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Worries about the swine flu pandemic convinced Calistoga’s Cinco de Mayo Committee to cancel this year’s parade and festival, which were slated for Sunday.

As we leave the line of houses on Redwood Road behind and round a curve he has regularly passed for over 100 years now, Bob Streich Sr. says dryly, “This all looks vaguely familiar.”

The St. Helena Unified School District has filed suit against the Napa County Office of Education and other county officials over the allocation of tax revenue from the Howell Mountain and Pope Valley school districts.

American Canyon residents and visitors checked their blood pressure, picked up water-saving fixtures, and collected information from various city and county agencies at American Canyon’s “Healthy People, Healthy Planet 2009 Fair” event, held Saturday.

A 43-year-old man on Saturday was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence, burglary and false imprisonment after he was reported entering a house of a former partner north of Lincoln Avenue, according to Napa Police.

Four to six men in their 20s are suspected early Saturday morning of robbing four people of an undisclosed amount of cash near Pinot Drive and Trower Avenue in Napa, police said.

A 45-year-old Napa man was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence Friday after he collided with another vehicle on the Silverado Trail, according to Napa Police.

With the infamous “urban bubble” debate finally resolved, developers with ties to Pacific Union College plan to resume preparations for the proposed Angwin eco-village.

Napa Valley College’s annual celebration of Cinco De Mayo starts at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 5 in the college quad, with Mariachi International Azteca followed by a singing performance by Lina Montero, piñatas for children, NVC student singers and  DJ Xcess. A dance performance and NVC’s Ballet Folklorico will also be featured. A food sale begins at 11 a.m. The history of Cinco de Mayo will be shared at 12:15 p.m. followed by a procession of the Color Guard. The celebration will continue until 2 p.m. It is free and open to the public.

It won’t happen overnight, but Queen of the Valley Medical Center will be a smoke-free facility by this time next year, hospital officials say.