The first sterile light-brown apple moths ever released in the United States have landed in a vineyard in Carneros.

Don’t close Carneros Elementary School. That was the message from many of the 100 or so residents who came out to a special Napa Valley Unified School District meeting Wednesday night at Harvest Middle School.

The Napa Police Department has received several awards from the California Highway Patrol for its traffic enforcement.

A woman was arrested for suspected felony drunk driving after an accident in American Canyon on Tuesday.

A man was arrested Tuesday after allegedly shoplifting from Wal-Mart in American Canyon.

A St. Helena man was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence Wednesday after police say a resident spotted him beating a woman in a vehicle on Donaldson Way and James Road in American Canyon.

Napa police are investigating a scam in which suspects call victims, pretend to be their relatives and then ask for money.

The main roadblocks to opening a wetlands hiking trail in American Canyon have been removed — but an opening date has yet to be set.

A Solano County transportation company is suing the Napa County Transportation and Planning Agency for the right to operate transit systems throughout the county.

The Wine Country Kennel Club will hold its 53rd and 54th annual all breed dog show Saturday and Sunday at the Napa Valley Expo. The show runs from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. both days. The show and parking are free.

Napa Valley Wine Train executive chef Kelly Macdonald, right, reviews the company’s efforts to reduce waste by recycling wine and Champagne corks from the Wine Train. According to Macdonald and promotions and partnership manager Andrea Guzman, left, the corks shown — about three months worth — will be recycled into shoes, corkboards and flooring.

American Canyon’s sole wine tasting room is scaling back, opening by appointment instead of seven days a week.

The Napa Valley Unified School District is going ahead with plans for a poll to learn whether area residents would support a school parcel tax.

FORT HOOD, Texas — A military mental health doctor facing deployment overseas opened fire at the Fort Hood Army base on Thursday, setting off on a rampage that killed 11 other people and left 31 wounded. Authorities killed the gunman, and the violence was believed to be the worst mass shooting in history at a U.S. military base.