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.

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

I was just on the phone with my Mom, Capt. Margaret Steele, who was driving her trawler to its winter berth at the Martha's Vineyard Shipyard.

Rex and Ruby have recovered from their brush with death after eating snail bait.

The scroll on Fox News just now reported that the previous high turn out was in 1908 at 66 percent of registered voters. One huge story that could come out of this election is a record turn out.

Register reporter Kerana Todorov is roaming around Napa County all day today, reporting on the turnout at various polling places. Her primary focus is going to be locations in Napa and American Canyon, so please let us know what the turnout is like in your area too.

I've been hearing a lot of anxiety about voter fraud in this election.

Here's how people voted in some of NapaValleyRegister.com's online polls. Remember, these were NOT scientific polls, only ones for fun that were set for oine vote per computer terminal.

McCain takes Kentucky and its 8 electoral votes.

Listening to the results coming in in the Presidential race, it is clear that Obama is getting the youth vote. This reminds me of my early article about how a lot of what this turns on is old vs young.

LOS ANGELES — Voters put a stop to same-sex marriage in California, dealing a crushing defeat to gay-rights activists in a state they hoped would be a vanguard, and putting in doubt as many as 18,000 same-sex marriages conducted since a court ruling made them legal this year.

The race is over, Barack Obama will be the next president, so now is the time for the next question.

Barack Obama is the your next President of the United States.

With debate revolving around future development of the city, St. Helena residents sided with slow-growth Mayor Del Britton based on Tuesday's election results.

Yountville residents elected incumbent Town Councilman Lewis Chilton and drug researcher Marjorie Mohler to office Tuesday night, and approved a largely symbolic measure asking that the town limit its use of bonds to pay for local projects.

"It is pretty glum over here and people are feeling like it did not work," said Michael Haley as he called in from former Napa County Sheriff Gary Simpson's election night gathering.

Calistoga voters opted to give their mayor another term in office.

In the race for the American Canyon spot on Napa Valley Unified School District’s Board of Trustees, Joe Schunk appears headed for victory.

Much of Napa County’s election suspense ended just five minutes after the polls closed Tuesday night when John Tuteur, registrar of voters, tallied 32,587 early voters, about half the expected record turnout.

I was at John Tuteur's county elections office 'till well past 11 p.m., along with a small and weary band of citizens including several Caldwell supporters, election observers and Napa City Council candidate Amber Martin.

Sometimes staying up really late to see results pays off with a cool story.

LOS ANGELES — California voters endured long lines Tuesday to be part of an election that figures to be historic for its outcome and its turnout.

Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, defeated Republican challenger Zane Starkewolf by a landslide Tuesday night in the race to represent Congressional District 1, according to preliminary results.

Incumbent Mark Luce easily outdistanced his rival Harry Martin in the race to represent District 2 on the Napa County Board of Supervisors.

Keith Caldwell, the former American Canyon fire chief, defeated retired Napa County Sheriff Gary Simpson in the race to represent District 5 on the Napa County Board of Supervisors.

ALAMEDA, Calif. — DeAngelo Hall’s disappointing stint with the Oakland Raiders is apparently coming to an early finish.

Incumbent Calistoga City Councilman Michael Dunsford trails by 24 votes in his bid for another term in office, based on the most recent county elections numbers.

In preliminary results released Tuesday evening, incumbent 7th District Assemblywoman Noreen Evans, D-Santa Rosa, led the state Assembly race by a huge margin, 36 percentage points, over Republican rival Doris Gentry of Napa.

Napa Councilmembers Mark van Gorder and Jim Krider succeeded in their bids for re-election.

With Ohio projected to go to Barack Obama, he now had 200 electoral votes.

LOS ANGELES — Supporters and opponents of a ballot initiative that would outlaw same-sex marriage in California were preparing for a long, tense wait Tuesday night after exit polls and early returns showed neither side with a clear advantage.

LOS ANGELES — A ballot measure that would require doctors to notify parents before performing an abortion on a minor was rejected by voters, but supporters vowed Wednesday to put the issue on the ballot a fourth time.

If you voted in today's election, Starbucks and Ben & Jerry's has free treats for you.

Voters Tuesday approved a land use measure that will extend provisions designed to protect Napa County agricultural land for the next 50 years.

LOS ANGELES — For the third time in four years, California voters weighed whether doctors should be required to notify parents before performing an abortion on a minor.

A single vote separates two people trying to win the last St. Helena City Council seat up for grabs in this year's election.

Incumbents are carrying the day in American Canyon, with results showing voters will send the mayor and two councilmembers back for another term in office.

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.