Dan Monez of Napa Valley TV produced a series of videos with Dr. Karen Smith, Napa County's public health officer, to explain what Swine Flu is, what precautions have been taken in Napa County and what people can do to protect themselves from the virus.

Napa County has its first confirmed case of the H1N1 virus, otherwise known as Swine Flu. A 41-year-old woman tested positive for the virus through results received Wednesday by the county public health department.

OAKLAND — A former BART officer who grew up in Napa and is accused of murdering an unarmed man at an Oakland train station will stand trial Oct. 13, and his lawyer is asking to move the emotionally charged case to another city.

St. Helena police arrested two juvenile suspects in a Wednesday night gang attack after one of the youths reportedly pulled a knife on a officer.

The Napa dispatch center will be getting a new phone system that will allow it to directly receive 911 calls from cell phones. The system should begin receiving its first wireless calls in the fall, with a phase-in period of six months before calls from all areas are accommodated, the fire department reported.

American Canyon’s city clerk, Dorothy Roadman, was hired Tuesday to take the same job in Napa.

Many of the city of Napa’s part-time workers now have their own union. The Napa City Council approved the formation of the bargaining unit Tuesday.

The Napa City Council awarded a $292,164 contract Tuesday to Hess Concrete Construction Inc. of American Canyon to build a plaza behind the Napa Valley Opera House.

Dan Krainert, Napa’s most celebrated heart transplant patient, died at Queen of the Valley Medical Tuesday evening after living for 28 and a half years with the heart of a Camp Pendleton Marine.

State Sen. Patricia Wiggins, D–Santa Rosa, announced Wednesday that she will take a voluntary pay cut and give back her state-financed car in recognition of the state budget crisis.

Two Santa Rosa Democrats are vying for a seat in the state Assembly to represent the district that includes Napa County.

Napa's City Council adopted higher garbage rates Tuesday night, while urging customers to beat the increase by downsizing their household waste carts.