Name something positive about your opponent, that's what American Canyon Chamber of Commerce board members asked as one of 10 questions to county supervisor candidates Keith Caldwell and Gary Simpson

Keith Caldwell and Gary Simpson, county supervisor candidates for Dist. 5, answer a question on whether the county probation department should be included in safety level pensions. The question is part of 10 asked by American Canyon Chamber of Commerce board members.

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

County Supervisor candidates Gary Simpson and Keith Caldwell talk about Measure P while answering a series of questions from American Canyon Chamber of Commerce board members

Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, voted Friday to approve a $700 billion bailout plan designed to rescue the nation’s beleaguered financial system.

As winemaker Sal DeIanni pressed just-picked chardonnay grapes into a bladder press at Truchard Vineyards in Carneros on Friday, crews picked fruit in nearby vineyards along Old Sonoma Road ahead of this weekend’s storm.

This November, three out of four Napa County voters will vote by mail.

After Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s last-minute signing spree to beat Tuesday’s midnight deadline, Sen. Patricia Wiggins, D-Santa Rosa had more bills signed into law this year than any other California state senator. Out of Wiggins’ 24 bills that were sent to the Governor’s desk this year, 17 bills were signed; seven were vetoed.

Six people, 10 wins for each of them, but only one winner.

The only VP debate is over, and the time is now to weigh in (without name-calling) on how you think both Sarah Palin and Joe Biden did in the debate.

LAS VEGAS — O.J. Simpson, who went from American sports idol to celebrity-in-exile after he was acquitted of murder in 1995, was found guilty Friday of robbing two sports-memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in a Las Vegas hotel room.

During an emergency meeting on Friday morning, the Napa Downtown Association board of directors voted unanimously to keep the doors open at the Visitor Center and continue operation for the next two years. The board meeting was attended by two dozen merchants.

A front page story in the Oct. 3 edition about the late Napa judge John Quigley included the incorrect first name of another retired Napa County Superior Court judge. He is Phil Champlin.

Are you doing anything different in today's tough economic times?