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

CalFire fire crews made a grim discovery early Saturday morning as they battled a small brush fire along Mount Veeder Road — a dead body inside a Jeep Wrangler that was parked near the burning brush.

On Friday night in Napa, two teens suspected of stealing alcohol from Lawler’s Liquors on the 2200 block of Jefferson Street led police in a vehicle pursuit to North Napa, where they crashed into a tree near Redwood Road and Dry Creek Road, Napa Police reported Saturday.

On Friday, at around 9:30 p.m., a 27-year-old Napa man was arrested at the wheel of a stolen car after the owner saw it driven southbound on Soscol Avenue, Napa Police reported Saturday.

KERANA TODOROV, Register staff writer

Like many others who walked laps around the Napa Valley College track for Relay for Life, Kathy Merritt said she wanted to raise awareness about cancer.

While Kaiser’s Napa clinic offers primary care services including adult medicine, chronic condition management, radiology and more, scores of Napa County’s approximately 40,000 Kaiser Permanente patients regularly make the trek to Kaiser’s Vallejo Medical Center for their health care needs.

A teen baseball player on Saturday was transported from Yountville to Queen of the Valley Medical Center after he fainted during the fourth inning of a Joe DiMaggio League World Series baseball game at the Veterans Home of California’s Cleve Borman Field.

Last week, Napa County Volunteer Fire Chief Gary Green removed his sweat-stained baseball cap as a reminder to the Napa County Board of Supervisors of his service to Napa Valley.

A plane crash in a remote area. Battered survivors. Flaming wreckage. A heroic rescue. It sounds like an implausible Hollywood blockbuster.

By CARLOS VILLATORO