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.

A 20-acre brush fire alongside Highway 29 near Highway 121 earlier today closed both highways for more than two hours, creating quite a traffic mess.

LOS ANGELES — A judge who is awaiting a California Supreme Court decision on whether he will preside over Phil Spector’s second murder trial has gone ahead and set a new trial date of Sept. 29.

A 20-acre brush fire alongside Highway 29 near Highway 121 Thursday closed both highways for more than two hours, creating quite a traffic mess.

Napa schools squeaked past the state average on standardized test scores, according to California’s annual school rankings released Wednesday.

Napa Police Officer Kyle Upchurch is the first to admit he and his partner, Ringo, share a special bond.

Organizers of the new Chefs Market on Thursday said it was a success, but some attendees said they needed to get used to the move from Fridays to Thursdays.

Online bidding opens today for Auction Napa Valley 2008 at  www.napavintners.com.

Napa police responded to Pueblo Vista Elementary School on Wednesday night to a call of a group of people armed with bats and clubs.

The city of Vallejo filed for bankruptcy protection Friday to deal with a ballooning budget deficit caused by soaring employee costs and declining tax revenue.

The full length of the Napa River promenade is now open Friday evenings and weekends, the city of Napa announced.

Two men were taken into custody on drug charges when Napa police contacted them Wednesday afternoon at the corner of Fourth and Franklin streets.

These are pretty good times — overall — to be in the wine business.

FORT BRAGG — Justin-Siena High School scored four runs in the top of the ninth inning Thursday to beat No. 2 seed Fort Bragg, 8-4, in the semifinals of the CIF North Coast Section Class A semifinal softball playoffs.

Five swimmers found themselves in trouble on Thursday afternoon when they tried to swim from the shores of Lake Berryessa to rock upcroppings 150 feet from the shoreline, according to Napa County Sheriff’s Sgt. Mike Clark.

Despite a slowing in sales tax revenue, the city of Napa’s budget  remains healthy, with expenditures running below expectations, City Manager Mike Parness reported this week.

The body of a 25-year-old Fairfield man who drowned at Lake Berryessa Thursday afternoon was recovered by divers on Friday morning.

A May 22 headline for an article about American Canyon’s public works director misstated the occupation of Robert Weil. He is the public works director.