The Napa Planning Commission is recommending approval of a 14-home subdivision, The Hollow, served by a new bridge over Browns Valley Creek, east of Browns Valley Market.

A man running across Highway 29 in Oakville was struck and killed by an oncoming car Monday evening.

NapaValleyRegister.com has correspondents at both the Democratic and Republican conventions this year. This week, Napan Tracy Krumpen, an Obama delegate, and Napa political junkies Henry and Lynn Michalski offer their dispatches from Denver, site of the Democratic National Convention.

Highway 29 was closed late Monday night near Manley Lane due to a traffic collision.

Police towed 35 cars as a result of last Friday’s DUI checkpoint, according to Napa Police Sgt. Tom Pieper.

Vicente Cazares was driving west on Harrison Avenue in west Napa near Avon Street on Sunday afternoon. Hesuddenly changed speeds when he spotted a police patrol car approaching him, police said.

When police arrived at Blackhawk Towing on Soscol Avenue late Sunday night to investigate a call about someone breaking into vehicles, they came face to face with Jaime Naranjo Soria.

While California new car sales are down compared to even a sluggish 2007, Napa county dealers are holding their own.

Two Light Brown Apple moths have been discovered in the Carneros District, prompting state officials to call for a quarantine.

A former Napa resident pleaded guilty Monday to robbing 20 banks, mostly along the Highway 101 corridor, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

Frustrated motorists, take notice. Congestion relief for the Terrace-Shurtleff area of east Napa is now on the city’s front burner.

A Pacific Union College Preparatory School student died Sunday morning from injuries she suffered Thursday in a single vehicle traffic crash.