is acceptable. A late postmark will result in penalties.

A photo caption accompanying April 9 front page images of donated bicycles carried an incorrect credit. The photographer was Register staffer Jorgen Gulliksen.