Loyal customers may be left in the lurch, but the planned closure of Mervyns this fall should boost city and private sector efforts to redevelop downtown north of First Street with new stores, housing and parking.

A wind-fed grass fire burned 100 acres Friday night in southern Lake Berryessa near Spanish Flat and Capell Creek, CalFire officials said Saturday.

Main Street St. Helena, it is a-changing.

The first of a trio of new hotel projects in Napa is about to have a coming-out party.

Hundreds of people on Saturday checked out old sedans, cruisers, sports cars and trucks parked in downtown Napa for the Main Street Reunion Car Show.