A friendly crowd greeted House speaker Nancy Pelosi at Mike Thompson’s fundraiser Saturday in St. Helena, where she praised the local congressman and spoke on a host of Democratic priorities, including a new energy bill and the need to elect Barack Obama president of the United States.

Authorities have released the name of the boy who drowned at Lake Berryessa on Sunday.

The owner of a Napa pizza parlor -- reported missing earlier this month -- was found dead in Tuolumne County from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.

Napa students are above average when it comes to English, math, science and history.

Napa Town and Country Fair attendance grew nearly 2 percent this year, perhaps benefiting from higher gas prices that had more people vacationing close to home.

The garden that surrounds artist Diane Flyr’s St. Helena home has made its way through her ceramics and painting studios, into her house and onto its walls.

Harvest Middle School teacher Karen Provenza provides pointers to students in the AVID program during first day of school activities. Harvest’s AVID program (Advancement Via Individual Determination) helps hard-working students who's parents did not go to college create a support structure to assist them in reaching their goal of a post-secondary education. Jorgen Gulliksen/Register

An early Monday morning fire gutted a duplex in the 1600 block of Silverado Trail, south of Lincoln Avenue.

Bicyclist Eric Dwayne Fraser, 45, of Windsor was injured on Sunday afternoon when he was hit by a car on Yountville Cross Road.

Jon Perroton found himself behind bars on Sunday afternoon after allegedly trying to pass off phony identification to a CHP officer.

Two Vallejo people were busted on drug charges after the CHP stopped the car they were riding in for speeding on Saturday.

VALLEJO — A fire at a Vallejo retirement home last week has claimed a second life.

Napa’s Olympic representative Donny Robinson (BMX cycling) is scheduled to compete on television on the following dates and times.

In a lawsuit with far-reaching implications for urban growth in Napa County, a coalition of four small counties and cities is suing the state Department of Water Resources to guarantee deliveries from the State Water Project.