Napavalleyregister.com publishes monthly statistics on arrests and convictions for driving under the influence — and so-called “wet reckless” convictions — in Napa County.

A dump truck driver got a first-hand taste of Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride earlier today.

John Jaquish didn’t plan to be an inventor. The Justin-Siena High School graduate was studying Web design at Sacramento State University when he made a discovery that would change his course, launch a career and bring his father, Paul Jaquish — already a successful Napa entrepreneur — into the new business.

A Napa jogger was confronted by a gun-toting man just after midnight Monday.

SAN FRANCISCO — Cool, moist weather and steady attacks by firefighters have brought the number of wildfires still burning in Northern California down to fewer than three-dozen.

Following months of industry rumors and speculation, the owners of Calistoga’s Chateau Montelena Winery have sold their respected 40,000 case operation to a revered second-growth Bordeaux wine estate, Chateau Cos d’Estournel.

Retails sales in the city of Napa are slowing down, dropping one percent in the second half of 2007, city officials reported.

Their pleas to the St. Helena City Council to reconsider building a skatepark at Crane Park seem to have fallen on deaf ears, but the St. Helena Tree Committee is still concerned that the project threatens too many trees and takes up too much park space.

The man who shot up a Dry Creek home in 2007 was sentenced to 31 years, four months in state prison.

A squirrel met his maker Monday morning when he connected with a high power line and a transformer, resulting in a small brush fire.

Daryl Yadao was given a second chance and he blew it.