Are you interested in meeting our local leaders, learning about Napa government and improving the administration of county business? If so, the Napa County Superior Court seeks your application to serve on the 2009-2010 grand jury.

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

NEW YORK — Esti Lamonaca’s illness started with a high fever, a cough and achy bones, just a couple of days after she returned from a spring break trip on the beach in Cancun with friends. By the weekend, her voice was hoarse and she was wearing a surgical mask.

Coinciding with the anniversary of the publication of Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Silverado Squatters,” a push is on to lengthen the Silverado Trail to its historic terminus at Tubbs Lane and the Old Toll Road.

Unless nonprofit water sports groups can pony up $6,500 a month this summer, the Vintage High School pool will be idle until the start of the next academic year.

The two Oakland men accused of robbing a man in front of a Napa bank and then causing a four-hour lockdown of Napa Valley Collge are due in court later this afternoon.

The two Oakland men charged with robbery and causing a lockdown of Napa Valley College pleaded not guilty this afternoon to all charges against them.

A small electrical fire scorched the basement of a residential hall at Pacific Union College in Angwin Sunday afternoon.

BILLINGS, Mont. — The coroner investigating a Butte plane crash that killed 14 people last month— including a St. Helena family of five — says he is still awaiting results from an autopsy that could determine if the pilot suffered a medical emergency.

The Land Trust of Napa County acquired the Duff and Wildlake ranches east of Calistoga in hopes the state would step forward and buy the land from them. But the spiraling economy is putting the skids on state purchases of parklands.

Napa County health officials want residents to take the same precautions as they would during the flu season following reports of a previously unknown strain of swine flu in the United States, Napa County officials said Friday. The virus has not been detected in Napa County.

The controversial Napa Pipe development proposed for south Napa County would create thousands of jobs and pour billions of dollars into the local economy, according to a report commissioned by Napa Pipe developers.

An elderly Napa man was killed Sunday night after he walked out in front of a car on Silverado Trail.

LOS ANGELES — California authorities confirmed an eighth case of swine flu on Monday and were investigating 12 other possible cases, state health officials said.

Steve Moulds, left, Doug Burnett, middle, and Robin Stewart share a laugh Saturday during the Cycle for Sight Wine and Music festival at Justin-Siena High School.