Napa News

By MARSHA DORGAN Register Staff Writer Near the corner of Trancas Street and California Boulevard, many motorists are tempted to turn left of off Trancas to the west of Blockbuster Video, making a quick cut ...

The income gap between the rich and poor is widening and gender and racial inequality exist in the northern Bay Area, according to a new study by the University of California, Berkeley announced Thursday.

The California Highway Patrol reports that a 17-year-old woman was the victim of a fatal solo-vehicle accident in Napa Thursday night.

The high number of quality banks in the North Bay remains the most important factor underlying this belief.

The unprepossessing facade of the Napa Sentinel sits just east of the busy Highway 29 wine country thoroughfare in central Napa.

SAN FRANCISCO - Napa doesn't only refer to California's famous wine region - it's also the name of Intel Corp.'s next-generation mobility platform.

By HEATHER OSBORN Register Staff Writer Calling for a one-day boycott from Napa schools on March 18, angry parents are banding together to protest the board's decision to lengthen the winter break to three ...

Nothing says "low voter turnout" like an off-season special election with no national, state or countywide candidates or issues in play.

If you're a wine connoisseur, it's likely you've heard the words "Napa" and "Sonoma" a million times - probably because these two Californian counties contain over 250 wineries and produce some of the finest ...

Lots of folks in Napa wanted it, but Kathy Smith, a mortgage banker, has acquired the three-acre Red Hen compound at 5091 St.

By DAVID RYAN Register Staff Writer While the race for the mayor's post in St. Helena is clearly divided along questions of how the city handles its water supply, a Tuesday debate illustrated that city voters ...

A lawsuit filed on behalf of a man who died after police used a stun gun on him accuses manufacturer Taser International of marketing a dangerously defective weapon as safe.

With its Smoking Loon brand on course to sell 1 million cases itself this year and success with the Pepperwood Grove brand, the firm was challenged to break into restaurant sales with a fresh brand, according ...

Story by PAT STANLEY Register Staff Writer It was the phone call they had prayed for.

Investigators with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection have determined initial cause of the Geysers Fire, which burned 12,525 acres of land in Lake and Sonoma counties.

It's an 85-degree day in September, and Mike Wood of Wood Family Vineyards in Livermore, Calif., is inspecting his 14 acres of merlot grapes.

By PAT STANLEY Register Staff Writer * Editor's note: Because of the sensitivity of the issue of using marijuana, some of the people interviewed for this story did so on condition of anonymity.

Napa police said two children who disappeared with their mother Wednesday are being returned to their father, unharmed, from Vacaville this afternoon.

In a move last year that received scant media attention, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's administration imposed a moratorium on the California State Department of Parks and Recreation, forbidding it to acquire any ...

A child abduction Amber Alert has been issued for 2 missing Napa California children.

If you're reading this column, then you've most likely seen or at least heard of the Academy Award nominated film "Sideways." Film critics say it's a "relationship" movie -- two old friends face life, ladies ...

For some fourth graders at Donaldson Way Elementary School, the idea of graduating from a different elementary school next year is enough to invoke tears.

Rock and roll's legendary photographers are headed to the Mumm Napa Fine Art Photography Gallery this September for a special exhibit highlighting four decades of popular music.

Wine and food adventures in San Francisco and around the world. Wine Reviews Search Search this site: Calendar of postings March 2005 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Recent Entries Kermit Lynch Finally Has A Web ...

A Napa man died Thursday evening when he was struck by a pickup truck on Imola Avenue, east of Gasser Drive.

Gasoline prices in Vallejo and statewide are on the rise again and predicting what they'll do next is next to impossible, a AAA spokesman said this week.

The California Public Employees Retirement System board picked Rob Feckner, a 27-year school employee and statewide union official, as its president yesterday.

Napa County Supervisors, sitting as the county's Board of Equalization, reluctantly turned down the appeal of a Napa woman contesting the assessed value of her home to make a point about the unequal treatment ...

Grapes aren't the only thing growing in the Napa area. There is also a need for wine storage warehouses growing in the region - a need Jack Krystal aims to help fill with his new Wines Central, LLC facility on ...

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars, an ultra premium winery, is seeking an enthusiastic and highly organized Sales/PR Assistant to join our Sales Team.

Jim Kearns won't soon forget Super Bowl Sunday. Not only did his favorite team, the New England Patriots, win the title, but his 19-year-old son saved him from choking to death.

Unbridled irreverence and literary obliteration holding forth in an upscale Napa Valley theatrical setting can mean only one thing: the Reduced Shakespeare Company is in the house.

The Terra Nova Lady Tigers participated in tournaments the first three weekends of January gearing up for the State Championships held at Vallejo High School this past weekend.

A stack of child molestation cases filed against the Jehovah's Witnesses is due to shrink.

Armijo High School Junior Christina Yee can chalk up another speaking victory. The Fairfield teenager garnered another first place from a field of six orators in the American Legion 5th District Oratorical ...