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.

TAMPA, Fla. — The Vallejo woman known as the “D.C. Madam” apologized to her mother and sister in suicide notes, saying she couldn’t bear going to prison and saw killing herself as the only “exit strategy.”

VALLEJO — A man has been arrested for allegedly punching a camel on a dare at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom.

Citing Napa County’s worsening streets and road, local leaders will try to put a half-cent transportation sales tax on the November ballot.

While every local city has rough roads, American Canyon and the south county should be the focus of major roadwork.

Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, spent his weekend in Iraq, reviewing intelligence matters and gleaning a few facts about what’s happening on the ground.

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Napa police stopped 1,075 cars at Saturday’s DUI checkpoint, but made only two drunk driving arrests, according to Napa Police Sgt. Tom Pieper.

We’re not talking about your mother’s sock hop.

Police are warning the public to be aware of a telephone scam. The caller says he is with a company called Propel Medical Benefits. They say they are selling a benefit to help with Medicare expenses and are working with the Senior Citizen’s Bureau of the United States, police said.

Just days after his arrest for the murder of a Napa man, Alex Taylor was making telephone calls from county jail instructing his mother to contact the governor for a pardon.

They may be the most notorious desks in Napa Valley.

Beefing up training for the county’s volunteer firefighters was among the 16 recommendations in the Napa County grand jury’s 2007-2008 investigative report on the Napa County Fire Department released this week.