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

Local Democrats, taking part in an unprecedented Democratic Party effort to put the official party platform in the hands of the people, declared at a Monday meeting that the environment is the No. 1 issue in national politics.

The San Diego man convicted of killing a Vintage High School graduate after a bar fight will face 16 years to life in prison.

The American Canyon representative on the Napa Valley Unified School District board of trustees is stepping down, making way for a new face just as the district sets about building a high school in American Canyon.

President George W. Bush was not the only world leader to visit Napa Valley last week.

A Napa woman was critically hurt when her 1997 Jaguar plowed into a tree on Highway 116 in Sonoma County late Monday night.

The former St. Helena High School wrestling and volleyball coach and youth pastor convicted of sexually molestation two of his students was sentenced Wednesday to 270 days in Napa County Jail and five years probation..

Almost two months ago, 2-year-old Mattea Reynolds was fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver, very close to her Napa home. Her killer is still at large.

Mechanical problems may have caused a single-vehicle crash on Highway 29 on Wednesday afternoon, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Sheriff’s investigators took a Rutherford man to the county jail on Wednesday morning for allegedly using another person’s identification to get a job, sheriff’s Capt. John Robertson said.

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

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.

The man who shot up a Dry Creek Road home in 2007 has been sentenced to 31 years and four months in state prison.

SAN FRANCISCO — Steep terrain and roadless forest land are hindering the push to get the last of California’s wildfires under control.

A July 18 photo caption on page A2 misidentified the law enforcement agency of a man seen patrolling before the president’s arrival. He is with the Napa County Sheriff’s Department.

Napa’s water manager, Phil Brun, and water conservation specialist Pat Costello will be talking about the city’s water future Thursday morning.

Expansion of La Residence in north Napa from 24 to 38 guest rooms won Planning Commission design approval earlier this month.