Local resident Seth Herbey has completed a documentary on traffic congestion at Bel Aire Plaza as part of an ongoing series of reports on Napa life.

Napa police arrested a 23-year-old local man Wednesday night in connection with an assault June 30 on Jefferson Street.

American Canyon police arrested three adults for investigation of commercial burglary after they allegedly shoplifted 24 items from the Wal-Mart on Highway 29 Wednesday morning.

Locals couldn’t help but be curious.

Napa County jail records show the suspect in a Calistoga shooting is facing three separate charges, including two that appear to stem from incidents other than the early-morning slaying of Luis Octavio Carrillo, 26, on June 29.

Police arrested Diana Douglass, 23, of Napa for investigation of domestic battery Wednesday night. Napa officers had been called to Griggs Lane regarding a disturbance. A man said Douglass had punched him in the face, causing swelling.

Arraignment for the Napa man accused of a June 2009 Calistoga murder was delayed until July 31.

A grass fire on Friday burned about half an acre off Old Sonoma Road just below the notch on the way out of Napa, according to the Napa Fire Department.

Whole Foods Market in Bel Aire Plaza is slimming down.

Inertia Beverage Group, the financial backer of troubled Napa wine shipping and fulfillment company New Vine Logistics, will foreclose on the business and auction off New Vine’s assets on July 14.

Napa is buying another $1 million worth of asphalt as part of its plan to have city crews repave 10 miles of city streets before winter rains.

SACRAMENTO — Most California state government offices will be closed Friday, the first of three monthly furlough days intended to save the state money.

Alarmed by the amount of vacant retail and office space in downtown, the city of Napa will spend nearly $100,000 to have a consultant put together a marketing and leasing strategy.

The suspect in the shooting death last week of a Calistoga man was arrested in Southern California on Wednesday afternoon.