The proposed Ritz-Carlton hotel should meet tough green building standards even if it comes up for approval before Napa has adopted an ordinance mandating energy-conservation.

He’s been called trailblazer, visionary and icon.

A grass fire blackened 20 to 25 acres on Thursday afternoon off North Kelly Road in south Napa County.

A 49-foot masonry wall on Von Brandt Street, built by a homeowner to improve the livability of his property, will have to be torn down, the Napa City Council voted Tuesday.

All five city councils and the Napa County Board of Supervisors are supporting a second try at a transportation sales tax to fix Napa County’s deteriorating streets and roads.

A Lake County man was airlifted to Queen of the Valley Medical Center when he crashed his car into a tree on Butts Canyon Road, north of James Creek Road, according to the California Highway Patrol.

According to city officials, the traffic signal at Third and Soscol will be shut down about 8:30 p.m. — 9 p.m. on Thursday June 19 to perform re-wiring. It will remain off until around 6:30 a.m. on Friday June 20. The city intends the intersection to function as a 4-way stop during the re-wiring. There will also be some lane closures in the area of the intersection./Register

Seven American Canyon firefighters received pay bonuses after presenting college degrees from an unaccredited school, but will not have to reimburse the fire district, American Canyon’s city attorney said Tuesday.

Police are warning the public to be on the lookout for a man claiming to be an auto repair worker.

Caltrans has finished landscaping the Highway 29/Trancas Street interchange to the tune of $750,000, but some public officials are wondering, ‘Is that all there is?’

A Hayward woman’s plan to make off with thousands of dollars worth of jewelry from a Napa store was cut short when it was discovered she was using a stolen credit card and fake identification.

A new plan to fight the 3,200-townhome Napa Pipe project is circulating in Napa County, with a chance the question will come before county voters again in November.

The former St. Helena High School coach who pleaded no contest to sexually molesting two students more than a decade ago must undergo a psychological evaluation.

Fire investigators believe an early Wednesday morning grass fire along the side of the road was started from the exhaust from a vehicle.

A small Tuesday afternoon grass fire on Coombsville Road,near First Avenue was started by a mower, Napa County Fire Battalion Chief Barry Biermann said.

Mike Gibson, a 2004 Napa High School graduate and a two-time All-Pac-10 selection for UC Berkeley as an offensive tackle, has signed a four-year contract with the Philadelphia Eagles.