The use of dental records will be needed to positively identify the person who was found dead in a Jeep early Saturday morning.

Thousands of Napa County veterans could have access to low-interest home loans under recent legislation coauthored by state Sen. Pat Wiggins, D-Santa Rosa.

Efforts to name the Calistoga Speedway in honor of the late Louis Vermeil are going in the same direction as the sprint cars that he is credited with introducing to the track: round and round.

The old adage goes, “A penny saved is a penny earned.”

The first of two movies about the landmark Paris tasting of 1976 is set to make Napa Valley famous all over again when it hits theaters in major markets next Friday.

Two individuals were arrested early this morning on suspicion of tagging numerous locations in Napa, according to police.

LOS ANGELES - The strongest earthquake to strike a populated area of Southern California since the 1994 Northridge quake rocked the region from Los Angeles to San Diego on Tuesday but caused only limited damage and a few injuries.

MARIPOSA, Calif. — Visitors to Yosemite National Park weighed whether to cut their vacations short Tuesday as a destructive wildfire raging miles from the famed wilderness threatened thousands of homes and left evacuees stranded.

A list of the biggest quakes in recent California history, measured by magnitude:

Arcing power lines in a grassy field in Carneros near Las Amigas Road and Duhig Road sparked a 20-acre fire Tuesday evening. Within an hour, Calfire quickly contained the blaze with the help of air support by 6 p.m. Calfire Battalion Chief Dave Shew said winds in the area made the fire burn as big as it did.

Authorities have identified the man who died in a vehicle fire on Saturday as James Grobl, a longtime Napa High School teacher and swimming coach.