The two defendants charged with the beating death of a Napa teen pleaded not guilty this morning.

PHILADELPHIA — A college student who with her boyfriend stole the identities of friends and neighbors was sentenced Friday to five years in prison and ordered to pay more than $100,000 in restitution.

LOS ANGELES — Phil Spector’s defense lost a motion Thursday to exclude from his murder retrial testimony by a witness who says the record producer used incendiary language about women and stated that they should be shot 10 years before his arrest in the gunshot death of actress and former Napa County resident Lana Clarkson.

The two males charged with the brutal beating death of a Napa teen have pleaded not guilty.

About 300 students, teachers and parents took part in West Park Elementary School’s Jog-a-thon on Friday. This year the goal was to raise $35,000, which will be used for books, technology, classroom supplies, field trips and other activities. This is the fifteenth year of the Jog-a-thon and for every $3,000 raised, principal Julie Herdell will be hit with fourteen pies thrown by the students.

Napa Valley Unified School District’s board meeting room isn’t usually a nighttime hot spot, but it became one when more than 100 people turned up Thursday evening.

The California Highway Patrol will be conducting a DUI checkpoint tonight in the Napa area.

Unable to restructure after filing for bankruptcy, Mervyns announced it will cease operations and close its remaining 149 stores, months after announcing the shuttering of the Napa store and two dozen others.

Can you find the hidden cell phone antenna?

The occasional visitor to Lake Berryessa might not notice it. But to regulars, the lake is looking different these days.

The Napa County Planning Commission Wednesday tentatively approved plans to redesignate nearly 2,000 acres scattered across 12 separate pieces of unincorporated county land. The land, currently set aside for residential use, would now be designated for agriculture.

A Vallejo special education teacher died unexpectedly at her American Canyon home on Wednesday.

The public will be able to review the new Countywide Bike Path Feasibility Study that lays out alternative routes for riding from Calistoga to American Canyon.