In 2007, the Register launched a feature that has highlighted the lives of hundreds of heretofore unsung Napans.

The California budget crisis is here. From 2000 to 2007 state spending has ballooned by more than 50 percent. Revenues could not keep pace even though they grew by 42.5 percent.

At Tuesday's Board of Supervisors meeting there was an item on the agenda to approve up to $73,000 to pay the fees for a professional negotiator in the upcoming contract negotiations with the Napa County SEIU employees union. Their representative and a number of their members were there to protest this, saying it was a waste of taxpayer money and that the county was making the negotiations unnecessarily contentious by hiring a negotiator. He went on to say that the county should come to the table ready to agree if they didn't want it to be contentious.

Last March we tossed out much of what we’d been doing online and rolled out a brand new look. After nearly a year, it is time to ask ... are we doing it right?

In 2008, my corner of Queensland, Australia, entered its 10th year of drought — officially the worst period on record.

Dear editor, A trip to the Queen of the Valley Medical Center emergency room had not been included in my “bucket list,” but I dropped it in there immediately when I became the victim of a violent crime in downtown Napa.

Dear editor, I am writing in response to three letters about the homeless lady and her little dog, asking for help.

Dear editor, The road to starting a hands-on discovery center for children in Napa has had a lot of bumps in it lately as we try to navigate the permitting process with the city.

Happy New Year, now pass me the Xanax, two please. That’s how this year is starting out, but will it stay that way? Here’s how it looks to me.

Why, during heavy fog and torrential rain, do a startling amount of drivers never turn on their headlights?

Here is your chance to sound off on any topic that is not covered today by a Register.com article/opinion item.