Last week the Register selected David Ryan as its new city editor, but that doesn’t mean that David, a veteran Register reporter, will edit the city.

I wanted to share with you a few thoughts regarding the recent article in the Napa Valley Register, "Putting parking before people on Napa Creek.” I agree with In Harms Way's assessment to fund prevention now instead of paying for hundreds of millions dollars in repetitive losses.

Bloggermania 1 is all set to go, but I’ve had to move the date back one week.

Each summer, the Napa Special Investigations Bureau runs a series of grow-op busts, taking down large areas in the Napa County hills where marijuana is growing. With each pot bust, NSIB leaders estimate the street value of the now-gone cash crop in the tens of millions of dollars.

WASHINGTON —The basic rule of choosing a vice-presidential candidate is in the Hippocratic oath: First, do no harm.

Dear editor, We hope many in our community had the opportunity to attend one of the performances of "An Evening of Dance," held May 9 and 10 at the Little Theatre. Pam Rogers and Marci Sanchez, two talented ladies dedicated to dance, choreographed the majority of the 23 numbers presented to large audiences each night.

Dear editor, The compassion of our born-again conservative Republican President knows no limits. In response to a cyclone in Burma that may have killed 100,000 people, George W. Bush has pledged $3 million (that's million, not billion) in U.S. aid.

Dear editor, Congratulations to Julie Herdell and Sarah Williams for their leadership as principals, their teachers for their dedicated teaching talents, and all the parents for their participation in school activities and support. When two small schools in the Napa Valley Unified School District open their doors daily, they touch many precious lives.

Ancient Hindu myths always characterized the Goddesses as both the source of all creation as well as destruction, and nowhere is that more evident than here in Napa. Napa is changing and for some it is proving to be a painful birth. In order to bring in the new some of the old has to be destroyed and carted off, literally.

With a number of votes left to be counted, Measure N appears headed towards defeat.

Remember, everyone, starting July 1 it is illegal to hold a cell phone and talk while driving.

The price of gasoline blew through the $4 per gallon barrier a wile back.

Now that both the Democratic and Republican primary races are over, who do you support?