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A memorial service is set for Thursday for Luis Octavio Carrillo, who was shot and killed in Calistoga early Monday morning.

Just hours after Napa County Sheriff’s investigators displayed an artist’s facial reconstruction of a woman whose bones were found in a remote area of Lake Berryessa on Mother’s Day, the victim’s daughter contacted investigators and solved the mystery.

Using a facial reconstruction bust, local law enforcement was able to identify a woman whose body was dumped at Lake Berryessa and found in May 2009.

The Napa Downtown Trolley died an unceremonious death Wednesday morning.

Starting in January, it will cost 10 cents more for most passengers to ride VINE buses.

The VINE’s Route 11 between Calistoga and Santa Rosa will continue to operate while Upvalley cities consider helping to cover some of the costs.

Napa County Avoid the 9 DUI Campaign Task Force officers will be out in full force during the Fourth of July holiday, cracking down on drunken drivers.

Members of the Napa area California Highway Patrol, Napa County Sheriff’s Department and Napa, American Canyon, St. Helena and Calistoga police  were honored at a recent luncheon presented by Mothers Against Drunk Driving at the Lodge in Sonoma. MADD honored the officers, as well as others from Sonoma, Solano and Marin counties, for the number of arrests they made for driving under the influence in 2008.

An American Canyon man was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence Tuesday after getting into an argument with his wife, according to police.

Jason Salinas, 26, of Napa was booked into Napa County jail Monday on suspicion of kidnapping, domestic battery and parole violation.

On Tuesday at around 10:30 p.m., Geovanni Soto Munoz, 25, was stopped for a traffic violation at Soscol and Lincoln avenues.

Napa firefighters quickly extinguished a small fire at a West Park Elementary School storage building around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Wes, a 63-year homeless ex-felon with diabetes, high blood pressure and a bum knee, left his camp before dawn and hobbled nearly two miles to the Napa police station.

Napa Mayor Jill Techel is considering a run for Napa County supervisor next year in what could shape up to be at least a three-way battle with incumbent Brad Wagenknecht and former Napa Police Chief Dan Monez.

A Napa city water main broke in west Napa Thursday afternoon at about 5 p.m., disrupting service for residential customers and causing minor damage to two apartments.