A wrong-way driver who caused a head-on crash on Saturday seriously injuring  himself and another driver was involved in a separate crash just minutes before.

Stephen Coughlin was taken into custody after a woman told police he grabbed her by the throat during an argument on Monday night, police said.

Jerry Hunter, a fixture at the Napa Valley Register for more than 30 years who is remembered as much for his personal warmth as for his fine work, passed away Saturday. He was 77.

With real estate values in retreat, Napa County Assessor John Tuteur is cutting $600 million from the assessed values of 5,200 Napa County properties.

Having passion is fine, but if you can’t produce results, what’s the use? Volker Eisele produced results in his decades-long advocacy for agriculture in Napa County.

Details of President George W. Bush’s visit to Napa County remain as sealed as a bottle of wine, with no leaks from sources close to details on the president’s trip.

Adam Chebl, owner of Adams Cleaners on First Street in Napa pleaded no contest to misdemeanor battery last week.

Local Republicans feel the upcoming visit by President George W. Bush cements Napa County’s reputation as a place to be.

OK, so President Bush is due here Thursday late afternoon/early evening for a Republican fundraiser at a private Upvalley residence.

Downtown Napa will be putting on the ritz.

White House officials announced Wednesday that President George W. Bush will spend about three hours in Napa County early Thursday night for a private fundraiser for the Republican National Committee.

President George W. Bush’s scheduled Napa County fundraiser has raised roughly $850,000 for the Republican National Committee, according to a source involved with the event.

SAN FRANCISCO — Fire crews conducted more controlled burns Wednesday, trying to block the spread of a wildfire that already has blackened 190 square miles of the Los Padres National Forest in the hills of the central California coast.

President George W. Bush’s expected arrival in the Napa Valley late tomorrow is sending local anti-war activists into high gear.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is attending a fundraiser tonight in Oakville for the campaign to pass Proposition 11, the measure to change the way legislative district boundaries are drawn in California, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.