On Stanly Lane, just south of Highway 12, traffic must pass through an electronically-controlled gate. Further down, on Stanly Lane Crossroad, an old-fashioned metal gate blocks what would be a connection to Cuttings Wharf Road. Aren’t these public streets? Why are they blocked off?

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

Napa police arrested two women and charged them with attempting to pass counterfeit $100 bills.

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The four teens charged in a December 2007 gang-related killing pleaded not guilty Wednesday to all of the charges against them.

The IRS wants to find more than one hundred Napa County residents, but they shouldn’t be alarmed. It’s good news.

An elderly man was stabbed on Tuesday night as he stood on the sidewalk in front of a downtown Napa restaurant waiting for his wife.

About eight of Napa's Oreo Cows wandered on to Highway 29 this afternoon, near Highway 121, momentarily tying up traffic.

Veronica Zimmermann  — the 17-year-old Napa girl killed in a Sunday night crash on First Avenue — has had a scholarship fund established in her name at one of her former high schools.

SANTA ROSA — A Napa man and two Santa Rosa men have admitted their involvement in a scheme to sell high-end wine stolen from a wine company.

LOS ANGELES  — The first day of testimony in Phil Spector’s murder retrial was canceled Thursday after an alternate juror fell in the court parking lot and broke his foot.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The death of actress and former Napa County resident Lana Clarkson at Phil Spector’s hillside castle stunned Hollywood five years ago but is a distant memory now as Spector, the eccentric musical genius behind some of rock ’n’ roll’s biggest sounds, goes on trial for a second time.

Five years ago, blue-eyed soul singer/songwriter Boz Scaggs recorded a collection of standards, demonstrating he’s as comfortable on Tin Pan Alley as he is on Beale Street.

Confirming that the wine industry is a dominant force in Napa County and a significant one for the state and national economy, a report released Wednesday states that the Napa County wine industry generated nearly $11 billion in local economic activity and more than $42 billion around the country in 2006.

Veronica Zimmermann, a 17-year-old Napa girl, died Sunday night as a result of injuries from a single-vehicle crash.

The county’s plan for a larger jail in downtown drew anxious questions Tuesday from Napa City Council members who wouldn’t have minded if the jail had gone elsewhere.

Were you one of the people the IRS was looking for, trying to give you some of the $95,000 owed to Napa County residents?

A winter homeless shelter has just been approved on the grounds of the Napa Valley Exposition, home during the summer to the Napa Town and Country Fair.