• Napa County Assessor John Tuteur and staff are working to review all properties that may have declined in value as of Jan. 1, 2009. A property’s assessed value determines the amount of annual property tax the owner pays. All single family homes in the municipalities and homes in the unincorporated area on less than five acres are being reviewed without the owner needing to contact the assessor. Owners of other residential, commercial or industrial properties are urged to contact the assessor if they believe the value of the property had declined by Jan. 1, 2009, to a level below its factored base-year value as shown on the 2008-2009 property tax bill. Owners can contact Tuteur at 253-4459 or jtuteur@co.napa.ca.us. Results of the decline in value review will be sent to property owners in July 2009.

Have you ever heard a teenager say, “I can’t wait until I’m 18 so I can move out and no one can tell me what to do?”

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

A motorcyclist died Sunday after he lost control and slid into an oncoming car on Steele Canyon Road north of Highway 128.

High temperatures and expected poor air quality for Tuesday have prompted officials to declare a Spare The Air day for Tuesday.

Downtown Napa’s rebirth as a water-oriented destination awaits one essential feature: a dock.

  Napa city officials will study whether it makes sense to redirect traffic on a stub of Browns Valley Road east of Buhman Avenue, so cars don’t merge at high speeds in front of Dezerai Court.

A Napa woman was arrested Friday afternoon after she was found with cocaine and methamphetamine in her car.

A closed landfill in American Canyon could become Napa County’s biggest solar farm.

An early morning knife fight near the Napa Senior Center sent two men to the Queen of the Valley Medical Center with injuries, according to Napa Police Sgt. Tim Cantillon.

VALLEJO — Nurses at a northern California hospital say inadequate masks and air-filters have resulted in medical staffers becoming ill while caring for three swine flu patients.

California Pizza on Jefferson Street hosts work by artists from the Brown Street Gallery with the show Pizza Box Art. The Brown Street Gallery is a nonprofit creative arts program in which artists with developmental disabilities create, exhibit and sell their work. The Pizza Box Art show will be available for viewing until Wednesday. Pictured is work by Veda Davalos.